cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hammy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æmi
Forms: form: hammies
form: hammie
Etymology: From ham + -y.
Senses: examples: text: He put his palms flat on the ground, then grabbed the back of his knees, stretching his hammies for the millionth time that morning.
ref: 1999, Melissa Lucashenko, Hard Yards, University of Queensland Press, page 129:
text: “A move like this would have been inpossible for me before yoga,” he said. “Flexibilty-wise, I was struggling. My hammies were tight, my groin was tight. My hips have really benefited.”
ref: 2003, John Capouya, Real Men Do Yoga: 21 Star Athletes Reveal Their Secrets for Strength, Flexibility and Peak Performance, page 150:
text: I've noticed that although cycling keeps me reasonably "cardio fit", I am losing general flexibility, e.g. when touching my toes. This is despite me stretching my quads, calves, and hammies during and after my training rides.
ref: 2003 June 10, Andrew Swan, “Good complementary exercise to cycling?”, in aus.bicycle (Usenet):
text: 2004, J. L. Roberts, Braggin' Rights: Fantasy Football Rewind 2004 (2003 Season Recap), AuthorHouse USA, page 83,
A slow start and hammy injury were major contributors.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The hamstring.
examples: text: A: I′m only just getting fully fit now after that hammy [hamstring tear].
ref: 2000, Mark B. Andersen, Doing Sport Psychology, page 96:
text: Why he went back on after 3/4 time is beyond me. If he was trying to prove a point he has all season to do that not do your hammy in the first game.
ref: 2009 March 26, Phil, “So Cousins does a hammy”, in aus.sport.aussie-rules (Usenet):
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A hamstring injury.
hammy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æmi
Forms: form: hammies
form: hammie
Etymology: From hamster + -y.
Senses: glosses: A hamster.
otology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /oʊˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: otologies
Etymology: From oto- + -logy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The branch of medicine that deals with the ear, its structure, function and pathology.
Related terms: neurotology
otolaryngology
otological
otorhinolaryngology
tail pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tail pads
Senses: examples: text: And it's cheap—a bar of wax usually costs around $1.00 and will last for weeks (depending on how often you surf), whereas a tail pad (the cheapest deck grip you can buy) costs around $30.
ref: 2009, Louise Southerden, Surf's Up: The Girl's Guide to Surfing:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: A deck grip pad at the rear (ie. tail) of a surfboard, for the surfer's back foot to stand on.
deck grip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: Rubber non-slip pads glued to the top of a surfboard to stand on.
Related terms: tail pad
surf ski
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surf skis
Senses: glosses: Long narrow water craft (about 18 feet long) seating one person, propelled by paddling with a two-ended paddle and incorporating a small rudder controlled by foot levers. Designed for recreation or competition in surf, especially surf life saving, but only for going straight out and in, not for surfing across a wave like a wave ski.
paddle board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paddle boards
Etymology: Paddle refers to the rider's arm action, the same as paddling a surfboard, not to a separate physical paddle (no such paddle is used with this type of board).
Senses: examples: 1997, 17 October, Simone Cotter on ABC Radio National, Surf Lifesaving https://web.archive.org/web/20060113231533/http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/1997/sportsf/sf971017.htm
you'd probably grab a paddle board and paddle out and grab them, instead of swimming out
glosses: A large fat board used for surf lifesaving. It is propelled by the rider using their arms, either lying face down or sitting up on their knees, and usually has straps positioned along the sides to hold onto.
surf lifesaving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The activity of rescuing swimmers in distress at surf beaches.
glosses: The movement promoting and organising that activity.
wave ski
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wave skis
Senses: glosses: A short watercraft seating one rider, propelled by a two-ended paddle, designed for surfing waves.
remittance man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remittance men
Senses: glosses: An unwanted or underachieving man, or occasionally a youngest son, sent by relatives to a distant land (often from Britain to a colony) and sent regular remittances of upkeep money, in order that he does not come back.
Related terms: remittance woman
hospitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɒsˈpɪtəbl̩/
ipa: /hɑsˈpɪtəbl̩/
ipa: /ˈhɑspɪtəbl̩/
Forms: form: more hospitable
form: most hospitable
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able. Displaced native Old English cumlīþe (literally “guest-gentle”).
Senses: examples: text: hospitable family
synonyms: guestfriendly
glosses: cordial and generous towards guests
glosses: receptive and open-minded
glosses: favorable
glosses: favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.
Synonyms: habitable
inhabitable
livable
tenantable
Derived terms: hospitableness
hospitably
unhospitable
cutback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutbacks
Etymology: Deverbal from cut back.
Senses: examples: text: Fifteen more proposals to reverse historical cutbacks in passenger services and the size of the rail network have secured development funding.
ref: 2020 December 16, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Fifteen more Beeching projects receive share of £500m funding”, in Rail, page 14:
glosses: A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
examples: text: The cutback is one of the sport's three fundamental turns, along with the bottom turn and top turn. "It's the purest power move in the book," Australian surf journalist Nick Carroll wrote in 2000.
ref: 2005, Matt Warshaw, The Encyclopedia of Surfing, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 146:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
examples: text: Lee Barnard swung at Chaplow's cutback and missed completely and then was just too far away to connect with Harding's flashing ball across the face of goal.
ref: 2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC:
text: Before the interval an Alibade strike ricocheted off the back of Bright after Ifeoma Onumonu’s cutback. Then in added time Uchenna Kanu smacked a header off the top of the bar.
ref: 2023 August 7, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: An offensive pass played into a position further from the attacking goal line.
glosses: An inversion feature of a rollercoaster, similar to a corkscrew but with the second half reversed.
Related terms: cutdown
cutoff
twinnie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twinnies
Etymology: From twin + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: The twin-fin or “twinnie” is probably the most popular new surfboard of the last few years. Twinnies have short, wide tails and two big fins. They combine the fast turning of a shortboard with the wave catching of a longboard.
ref: 2012, Paul Mason, Surfing, page 10:
glosses: A surfboard with two fins.
pop quiz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pop quizzes
form: popquiz
Senses: glosses: A quiz or test given without warning or prior announcement.
four-eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: four-eyes
form: four eyes
Senses: examples: text: As soon as he saw me he hailed me as “Four eyes,” in reference to my spectacles, and said, “Four eyes is going to treat.” I joined in the laugh and got behind the stove and sat down, thinking to escape notice.
ref: 1913, Theodore Roosevelt, “In Cowboy Land”, in An Autobiography, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 136:
glosses: A person who wears spectacles/eyeglasses.
Derived terms: specky four-eyes
Related terms: four-eyed
specky
closeout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closeouts
Etymology: Deverbal from close out.
Senses: examples: text: Dealing with closeouts is something every surfer should learn – especially if you live and surf in California.
ref: 2004, Chris Cote, “HOW TO Backside Closeout Snap with Andy Irons - Ending your ride with style and drama.”, in Transworld Surf:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: A wave which breaks all at once, as opposed to breaking progressively along its length.
examples: text: The Administration’s request of $12 million will allow TDA to conduct an orderly closeout of the agency beginning in 2018, which includes sufficient funding for personnel, rent, program, and other closeout costs.
ref: 2017 May 23, Gregory Krieg and Will Mullery, “Trump’s budget by the numbers: What gets cut and why”, in CNN:
topics: business
commerce
retail
synonyms: blowout sale
clearance
fire sale
glosses: A sale in which all merchandise is sold, at whatever reduced price is necessary; especially, such a sale for the purpose of either dispensing with a discontinued product line or preparing to close down the store.
close out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: closes out
form: closing out
form: closed out
form: closed out
Senses: examples: text: Lisicki recovered quickly enough and broke once again at 1-1, using her heavy to serve to dominate before a sweetly-struck backhand down the line closed out the set after 43 minutes.
ref: 2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To terminate; to call the end of.
examples: text: Sales people are taught how to close out the deal. Buyers are less well trained but protect themselves with processes that stop the seller from reaching this stage.
ref: 2017, Paul T. Steele, Tom Beasor, Business Negotiation: A Practical Workbook:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Synonym of close (“to make a sale”).
synonyms: word: close
extra: to make a sale
examples: text: Much to the dismay of bartenders, many 20-somethings prefer to close out and pay after every drink, no matter how many beverages they end up ordering.
ref: 2025 May 31, Paula Mejía, “Gen Z Doesn’t Want to Start a Bar Tab”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: To settle, to pay what is due.
examples: text: You either want to land on the top of the wave (if it has closed out), or in the transition
ref: 2005, Pete Devries, “PD's Trick Tips”, in Surfing Vancouver Island, archived from the original on 11 May 2006:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: To break all at once, instead of progressively along its length.
raw_tags: of a wave
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
antonyms: open up
glosses: To terminate a computer program.
examples: text: Gerrard plainly had other ideas as he set off on that final, driving run into the opposition penalty area, slaloming between Kamil Glik and Grzegorz Wojtkowiak and getting his shot away as a third defender, Artur Jedzejczyk, and the goalkeeper, Wojciech Szczesny, tried to close him out.
ref: 2013 October 15, Daniel Taylor, “Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To exclude by blocking all opportunities to enter or join.
topics: business
finance
glosses: To make trades offsetting an existing position, leaving the trader with a neutral position.
examples: text: One week later, the new Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-C) was loaded on Discovery and the payload bay doors were cleared and closed out.
ref: 2008, R. Michael Gordon, The Space Shuttle Program: How NASA Lost Its Way, page 192:
topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To seal off.
Derived terms: word: closeout
Related terms: close down
close off
close up
Aaronite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæɹ.əˌnaɪt/
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.əˌnaɪt/
ipa: /ˈeə(ɹ).n̩aɪt/
Forms: form: Aaronites
Etymology: From Aaron + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Levite, a descendant of Aaron.
synonyms: word: Levite
extra: a descendant of Aaron
Derived terms: Aaronitic
Aaronite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæɹ.əˌnaɪt/
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.əˌnaɪt/
ipa: /ˈeə(ɹ).n̩aɪt/
Etymology: From Aaron + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Levite, of or related to the descendants of Aaron.
synonyms: word: Levite
word: of or related to the descendants of Aaron
roseola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹə(ʊ)ˈziːələ/
ipa: /ˌɹəʊzɪˈəʊlə/
rhymes: -iələ
rhymes: -əʊlə
Forms: form: roseolas
form: roseolae
Etymology: From New Latin roseola, from diminutive of Latin rosa (“a rose”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A rosy rash occurring in measles, typhoid fever, syphilis and some other diseases.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The common name for roseola infantum.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: German measles.
Derived terms: epidemic roseola
gunge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunges
Etymology: See gong.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gong: an outhouse.
gunge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌndʒ
Forms: form: gunges
Etymology: First attested around 1935–40. Probably an alteration of gunk.
Senses: examples: text: Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?
ref: 1978, A. S. Byatt, The Virgin in The Garden, Vintage International, published 1992, page 390:
synonyms: goo
goop
grunge
gunk
slime
glosses: A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.
examples: text: They call this solid material tholin (after the Greek word for muddy), but it seems likely that chemists will continue to call this rather familiar material “gunge.”
ref: 11 January 1979, Dr Bernard Dixon (editor), "Grains between the stars account for spectra", in New Scientist
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Tholin.
Derived terms: gungey
gungy
gunge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌndʒ
Forms: form: gunges
form: gunging
form: gunged
form: gunged
Etymology: First attested around 1935–40. Probably an alteration of gunk.
Senses: glosses: To clog with gunge.
examples: text: I've been gunged on children's TV, hung out with some actors off that soap Dad used to watch, done a photoshoot for a major highstreet fashion outlet and now here we are on the red carpet, outside the cinema in Leicester Square […]
ref: 2012, Simon Packham, The Bex Factor:
glosses: To cover with gunge.
gunge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌndʒ
Forms: form: gunges
Etymology: From Hindi गंज (gañj).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ganj.
triumvirate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪˈʌm.vəɹ.ɪt/
Forms: form: triumvirates
Etymology: From Latin triumvirātus, from triumvirī (“triumvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”).
Senses: glosses: An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history.
Synonyms: government
Coordinate terms: government
Related terms: triumvir
triumviral
lending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lendings
Senses: examples: text: Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
ref: 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
glosses: The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend.
Derived terms: crowdlending
floor plan lending
lending hand
lending library
microlending
moneylending
peer-to-peer lending
securities lending
stock lending
lending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lend
idea hamster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idea hamsters
Senses: glosses: A very creative person; someone who is always able to come up with fresh ideas.
i-dotter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: i-dotters
Etymology: See dot the i's and cross the t's.
Senses: synonyms: t-crosser
glosses: A detail-oriented individual.
Related terms: i-dotting
t-crosser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: t-crossers
Etymology: See dot the i's and cross the t's.
Senses: glosses: A detail-oriented individual.
cetaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪʃəs
Etymology: Cetacea + -ous
Senses: glosses: Relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the infraorder Cetacea.
seagull manager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seagull managers
Etymology: The term became popular through a joke in Ken Blanchard's 1985 book Leadership and the One Minute Manager: "Seagull managers fly in, make a lot of noise, dump on everyone, then fly out."
Senses: glosses: A manager whose presence is rare and usually motivated by problems
Related terms: seagull approach
chainsaw consultant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chainsaw consultants
Senses: glosses: A consultant whose job is to assist in downsizing a workplace.
Related terms: chopping block
hatchet man
take an axe to
blamestorming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blamestorm
camphor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæmfɚ/
ipa: /ˈkæmfə/
Forms: form: camphors
Etymology: From Old French camphore or Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), in turn from an Austronesian word such as Malay kapur.
Senses: examples: text: Yet, oddly enough, I found a far unlikelier substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that by chance, I suppose, had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first that it was paraffin wax, and smashed the glass accordingly. But the odour of camphor was unmistakable. In the universal decay this volatile substance had chanced to survive, perhaps through many thousands of centuries.
ref: 1895 May 29, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Palace of Green Porcelain”, in The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 115:
text: A form of camphor known as monobromated camphor is said to have an anaphrodisiac effect.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 54:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy, also known as laurel camphor or common/ordinary camphor.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a plant-extracted crystalline substance similar to common camphor, especially Borneo camphor.
Derived terms: bastard camphor tree
Borneo camphor
camphene
camphine
camphogen
camphol
campholic acid
camphoraceous
camphorate
camphorated
camphoric
camphorimine
camphorize
camphor laurel
camphorsulfonic acid
camphorsulphonic
camphorsultam
camphor tree
camphorweed
camphorwood
camphory
camphoryl
camphretic acid
camphrous
Malay camphor
Ngai camphor
norcamphor
oxycamphor
rose camphor
salol-camphor
Sumatran camphor
turpentine camphor
Related terms: camphire
brazier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brāʹ-zhər
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ/
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪ.zjə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒɚ/
rhymes: -eɪʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: braziers
form: brasier
Etymology: From Middle English brasier, from brasen (“to make out of bronze or brass”), from Old English brasian, bræsian (“to cover with brass”). By surface analysis, bras(s) + -ier.
Senses: glosses: A worker in brass.
brazier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brāʹ-zhər
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ/
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪ.zjə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒɚ/
rhymes: -eɪʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: braziers
form: brasier
Etymology: From French brasier (“pan of hot coals”), from Middle French braisier, from Old French brasier, from brese (“embers, hot coals”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō. See braise.
Senses: examples: text: One of them came forward, and, producing a lamp, lit it from his brazier (for the Amahagger when on a journey nearly always carried with them a little lighted brazier, from which to provide fire).
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: At almost any time, while the boats weigh anchor, a small party can be seen in the stern, clustering about a charcoal brazier- a woman busy dishing out bowls of soup and macaroni, and men in palm-leaf hats, their bronzed bodies stripped to the waist, hurriedly scooping up steaming threads with the aid of long wooden chop-sticks.
ref: March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine, pages 264–5:
glosses: An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat.
Derived terms: brazierlike
Related terms: cresset
fire basket
studying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstʌdiːɪŋ/
Forms: form: studyings
Senses: examples: text: Yea, I have to charge thee further, before men and angels, with thy studyings and contrivances, the deepest and most intense thoughts of heart thou hast had […]
ref: 1839, Nathaniel Ranew, Solitude improved by divine meditation:
glosses: The action of the verb to study.
studying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstʌdiːɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of study
is-a
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: is-as
Etymology: From is + a.
Senses: examples: text: A special slot, the Is-a slot, short for is-a-member-of-the-class, ties instances to the classes they are members of.
ref: 1992, Patrick Henry Winston, Artificial Intelligence, 3rd edition, page 180:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
coordinate_terms: has-a
glosses: The relationship between two entities in which one entity inherits from the other.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Such a relationship expressed as an ontology component (regardless of whether the OOP paradigm per se is implemented).
has-a
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: has-as
Etymology: From has + a.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
coordinate_terms: is-a
glosses: The relationship between a class and any member of that class in object-oriented computer programming.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Such a relationship expressed as an ontology component (regardless of whether the OOP paradigm per se is implemented).
bahar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bahars
Etymology: From Egyptian Arabic بهار (bahār) or other dialects, Arabic بُهَار (buhār).
Senses: examples: text: 30 bahars of ivory
text: bahars of nutmeg
glosses: A weight used in the 18th and 19th century in the Middle East and the East Indies, of no single standard but rather of varying sizes sometimes termed little bahars and great bahars.
hybrid disgenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: a phenomenon in which high transposon mobility causes reduced fertility in hybrid progeny
thrill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɹɪl/
ipa: [θɾ̪̊ɪɫ]
ipa: [θɹ̥ɪɫ]
ipa: [θɾ̪̊ɪl]
ipa: [t̪ɾ̪̊ɪl]
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: thrills
form: thrilling
form: thrilled
form: thrilled
Etymology: From Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl). Doublet of thirl (verb).
Senses: examples: text: The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, / That sudden cold did run through every vein.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 37:
text: 1854, Matthew Arnold, Preface to Poems
vivid and picturesque turns of expression […] which thrill the reader with a sudden delight
text: One love / That has possessed me; / One love / Thrilling me through
ref: 1937, Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, “One Song”, in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney:
synonyms: rouse
glosses: To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
glosses: To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
examples: text: he perced through his chaufed chest / With thrilling point of deadly yron brand
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 42:
glosses: To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
examples: text: I'd thrill my jauelin at the Grecian moysture
ref: 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age:
synonyms: word: fling
word: bung
word: cast
word: chuck
word: chunk
word: cook
word: dash
word: dump
word: feck
word: fling
word: jerk
word: heave
word: hield
word: hoy
word: huck
word: hurl
word: hurtle
word: launch
word: lob
word: peck
word: peg
word: pick
word: pitch
word: precipitate
word: project
word: quoit
word: shy
word: slight
word: skew
word: sling
word: thrill
word: throw
word: toss
word: traject
word: warp
word: whang
word: whip
word: whop
word: wing
glosses: To hurl; to throw; to cast.
Synonyms: word: animate
word: awaken
word: electrify
word: enflame
word: enkindle
word: enthrill
word: exagitate
word: excite
word: exhilarate
word: exsuscitate
word: fillip
word: fire
word: fire the blood
word: galvanize
word: gin up
word: ignite
word: inflame
word: intoxicate
word: kindle
word: quicken
word: rouse
word: send
word: set fire to
word: set on fire
word: sharpen
word: stir the blood
word: suscitate
word: thrill
word: vitalise
word: wake
word: warm the blood
word: whet
word: wind up
word: work up
word: yerk
Hypernyms: word: incite
Hyponyms: word: aggravate
word: bring down
word: arouse
word: delight
word: encourage
word: geek out
word: shudder
word: tingle
word: titillate
Derived terms: enthrill
Related terms: word: frisson
word: rush
word: exciting
thrill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɹɪl/
ipa: [θɾ̪̊ɪɫ]
ipa: [θɹ̥ɪɫ]
ipa: [θɾ̪̊ɪl]
ipa: [t̪ɾ̪̊ɪl]
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: thrills
Etymology: From Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl). Doublet of thirl (verb).
Senses: examples: text: She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
ref: 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
glosses: A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.
glosses: A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
glosses: A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from thrill (noun)
word: cheap thrill
sense: Terms derived from thrill (noun)
word: thrill killer
sense: Terms derived from thrill (noun)
word: thrill kill
sense: Terms derived from thrill (noun)
word: thrill killing
sense: Terms derived from thrill (noun)
word: thrill of the hunt
sense: Terms derived from thrill (noun)
word: thrill-seeker
sense: Terms derived from thrill (noun)
word: thrilly
thrill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɹɪl/
ipa: [θɾ̪̊ɪɫ]
ipa: [θɹ̥ɪɫ]
ipa: [θɾ̪̊ɪl]
ipa: [t̪ɾ̪̊ɪl]
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: thrills
form: thrilling
form: thrilled
form: thrilled
Etymology: Blend of thread (verb) + drill (verb).
Senses: topics: engineering
machining
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements.
Synonyms: word: animate
word: awaken
word: electrify
word: enflame
word: enkindle
word: enthrill
word: exagitate
word: excite
word: exhilarate
word: exsuscitate
word: fillip
word: fire
word: fire the blood
word: galvanize
word: gin up
word: ignite
word: inflame
word: intoxicate
word: kindle
word: quicken
word: rouse
word: send
word: set fire to
word: set on fire
word: sharpen
word: stir the blood
word: suscitate
word: thrill
word: vitalise
word: wake
word: warm the blood
word: whet
word: wind up
word: work up
word: yerk
Hypernyms: word: incite
Hyponyms: word: aggravate
word: bring down
word: arouse
word: delight
word: encourage
word: geek out
word: shudder
word: tingle
word: titillate
Related terms: word: frisson
word: rush
word: exciting
shudder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃʌd.ə/
ipa: /ˈʃʌd.ɚ/
ipa: [ˈʃʌɾ.ɚ]
homophone: shutter stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: shudders
form: shuddering
form: shuddered
form: shuddered
Etymology: From Middle English schoderen, from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre.
Senses: examples: text: On seeing the spider under his pillow, John shuddered.
text: VVreath'd vp in fatall folds iuſt in his way, / The feare where of doth make him ſhake, & ſhudder, […]
ref: 1594, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC, signature Fiij, verso, lines [879–880]:
text: What makes me shudder so? / I shudder and I sigh to think / That even Cicero / And many-minded Homer were / Mad as the mist and snow.
ref: 1929, William Butler Yeats, Mad as the Mist and Snow:
glosses: To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.
glosses: To vibrate jerkily.
Synonyms: sense: shake nervously
word: palpitate
sense: shake nervously
word: shiver
sense: shake nervously
word: shake
sense: shake nervously
word: quake
sense: vibrate jerkily
word: flutter
sense: vibrate jerkily
word: jiggle
sense: vibrate jerkily
word: shake
sense: vibrate jerkily
word: wiggle
Derived terms: shudderer
shudder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃʌd.ə/
ipa: /ˈʃʌd.ɚ/
ipa: [ˈʃʌɾ.ɚ]
homophone: shutter stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: shudders
Etymology: From Middle English schoderen, from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre.
Senses: examples: text: Seeing the spider under his pillow gave John a shudder.
glosses: A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
examples: text: They name thee before me, / ⁠A knell to mine ear; / A shudder comes o'er me— / ⁠Why wert thou so dear?
ref: c. 1816, Lord Byron, When we Two parted:
text: … and was not that slight tremble, a shudder which went through her young body, when his kiss, glowing and scorching with his wild passion, had dared to touch her tiny ice-cold hand?
ref: 1906 January, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter 22, in A Son of the People: A Romance of the Hungarian Plains, London: Greening & Co., →OCLC:
glosses: A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.
Synonyms: sense: shivering tremor
word: jiggle
sense: shivering tremor
word: quake
sense: shivering tremor
word: rumble
sense: shivering tremor
word: quiver
sense: frisson
english: cold
translation: cold
word: shiver
sense: frisson
word: quiver
sense: frisson
word: tingle
sense: frisson
word: thrill
Derived terms: shudder quote
Related terms: judder
soupy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsupi/
rhymes: -uːpi
Forms: form: soupier
form: soupiest
Etymology: From Middle English soupi, suppy, equivalent to soup + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling soup; creamy.
glosses: Extravagantly sentimental; slushy.
Derived terms: soupiness
Related terms: pea-soupy
fluor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fluɔɹ/
Forms: form: fluors
Etymology: From Latin fluor.
Senses: glosses: The mineral fluorite.
glosses: A flow or flux.
synonyms: flowers
glosses: Menstrual periods.
Derived terms: fluor albus
fluorine
fluorite
fluoroid
fluorspar
Related terms: fluoranthene
fluorescence
fluorophor
fluorophore
fluorosis
fluor-
x
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛks/
rhymes: -ɛks
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ɡz/
ipa: /kʃ/
ipa: /ɡʒ/
ipa: /z/
ipa: /ʃ/
Forms: form: X
form: xs
form: x's
Senses: glosses: The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin script.
examples: alumnx, Chicanx (Xicanx), Filipinx, Latinx, Mx, mxn, Tejanx, womxn
glosses: Forming gender-neutral or otherwise more inclusive versions of words, especially Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.
Derived terms: english: replacing a /ks/ sound
translation: replacing a /ks/ sound
word: -x
english: existential risk
translation: existential risk
word: x-risk
english: xenophobia; auxiliary form
translation: xenophobia; auxiliary form
word: x-word
sense: from the letter shape
english: moto-cross
translation: moto-cross
word: moto-x
sense: from the letter shape
english: trans-; cross-
translation: trans-; cross-
word: x-
sense: from the letter shape
word: x-dressing
sense: from the letter shape
word: x-height
sense: from the letter shape
word: x-wing
Related terms: sense: gender
word: @
sense: gender
word: -x
x
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛks/
rhymes: -ɛks
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ɡz/
ipa: /kʃ/
ipa: /ɡʒ/
ipa: /z/
ipa: /ʃ/
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of X (“intersex or non-binary (in passports and identification documents)”).
x
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛks/
rhymes: -ɛks
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ɡz/
ipa: /kʃ/
ipa: /ɡʒ/
ipa: /z/
ipa: /ʃ/
Senses: examples: text: David Cameron gives a Commons statement after every EU summit and normally they follow a predictable pattern; he says that he set out with X number of aims, and then he explains he has achieved all X of them (even if he hasn’t). The most interesting comments normally come in the exchanges with MPs.
ref: 2016 February 22, Andrew Sparrow, “David Cameron's swipe at Boris Johnson in the Commons – verdict”, in The Guardian:
text: But chances are that Google will continue to float new ideas before eventually merging the best of them into a single, coherent application, as it did with Hangouts. And then it'll start the process again. In the meantime, Google will spend money developing x number of duplicate apps, and users will have to deal with a confusing mess of applications on their home screens.
ref: 2016 May 19, Aaron Souppouris, “Why Google can't stop making messaging apps”, in Engadget:
related: word: X
glosses: An unknown or unspecified number of.
Derived terms: english: representing a value that may vary
translation: representing a value that may vary
word: -x
word: x-axis
word: x-band
word: x-intercept
word: x unit
x
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛks/
rhymes: -ɛks
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ɡz/
ipa: /kʃ/
ipa: /ɡʒ/
ipa: /z/
ipa: /ʃ/
Senses: examples: text: If there is anyone in the audience who can't stand someone pushing a Shinji x Rei thing, I know you want to quit on this fic now.
ref: 1998 August 31, Greg Upchurch, “[Eva][Fanfic] Aright”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet):
text: I'm a fairly big Angel x Buffy fan, though I'm not a particularly big fan of Angel. They just work well together, IMO.
ref: 2002 July 7, Arnold Kim, “Re: Favorite couples??”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):
text: Tho' my doujinshi is a Cloud x Sephiroth - yes you read that right - Cloud's name is first. ^^!
ref: 2003 April 29, sephigirl, “Re: [OT] Character selections was: Re: [POLL] Identification”, in alt.fan.utena (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Used between the names of two characters to denote a ship, particularly in anime, manga, and video games.
examples: text: Taska Black x DROELOE, Steve Aoki x Lauren Jauregui, etc.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Used in place of and in artist collaborations.
x
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛks/
rhymes: -ɛks
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ɡz/
ipa: /kʃ/
ipa: /ɡʒ/
ipa: /z/
ipa: /ʃ/
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: The sound sequence /ɛks/ or /ks/.
glosses: The suffix or final sequence /iəs/ (-ious, -eous, -eus).
glosses: The suffix or final syllable /ʃəs/ (-tious, -cious, -xious).
glosses: The suffix or final syllable /ʃəl/ (-tial, -cial).
Related terms: english: abbreviation marker
translation: abbreviation marker
word: -x
word: x-caboquinho
word: x-cat-ik
common ash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common ashes
Senses: glosses: Any of a species of tall deciduous trees, (Fraxinus excelsior) native to most of Europe.
Synonyms: sense: Fraxinus exclesior
word: European ash
daman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damans
Etymology: From Arabic دَمَان (damān) (إسرائيل (Isrā'īl)), literally "lamb (of Israel)."
Senses: glosses: The rock hyrax.
rom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: proofreading
glosses: Abbreviation of roman.
Related terms: romcom
rom-com
rom com
antiprism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiprisms
Etymology: From anti- + prism.
Senses: glosses: A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.
antitrade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antitrades
Etymology: From anti- + trade.
Senses: glosses: The wind that blows from west to east above the trade wind.
Synonyms: antitrade wind
antitrade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antitrade
form: most antitrade
Etymology: From anti- + trade.
Senses: examples: an antitrade coalition
glosses: Opposing trade.
arquebusier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: arquebusiers
Etymology: From Middle French hacquebousier, arquebusier, corresponding to arquebus + -ier.
Senses: examples: text: This included the head-piece and gorgett, the back and breast, with skirts of iron called tasses or tassets covering the thighs, as may be seen in the figures, representing the exercise of the pike, published anno 1622, by the title of the Military Art of Training; the same kind of armour was worn by the harquebusiers.
ref: 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 21:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A soldier armed with an arquebus.
Synonyms: hackbuteer
hackbutter
reflecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈflɛktɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reflect
reflecting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈflɛktɪŋ/
Forms: form: reflectings
Senses: examples: text: The Hall of Spiders yawned and shrank, the threads deceiving the eye, the distances, shifting, surging forward or crumbling away, to the illusory reflectings of the moon.
ref: 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
glosses: An instance of reflection (in any sense).
reflecting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈflɛktɪŋ/
Forms: form: more reflecting
form: most reflecting
Senses: glosses: That has been reflected (of light, sound etc.); undergoing reflection.
examples: a reflecting pool
glosses: That reflects.
examples: a reflecting telescope
glosses: Having a component that reflects light.
glosses: Given to introspection; thoughtful, reflective.
examples: text: I know what you mean, little reflecting fool, by saying, it is much in my power […] to give you that peace which you can give yourself whenever you please.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: Insulting, disparaging.
Derived terms: non-reflecting
nonreflecting
reflecting circle
reflecting galvanometer
reflecting goniometer
reflecting pool
reflecting telescope
art historian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: art historians
Senses: examples: text: When Cunk critiques “What the fuck is this?” while standing in front of an art historian and Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Triumph of Death, she might as well be a TikTok user complaining about the “point” of contemporary art.
ref: 2025 January 3, Christina Izzo, “Cunk On Life is brilliantly funny (and depressingly timely)”, in AV Club:
glosses: An expert in art history.
art history
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of the history of the visual arts.
Related terms: art historian
art-historical
art house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: art houses
Senses: examples: text: Practically nothing has yet been reported in detail about audiences who attend the art house—a relatively new and growing institution on the American cinematic scene.
ref: 1953, D. W. Smythe et al., “Portrait of an Art-Theater Audience,”, in The Quarterly of Film Radio and Television, volume 8, number 1, page 28:
glosses: A cinema that shows art films and foreign films which are not widely distributed.
examples: text: Hitler had "collected" most of the paintings from a Jewish-owned art house—Goudstikker of Amsterdam.
ref: 1946 December 16, “Dutch Bouquet”, in Time:
glosses: A building or gallery in which works of art are collected, displayed, and offered for sale.
Derived terms: word: art-house
close encounter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: close encounters
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
ufology
glosses: A supposed observation, or observation of evidence, of extraterrestrial beings or their craft.
Related terms: alien abduction
flying saucer
unidentified flying object
UFO
relentlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈlɛntləsli/
Forms: form: more relentlessly
form: most relentlessly
Etymology: From relentless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: sprightliness and vivacity which time has relentlessly taken from his person
ref: 1767, Hugh Kelly, The Babler:
text: The leadership team must believe in it and pursue it relentlessly, along with the leader herself.
ref: 2022, Gary A. Garfield, Driving Results:
synonyms: word: unrelentingly
word: ceaselessly
word: consecutively
word: constantly
word: continually
word: continuously
word: endlessly
word: eternally
word: everlastingly
word: extendedly
word: incessantly
word: infinitely
word: neverendingly
word: nonstop
word: ongoingly
word: perpetually
word: persistently
word: relentlessly
word: steadily
word: successively
word: unbrokenly
word: unceasingly
word: unendingly
word: unintermittedly
word: uninterruptedly
word: unrelentingly
word: unrelievedly
word: unremittingly
word: unstoppingly
glosses: In a relentless manner.
Lazarus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæzəɹəs/
Etymology: From Late Latin Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of Biblical characters found in Luke 16 and John 12, from Biblical Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azár), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped". Doublet of Eleazar.
Senses: examples: text: I’ve always been moved by the story of Lazarus as it is recounted in the Gospel of John. The basic shape of the narrative is recognizable and relatable: Someone dies, and the heartbroken family pleads for their loss to be reversed. In the case of Lazarus, Christ is so moved by the family’s grief that he interferes with the natural order of things and grants an exception like no other: He brings the dead man back to life. This makes it an exemplar of a kind of cosmic partiality, what we would all hope for at our most wounded and vulnerable. Caravaggio pins the scene down to its material facts: the confused faces of the onlookers, the downcast faces of the sisters, the necrotic body of Lazarus, the supernatural authority of Christ.
ref: 2020 September 23, Teju Cole, “In Dark Times, I Sought Out the Turmoil of Caravaggio’s Paintings”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2020:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Lazarus of Bethany, a man supposedly raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later (Christianity) revered as a saint.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A beggar in a parable by Jesus Christ, traditionally (Christianity) believed to have been a leper and often conflated with Lazarus of Bethany.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
examples: text: Ken Cuccinelli tweaked the famous poem from Emma Lazarus – whose words, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” are long associated with immigration to the US and the nation’s history as a haven – as part of a case for strict new measures pushed Monday by the Trump administration that could dramatically change the legal immigration system.
ref: 2019 August 13, Devan Cole and Caroline Kelly, “Cuccinelli rewrites Statue of Liberty poem to make case for limiting immigration”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Hebrew.
Synonyms: sense: New Testament character raised from the dead
word: Lazarus of Bethany
sense: New Testament character raised from the dead
word: Saint Lazarus
sense: New Testament character raised from the dead
word: Saint Lazare
Derived terms: Bamforth-Lazarus syndrome
Lazarus effect
Lazarus Island
Lazarus layer
Lazarus sign
Lazarus species
Lazarus syndrome
Lazarus taxon
Related terms: lazar
lazar house
lazaret
lazaretto
Lazarist
Lazarite