cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
spadeloads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: spadeloads of [X]
text: have (something) in spadeloads
text: While Western Ferries speculated the merits or otherwise of operating to the Dunoon breakwater, the decision to put the CalMac Clyde and Hebridean ferry routes out to tender was not running smoothly for the Scottish Executive. The schedule for its implementation had slipped because the process had been much more complicated than originally thought. And where there is complication there is scope for obfuscation. As will become evident, obfuscation prevailed in spadeloads.
ref: 2015, Roy N. Pedersen, “Chapter 24: Tendering shambles”, in Western Ferries: Taking on Giants, Birlinn, →ISBN:
text: In effect, by showing or feeling gratitude, what you are doing is celebrating the positives in life and enabling them to dominate and repress the negatives. Again, what life has taught me is that when you associate with positive people (who often have spadeloads of gratitude!), you feel immeasurably better and it has all kinds of health and wellbeing benefits. You then become one and other positive people gravitate towards you. OK, in life and the workplace it can be jolly hard to avoid the negative, ungrateful elements, as they are everywhere, but do try to find time to seek out that other breed who will enrich your lives and to whom you will undoubtedly feel grateful.
ref: 2019, Robert Osbourne, Enjoy the Ride!: The A-Z Handbook for Life, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: plural of spadeload
A shedload (large amount).
examples: text: Near-synonyms: shovelfuls, shovelsful
text: The priest sprinkled a handful of token soil on to the coffin lid. The grave gaped. A mouth in the ground not saying anything. Soon the sexton would arrive. Stop it up with spadeloads of earth. Stop it up for ever. Eternal silence. George wondered. His grandfather and his father were buried here. Now his son. In a way. He had a sudden urge to laugh, to screech with laughter, to guffaw. He coughed instead.
ref: 2012 [1987], Rupert Thomson, Dreams of Leaving, reprint edition, A&C Black, →ISBN:
glosses: plural of spadeload
Spadefuls.
synonyms: spadesful
Related terms: in spades
three-sixty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-sixties
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 360.
three-sixties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-sixty
three sixty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three sixties
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 360.
three sixties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three sixty
has one's head up one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have one's head up one's ass
having one's head up one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have one's head up one's ass
had one's head up one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have one's head up one's ass
gets one's head out of one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get one's head out of one's ass
getting one's head out of one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get one's head out of one's ass
got one's head out of one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get one's head out of one's ass
gotten one's head out of one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get one's head out of one's ass
taphrenchyma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tăfrĕngʹkĭmə
ipa: /tafˈɹɛŋkɪmə/
Etymology: From New Latin taphrenchyma.
Senses: examples: text: Pitted or Dotted Vessels. — These constitute by their combination Pitted Tissue, the Porous Tissue of some authors, or the Vasiform Tissue, Bothrenchyma, Taphrenchyma of others; the two latter names being derived from Greek words signifying pits.
ref: 1870, Robert Bentley, A Manual of Botany, second edition, page 40:
text: The names of bothrenchyma and taphrenchyma have been given to a tissue composed of such cells.
ref: 1876, John Hutton Balfour, in Encyclopædia Britannica, ninth edition, volume IV, page 87/1:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of bothrenchyma
synonyms: word: bothrenchyma
Nunberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Nunbergian
nymphon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nymphons
Senses: glosses: sea spider
Derived terms: protonymphon
F.R.Hist.Soc.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of fellow of the Royal Historical Society
F.R.G.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
F.R.H.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society
F.R.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of fellow of the Royal Society
F.R.A.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
F.L.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of fellow of the Linnean Society
F.P.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of fellow of the Philological Society
F.R.C.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
construation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈstɹuːeɪʃən/
Forms: form: construations
Etymology: From construe + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: At the level of perception the ideas or notions resulting from such construations are not simple nor accurate, but they can become so by further cognizing operations. […] aggressive, retreative, or indifferent; and functions for evaluative construations, or as Reid calls its for matters of taste, as in aesthetic appreciation, and perhaps even for moral and religious appreciation.
ref: 1943, John Thomas Daling, The Theory of Perception of Thomas Reid: An Exposition and Re-valuation, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, →OCLC, pages 175 and 292:
text: This gives rise to nonuniform and inconsistent construations of the legal variables and hence the rules involved. Such rules are therefore said to be “open textured”, i.e. their boundaries are not fixed. The much required uniform and consistent construations can be obtained by automated knowledge-based systems [HF85]. Such automated systems should be capable of focusing or viewing only at the particular or related fact situations or contexts as the lawyers do.
ref: 1988, M.G. Venkatesha Murthy, R.K. Subramanian, “TIDA: An Intelligent System for Legal Consultation”, in P. V. S. Rao, P. Sadanandan, editors, Modern Trends in Information Technology: Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial Convention of South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation, November 28–December 1, 1988, New Delhi, India, New Delhi: Tate McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 78:
text: [Michael] Halliday (2005) writes of the construation of human experience within writing. Inherent in comprehension of text is experience, culture and prior knowledge.
ref: 2020 August 5, Jacqueline CoxTaylor, “Strategy Technique”, in Seeing What Is: The Education Challenges for Teachers and Their Students, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:
synonyms: construal
construance
construction
glosses: The act or process of construing.
Related terms: misconstruation
construations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of construation
misconstruations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misconstruation
homescar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homescars
Senses: qualifier: marine biology
glosses: A shallow indentation in the surface of a rock, formed by the shell of a resident limpet that returns to that spot at the end of each day's feeding.
novitiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: novitiations
Senses: glosses: A religious ceremony that ordains a person as a novitiate.
novitiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of novitiation.
nostrummonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nostrummongers
Etymology: From nostrum + monger.
Senses: glosses: A supplier of nostrums or ineffective remedies; a quack.
nostrummongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nostrummonger.
neurogliar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neuroglial.
synonyms: word: neuroglial
neuroglic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neuroglial.
synonyms: word: neuroglial
neurogliac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neuroglial.
synonyms: word: neuroglial
elfness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From elf + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: illuming lost towers, illuming
hidden recess and excess selfness,
light on the mind's stark glooming
with her light airy elfness[.]
ref: 1932, Denis Botterill, Quiet Helens: Poems, Bedford: Thetan Press, page 73:
text: That, of course, would make Men a younger, less evolved, and in some ways less spiritual form of humanness (or "Elfness," rather).
ref: 2003, Greg Harvey, The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-earth for Dummies, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, page 73:
text: He'd once had his ears docked - as all elves of his generation had - but a spell had returned them to their natural, pointy-arched elfness to match both Lucy's and Ray's.
ref: 2024, Kim Harrison, Demon's Bluff, New York: Ace, page 30:
glosses: The state of being an elf; elf attributes and qualities viewed collectively.
Normanish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Normanish
form: most Normanish
Etymology: From Norman + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Normanesque.
synonyms: word: Normanesque
nievling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The milking of an animal by grasping the teat in one's fist, rather than pressing the fingers along it.
Related terms: nief
nihilification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nothingization.
synonyms: word: nothingization
Related terms: nihilify
DOW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DoW
form: D.O.W.
form: D. O. W.
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
related: word: USDOW
word: U.S. DOW
synonyms: USDOD
DOD
glosses: Initialism of United States Department of War.
DOW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DoW
form: D.O.W.
form: D. O. W.
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: DOD
MOD
MOW
glosses: Initialism of department of war.
nihilify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nihilifies
form: nihilifying
form: nihilified
form: nihilified
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nothingize.
synonyms: word: nothingize
Related terms: nihilification
nihilifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nihilify
nihilified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nihilify
nihilifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nihilify
nicotinizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nicotinize
nicotinizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nicotinize
nicotizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nicotize
nicotizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nicotize
overthinkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overthinking.
cœlodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cœlodonts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coelodont.
cœlodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cœlodont.
Vento band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vento bands
Etymology: After the 2002 case of Vento v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Any of a set of tiered values for compensation for damages payable for injury to feelings and psychiatric injury, awarded by the Employment Tribunals of England and Wales and of Scotland.
wikipedia: Vento v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police
Vento bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vento band.
petally
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more petally
form: most petally
Etymology: petal + -y
Senses: examples: text: […] a petally bow adorns her hat […]
ref: 2010, Alison Mairi Syme, John Singer Sargent, A Touch of Blossom (page 205)
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a petal.
ʔEsdilagh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Chilcotin ʔEsdilagh
Senses: examples: text: The Nits’ilʔin-Qi (chiefs) of all six Tŝilhqot’in communities have voted on a new tribal chief, vice-chief, secretary and treasurer for the Tŝilhqot’in National Government (TNG).
Nits’ilʔin Otis Guichon Sr. of Tŝideldel First Nation is the new tribal chief of TNG, with Nits’ilʔin Francis Laceese of Tl’esqox First Nation as vice-chief. Nits’ilʔin of ʔEsdilagh Troy Baptiste was appointed as Secretary Treasurer.
ref: 2025 April 5, “Otis Guichon becomes tribal chief of Tŝilhqot’in National Government”, in The Williams Lake Tribune:
text: The Tŝilhqot'in National Government represents 3,500 First Nation members and is comprised of six communities in BC's central interior: Tl'etinqox, ʔEsdilagh, Yuneŝit'in, Tŝi Deldel, Tl'esqox and Xeni Gwet'in.
ref: 2019 August 16, Indigenous Services Canada, “Government of Canada supports Economic Development for Tŝilhqot'in National Government”, in Canada.ca:
synonyms: Alexandria First Nation
glosses: First Nation of British Columbia in Canada, part of the Tŝilhqot'in National Government.
naperer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naperers
Senses: glosses: A person in charge of the napery, or household linen.
naperers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naperer.
Stonycreek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
availability zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: availability zones
Senses: examples: text: Availability zones are typically geographically separated from one another, to prevent local disasters from affecting more than one of them.
qualifier: cloud computing
glosses: A subset of computing infrastructure that shares no service-critical components (including power, cooling and access) with any other availability zone.
nanoangstroms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoangstrom.
moabis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moabi.
keeps one's countenance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keep one's countenance
keeping one's countenance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keep one's countenance
kept one's countenance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of keep one's countenance
sees service
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of see service
seeing service
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of see service
saw service
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of see service
seen service
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of see service
makes one's manners
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make one's manners
making one's manners
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make one's manners
made one's manners
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make one's manners
bowler hats out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bowler hat out
bowler hatting out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bowler hat out
bowler hatted out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bowler hat out
heavy-foots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of heavy-foot
heavy-footing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of heavy-foot
gladdens someone's heart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gladden someone's heart
gladdening someone's heart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gladden someone's heart
gladdened someone's heart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gladden someone's heart
propinquative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more propinquative
form: most propinquative
Etymology: From propinquate + -ive.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Finnish fifth infinitive.
rules with a rod of iron
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rule with a rod of iron
ruling with a rod of iron
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rule with a rod of iron
ruled with a rod of iron
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rule with a rod of iron
sets up one's bristles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of set up one's bristles
setting up one's bristles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of set up one's bristles
outbrakes oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outbrake oneself
outbraking oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outbrake oneself
outbraked oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outbrake oneself
picks up the threads of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pick up the threads of
picking up the threads of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pick up the threads of
picked up the threads of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pick up the threads of
takes a wiz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take a wiz
taking a wiz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take a wiz
took a wiz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take a wiz
taken a wiz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take a wiz
takes a wizz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take a wizz
taking a wizz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take a wizz
took a wizz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take a wizz
taken a wizz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take a wizz
takes a whiz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take a whiz
took a whiz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take a whiz
taken a whiz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take a whiz
taking a whiz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take a whiz
pays for one's whistle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pay for one's whistle
paying for one's whistle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pay for one's whistle
paid for one's whistle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pay for one's whistle
cuts one's stick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cut one's stick
cutting one's stick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cut one's stick
lies on the oars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lie on the oars
lying on the oars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lie on the oars
lay on the oars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of lie on the oars
lain on the oars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of lie on the oars
wears the breeches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wear the breeches
wearing the breeches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wear the breeches
wore the breeches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of wear the breeches
worn the breeches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of wear the breeches
sells one's life dearly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sell one's life dearly
selling one's life dearly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sell one's life dearly
sold one's life dearly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sell one's life dearly
changes oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of change oneself
changing oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of change oneself
changed oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of change oneself
puts the change on someone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put the change on someone
putting the change on someone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put the change on someone
seeks a knot in a bulrush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seek a knot in a bulrush
seeking a knot in a bulrush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of seek a knot in a bulrush
sought a knot in a bulrush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of seek a knot in a bulrush
budges an inch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of budge an inch
budging an inch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of budge an inch
budged an inch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of budge an inch
casts oil on troubled waters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cast oil on troubled waters
casting oil on troubled waters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cast oil on troubled waters
goes to the bad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go to the bad
going to the bad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go to the bad
went to the bad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go to the bad
gone to the bad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go to the bad
pre-sees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pre-see
pre-seeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pre-see
pre-saw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of pre-see
pre-seen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of pre-see
'fess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: 'fesses
form: 'fessing
form: 'fessed
form: 'fessed
Senses: examples: text: lissen asshol, IF I HAD WRITTEN SUCH A PIECE I'D A HAD A REASON FER IT; AND I'D 'FESS TO IT; […]
ref: 1999 March 24, westxnwskye@my-dejanews.com, “the idaeiout: act three”, in alt.arts.poetry.comments (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Sep 2025:
text: : That behavior, of course, was all consensual and victimless.
Well, the parts he 'fessed to, anyway.
ref: 2000 August 5, Steven Sullivan, “Predictions for Igor”, in alt.music.yes (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Sep 2025:
text: > >9. Scott said his fishing trip was spur of the moment.
>
> ***Yep--shows an absence of premeditation.
?? Not with all the rest of the premeditated stuff. He 'fessed to fishing because he though he had to. Otherwise, why the elaborate "I'm going/I was golfing" set up?
ref: 2004 July 14, veryrich, “Peterson: The boat will sink him”, in alt.true-crime (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Sep 2025:
text: > Amen! Whereabouts are you teaching? Must be a private school.
Yeh. Not that I'd 'fess to anyone within hearin' distance which one it was.
ref: 2004 September 10, nobody, “I started my new career...”, in alt.buddha.short.fat.guy (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Sep 2025:
text: Yup...posted before he 'fessed to trolling.
ref: 2004 November 14, John Riggs, “Florida Divorce”, in alt.support.divorce (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Sep 2025:
text: > claims that the Mac does not need any special drivers. I don't
> understand the mac geeks who think that Apple can do no wrong.
After paying through the nose, they'll never 'fess to it.
ref: 2008 April 3, notbob, “OT Vista”, in rec.outdoors.fishing.fly (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Sep 2025:
text: I saw the beginning where he 'fessed to Sonye and kept reading until I saw where he had put ventolin on the meds taken list, then stopped where he made all his lame denials.
ref: 2008 December 4, Carl Sundquist, “another case of clinical "asthma"”, in rec.bicycles.racing (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Sep 2025:
text: You shouldn't *defend* the bad things you have done, or claim you didn't do them - you should just 'fess to them.
ref: 2009 January 13, wcmartell, “Israel doesn't use illegal weapons”, in misc.writing.screenplays.moderated (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Sep 2025:
glosses: Alternative form of fess (“confess”).
Derived terms: 'fess up
'fesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of 'fess
'fessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of 'fess
'fessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of 'fess
tars with the same stick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tar with the same stick
tarring with the same stick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tar with the same stick
tarred with the same stick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tar with the same stick
passes current
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pass current
passing current
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pass current
passed current
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pass current
has the best of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have the best of it
having the best of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have the best of it
had the best of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have the best of it
lets well enough alone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of let well enough alone
letting well enough alone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of let well enough alone
goes like a dream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go like a dream
going like a dream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go like a dream
went like a dream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go like a dream
gone like a dream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go like a dream
goes with a swing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go with a swing
going with a swing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go with a swing
went with a swing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go with a swing
gone with a swing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go with a swing
dog-noses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dog-nose
dog-nosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dog-nose
gets outside of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get outside of
getting outside of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get outside of
got outside of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get outside of
gotten outside of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get outside of
saves one's skin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of save one's skin
saving one's skin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of save one's skin
saved one's skin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of save one's skin
gives a crap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give a crap
giving a crap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give a crap
gave a crap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give a crap
given a crap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give a crap
twirls one's thumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of twirl one's thumbs
twirling one's thumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of twirl one's thumbs
twirled one's thumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of twirl one's thumbs
puts two and two together and comes up with five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put two and two together and come up with five
putting two and two together and coming up with five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put two and two together and come up with five
put two and two together and came up with five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of put two and two together and come up with five
puts two and two together and makes five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put two and two together and make five
putting two and two together and making five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put two and two together and make five
put two and two together and made five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of put two and two together and make five
has one's work cut out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have one's work cut out
having one's work cut out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have one's work cut out
had one's work cut out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have one's work cut out
does one's part
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do one's part
doing one's part
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do one's part
did one's part
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do one's part
done one's part
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do one's part
takes one's ease
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take one's ease
taking one's ease
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take one's ease
took one's ease
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take one's ease
taken one's ease
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take one's ease
stands upon one's terms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand upon one's terms
standing upon one's terms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand upon one's terms
stood upon one's terms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand upon one's terms
pulls a rabbit from a hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull a rabbit from a hat
pulling a rabbit from a hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pull a rabbit from a hat
pulled a rabbit from a hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull a rabbit from a hat
nose bonking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nose bonk
nose bonked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nose bonk
keeps one's word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keep one's word
keeping one's word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keep one's word
kept one's word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of keep one's word
takes it into one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take it into one's head
taking it into one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take it into one's head
took it into one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take it into one's head
taken it into one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take it into one's head
takes to the road
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take to the road
taking to the road
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take to the road
took to the road
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take to the road
taken to the road
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take to the road
beats the air
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beat the air
beating the air
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beat the air
beaten the air
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of beat the air
eats the leek
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eat the leek
eating the leek
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eat the leek
ate the leek
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of eat the leek
eaten the leek
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat the leek
sends about one's business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of send about one's business
sending about one's business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of send about one's business
sent about one's business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of send about one's business
draws cuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of draw cuts
drawing cuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of draw cuts
drew cuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of draw cuts
drawn cuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of draw cuts
cries aim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cry aim
crying aim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cry aim
cried aim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cry aim
blows the coals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blow the coals
blowing the coals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blow the coals
blew the coals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of blow the coals
blown the coals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of blow the coals
has one's name in the Gazette
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have one's name in the Gazette
having one's name in the Gazette
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have one's name in the Gazette
had one's name in the Gazette
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have one's name in the Gazette
treads on someone's corns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tread on someone's corns
treading on someone's corns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tread on someone's corns
trod on someone's corns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tread on someone's corns
treaded on someone's corns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tread on someone's corns
trodden on someone's corns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of tread on someone's corns
bids defiance to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bid defiance to
bidding defiance to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bid defiance to
bade defiance to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of bid defiance to
bidden defiance to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of bid defiance to
goes to the country
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go to the country
going to the country
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go to the country
went to the country
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go to the country
gone to the country
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go to the country
takes the shine out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take the shine out of
taking the shine out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take the shine out of
took the shine out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take the shine out of
taken the shine out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take the shine out of
sues one's livery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sue one's livery
suing one's livery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sue one's livery
sued one's livery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sue one's livery
casts anchor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cast anchor
casting anchor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cast anchor
gives toco
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give toco
giving toco
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give toco
gave toco
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give toco
given toco
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give toco
swears the peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swear the peace
swearing the peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swear the peace
swore the peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of swear the peace
sworn the peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of swear the peace
ticks and toys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tick and toy
ticking and toying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tick and toy
ticked and toyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tick and toy
misses one's tip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miss one's tip
missing one's tip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miss one's tip
missed one's tip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miss one's tip
misses stays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miss stays
missing stays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miss stays
missed stays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miss stays
has the pas of someone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have the pas of someone
having the pas of someone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have the pas of someone
had the pas of someone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have the pas of someone
takes to the cleaner's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take to the cleaner's
taking to the cleaner's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take to the cleaner's
took to the cleaner's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take to the cleaner's
taken to the cleaner's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take to the cleaner's
sleeps with one's fathers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sleep with one's fathers
sleeping with one's fathers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sleep with one's fathers
slept with one's fathers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sleep with one's fathers
sees one's way to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of see one's way to
seeing one's way to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of see one's way to
saw one's way to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of see one's way to
seen one's way to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of see one's way to
chaps someone's hide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chap someone's hide
chapping someone's hide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chap someone's hide
chapped someone's hide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chap someone's hide
bides tryst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bide tryst
biding tryst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bide tryst
bode tryst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of bide tryst
bided tryst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bide tryst
bidden tryst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of bide tryst
takes an L
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take an L
taking an L
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take an L
took an L
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take an L
taken an L
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take an L