C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /siː/
ipa: /s/
ipa: /k/
ipa: /tʃ/
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ʃ/
homophone: si
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: see
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: Cs
Senses: examples: text: I keep on fairbanking the chump until he is between a poop and a sweat. The score is half a C and he's broke.
ref: 1935, Henry Louis Mencken, George Jean Nathan, The American Mercury, volume 35, page 227:
glosses: One hundred dollars; a c-note.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.
examples: text: Dr. Cohen himself got a C in his first formal course in geography, during a summer program at Harvard after he graduated from high school. But he went on to earn three degrees and become the executive director of the Association of American Geographers and a leading expert in political and human geography — a specialty field that explores the impact of natural and arbitrary borders, territory, resources and populations on a nation’s cultural, social and economic development, as well as its relations with other countries.
ref: 2021 June 18, Sam Roberts, “Saul B. Cohen, Who Helped Raise CUNY Standards, Dies at 95”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2021:
topics: education
glosses: An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.
qualifier: Unicode
glosses: Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition
examples: text: Where did you secure the C? My own supply is utterly depleted.
ref: 1945, William Burroughs, letter, 24 Jul 1945
glosses: Cocaine.
examples: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
He turned me on my stomach & slowly gently put his cock in my ass. I was so happy! But I was having a hard time completely relaxing & so he withdrew & went in my C.
glosses: Cunt.
glosses: Abbreviation of consonant.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of Conservative.
raw_tags: in election results
examples: text: Symbolism was a 19C literary and artistic movement.
text: Contains an interesting collection of English and European paintings from the 14th to 20th-Cs, in particular the Lycett Green collection of old masters.
ref: 1979, The Automobile Association, AA Town Plans, London: Hutchinson Publishing Group Ltd., →ISBN, page 222, column 1:
text: Thanks, @janecaro, for showing that public profiles can be used for good & that social media belongs in a 21stC democracy.
ref: 2013, Yvette Vignando, edited by Jane Caro, Destroying the Joint: Why Women Have to Change the World, St Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 127:
related: word: C.
word: c.
glosses: Abbreviation of century.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: PG
SG
SF
PF
glosses: Abbreviation of center.
Derived terms: C-19
C-DNA
C-drama
C-grade
C-level
C-list
C-low
cluster C personality disorder
C major
C-man
C melody
C minor
C of W
C-suiter
C-type conflict
C wire
K of C
Mode C
NFC
Related terms: sense: in Unicode
word: D
sense: in Unicode
word: KC
sense: in Unicode
word: KD
sense: in Unicode
word: NF
sense: Finnish
alt: fi
word: c
alt: fr
word: do
alt: fr
word: ut
sense: Italian
english: it
translation: it
word: do
roman: ja
english: ha
translation: ha
word: ハ
sense: Korean
roman: da
word: 다
english: do
translation: do
word: до
sense: Norwegian
english: no
translation: no
word: Bokmål: C
sense: Norwegian
english: no
translation: no
word: c
roman: ru
english: do
translation: do
word: до