cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
magnoperate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæɡˈnɒpəɹeɪt/
ipa: /mæɡˈnɑpəɹeɪt/
Forms: form: magnoperates
form: magnoperating
form: magnoperated
form: magnoperated
Etymology: From magnum opus + -ate (verb-forming suffix), in this sense coined by the English poet Lord Byron (1788–1824): see the 1821 quotation, further from Latin magnum opus, from magnum (nominative neuter singular of magnus (“big, large; (figuratively) great, important”)) + opus (“accomplishment, work; work (of art, literature, etc.)”); see further at etymology 1.
Senses: examples: text: Your dwarf of a letter came yesterday. That is right;—keep to your 'magnum opus'—magnoperate away.
ref: 1821 June 22, Lord Byron, “Letter CCCCXXXV. To Mr. [Thomas] Moore.”, in Thomas Moore, editor, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], published 1830, →OCLC, page 493:
text: He [David Wark Griffith] magnoperates (to use a word of Byron's), he plans in the grand style, he lives for ideas; but he is perfectly modest about it. [Quoting The Times.]
ref: 1922 June 10, “Dickens and Griffith of the Movies”, in The Literary Digest, volume LXXIII, number 11 (number 1677 overall), New York, N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Company, […], →OCLC, pages 31–32, column 2:
glosses: To work on one's magnum opus (“great or important work of art, literature, or music, a masterpiece; best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an artist or author, representing their major life effort”).
propogandist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of propagandist.
ceratioid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceratioids
form: ceratoid
Etymology: From translingual Ceratioidei.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any anglerfish of the suborder Ceratioidei, now Ogcocephalioidei.
ceratioids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceratioid
Mary-marry-merry merger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
enpr: mâr′ē măr′ē mĕr′ē mûr′jər
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmeɹ.i ˈmæɹ.i ˈmɛɹ.i ˌmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/
note: US, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmɛɹ.i ˈmɛɹ.i ˈmɛɹ.i ˌmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/
ipa: /ˈmɛəɹ.i ˈmæɹ.i ˈmɛɹ.i ˌmɜː.d͡ʒə/
ipa: [ˈmɛːɹ.ɪj ˈmaɹ.ɪj ˈmɛɹ.ɪj ˌməː.d͡ʒə]
ipa: /ˈmeɹ.i ˈmaɹ.i ˈmɛɹ.i ˌmɛɹ.d͡ʒəɹ/
ipa: /ˈmeːɹ.i ˈmæɹ.i ˈmeɹ.i ˌmɜː.d͡ʒə/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈmeə̯ɹ.i ˈmɛɹ.i ˈmeɹ.i ˌmøː.d͡ʒɘ/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈmiə̯ɹ.i ˈmɛɹ.i ˈmeɹ.i ˌmøː.d͡ʒɘ/
note: Philadelphia, merry–Murray merger
ipa: /ˈmeɹ.i ˈmæɹ.i ˈmʌɹ.i ˌmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈmɜːɹ.ɪ ˈmaɹ.ɪ ˈmɛɹ.ɪ ˌmɜː(ɹ).d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmæʳ.iː ˈmæɾ.iː ˈmer.iː ˌmɜːʳ.d͡ʒɜʳ/
Forms: form: the Mary-marry-merry merger
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A phonemic merger where the vowels in "mare", "pat", "pet" (usually pronounced mâr, păt, pĕt respectively) are pronounced the same before r, making "Mary", "marry", "merry" homophones.
hurry-furry merger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: without the hurry–furry merger
ipa: /ˌhʌɹi ˈfɝi ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ/
note: US, Canada, hurry–furry merger
ipa: /ˌhɝi ˈfɝi ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ/
ipa: /ˌhʌɹi ˈfɜːɹi ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/
ipa: [ˌhʌɹɪj ˈfəːɹɪj ˌməːd͡ʒə]
ipa: /ˌhʌɹe ˈfʌːɹe ˌmɛɹd͡ʒəɹ/
ipa: /ˌhɐɹi ˈfɜːɹi ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/
ipa: /ˌhɐɹi ˈføːɹi ˌmøːd͡ʒə/
ipa: /ˌhʊɹi ˈfɜːɹi ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˌhʊɹi ˈfeːɹi ˌmeːd͡ʒə/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˌhʊɹi ˈfɛːɹi ˌmɛːd͡ʒə/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A phonemic merger where the vowels in "hut" and "fur" are pronounced the same before /ɹ/, making the words "hurry" and "furry" rhyme.
stripping down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strip down
strips down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strip down
horse-hoarse merger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoɹs hoɹs ˌmɝdʒɚ/
ipa: /ˈhɔːs hɔːs ˌmɜːdʒə/
ipa: /ˈhɔɹs hoɹs ˌmɛɹdʒəɹ/
ipa: /ˈhoːs hoːs ˌmɜːdʒə/
Senses: examples: text: Among the changes, which took place in Dublin English in the 1990s (Hickey 1999), are the following four which are also found in general forms of American English: (a) use of retroflex /r/, in fork [fo:ɻk]; (b) use of an intervocalic alveolar tap, for example in water [wɑɾɚ]; (c) the horse/hoarse‐merger and (d) the which/witch‐merger.
ref: 2017 August 9, Raymond Hickey, “Irish English in the Anglophone world”, in World Englishes, volume 36, number 2:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A phonemic merger of /ɔɹ/ and /oɹ/, so that pairs of words such as horse and hoarse, war and wore, for and four, etc become homophones.
slap-downs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slap-down
slap downs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slap down
gotten off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get off
leisurelily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more leisurelily
form: most leisurelily
Etymology: From leisurely + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a leisurely manner.
Synonyms: leisurely
takes away from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take away from
taking away from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take away from
taken away from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take away from
took away from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take away from
type out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: types out
form: typing out
form: typed out
form: typed out
Senses: glosses: To write out on a computer keyboard.
glosses: To be rejected as an actor (such as at an audition) because of categorical factors like height, race and general appearance, rather than acting ability.
types out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of type out
typing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of type out
typed out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of type out
glued-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glued-up
form: most glued-up
Senses: examples: text: Orient the glued-up sawn inner stem blank so the sheer is up.
ref: 2004, John Brookes, How to Build Glued-Lapstrake Wooden Boats, page 80:
glosses: Attached to a surface with glue; held together with glue.
types up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of type up
typing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of type up
typed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of type up
smoked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smoke out
contango day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contango days
Etymology: contango + day
Senses: examples: 1968, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Do Butlers Burgle Banks?', Everyman, London: 2005, p 156.
'Let's see, when is next contango day?' asked Ferdie.
qualifier: London Stock Exchange
glosses: The second day before payment of a contango debt is due.
mampos
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mampus.
grecize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grecizes
form: grecizing
form: grecized
form: grecized
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Grecize.
graecize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: graecizes
form: graecizing
form: graecized
form: graecized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Grecize.
grecianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grecianizes
form: grecianizing
form: grecianized
form: grecianized
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Grecianize.
grecianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grecianize
grecianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grecianize
grecianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grecianize
Grecianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Grecianizes
form: Grecianizing
form: Grecianized
form: Grecianized
form: Grecianise
form: grecianise
form: grecianize
Etymology: From Grecian + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make Grecian: to Grecize.
Graecicized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Graecicize
Graecicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Graecicize
Graecicizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Graecicize
Grecizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Grecize
Grecizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Grecize
Grecianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Grecianize
Grecianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Grecianize
Grecianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Grecianize
atticisme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Atticisme.
can't even
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkænt ˌiːvən/
ipa: /ˈkɑːnt ˌiːvən/
Forms: form: can't even
form: couldn't even
Etymology: An aposiopesis of "(I) can't even believe it", "can't even process it" or some comparable expression.
Senses: examples: text: He’s nine years old, and can’t even tie his own shoelaces!
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see can't, even.
examples: text: Oh my God, I got cheap tickets to the Beyoncé concert! I can’t even!
text: I – being a MASSIVE IDIOT – had a go at him… then agreed to meet up again, but before that happened he… ghosted me again. I tracked him down on Facebook and and^([sic]) he said his new phone had got water damage (I can’t even).
ref: 2019 October 23, Hayley Quinn, Paisley Gilmour, “An essential guide to 'zombieing' - the dating trend that's worse than ghosting”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Without a following verb, as an expression of aporia: to be unable to express one's feelings about an overwhelming situation.
Related terms: I can't
unable to can
tartufos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tartufo
braincell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: braincells
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brain cell.
laughingthrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laughingthrushes
form: laughing thrush
Etymology: From laughing + thrush.
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of species of tropical birds in the family Leiothrichidae, found mainly in Asia.
Derived terms: ashy-headed laughingthrush
Assam laughingthrush
bare-headed laughingthrush
barred laughingthrush
Bhutan laughingthrush
black-chinned laughingthrush
black-faced laughingthrush
black-hooded laughingthrush
black laughingthrush
black-throated laughingthrush
blue-crowned laughingthrush
blue-winged laughingthrush
brown-capped laughingthrush
brown-cheeked laughingthrush
buffy laughingthrush
Cambodian laughingthrush
chestnut-backed laughingthrush
chestnut-capped laughingthrush
chestnut-crowned laughingthrush
chestnut-eared laughingthrush
chestnut-hooded laughingthrush
Chinese hwamei
collared laughingthrush
Elliot's laughingthrush
giant laughingthrush
golden-winged laughingthrush
greater necklaced laughingthrush
grey laughingthrush
grey-sided laughingthrush
Kerala laughingthrush
Kon Tum black-hooded laughingthrush
lesser necklaced laughingthrush
Malayan laughingthrush
masked laughingthrush
moustached laughingthrush
orange-breasted laughingthrush
plain laughingthrush
red-tailed laughingthrush
red-winged laughingthrush
rufous-cheeked laughingthrush
rufous-chinned laughingthrush
rufous-crowned laughingthrush
rufous-fronted laughingthrush
rufous-necked laughingthrush
rufous-vented laughingthrush
rusty laughingthrush
scaly laughingthrush
silver-eared laughingthrush
snowy-cheeked laughingthrush
spot-breasted laughingthrush
spotted laughingthrush
streaked laughingthrush
striated laughingthrush
striped laughingthrush
Sumatran laughingthrush
Sunda laughingthrush
Taiwan hwamei
variegated laughingthrush
white-browed laughingthrush
white-cheeked laughingthrush
white-crested laughingthrush
white-necked laughingthrush
white-speckled laughingthrush
white-throated laughingthrush
white-whiskered laughingthrush
Wynaad laughingthrush
yellow-throated laughingthrush
braincells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of braincell
HATEOAS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: HATEOAS is one of the principles of the Uniform interface of the REST constraints. It means we are creating self-describing REST APIs.
ref: 2019, Dinesh Rajput, Designing Applications with Spring Boot 2.2 and React JS: Step-by-step guide to design and develop intuitive full stack web applications, BPB Publications, →ISBN:
topics: architecture
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Acronym of Hypermedia as the engine of application state, an interface restriction of a RESTful service.
Daesh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːˌɛʃ/
Forms: form: Da'esh
form: Da'ish
form: Daish
Etymology: Transliteration of Arabic دَاعِش (dāʕiš, literally “D.I.I.S.”) the Arabic language acronym for الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “State Islamic of Iraq and the Levant”). The forms Da'esh, Da'ish and Daish refer to the same acronym but are transliterated differently. The Arabic acronym is thought to have been coined in 2013 by a Syrian activist. It resembles the Arabic words دعس (da'es) (that which is crushed) or داحس (dāhis) (one who causes discord).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ISIS, ISIL, Islamic State
synonyms: word: ISIS
word: ISIL
word: Islamic State
Derived terms: Daesh-Khorasan
Da'esh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Daesh.
Da'ish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Daesh.
Daish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Daesh.
life eternal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eternal life.
Synonyms: hereafter
eternal life
life after death
microjourney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microjourneys
Etymology: From micro- + journey.
Senses: examples: text: Office wear also has to be suitable for movement, to accommodate the billion microjourneys a person takes each day to the supply closet or the coffee machine or the restroom.
ref: 2015 November 18, Molly Young, “At Of Mercer, Making Workwear Less Work”, in New York Times:
glosses: An extremely short journey.
microjourneys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microjourney
washlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washlet
encaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: encasers
Etymology: From encase + -er.
Senses: glosses: That which encases something.
encasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encaser
earwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ear + work.
Senses: examples: text: Until the millennium, the buyer's best course of action is to do a little earwork: most boat owners who are happy with their dealer-skipper relationship will talk your ear off about it.
ref: 1971, MotorBoating, volume 127, number 1, page 153:
text: […] he is simply a man who, not understanding very well the nature of the propositions offered over the telephone due to faulty earwork, constantly finds himself involved in the destruction of these monsters in their hellish lairs […]
ref: 1944, Ernest Hemingway, Second Battle of Britain:
glosses: The practice of listening.
backprop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening of backpropagation.
Senses: examples: text: The generative model suggests a simple modification for training---use an input to produce several synthetic inputs with the same label, and include them in the backprop training.
ref: 2015, Sanjeev Arora, Yingyu Liang, Tengyu Ma, “Why are deep nets reversible: A simple theory, with implications for training”, in arXiv:
text: In machine learning, backpropagation of error (‘backprop’) is the algorithm most often used to train deep neural networks and is the most successful learning procedure for these networks.
ref: 2020, Timothy P. Lillicrap, Adam Santoro, Luke Marris, Colin J. Akerman, Geoffrey Hinton, “Backpropagation and the brain”, in Nature:
glosses: backpropagation
interpurchase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + purchase.
Senses: examples: text: We develop a probabilistic, nonparametric framework for understanding and predicting individual-level spending using Gaussian process priors over latent functions that describe customer spending along calendar time, interpurchase time, and customer lifetime dimensions.
ref: 2015, Ryan Dew, Asim Ansari, “A Bayesian Semiparametric Framework for Understanding and Predicting Customer Base Dynamics”, in arXiv:
glosses: Between purchases.
intrawire
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + wire.
Senses: examples: text: The time reversal invariant topological superconductivity is realized if the interwire pairing corresponding to crossed Andreev reflection dominates over the standard intrawire pairing.
ref: 2015, Hiromi Ebisu, Bo Lu, Jelena Klinovaja, Yukio Tanaka, “Theory of time reversal topological superconductivity in double Rashba wires -- symmetries of Cooper pair and Andreev bound states”, in arXiv:
glosses: Within a single wire.
macronovae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macronovas
Senses: glosses: plural of macronova
macronovas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macronovae
Senses: glosses: plural of macronova
mismodeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mismodel
mismodels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mismodel
mismodelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mismodel
mismodeling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mismodel
mismodelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mismodel
photoablations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoablation
photoabsorbent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photoabsorbent
form: most photoabsorbent
Etymology: From photo- + absorbent.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting photoabsorption.
quasizeros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quasizero
subcones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcone
uncorrelatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uncorrelated + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: To begin, I will clarify the relationship between statistical independence, on the one hand, and statistical uncorrelatedness, on the other.
ref: 2011, Michael R. Powers, Acts of God and Man: Ruminations on Risk and Insurance, page 57:
text: With the notion of uncorrelatedness for random variables under the sublinear expectation, a weak law of large numbers is obtained.
ref: 2015, Chuanfeng Sun, “Two laws of large numbers for sublinear expectations”, in arXiv:
glosses: Lack of correlation.
withgoes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of withgo
withgoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of withgo
withwent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of withgo
withgone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of withgo
trail off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trails off
form: trailing off
form: trailed off
form: trailed off
form: trail away
Senses: examples: text: “So that’s why I’m, uh, refusing … uh, to do that …” He trailed off as he saw Mr. Winchester’s disapproving stare.
text: Four-fifths of the way through the piece, a kind of spell breaks. Something changes in the atmosphere of the auditorium. The temperature in the huge room seems to rise by several degrees. More concerningly and noticeably, the music behind Wheeler begins to trail off. The conductor stops too.
ref: 2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 137:
synonyms: peter
peter out
glosses: Of a phenomenon, voice, etc.: to slowly diminish in frequency, intensity, or volume; also, to diminish more quickly over time.
spices up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spice up
spicing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spice up
spiced up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spice up
slip one past
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slips one past
form: slipping one past
form: slipped one past
form: slipped one past
Senses: examples: text: Your deception won't work: no inmate has slipped one past Officer Smith in years.
glosses: To sneak something through a process or inspection; to hide something or conceal a fact; to prevent attention being drawn to something.
put it past
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts it past
form: putting it past
form: put it past
form: put it past
Etymology: From put past with placeholder it.
Senses: examples: text: He smashed the ball with his left foot and put it past the goalkeeper.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, it, past.
examples: text: I wouldn't put it past him to spread malicious gossip about you.
text: I wouldn't put it past her to steal from shops, but I would put it past her to steal from her own mother.
text: Since, as I mentioned, my arse is intact, I meditate first upon the pain in my balls. Jesus Harold Christ! I wonder if Monger's got some morphine kicking about. I wouldn't put it past him.
ref: 2007, David Thewlis, The Late Hector Kipling, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 304:
glosses: To consider it not possible for (someone) (to do something).
raw_tags: in the negative
destruction permits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of destruction permit
Norwegian forest cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Norwegian forest cat
limp-wrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limp-wrists
form: limpwrist
Etymology: From limp + wrist.
Senses: glosses: A gay man, especially a flamboyant one.
limp-wrist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: limp-wrists
form: limp-wristing
form: limp-wristed
form: limp-wristed
form: limpwrist
Etymology: From limp + wrist.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: To hold a handgun with an insufficiently-firm-and-stiff grip while firing, allowing recoil to move the frame of the gun too far rearward and causing the recoil spring to absorb too little energy from the slide for the action to cycle properly.
limpwrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limpwrists
Etymology: From limp + wrist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of limp-wrist.
limpwrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limpwrist
limp-wrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limp-wrist
limp-wrists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of limp-wrist
drain out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drains out
form: draining out
form: drained out
form: drained out
Senses: examples: text: Anti-freeze has not been found necessary, even in the most severe conditions, since the water is drained out if a locomotive spends any appreciable time out of service and in normal working conditions the coolant is always warm.
ref: 1962 October, M. J. Wilson, “Three years of dieselisation at Devons Road depot”, in Modern Railways, page 264:
glosses: To empty (something) completely of liquids; to drain completely.
glosses: To be emptied of liquid; to be drained completely.
Vaganova method
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛθəd
Forms: form: the Vaganova method
Etymology: Devised by the Russian dancer and pedagogue Agrippina Vaganova (1879–1951).
Senses: glosses: A ballet technique and training system that fuses elements of traditional French style from the romantic era with the athleticism and virtuosity of Italian technique.
McCarthyistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more McCarthyistic
form: most McCarthyistic
Etymology: From McCarthy + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of, McCarthyism.
shitbaggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shitbag + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: "The forces of shitbaggery are mighty in these decadent times."
ref: 2006, Eric Miles Williamson, Two-up, page 250:
text: And when Paulinho later tried to compensate for his team-mate's shitbaggery with a committed challenge, it ended in dire circumstances.
ref: 2014, Neil Collins, Make Us Dream: A Fan's View of the 2013/14 Season, page 165:
text: It quickly placed him at or near the same ranking of shitbaggery occupied by Hassel, in my estimation.
ref: 2014, H. S. Sowards, Psychomachia, page 84:
glosses: despicable behaviour
kilig
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog kilig.
Senses: glosses: excited; thrilled
demeaner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demeaners
Etymology: From demean + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Thus strategic self-demeaners often obtain their ends. The brazen-faced, the man with ko ga muchi (a thick-skinned face) can 'do well' if he can count on the embarrassability of others.
ref: 2014, Oliver Leaman, Friendship East and West: Philosophical Perspectives, page 99:
glosses: One who demeans.
demeaners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demeaner
audio tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audio tapes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of audiotape.
inkworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inkwork
disconsolance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being disconsolate.
Talmudvision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Talmud + television.
Senses: glosses: Television programming, regarded as dominated by Jewish interests.
Related terms: electric Jew
unconsolably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unconsolably
form: most unconsolably
Etymology: From unconsolable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inconsolably.
consolably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more consolably
form: most consolably
Etymology: From consolable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a consolable manner.
antipark
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antipark
form: most antipark
Etymology: From anti- + park.
Senses: examples: text: In the afterglow of the Swope Park jubilee, the antipark men quietly gathered strength for their big battle against the plan.
ref: 1989, William Henry Wilson, The City Beautiful movement, page 120:
glosses: Opposing (the construction of) a park.
Christmas pickle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas pickles
Senses: glosses: A Christmas decoration shaped like a pickle, hidden on a Christmas tree, with the finder receiving either a reward or good fortune for the following year.
antiskating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + skating.
Senses: examples: text: Virtually all pickups these days appear to have been designed for use on turntables with antiskating, which my AR lacks. I talked with one man who had replaced his cartridge with a modern one having an elliptical stylus […]
ref: 1978, High Fidelity, volume 28, numbers 7-12, page 52:
text: I must take issue with the method of setting a tone arm's antiskating compensation recommended in August's "Troubleshooting" article […]
ref: 1985, Stereo Review, volume 50, page 8:
text: There are many different ways to generate the antiskating force. It is incorrect to assume that increasing the drag on the horizontal motion of the tonearm will compensate for skating. Skating force is independent of groove spiraling speed […]
ref: 2015, Glen Ballou, Handbook for Sound Engineers:
glosses: A feature of a record player that prevents the stylus from slipping out of the groove and "skating" across the surface of the record.
Christmas pickles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas pickle
niggerishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more niggerishly
form: most niggerishly
Etymology: From niggerish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In the bosom of the family, we were aware not to act “niggerishly” in the presence of whites, even if this was our preferred option.
ref: 2004, Jacqueline Bobo, Cynthia Hudley, Claudine Michel, The Black Studies Reader:
glosses: In a niggerish manner.
unscrumptious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unscrumptious
form: most unscrumptious
Etymology: From un- + scrumptious.
Senses: glosses: Not scrumptious.
sharing economies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sharing economy
top-notcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top-notchers
Etymology: From top-notch + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something excellent or first-rate.
examples: text: "I don't know, but he must be a top-notcher. I wonder what will happen to us?"
ref: 1912, Victor Appleton, Tom Swift in Captivity, page 140:
glosses: A person regarded as the best in an activity or occupation.
qualifier: currently
glosses: Someone who finishes, or is listed by name, first.
top-notchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of top-notcher
philosemitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more philosemitic
form: most philosemitic
Etymology: From philo- + Semitic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of philo-Semitic.
biopannings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biopanning
unknapped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + knapped.
Senses: glosses: Not knapped.
person of interest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: persons of interest
form: people of interest
Senses: examples: text: Tice denies involvement in any conspiracy. . . . Still, Morgan says Tice and "three or four other people" remain "persons of interest" in the investigation.
ref: 2009 August 22, Tim Padgett, “The Pensacola Adoptive Couple's Murder: A Hit?”, in Time, retrieved 19 Nov 2015:
text: Abdellatif has been interviewed five times by Australian security services since the dropping of the charges and remains a "person of interest" to the federal police.
ref: 2013 September 26, “Sayed Abdellatif inquiry will report to Tony Abbott, who called him a 'jihadist'”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 19 Nov 2015:
text: The 19-year-old man from a Phoenix suburb who was detained on Friday at a convenience store near Interstate 10 is a person of interest, but Bart Graves, a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety, declined to say what had led the police to question the man.
ref: 2015 September 12, “Police Rule Out Detained Man, 19, as Prime Suspect in Phoenix Freeway Shootings”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 Nov 2015:
text: The grainy images of what the F.B.I. described as a “person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk” show a man wearing a baseball cap, dark sunglasses and a black long-sleeve shirt with an image on it that appears to include, in part, a picture of the American flag.
ref: 2025 September 11, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Devlin Barrett, “FBI Releases Photos of Person of Interest in Charlie Kirk Shooting”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Someone who police have reason to believe may have a connection to a crime, or to possess important information relating to that crime, but who has not been accused or charged by authorities nor been officially deemed to be a suspect.
get up in someone's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets up in someone's face
form: getting up in someone's face
form: got up in someone's face
form: got up in someone's face
form: gotten up in someone's face
Senses: examples: text: After he called me that, I couldn't help myself from getting up in his face.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To dramatically confront or initiate an argument with someone.
get up in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets up in
form: getting up in
form: got up in
form: got up in
form: gotten up in
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To interfere or involve oneself with (something); to become deeply involved with (something); to intrude into or be nosy about (something).
glosses: To have sexual intercourse with deep penetration.
raw_tags: of a male subject
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To best someone in a competition; to successfully challenge someone.
Synonyms: sense: have sexual intercourse
word: dick
word: fill
word: knob
word: swive
word: copulate with
sense: best someone
word: beat
sense: best someone
word: best
sense: best someone
word: defeat
sense: best someone
word: outdo
sense: best someone
word: overcome
sense: best someone
word: vanquish
Related terms: get up in someone's face
muncorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mangcorn.
Derived terms: muncorn team
cassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cass
cassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cass
Africk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Massinissa made many inward parts of Barbarie and Numidia in Africk (before his time incult and horrid) fruitful and battable by this means.
ref: 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy:
glosses: Obsolete form of Africa.
sell away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sells away
form: selling away
form: sold away
form: sold away
Senses: glosses: To sell all of an item or group of items.
topics: business
finance
glosses: To sell a financial product without the authorization of one's employing broker-dealer to sell that product.
raw_tags: of a broker
Pechenga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Пече́нга (Pečénga).
Senses: glosses: A town in Russia.
buy in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of buy-in.
buy in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buys in
form: buying in
form: bought in
form: bought in
Senses: glosses: To accept an idea as valid; to join in on a concept.
glosses: To invest as part of a group; to put one's personal stake in an investment.
glosses: To buy back for the owner at an auction.
topics: business
finance
glosses: For the buyer of securities, whose seller fails to deliver the securities contracted for, to buy the securities from a third party and demand the difference in price from the original seller.
Derived terms: word: buy-in
discourse analyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discourse analysis
perspectivization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perspectivizations
Etymology: From perspective + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of perspectivation.
synonyms: word: perspectivation
perspectivizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perspectivization
perspectivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perspectivations
Etymology: From perspective + -ation.
Senses: qualifier: discourse analysis
glosses: The assignment of a particular perspective to a narrative through the use of language.
Synonyms: perspectivization
Related terms: perspectivize
perspectivations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perspectivation
Marigolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Marigold
mortalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mortall
Shipman effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Shipman effect
Senses: glosses: A cultural change in the field of medicine sparked by the conviction of Harold Shipman in 2000 for murdering his patients, and the formal recommendations from the subsequent Shipman Inquiry.
picture tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picture tubes
Senses: examples: text: The conventional TV picture tube, whose monstrous bubble of vacuum is responsible for most of the bulk of the TV cabinet, may be on its way out. Electronics men have long dreamed of shrinking the tube to a flat plate not much bigger than the picture.
ref: 1955 May 7, “Science: Slimmer TV”, in Time, retrieved 12 Nov 2015:
text: The bulky, squarish, heavy picture tube, the standard television technology for more than 60 years, is heading for the dustbin of history much faster than anyone expected.
ref: 2006 May 7, Eric A. Taub, “Picture Tubes Are Fading Into the Past”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 Nov 2015:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: becoming dated
glosses: In a television set, before the development of LED screens, the cathode ray tube which produced moving images on its surface.
rectus casus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recti casus
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:rectus casus.
glosses: Alternative form of casus rectus.
casus rectus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casus recti
form: rectus casus
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cāsus rēctus (literally “straight case”).
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: direct case
glosses: The nominative case, sometimes grouped with the vocative case, as a single morphological case contrasted with the oblique case.
bedded down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bed down
beds down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bed down
bedding down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bed down
Utahrd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Utahrds
Etymology: Blend of Utah + -tard.
Senses: examples: text: The Utahrds are a little bitter about that, especially since they're severely water-rationed themselves up in the mountains where you aren't even permitted to drill a well on your own property.
ref: 2004, The Real Bev, “wish I could.....”, in misc.consumers.frugal-living (Usenet):
glosses: Utahn (a person from Utah)
Utahrds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Utahrd
non liquent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non liquet
call away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: to call away
form: calls away
form: calling away
form: called away
form: called away
Senses: examples: text: I was called away from the meeting to deal with a medical emergency.
text: The requirements of his career called him away.
glosses: To summon; to cause to depart.
call down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls down
form: calling down
form: called down
form: called down
Senses: examples: text: I shall call down God's wrath upon you!
glosses: To pray for; to request from God.
glosses: To reprimand or insult (someone) severely.
Related terms: call down on the carpet
call in
rule of cool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They found Xinyi Du at the apex of the DUAL Core, a massive quantum computer which plunged away below them where a series of catwalks and maintenance accesses buzzed with drones and shone with dozens of blinking indicators. It was spinning; Wettle had never understood what practical reason a computer might have to spin, but perhaps it wasn't practical at all. Most of the Foundation's best scientists succumbed to some extent to the siren song of the rule of cool.
ref: 2024 September 8, HarryBlank, “Nothing Happens”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2024:
glosses: The principle that anything is acceptable to do, use, wear, etc. just as long as it is cool.
holla at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hollas at
form: hollaing at
form: hollaed at
form: hollaed at
form: holla'd at
form: holla'd at
form: holler at
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To call on a telephone; to contact or maintain contact with.
examples: text: A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
ref: 1999, TLC, No Scrubs:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To express romantic or sexual interest in.
run at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs at
form: running at
form: ran at
form: run at
Senses: glosses: To charge at (someone); to advance on (someone) as though to attack; to conduct a surprise attack on (someone).
pick over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picks over
form: picking over
form: picked over
form: picked over
Senses: glosses: To choose all of the desirable items from (an array of options); to look for the most desirable items among.
kersplode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kersplodes
form: kersploding
form: kersploded
form: kersploded
Etymology: From ker- and explode.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of explode.
synonyms: word: explode
grecicizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grecicize
grecicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grecicize
grecicized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grecicize
graecicizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of graecicize
graecicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of graecicize
graecicized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of graecicize
pick away at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picks away at
form: picking away at
form: picked away at
form: picked away at
Senses: glosses: To continually or inexorably harm someone; to continue to do harm; to needle over time; to weaken someone over time.
cart away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carts away
form: carting away
form: carted away
form: carted away
Senses: glosses: To take something away in order to dispose of it; to remove a large volume of materials.
examples: text: One of Otto’s first moves after Viserys’ death is to make the lords and ladies of the Red Keep bend the knee to Aegon. The two holdouts are swiftly carted away by the guards, while the third, Rhaenyra’s faithful Lord Caswell (Paul Hickey), reluctantly kneels.
ref: 2022 October 16, Jenna Scherer, “An enticing House Of The Dragon crowns Westeros' new ruler”, in AV Club:
glosses: To remove someone difficult or troublesome.
drain away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drains away
form: draining away
form: drained away
form: drained away
Senses: glosses: To diminish over time; to disappear or leak out gradually.
plump for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plumps for
form: plumping for
form: plumped for
form: plumped for
Senses: examples: text: The entire dessert menu was tempting, but I plumped for the cheesecake.
glosses: To choose; to select.
queen up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: queens up
form: queening up
form: queened up
form: queened up
Senses: glosses: To get in drag; to get ready to perform as a drag queen.
glosses: To dress like, or become appropriate for, a queen.
speak of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speaks of
form: speaking of
form: spoke of
form: spoken of
Etymology: From Middle English speken of (“to speak of, speak about”) and Middle English ofspeken (“to speak of, speak about”).
Senses: examples: text: This act speaks of his kindness.
text: Wang spoke of how the area had changed.
glosses: To bespeak; show; indicate; foretell; suggest; speak to.
Related terms: to speak of
speaking of
talking to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of talk to
talking to
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talkings to
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of talking-to.
strike a blow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strikes a blow
form: striking a blow
form: struck a blow
form: struck a blow
form: stricken a blow
Senses: examples: text: His opponent danced and dodged so nimbly that he couldn’t strike a blow.
glosses: To hit; to successfully land a hit.
examples: text: The Supreme Court ruling struck a blow for gender equality.
text: It is hoped that the new vaccine will strike a blow against the spread of tuberculosis.
glosses: To do something to support or defend (for) or to hinder or harm (at / against) something.
hoatching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "Isn't the haill country hoatching with disbanded sojers, men with guns and swords that haven't been paid for months, that'll cut a throat for a couple of maiks?"
ref: 2003, Robin Jenkins, Lady Magdalen, →ISBN, page 317:
text: So in 1651, at the age of 16, his adventure began when he took ship from Aberdeen to Danzig, and even on the first leg of his journey to Königsberg, he quickly realised that the country was hoatching with his fellow countrymen.
ref: 2011, Billy Kay, The Scottish World: A Journey Into the Scottish Diaspora, →ISBN:
text: Everybody knows that Glasgow is hoatching with film companies shooting movies on its mean streets.
ref: 2013, Michael Munro, “See Glasgow? See Culture?”, in The Crack: The Best of Glasgow Humour, →ISBN:
glosses: Infested; swarming; teeming.
raw_tags: followed by with
Synonyms: overrun
settle into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: settles into
form: settling into
form: settled into
form: settled into
Senses: glosses: To become comfortable with a place or routine.
slipped into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slip into
slips into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slip into
slipping into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slip into
rips into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rip into
ripping into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rip into
ripped into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rip into
grab off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grabs off
form: grabbing off
form: grabbed off
form: grabbed off
Senses: glosses: To hurriedly and forcibly take, appropriate or seize control of; to arrest (someone).