cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
-ium
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Latin -um (neuter singular morphological suffix), based on Latin terms for metals such as ferrum (“iron”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Used to form the names of metal elements, after the style of early-named elements, as well as the isotopes of hydrogen.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Used to form the temporary systematic element name of a metallic or nonmetallic element which is postulated to exist, or which has been newly synthesized and has not yet been assigned a permanent name.
examples: Alternative form: -onium
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Used to form the name of polyatomic cations. Common examples are quaternary ammonium compounds used as neuromuscular blocking agents, cholinergic agents, anticholinergic agents, antibacterials/antiseptics, or other agents.
examples: text: According to the FAQ, a site's coolness can be attributed to a trace element called coolium.
ref: 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, Official Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 book, page 34:
text: Stupidium: Exposure to this Element can cause very silly behavior.
ref: 2007, Jason Lethcoe, Wishing Well, appendix, page ii:
text: We're at the North Pole, aren't we? Let's just call the new element Santa Clausium!
ref: 2009, Selena Kitt, Quickies, page 91:
glosses: Appended to common words to create scientific-sounding or humorous-sounding fictional substance names.
-ium
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Forms: form: -iums
form: -ia
Etymology: Reanalysis from multiple Latin or New Latin compounds suffixed with -ium, whose function, among others, is to derive parasynthetic compounds.
Senses: examples: text: epithelium, pollinium
glosses: Used to form the name of an aggregation or mass of something, such as biological tissue
examples: text: clinanthium, periodontium
glosses: Forms the name of biological structures and parts.
-ium
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Forms: form: -iums
form: -ia
Etymology: Reanalysis of Latin words suffixed with -tōrium, -ārium and -ium.
Senses: examples: text: auditorium, gymnasium, planetarium
glosses: Used to indicate the setting where a given activity is carried out
Related terms: alt: Etymology 1
word: -um
word: -ion
unburnt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nt
Forms: form: more unburnt
form: most unburnt
form: unburned
Etymology: From un- + burnt.
Senses: glosses: Not burnt or burned.
sophistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒ.fɪ.stɹi/
ipa: /ˈsɑ.fɪ.stɹi/
Forms: form: sophistries
Etymology: From Middle English safistre, soffistre, sofystry, sophestrie, sophestry, sophestrye, sophistre, sophistri, sophistrie, sophistry, sophistrye, sophystrye, from Old French sofisterie, sophistrie and Medieval Latin sophistria, Anglo-Latin sophestria, from Latin sophista, from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “wise man”), from σοφίζω (sophízō, “I am wise”), from σοφός (sophós, “wise”), equivalent to sophist + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: Such conduct is at any rate not sophistical, if Aristotle be right in describing sophistry as the art of making money.
ref: 1844, Søren Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments:
glosses: The actions or arguments of a sophist.
glosses: Plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning.
examples: text: And so he reasoned until the first generous impulse to proclaim the truth and relinquish his titles and his estates to their rightful owner was forgotten beneath the mass of sophistries which self-interest had advanced.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 99:
glosses: An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so; a sophism.
Related terms: Sophia
sophism
sophist
sophistication
demagogy
rhetoric
gypsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/
rhymes: -ɪpsi
Forms: form: gypsies
form: gipsy
form: gipsey
form: gypsey
form: gypsie
form: gyptian
Etymology: See Gypsy. Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.
Senses: examples: text: He championed the music of the gypsies as he did the Muslim and Jewish roots of Spanish culture. […] All these and more were fused in the forge of the gypsy experience into a singular art form, unlike any of its sources, evoking its own worldview, its own existential stance.
ref: 2010 February 5, Mike Marqusee, “Flamenco's humane roots”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of Gypsy (“member of the Romani people”).
examples: text: Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
glosses: An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
glosses: A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
glosses: A person with a dark complexion.
glosses: A sly, roguish woman.
glosses: A fortune teller.
Synonyms: sense: contra dancing
word: gyre
sense: contra dancing
word: gyp
sense: contra dancing
word: gip
Derived terms: antigypsy
dance gypsy
gyplure
gyppy
gypsify
gypsiologist
gypsiology
gypsycraft
gypsy cream
gypsydom
gypsyesque
gypsy hat
gypsyish
gypsyism
gypsy jazz
gypsylike
gypsy moon
gypsy rose
gypsy sauce
gypsy setting
gypsy's kiss
gypsy swing
gypsy table
gypsy tart
gypsy truck
gypsy wagon
gypsyweed
gypsy winch
gypsywort
nongypsy
gypsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/
rhymes: -ɪpsi
Forms: form: gipsy
form: gipsey
form: gypsey
form: gypsie
form: gyptian
Etymology: See Gypsy. Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gypsy: of or belonging to the Romani people.
glosses: Itinerant; of or having the qualities of an itinerant person or group.
glosses: Of or having the qualities of an itinerant person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Romani people; making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.
Derived terms: gyp
gip
gypsy cab
gypsy moth
gypsy mushroom
gypsy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/
rhymes: -ɪpsi
Forms: form: gypsies
form: gypsying
form: gypsied
form: gypsied
form: gipsy
form: gipsey
form: gypsey
form: gypsie
form: gyptian
Etymology: See Gypsy. Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.
Senses: examples: text: The rest of the day is spent out of doors "Gypsying", and families greatly enjoy themselves on these occasions.
ref: 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XX, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 199 footnote:
glosses: To roam around the country like a gypsy.
examples: text: Look at the person you're gypsying with, and convey the message that you notice them as a person and that you're glad that they're there, […]
ref: 1992 April 7, win...@ssrl01.slac.stanford.edu, “contra-gypsies”, in rec.folk-dancing (Usenet):
text: The only one I know of is The Tease by Tom Hinds which starts with the actives gypsying and then swinging their neighbors and ends with contra […]
ref: 1998 September 9, Jonathan Sivier, “Contra Corners - followed by gypsy”, in rec.folk-dancing (Usenet):
glosses: To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.
Related terms: bohemian
knacker
pavee
pikey
Rom
Roma
Romani
Romanichal
Sinti
Sinto
tinker
traveler
traveller
vagabond
vagrant
ŭ
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A dictionary transcription for the STRUT vowel
let's go
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: less go
form: lessgo
form: let us go
Senses: examples: text: Let's go to the beach next Saturday.
text: Let's go, team! C'mon!
glosses: Hortative of go, particularly as a cheer expressing encouragement.
glosses: Let us begin or get started. (a call to put a plan into action)
examples: text: Let's go, practice starts in five minutes.
glosses: Hurry up; be quick.
examples: text: You think you're so tough, huh? Let's go then!
glosses: Bring it on. (an incitement to fight)
examples: text: Our team is up two points already, let's go!
glosses: Yay. (an expression of pleasure, joy, relief, or satisfaction)
Synonyms: sense: expression of encouragement
word: come on
sense: expression of encouragement
word: c'mon
sense: expression of encouragement
word: carn
sense: expression of encouragement
word: add oil
sense: hurry up
word: be quick
sense: hurry up
word: chop chop
sense: hurry up
word: come on
sense: hurry up
word: get a move on
sense: hurry up
word: hurry up
sense: hurry up
word: look lively
sense: hurry up
word: shake a leg
word: leggo
Derived terms: let's go, Brandon
LFG
Related terms: way to go
spur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɜː/
ipa: /spɝ/
ipa: /spʌr/
ipa: /spøː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /speː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /spɛː/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /spɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
homophone: spare (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: spurs
Etymology: See sparrow.
Senses: glosses: A tern.
spur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɜː/
ipa: /spɝ/
ipa: /spʌr/
ipa: /spøː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /speː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /spɛː/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /spɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
homophone: spare (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: spurs
Etymology: Short for spurious.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
spur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɜː/
ipa: /spɝ/
ipa: /spʌr/
ipa: /spøː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /speː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /spɛː/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /spɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
homophone: spare (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: spurs
Senses: glosses: The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.
spur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɜː/
ipa: /spɝ/
ipa: /spʌr/
ipa: /spøː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /speː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /spɛː/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /spɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
homophone: spare (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: spurs
form: spurring
form: spurred
form: spurred
Senses: examples: text: I haue yonder vncouered a faire girle, Ile be ſo bolde as ſpur her, vvhat might a bodie call her name?
ref: c. 1590 (date written), [John Lyly], Mother Bombie. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii:
text: Are you come, old Maſter? Very good, your Horſe is well ſet up; but ere you part, I'll ride you, and ſpur your Reverend Juſticeſhip ſuch a queſtion, as I ſhall make the ſides of your Reputation bleed, truly I will. Now muſt I play at Bo-peep.
ref: 1625, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Elder Brother. A Comedy.”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. […], [part 1], London: […] J[ohn] Macock [and H. Hills], for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iv, page 119, column 1:
text: 1638, Thomas Heywood, "The Rape of Lucrece. A true Roman Tragedy", in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood, Vol. V, John Pearson, 1874, pages 230 & 231.
Clo[wne]. Fie upon't, never was poore Pompey ſo overlabour'd as I have beene, I thinke I have ſpurd my horſe ſuch a queſtion, that he is ſcarce able to wig or wag his tayle for an anſwere, but my Lady bad me ſpare for no horſe fleſh, and I thinke I have made him runne his race.
text: The Pall Mall Magazine, Vol. 33, 1904, page 435.
They hadde spurred questions all the morning, his Majestie being so grossly overtaken with two whole nights' feasting, (which meant a surfeit of sausage laid upon a stomach not over strong), that between sick and sullen he bore a dull edge to the business.
glosses: Alternative form of speer.
delude
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈluːd/
ipa: /dɪˈljuːd/
ipa: /dɪˈluːd/
ipa: /dəˈluːd/
rhymes: -uːd
Forms: form: deludes
form: deluding
form: deluded
form: deluded
Etymology: From Middle English deluden, borrowed from Latin dēlūdō (“mock, deceive”), from de + lūdō (“to make sport of, to mock”). See ludicrous.
Senses: examples: text: Ralph Wiggum is generally employed as a bottomless fount of glorious non sequiturs, but in “I Love Lisa” he stands in for every oblivious chump who ever deluded himself into thinking that with persistence, determination, and a pure heart he can win the girl of his dreams.
ref: 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: To delude the nation by an airy phantom.
ref: 1775, Edmund Burke, Speech on Conciliation with America:
glosses: To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
examples: text: It deludes thy search.
ref: c. 1680, John Dryden, Dido to Aeneas:
glosses: To frustrate or disappoint.
Synonyms: sense: to deceive
word: deceive
sense: to deceive
word: mislead
sense: to deceive
word: lull
Derived terms: deludable
deludee
deluder
deludingly
delusive
undelude
Related terms: allude
deluded
delusion
delusional
elude
illude
touchdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʌt͡ʃ.daʊn/
Forms: form: touchdowns
form: touch down
form: touch-down
Etymology: From touch + down.
Senses: examples: text: Today I scored my first touchdown.
text: “I must have caught 45 or 50 touchdowns in that right corner,” he told The Baltimore Sun in 2009. “It was sloped some, a little downhill, which helped me speedwise. I wasn’t all that fast.”
ref: 2020 October 29, Richard Goldstein, “Jimmy Orr, a Favorite Target of the Colts’ Unitas, Dies at 85”, in The New York Times:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
examples: text: A first Test try by Fergus McFadden and a Tomas O'Leary touchdown helped Ireland to a 15-12 half-time lead.
ref: 2011 February 13, Lyle Jackson, “Ireland 22-25 France”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
examples: text: The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.
text: And I think it's gonna be a long, long time / 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find / I'm not the man they think I am at home / Oh, no, no, no[…]
ref: 1972 April 17, Elton John, Bernie Taupin, “Rocket Man”, in Honky Château, performed by Elton John:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: setdown
glosses: The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
examples: text: The American Red Cross sent me to Alabama within twenty-four hours of the tornado's touchdown, and I visited the communities of Oak Grove and Rock Creek four subsequent times.
ref: 2003, Jessica McNew, Eyes in a Storm:
glosses: The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
Derived terms: touchdown dance
touchdown pass
Related terms: touch down
dreamwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compound of dream + work.
Senses: glosses: An attempt to discover the deeper meaning that a dream might contain.
Related terms: dreamworker
teamwork makes the dream work
Dutch courage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: This dates back to a time of intense political rivalry between England and the Netherlands, and was originally an ethnic slur.
Senses: examples: text: I was beginning to wish I'd had the sense to spend the last hour in a pub. Dutch courage would have been better than no courage at all.
ref: 2010, Minette Walters, The Shape of Snakes, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:
synonyms: liquid courage
pot-valiancy
glosses: The courage or bravado induced by alcohol.
examples: text: Another five minutes wait and we finally raise glasses in a toast to the evening. ‘So, what's the plan?’ ‘Well, we can go straight to the casino after this or we can get half a skinful of Dutch courage.’
ref: 2015, R.A. Barnes, Peril: A Ger Mayes Crime Novel, Marble City Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: An alcoholic drink, taken to bolster one's courage.
cocaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn/
ipa: /ˈkəʊkeɪˌʌɪn/
ipa: /koʊˈkeɪn/
ipa: /ˈkoʊˌkeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: cocaines
form: cocain
form: cocaïne
Etymology: From coca + -ine, from Quechua kuka. First use appears c. 1874.
Senses: examples: text: Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker-street, buried among his old books, and alternating from week to week between cocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of the drug, and the fierce energy of his own keen nature.
ref: 1891 June 25, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure I.—A Scandal in Bohemia.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II, London: George Newnes, Limited, […], published July 1891, →OCLC:
text: All I get, uh, is this cup of cold coffee and cocaine / And your ugly face, look out
ref: 1983, “Cold Coffee & Cocaine”, performed by Prince:
text: Cocaine’s awfully expensive stuff, isn't it? Is it worth it?
ref: 1990, Andrew Davies, Michael Dobbs, House of Cards, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Frank Urquhart (Ian Richardson):
topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: blow
coke
girl
nose candy
powder
rock
slim
snow
snuff
white lady
yay
glosses: An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.
glosses: Any derivative of cocaine.
Synonyms: word: benzoylmethylecgonine
word: blow
word: Bolivian marching powder
word: booger sugar
word: boots
word: California corn flakes
word: charlie
word: ching
word: coke
word: corinne
word: crystals
word: flake
word: girl
word: hard white
word: marching powder
word: nose candy
word: nose powder
word: party powder
word: powder
word: rock
word: rocks
word: slim
word: sniff
word: snow
word: snuff
word: toot
word: wash
word: white
word: white girl
word: white lady
word: yay
word: yayo
word: yola
Hypernyms: word: drug
word: recreational drug
Hyponyms: word: crack
word: crack cocaine
word: crack rock
word: fishscale
word: hard
word: rock cocaine
word: speedball
Derived terms: anticocaine
-caine
cocaine addict
cocaine base
cocaine bugs
cocaine cowboy
cocaine decor
cocaineless
cocainelike
cocaine paste
cocainise
cocainism
cocainist
cocainization
cocainize
cocainomania
cocainomaniac
crack cocaine
norcocaine
pink cocaine
poor man's cocaine
rock cocaine
Related terms: cokehead
hydroxytropacocaine
tropacocaine
crack
snort
yay
cocaine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn/
ipa: /ˈkəʊkeɪˌʌɪn/
ipa: /koʊˈkeɪn/
ipa: /ˈkoʊˌkeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: cocaines
form: cocaining
form: cocained
form: cocained
form: cocain
form: cocaïne
Etymology: From coca + -ine, from Quechua kuka. First use appears c. 1874.
Senses: examples: text: […] cocaining the eye, then introducing a speculum, or having an assistant hold the lids open with retractors.
ref: 1895, The Veterinary Magazine, volume 2, page 183:
glosses: Synonym of cocainize.
synonyms: word: cocainize
delay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈleɪ/
ipa: /dəˈleɪ/
ipa: /dɪ-/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: delays
form: delaying
form: delayed
form: delayed
Etymology: From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from des- + Old French laier (“to leave”), a conflation of Old Frankish *lattjan ("to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), and Old Frankish *laibijan ("to leave"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)). Doublet of dally.
Akin to Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), Old English lǣfan (“to leave”). More at let (to hinder), late, leave.
Senses: examples: text: My lord delayeth his coming.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 24:48:
glosses: To put off until a later time; to defer.
examples: text: The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
text: Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
glosses: To retard; to temporarily stop, detain, or hinder.
examples: text: Don't delay; this special offer ends at midnight!
text: Don't delay
Something tells me I gotta go away
ref: 2009, Ingrid Michaelson, “Once Was Love”, in Everybody:
glosses: To wait, hesitate, tarry.
examples: text: The watery showers delay the raging wind.
ref: a. 1547, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, The faithful Lover declareth his Pains and his uncertain Joys, and with only Hope recomforteth somewhat his woful Heart:
glosses: To allay; to temper.
Synonyms: sense: put off until a later time
word: adjourn
sense: put off until a later time
word: defer
sense: put off until a later time
word: forslow
sense: put off until a later time
word: penelopize
sense: put off until a later time
word: postpone
sense: put off until a later time
word: put off
sense: put off until a later time
word: put on ice
sense: put off until a later time
word: suspend
sense: put off until a later time
word: waive
sense: retard
word: belate
word: forslow
word: detain
word: get in the way of
word: hold up
word: impede
sense: wait, hesitate
word: procrastinate
sense: allay (obsolete)
word: calm
word: moderate
word: quell
Derived terms: delayability
delayable
delayal
delayed critical
delayed criticality
delayed ejaculation
delayed miscarriage
delayed neutron
delayed-onset muscle soreness
delayed onset muscle soreness
delayed puberty
delayed sleep phase disorder
delayer
delayingly
delaying tactic
delayism
delay no more
justice delayed is justice denied
nondelaying
redelay
undelaying
delay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈleɪ/
ipa: /dəˈleɪ/
ipa: /dɪ-/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: delays
form: delaying
form: delayed
form: delayed
Etymology: From Middle English delaien, from Old French delaiier, a variant of delaissier.
Senses: glosses: To dilute, temper.
examples: text: Those dreadfull flames she also found delayd / And quenched quite like a consumed torch […].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To assuage, quench, allay.
aciculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlɪt
Forms: form: more aciculate
form: most aciculate
form: aciculated
Senses: glosses: Furnished with aciculae.
glosses: acicular (needle-shaped)
examples: text: The chief points of difference between specimens of the two are that those of R. mutabilis are more setaceous, but less aciculate on the barren stems, the terminal leaflets are more frequently narrowed at the base, though occasionally they have the ovate form usual in the Plymouth plant.
ref: 1871, Berthold Seeman, Journal of botany, British and foreign, volume 9:
glosses: Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
wandering albatross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wandering albatrosses
Senses: examples: text: ‘Well, there are lots of different subspecies of them, but the wandering albatross sort of looks like a bigger, more aristocratic seagull, with webbed feet and giant gliding wings. They partner for life and can live up to fifty years. They fly enormous distances to get the right food for their young.’
ref: 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 228:
synonyms: snowy albatross
white-winged albatross
goonie
toroa
glosses: A large seabird, Diomedea exulans, with a very large wingspread.
camper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæmpɚ/
ipa: /ˈkæmpə/
rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: campers
Etymology: From camp (verb) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: There were thousands of campers at the music festival.
text: They're indispensable for backpackers, campers and anyone else who plans to be away from a power outlet for a while; indeed, both the Solar and the Eco Player are ruggedly built, with rubberized nonscratchable surfaces.
ref: 2008 March 13, David Pogue, “Media Players, Untethered”, in The New York Times:
text: To be sung to in this way by the entire faery kingdom, each member of it born from the heartsong of a camper, was truly a delight that not many, I believe, have known.
ref: 2010, Erjan J. Slavin, The Tale of the Mirror (& The Wishing Tree Poetry), →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.
examples: text: The moonshiners are now only a memory, but the sunrisers have grown into many hundreds, with trailers and campers pulling into Red Rock Canyon days early for a good parking spot.
ref: 2003, Roberta Martin Starry, Gold Gamble, page 156:
glosses: A motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in.
topics: video-games
glosses: A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.
Derived terms: camper shell
campership
camper van
canoe camper
corpse camper
freedom camper
glamper
happy camper
left lane camper
noncamper
right lane camper
spawn camper
stealth camper
summer camper
truck camper
water camper
workcamper
camper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæmpɚ/
ipa: /ˈkæmpə/
rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)
Etymology: From camp (adjective) + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of camp: more camp
boxing glove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boxing gloves
Senses: topics: boxing
business
clothing
fashion
government
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
textiles
war
glosses: A padded mitten, designed to protect the hand while punching, and worn in boxing.
kI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kI
form: ki
form: KY
Etymology: From 氣, 気.
Senses: qualifier: sometimes called ch'i
glosses: A term indicating intrinsic energy; usually associated with martial art – karate, judo, aikido, etc. – practitioners who consider ki important to performing at the highest level.
anent
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Etymology: From Middle English anent, anentes, anempt (“insofar as, inasmuch as, in comparison with, with respect to, as regards, concerning, in the opinion or judgment of; next to, close to, up to, near, adjoining, across from, over against, facing”), from Old English on efn (“by; near”), from on + efn. Compare Dutch neven, German neben.
Senses: examples: text: Mr Bloom and Stephen entered the cabman’s shelter, an unpretentious wooden structure, where, prior to then, he had rarely, if ever, been before; the former having previously whispered to the latter a few hints anent the keeper of it […]
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: 1937, L. Ron Hubbard, letter to Russell Hays, quoted in Literary Correspondence: Letters and Journals, p. 101,
I have just found out something with which to repay that very kind favor of yours anent the "lift" angle on stories.
text: The wings of the driver's Marlenesque nose shone, having shed or burned up their ration of powder, and she kept up an elegant monologue anent the local traffic, […]
ref: 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 11, in Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC, part 1, page 53:
text: This question remains a vital consideration anent the debate over the possibility of limiting nuclear war to military objectives, […]
ref: 1984, New York Times:
text: The invasion of privacy anent banking and financial activities was mainly an outcome of the income tax and the Drug War
ref: 2015, LT Wolf, The World King (fiction), →ISBN:
synonyms: word: apropos
word: as for
word: about
word: anent
word: apropos
word: as far as
word: as for
word: as regards
word: as relates to
word: as respects
word: as to
word: concerned with
word: connected with
word: concerning
word: dealing with
word: in reference to
word: in regard to
word: in regards to
word: in relation to
word: in respect of
word: IRT
word: in terms of
word: on
word: re
word: referring to
word: regarding
word: relating to
word: relative to
word: respecting
word: with regard to
word: with respect to
word: WRT
word: touching
glosses: Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos.
glosses: In the opinion or judgment of.
examples: text: […] if Painter did ever abide in the old bark mill said to be anent his brother's freehold.
ref: 2005, R.T. Smith, “Ina Grove”, in The Virginia Quarterly Review, volume 81, number 4, page 230:
glosses: Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side.
examples: text: ANENT, opposite. Usually "ovver-anent."
ref: 1865, William Stott Banks, Wakefield Words, page 4:
glosses: In a line with; side by side with; on a level with.
Derived terms: thereanent
whereanent
chai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chais
form: chie
Etymology: Borrowed from Romani ćhaj (“Romani girl, daughter”).
Senses: coordinate_terms: chal
glosses: A female gypsy.
chai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: chī
ipa: /t͡ʃaɪ/
homophone: Chi (Chichester)
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: chais
Etymology: From Hindustani चाय / چائے (cāy, “tea”), from Classical Persian چَای (čāy) (and Turkish çay, and cognates) from Sinitic 茶 (chá). Doublet of tea; see that page for extended history.
Senses: examples: text: ‘So much for making chai,ʼ she teases, but lets him do the rest of the work. He adds the tea leaves to the boiling milk, then strains the liquid into cups.
ref: 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 350:
glosses: Ellipsis of masala chai, a beverage made with black teas, steamed milk and sweet spices, based loosely on Indian recipes.
examples: text: We were drinking some chai — the ashram version — watered down, boring, no spices, lots of water, just a smidgen of tea and even less milk.
ref: 2010 November 1, Jovan Jones, Dancing with the Avatar, Destiny Image Publishers, →ISBN:
text: I fix myself a cup of chai - slightly strong black tea with just a touch of hot milk and no spices... the kind that Babuji would have liked on a morning like this — and sipping my chai, I walk barefoot on the moist grass in the backyard
ref: 2016 July 1, Naeem Inayatullah, Elizabeth Dauphinee, Narrative Global Politics: Theory, History and the Personal in International Relations, Routledge, →ISBN, page 182:
text: Everyone has a personal preference when it comes to chai - some people do not like any spices in their chai (just plain milk, water and tea) while others (like me!) cannot have their chai without spices.
ref: 2018 October 9, Manali Singh, Vegetarian Indian Cooking with Your Instant Pot: 75 Traditional Recipes That Are Easier, Quicker and Healthier, Page Street Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Any tea beverage, but especially milk tea, regardless of whether it is spiced.
Synonyms: chai latte
chai tea
masala chai
Derived terms: chaiwallah
dirty chai
Related terms: cha
chai latte
masala chai
chai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: chī
ipa: /t͡ʃaɪ/
homophone: Chi (Chichester)
rhymes: -aɪ
ipa: /xaɪ/
enpr: chī
ipa: /t͡ʃaɪ/
homophone: Chi (Chichester)
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: Chai
form: Hai
form: hai
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew חַי (kháy, “alive”).
Senses: examples: text: Nothing hangs on the walls, though a stained-glass Hebrew chai leans against the window.
ref: 1995 May 21, Steven Levy, “The Unabomber and David Gelernter”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2020:
text: Today, he [Drake] wears a diamond-studded Chai, a symbol of the Jewish word for life, and has his mother pressuring him to marry "a nice Jewish girl," according to Heeb magazine.
ref: 2011 February 18, Mark Marino, “Kosher beef between two rappers”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023:
text: Here in France, anti-Semitism is on the rise, and many Jews are hiding their identity in public so as not to be harmed. From what I hear and read, men and women are hiding their jewelry such as the Star of David or Chai, they do not speak about Israel loudly in the street, or men hide their kippah with a hat.
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, quoting David Touboul, “Are Thee Ways Of Hidinng A Mezuzah In Times Of Danger?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 207:
glosses: A Jewish symbol representing life, traditionally worn as an amulet.
chai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: chī
ipa: /t͡ʃaɪ/
homophone: Chi (Chichester)
rhymes: -aɪ
ipa: /xaɪ/
ipa: /ʃɛ/
enpr: chī
ipa: /t͡ʃaɪ/
homophone: Chi (Chichester)
rhymes: -aɪ
ipa: /xaɪ/
Forms: form: chais
Etymology: Borrowed from French chai, from Occitan.
Senses: examples: text: The Kanon era lasted a mere 10 years, yet he had the château constructed, invested substantially in the vineyard and chais, and established the wine as one of the leading labels in the area.
ref: 2004, Clive Coates, The Wines of Bordeaux, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 302:
qualifier: winemaking
glosses: A place above ground for storing wine casks.
Related terms: chai poh
blogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɒ.ɡə/
ipa: /ˈblɔ.ɡəɹ/
rhymes: -ɒɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bloggers
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Germanic *weraz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
Proto-Germanic *alaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-Germanic *aldiz
Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
Old English weorold
Middle English world
English world
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
Old English wīd
English wide
English -wide
English worldwide
Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *webaną
Proto-Germanic *wabją
Old English webb
Middle English web
English web
English World Wide Web
English Web
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti
Proto-Germanic *ligjaną
Old Norse liggjader.?
Middle English logge
English log
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?
Proto-Germanic *bōks
Proto-West Germanic *bōk
Old English bōc
Middle English bok
English book
English logbook
English log
English weblog
English blog
Latin -ariusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English blogger
From blog + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The New York Times called it “another signal moment for bloggers,” while over at HardwareGeeks.com (“a community for sophisticated geeks and geekettes”), they were flying the victory flag: “A blogger with a White House Press pass? Just another sign of the times and another indication that bloggers are as powerful as regular media.”
ref: 2005 March 24, William Powers, “Sleeping With the Enemy”, in Cullen Murphy, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2025:
topics: blogging
synonyms: blogmaster
blogster
glosses: A contributor to a blog (from weblog) or online journal.
Derived terms: biblioblogger
blawger
bloggerati
guest blogger
j-blogger
liveblogger
microblogger
mom blogger
mommy blogger
nonblogger
photoblogger
uberblogger
überblogger
videoblogger
vlogger
warblogger
weblogger
OED
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: OED
form: the OED
Senses: examples: text: While the OED itself does not feature these definitions, they do appear in other reference books produced by the publisher, as well as online dictionary Lexico, which takes its content from OUP dictionaries.
ref: 2019 September 18, Lianne Kolirin, “Thousands sign petition to remove sexist terms from Oxford Dictionaries”, in CNN:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Oxford English Dictionary.
Coordinate terms: RHD
M-W
outlier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊtˌlaɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈʌʊtˌlaɪɚ/
Forms: form: outliers
Etymology: From outlie + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Observing as an outlier from Scotland, Hynes sums up the industry problem: "The conversation we've had for this article is really about creating an environment in which better decisions can be taken, isn't it?
ref: 2023 November 1, Paul Clifton, “One account for the UK railway”, in RAIL, number 995, page 47:
glosses: A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
glosses: An exception.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.
Derived terms: nonoutlier
outlierness
lier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
homophone: liar
homophone: lyre
Forms: form: liers
Etymology: From Middle English lier, equivalent to lie + -er. Compare ligger, lidger, ledger.
Senses: glosses: A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
glosses: A lie-abed; one who stays in bed late.
Derived terms: inlier
onlier
lier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
homophone: liar
homophone: lyre
Forms: form: liers
Etymology: See the main lemma.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of liar.
glosses: Misspelling of liar.
flop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɒp/
ipa: /flɑp/
ipa: /flɔp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: flops
Etymology: Recorded since 1602, probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound
Senses: glosses: A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
examples: text: Well I know your little baby sister / She thinks that I'm a flop / But I guess that you know that it's true / I spent more time at the bottom than the top
ref: 1979, Lou Reed, “I Want to Boogie With You”, in The Bells:
synonyms: dud
fiasco
turkey
box office bomb
glosses: A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
examples: text: The flop didn't help you but probably did help the other hands.
ref: 1996, John Patrick, John Patrick's Casino Poker: Professional Gambler's Guide to Winning:
text: Here are six tips to help you play successfully on the flop (the first three communal cards).
ref: 2003, Lou Krieger, Internet Poker: How to Play and Beat Online Poker Games:
text: The strength of your hand now has nothing to do with how strong it may have been before the flop.
ref: 2005, Henry Stephenson, Real Poker Night: Taking Your Home Game to a New Level:
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
examples: text: "Maybe as you think," he said, "because as I've the misfortune of an accidental slip on a cow-flop therefore I has the inability of an unborn babe, ...
ref: 1960, Winston Graham, Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall, 1783-1787, Bodley Head, page 302:
text: ... cowpat or cow-flop, Cow dung, often used dry as heating fuel.
ref: 2000, Dean King, A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion for Patrick O'Brian's Seafaring Tales, Henry Holt & Co., page 162:
text: "Cow flop in a neat package is still cow flop. What did Cable stand to gain from the flood?"
ref: 2003, John W. Billheimer, Drybone Hollow, St. Martin's Press, page 215:
text: 2018 Brent Butt as Brent Herbert Leroy, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated
Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.
glosses: A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.
examples: text: He was kind of worn but the tooth said he'd never lost a fight or slept in a flop.
ref: 2013, Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, Dangerous Games:
glosses: A flophouse.
Derived terms: backflop
bellyflop
belly flop
flobber
flop account
flopdom
flop-eared
flop era
flopless
flopperoo
flop style
flop sweat
Flopsy
flopsy
flop tube
flopulist
flopwing
Fosbury flop
kerflop
postflop
pre-flop
preflop
Rabi flop
flop
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɒp/
ipa: /flɑp/
ipa: /flɔp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology: Recorded since 1602, probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound
Senses: examples: text: "One step. Steady. Another step. Flop! I got him!"
ref: 1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page xx. 154:
glosses: Indicating the sound of something flopping.
flop
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɒp/
ipa: /flɑp/
ipa: /flɔp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology: Recorded since 1602, probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound
Senses: examples: text: She fell flop on the floor.
glosses: Right, squarely, flat-out.
glosses: With a flopping sound.
Related terms: aflop
flip-flop
flop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɒp/
ipa: /flɑp/
ipa: /flɔp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: flops
Etymology: A variant capitalization of FLOP, a syllabic acronym of floating-point operations.
Senses: examples: text: The Correlator can perform 750 billion ‘flops’, or simple calculations, per second.
ref: 1993 August 17, New York Times, C8:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
related: word: FLOP
glosses: Abbreviation of floating-point operation.
examples: text: The gigaflop supercomputers of today are almost useless. What is needed is a teraflop machine. That’s a machine that can run at a trillion flops, a trillion floating-point operations per second, or roughly a thousand times as fast as Cray Y-MP8.
ref: 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
related: word: flops
word: FLOPS
qualifier: by confusion
glosses: One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from flop (computing)
word: kiloflop
sense: terms derived from flop (computing)
word: megaflop
sense: terms derived from flop (computing)
word: gigaflop
sense: terms derived from flop (computing)
word: teraflop
sense: terms derived from flop (computing)
word: petaflop
sense: terms derived from flop (computing)
word: exaflop
sense: terms derived from flop (computing)
word: zettaflop
sense: terms derived from flop (computing)
word: yottaflop
floppy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɒ.pi/
rhymes: -ɒpi
Forms: form: floppier
form: floppiest
Etymology: From flop + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The smile, the white collar worn with a dark shirt, the floppy breast-pocket handkerchief would surely be famous when the chaps in the rows behind were mere forgotten grins and frowns.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
Synonyms: flopsy
Derived terms: flip-floppy
flippy floppy
flippy-floppy
floppily
floppiness
floppy baby syndrome
floppy disk
floppy disc
floppy diskette
floppy eyelid syndrome
floppy infant syndrome
floppy trunk syndrome
floppy-wristed
floptical
stringy floppy
superfloppy
floppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɒ.pi/
rhymes: -ɒpi
Forms: form: floppies
Etymology: From flop + -y.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A floppy disk.
examples: text: "Ja, our job is not to think or make decisions. We just here to slay floppies," remarked Koos.
ref: 1997, Dick Gledhill, One Commando: Rhodesia's Last Years & the Guerilla^([sic]) War It Never Lost, page 55:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: terr
gook
glosses: An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot.
examples: text: We suggest that the impact of comic books is greater than it may first appear. Though individual sales of floppies may be low compared to, say, dollar grosses on motion pictures or may reach fewer viewers than a summer blockbuster […]
ref: 2013, Nickie D. Phillips, Staci Strobl, Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way, page 226:
glosses: A comic book.
Hypernyms: sense: floppy disk
word: disc
sense: floppy disk
word: disk
Hyponyms: sense: floppy disk
word: diskette
sense: floppy disk
word: flippy
sense: floppy disk
word: flippy disc
sense: floppy disk
word: flippy disk
sense: floppy disk
word: flippy diskette
sense: floppy disk
word: flippy floppy
sense: floppy disk
word: flippy-floppy
sense: floppy disk
word: floppy diskette
sense: floppy disk
word: micro floppy
sense: floppy disk
word: micro-floppy
sense: floppy disk
word: microfloppy
sense: floppy disk
word: mini floppy
sense: floppy disk
word: mini-floppy
sense: floppy disk
word: minifloppy
Derived terms: sense: floppy disk
word: flippy
sense: floppy disk
word: flippy disc
sense: floppy disk
word: flippy disk
sense: floppy disk
word: flippy diskette
sense: floppy disk
word: flippy floppy
sense: floppy disk
word: flippy-floppy
sense: floppy disk
word: floppy disc drive
sense: floppy disk
word: floppy disk drive
sense: floppy disk
word: floppy diskette drive
sense: floppy disk
word: floppy drive
sense: floppy disk
word: floppyful
sense: floppy disk
word: micro floppy
sense: floppy disk
word: micro-floppy
sense: floppy disk
word: microfloppy
sense: floppy disk
word: mini floppy
sense: floppy disk
word: mini-floppy
sense: floppy disk
word: minifloppy
diskette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈkɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: diskettes
form: discette
form: disquette
Etymology: From disk + -ette, by analogy with cassette.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An 8-inch floppy disk.
Synonyms: word: floppy
word: floppy disk
word: floppy diskette
english: Considered as a contraction in the UK
translation: Considered as a contraction in the UK
word: disk
Derived terms: diskette drive
flippy diskette
floppy diskette drive
magazette
micro-diskette
micro diskette
mini-diskette
mini diskette