cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
circadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈkeɪ.dɪ.ən/
ipa: /sɚˈkeɪ.di.ən/
ipa: /sɚˈkæd.i.ən/
ipa: /ˌsɝ.kəˈdi.ən/
ipa: /ˌsɝ.kəˈdaɪ.ən/
Etymology: From the Latin circā (“about”) and diēs (“a day”) with the English suffix -an. Compare circannual.
Senses: examples: text: The circadian clock is involved in the regulation of the diurnal sleep-wake cycle, […].
ref: 2000, Arnold Sameroff, et al: Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology, page 310:
text: To summarize, the circadian system, particularly the SCN, controls the circadian pattern of melatonin release in mammals.
ref: 2002, Jill B. Becker, Behavioral Endocrinology, page 483:
text: The most obvious circadian rhythm is the daily cycle of sleep and activity.
ref: 2005, Paul Martin, Counting Sheep: The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams, page 114:
text: Circadian clocks developed early in evolution in single-celled organisms, before the animal and plant kingdom split from one another. The original clocks probably functioned to protect the cells from damage induced by high UV radiation.
ref: 2014 April 5, “Quite interesting: A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week; QI orchids you not”, in The Daily Telegraph (Weekend), page W22:
text: In addition, the truck driver’s schedule involved sleeping at irregular times, including times when the body’s circadian rhythms are geared toward being awake. He was also awake at times when his circadian rhythms were geared toward being asleep. The time of the crash, about 1:36 a.m., is when sleepiness tends to be greater and performance capabilities are lower.
ref: 2024, NTSB, Highway Investigation Report, HIR-24-05:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or showing rhythmic behaviour with a period of approximately 24 hours; especially of a biological process.
Synonyms: word: hemeral
word: nyctohemeral
english: in one of its senses
translation: in one of its senses
word: diurnal
english: in one of its senses
translation: in one of its senses
word: quotidian
Coordinate terms: infradian
ultradian
Derived terms: circadian clock
circadian dysrhythmia
circadianly
circadian rhythm
noncircadian
Related terms: circalunar
circalunidian
circasemidian
circulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sər'kyo͝o-lāt
ipa: /ˈsɚ.kjʊˌleɪt/
Forms: form: circulates
form: circulating
form: circulated
form: circulated
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin circulātus, perfect passive participle of Late Latin circulō (“to make circular, encircle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), a later collateral form of circulor (“form a circle (of men) around oneself”), from circulus (“a circle”). See also Middle English circulat(e) (“(alchemy) changed by continuous distillation in a closed vessel”).
Senses: glosses: to move in circles or through a circuit
glosses: to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit
examples: text: In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.
ref: 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian:
glosses: to move from person to person, as at a party
examples: text: to circulate money or gossip
glosses: to spread or disseminate
glosses: to become widely known
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of decimals: to repeat.
Synonyms: put about
spread
disseminate
Derived terms: circulatable
circulation
circulative
circulator
cocirculate
intercirculate
miscirculate
recirculate
fairway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛɹweɪ/
ipa: /ˈfɛəweɪ/
ipa: /ˈfeːwæɪ/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈfeəwæɪ/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈfiəwæɪ/
ipa: /ˈfeɹwe/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)weː/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)weɪ
Forms: form: fairways
Etymology: From fair + way.
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.
glosses: Any tract of land free from obstacles.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A channel either from offshore, in a river, or in a harbor that has enough depth to accommodate the draft of large vessels. (JP 4-01.6)
examples: text: By good fortune, paddle as I pleased, the tide was still sweeping me down; and there lay the Hispaniola right in the fairway, hardly to be missed.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
text: Lights of ships moved in the fairway—a great stir of lights going up and going down.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A navigable channel in a harbour, offshore etc; the usual course taken by vessels in such places.
Derived terms: fairway wood
Related terms: word: draft
alt: JP 4-01.6
word: watercraft
sprocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɹɒkɪt/
rhymes: -ɒkɪt
Forms: form: sprockets
form: splocket
Etymology: Unknown. First attested in the 16th century. Perhaps related to Italian rocchetto (“spool”), spoletta (“spool”), sprone (“spur”), or English spoke, spike, spur.
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: sprocket wheel
coordinate_terms: gear wheel
cogwheel
glosses: A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
glosses: The tooth of such a wheel.
topics: architecture
glosses: A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
examples: text: Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 widgets per year, and a sprocket factory that produces 200 sprockets per year.
synonyms: widget
glosses: A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
Derived terms: intersprocket
sprocket wheel
remedies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛmədiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of remedy
remedies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛmədiz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of remedy
next of kin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: next of kin
Senses: examples: text: Lord Bentley has passed away; notify the next of kin.
text: Shall we inform the next of kin of his passing?
glosses: Closest blood relative, heir to inheritance.
synonyms: loved one
near relative
close one
glosses: Close friend, spouse, or partner (for example on a hospital admission form), one of someone's close ones.
Related terms: next friend
plectrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplɛk.tɹəm/
Forms: form: plectrums
form: plectra
form: plectron
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin plēctrum, from Ancient Greek πλῆκτρον (plêktron, “anything to strike with, an instrument for striking the lyre, a spear point”), from πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike, to smite, to sting”).
Senses: examples: text: For sounds in winter nights, and often in winter days, I heard the forlorn but melodious note of a hooting owl indefinitely far; such a sound as the frozen earth would yield if struck with a suitable plectrum, the very lingua vernacula of Walden Wood, and quite familiar to me at last, though I never saw the bird while it was making it.
ref: 1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Winter Animals”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 292:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: guitar pick
pick
plectre
glosses: A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: A projection of bone or other stiff tissue, such as the ridges in some insects' stridulatory organs.
Polly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒli/
rhymes: -ɒli
homophone: poly
homophone: Pali (father-bother merger)
Etymology: Nickname for Mary, created by rhyming with Molly.
Senses: examples: text: "Well, Johnny," she replied, rather hurt, "if you want to call me something else, you may do so; but I will not have any outlandish, ridiculous names. I don't like it much, but if you really wish it, you may call me Polly."
Polly, indeed! Mary was getting more and more prosaic.
ref: 1860, Elizabeth Harcourt Mitchell, The Lighthouse, Saunders, Otley and co., page 161:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew.
examples: text: Polly wants a cracker!
glosses: A common given name for a parrot.
Related terms: Polidora
Pollyanna
poly-
cold sore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkoʊld ˌsɔɹ/
Forms: form: cold sores
Etymology: Compound of cold + sore, probably for the tendency of the vesicles to recur along with other illness, or possibly during cold weather, though this explanation is less common. Compare synonym fever blister.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A small bump (namely a vesicle) on the lips resulting from infection by herpes simplex viruses (mostly HHV1 but also HHV2).
Synonyms: word: fever blister
word: herpes
sense: scientifically
word: herpes labialis
word: herpes simplex
word: herpes simplex 1
horrific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈɹɪfɪk/
ipa: /hɔˈɹɪfɪk/
ipa: /hɑˈɹɪfɪk/
ipa: /həˈɹɪfɪk/
ipa: /hɘˈɹɘfɘk/
ipa: /hɔˈɹɘfɘk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Forms: form: more horrific
form: most horrific
form: horrifick
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin horrificus, from horreō (“to be afraid”) + -ficō (“to make”).
Senses: examples: text: a horrific sight
text: a horrific injury
synonyms: word: affreux
word: alarming
word: spine-tingling
word: appalling
word: awful
word: buggish
word: butt-clenching
word: buttock-clenching
word: dismayful
word: dreadful
word: fearful
word: flaysome
word: flesh-crawling
word: formidable
word: freaky
word: frightening
word: frightensome
word: frightful
word: ghastly
word: ghostly
word: grisly
word: hair-curling
word: hair-raising
word: horrible
word: horrid
word: horrific
word: horrifying
word: horripilating
word: pulse-pounding
word: scaring
word: scary
word: shocking
word: skin-crawling
word: terrible
word: terrifying
word: terrorsome
glosses: Causing horror; horrifying.
Derived terms: horrifically
Related terms: horrendous
horrible
horrifical
horrification
horrify
horror
Percy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɜːsi/
ipa: /ˈpɜɹsi/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)si
Etymology: Proper noun sense 1 (surname) and sense 3 (place names) are derived from Norman Percy (“a baronial surname”), from Percy-en-Auge (“a place in Pays d’Auge, Normandy, France”, literally “Percy in Auge”), from Old French Perci, from Late Latin Persiacum, from Latin Persius (“a Gallo-Roman nomen gentile”), from Etruscan 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (persu); further etymology uncertain, possibly from 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”).
Proper noun sense 2 (given name) is either from the above, or is a clipping of Perc(ival) + -y (suffix forming familiar names).
The common noun is derived from the proper noun. Sense 2 (“penis”) is probably from the fact that Percy and penis begin with the same letter.
Senses: examples: text: Hot[spur]. My name is Harry Percy. / Pr[ince]. VVhy then I ſee / A very valiant rebel of that name; / I am the Prince of VVales, and thinke not Percy / To ſhare vvith me in glory any more: / Tvvo ſtars keepe not their motion in one ſphere, / Nor can one England brooke a double raigne / Of Harry Percy and the Prince of VVales.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv], signature K2, verso:
glosses: An English surname from Old French.
examples: text: Speaking of Sligo, I have written again to ask if I may visit there sometime soon, and talk to the administrator, who it turns out is an old acquaintance, a man called Percival Quinn, I think the only Percy I have heard of in the present era, let alone met. […] [T]here may be other files there that even Percy feels can't be communicated, but I don't know.
ref: 2008, Sebastian Barry, chapter 16, in The Secret Scripture […], London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, pages 198–199:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname or from a clipping of Percival, of Middle Ages and later usage.
glosses: A place name:
A commune in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
glosses: A place name:
A village in Manche department, Normandy, France.
glosses: A place name:
A township in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A village in Randolph County, Illinois, United States.
Derived terms: Bolton Percy
Kilnwick Percy
Percabeth
Percy Main
dead bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead birds
Senses: examples: text: Jones got on board with a dead bird to start the inning.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A ball which falls over the infielders’ heads for a hit, as if it were a bird shot by a hunter.
examples: text: “Bring me the two most precious things in the city,” said God to one of His Angels; and the Angel brought Him the leaden heart and the dead bird.
ref: 1888, Oscar Wilde, “The Happy Prince”, in The Happy Prince and Other Tales:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, bird.
ragged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: răg'ĭd
ipa: /ˈɹæɡɪd/
rhymes: -æɡɪd
Forms: form: more ragged
form: most ragged
Etymology: From Middle English ragged, from North Germanic. Compare with Old Norse rǫgvaðr (“tufted”) and Norwegian ragget (“shaggy”).
Senses: examples: text: a ragged coat
text: a ragged sail
glosses: In tatters, having the texture broken.
examples: text: ragged rocks
glosses: Having rough edges; jagged or uneven
examples: text: There was a ragged noise of bleating from the flock penned in a corner of the yard. Two red-armed men seized a sheep, hauled it to a large bath that stood in the middle of the yard, and there held it, more or less in the bath, whilst a third man baled a dirty yellow liquid over its body.
ref: 1912, David Herbert Lawrence, chapter 12, in The Trespasser:
glosses: Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise
examples: text: a ragged person
text: She ran to the door and there beheld the ragged street urchin calmly playing his organ.
ref: 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 84:
glosses: Wearing tattered clothes.
examples: text: Seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
ref: 1969, “The Boxer”, in Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel (music), Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:
glosses: Rough; shaggy; rugged.
examples: text: Now I realize how ridiculous and almost impertinent it was to expect New Yorkers to accept such a ragged performance for they have always demanded the best and do not tolerate the second-rate."
ref: 2010, Dall Wilson, Alice Nielsen and the Gayety of Nations, →ISBN, page 318:
text: Allardyce's side had led at the break through a Carlton Cole strike but after Thomas Ince - son of former Hammers midfielder Paul - levelled shortly after the restart, the match became increasingly stretched and ragged.
ref: 2012 May 19, Paul Fletcher, “Blackpool 1-2 West Ham”, in BBC Sport:
text: Despite the apparent general viability of the AVF its ragged performance serves to motivate serious questions concerning its future viability, the quality of the defense that we are buying, and the AVF's effect on our nation and society.
ref: 2013, William J. Taylor, Eric T. Olson, Richard A. Schrader, Defense Manpower Planning: Issues for the 1980s, →ISBN, page 219:
glosses: Faulty; lacking in skill, reliability, or organization.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Performed in a syncopated manner, especially in ragtime.
examples: text: a ragged hierarchy
text: a ragged array, consisting of a number of arrays of varying size
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: jagged
glosses: Of a data structure: having uneven levels.
examples: text: Newspaper columns should never be set ragged.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Not justified; having an uneven vertical margin.
raw_tags: of a block of type
Derived terms: ragged array
ragged lady
raggedly
raggedness
ragged red fibers
ragged-right
ragged right
ragged robbin
ragged robin
ragged sailor
ragged school
ragged staff
raggedy
run someone ragged
ragged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: răg'ĭd
ipa: /ˈɹæɡɪd/
rhymes: -æɡɪd
enpr: răgd
ipa: /ɹæɡd/
rhymes: -æɡd
enpr: răg'ĭd
ipa: /ˈɹæɡɪd/
rhymes: -æɡɪd
Etymology: From rag.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rag
sex organ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sex organs
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: An organ responsible for sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation.
Related terms: genitalia
Marissa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɹɪsə/
rhymes: -ɪsə
Forms: form: Marisa
form: Maryssa
form: Merissa
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Spanish, a contraction of Maria Lisa or Maria Luisa, though sometimes regarded as a re-interpretation of the name Melissa as a homophone in another European language.
action adventure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: action adventures
Senses: examples: text: Organized crime, law enforcement, warfare, nature, disasters, mythology, religion, and history are all common themes in the action adventure genre.
text: The ‘arcade adventure’ concept is catching on fast, with a number of software houses bringing out arcade action adventure games, including the Wally series from Mikro-Gen and the soon-to-be-launched Chuckie Egg II.
ref: 1985, Graeme Kidd, “Great Scott!”, in Crash, number 15:
text: Unlike most action adventures, this one lets you choose from three character classes: Knight, Valkyrie (a female character) or Barbarian.
ref: 1989, Shay Addams, Quest for Clues No II, page 146:
text: The opposite of an escapist blockbuster, the eighth and apparently final outing for Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt is the doomiest and gloomiest yet in the action-adventure franchise.
ref: 2025 May 14, Nicholas Barber, “'A miserable, apocalyptic tract': Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be 'the feel-bad film of the summer”, in BBC:
glosses: A film, novel, television series or video game characterized by action, intrigue, and sometimes violence.
Related terms: arcade adventure
action movie
well being
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of well-being.
hard count
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard counts
Senses: examples: text: Jones is good at drawing a defense offside with his hard count.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The situation where the quarterback attempts to draw the defense offside through a deceptive snap count sequence, sometimes accompanied by subtle body movements which simulate the initiation of the play.
potless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more potless
form: most potless
Etymology: From pot + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a pot or pots.
glosses: Lacking in funds; without assets; poor.
glosses: Without marijuana.
Derived terms: potlessness
Related terms: not have a pot to piss in
linebacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linebackers
Etymology: From line + backer.
Senses: examples: text: The linebacker corralled the runner who had slipped through the hole.
text: While Brown distracted the usually hyperfocused Mangini, safety Kerry Rhodes and linebackers Eric Barton and Jonathan Vilma grabbed a cooler of Gatorade and surreptitiously assumed their positions according to plan.
ref: 2007 January 1, Karen Crouse, “With Wild-Card Spot Clinched, Jets Can Finally Talk Playoffs”, in The New York Times:
text: Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans defended Azeez Al-Shaair after the linebacker was ejected from Sunday’s game for throwing a late hit on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
ref: 2024 December 2, David Close, “Houston Texans head coach defends Azeez Al-Shaair as the NFL leans toward suspending the linebacker, source says”, in CNN:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes.
pirates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪɹəts/
Forms: form: pyrates
Senses: glosses: plural of pirate
pirates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪɹəts/
Forms: form: pyrates
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pirate
bandit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbændɪt/
Forms: form: bandits
form: banditti
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian bandito (“outlawed”), a derivative of Italian bandire (“to ban”), from Late Latin bandīre, an alteration (due to Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bandwjan, “to signal”)) of Late Latin bannīre (“to ban”), from Frankish *bannan (“to ban”). Doublet of bandito.
Senses: examples: text: Do you recollect a story my nurse told us of a Sicilian bandit, the terror of the country?—how he saved a young child from a cottage on fire, brought it up delicately, and far removed from his own pursuits; while, at his execution, his chief regret was the future provision for that boy?
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 173:
glosses: One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
glosses: An outlaw.
glosses: One who cheats others.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: An aircraft identified as an enemy, but distinct from "hostile" or "threat" in that it is not immediately to be engaged.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.
glosses: Synonym of arse bandit.
synonyms: word: arse bandit
Synonyms: sense: one who robs others
word: thief
sense: outlaw
word: criminal
sense: outlaw
word: fugitive
sense: outlaw
word: outlaw
sense: one who cheats others
word: cheater
word: bandit
word: bandito
word: brigand
word: latron
word: rapparee
Hypernyms: word: criminal
word: thief
Hyponyms: word: highwayman
word: warlord
word: bushranger
word: dacoit
word: moss-trooper
word: thug
Derived terms: arse bandit
ass bandit
back-door bandit
bail bandit
banditism
banditry
Beltway bandit
blue light bandit
booty bandit
botty bandit
communist bandit
dumpster bandit
garbage bandit
gas meter bandit
make out like a bandit
multi-armed bandit
one-arm bandit
one-armed bandit
pussy bandit
shag-bandit
shag bandit
squeegee bandit
time bandit
trash bandit
Related terms: word: pirate
bandit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbændɪt/
Forms: form: bandits
form: banditing
form: bandited
form: bandited
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian bandito (“outlawed”), a derivative of Italian bandire (“to ban”), from Late Latin bandīre, an alteration (due to Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bandwjan, “to signal”)) of Late Latin bannīre (“to ban”), from Frankish *bannan (“to ban”). Doublet of bandito.
Senses: examples: text: First, she read the bandit news in the paper, and was rather disappointed to learn that her man had evidently taken a night off from banditing. An imitator of the bandit had made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up a drug-store, and had backed out and run when the nervy proprietor reached for a gun; but that was all.
ref: 1921, Munsey's Magazine, volume 74, page 38:
text: As the sanctuary was bandited at least once, it may be that the silver wine cups I have are from the treasure.
ref: 1937, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 160, page 7:
glosses: To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
redound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈdaʊnd/
ipa: /ɹəˈdaʊnd/
rhymes: -aʊnd
Forms: form: redounds
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman redunder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin rēdundō, from red- + undō (“surge”), from unda (“a wave”).
Senses: glosses: A coming back, as an effect or consequence; a return.
savages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsævɪd͡ʒɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of savage
savages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈsævɪd͡ʒɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of savage
evils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ēʹvĭlz
enpr: ēʹvəlz
ipa: /ˈiːvɪlz/
ipa: /ˈiːvəlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of evil
examples: text: Don't go giving me evils!
glosses: the evil eye
guards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɑːdz/
ipa: /ɡɑɹdz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dz
Senses: glosses: plural of guard
guards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɑːdz/
ipa: /ɡɑɹdz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of guard
file sharing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filesharing
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
head_nr: 2
glosses: The process of making files available to others to download from the Internet.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
head_nr: 2
glosses: The use of a file sharing network, or peer-to-peer software.
smiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /smaɪlz/
rhymes: -aɪlz
Senses: glosses: plural of smile
smiles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /smaɪlz/
rhymes: -aɪlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smile
intentions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of intention
mothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌðəz/
ipa: /ˈmʌðɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of mother
mothers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌðəz/
ipa: /ˈmʌðɚz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mother
notions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnoʊʃənz/
ipa: /ˈnəʊʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of notion
holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /həʊlz/
ipa: /hoʊlz/
rhymes: -əʊlz
rhymes: -oʊlz
Senses: glosses: plural of hole
holes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /həʊlz/
ipa: /hoʊlz/
rhymes: -əʊlz
rhymes: -oʊlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hole
pockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒkɪts/
ipa: /ˈpɑkɪts/
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket
pockets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒkɪts/
ipa: /ˈpɑkɪts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pocket
estates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪsˈteɪts/
rhymes: -eɪts
Senses: examples: text: It has been a long time since new follies were springing up across the great estates of Britain. But the owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor.
ref: 2014 September 7, “Doddington's garden pyramid is a folly good show: The owners of a Lincolnshire stately home have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid [print edition: Great pyramid of Lincolnshire, 6 September 2014, p. G2]”, in The Daily Telegraph, London:
glosses: plural of estate
meetings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːtɪŋz/
homophone: metings
Senses: glosses: plural of meeting
swords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɔɹdz/
ipa: /sɔːdz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /so(ː)ɹdz/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /soədz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dz
Senses: glosses: plural of sword
doctrines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒktɹɪnz/
ipa: /ˈdɑktɹɪnz/
Senses: glosses: plural of doctrine
curtains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɜː(ɹ).tənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of curtain
curtains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɜː(ɹ).tənz/
Senses: examples: text: It's curtains for you!
text: He called curtains on his double decade cricket career on Tuesday.
text: "What if a bunch of scuba divers nosed about here?" / "Curtains for them, when our side-scan sonar sees them."
glosses: An end or death.
raw_tags: in reference to curtains closing at the end of a stage show
topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
synonyms: church windows
legs
tears of wine
wine tears
glosses: A ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tension; an example of the Marangoni effect.
Related terms: the curtain falls
curtains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɜː(ɹ).tənz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of curtain
veins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /veɪnz/
rhymes: -eɪnz
Senses: glosses: plural of vein
veins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /veɪnz/
rhymes: -eɪnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vein
pupils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pjuːpəlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of pupil
donors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdoʊnɚz/
ipa: /ˈdəʊnəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of donor
foes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəʊz/
ipa: /foʊz/
rhymes: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: plural of foe
biped
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪpɛd/
Forms: form: bipeds
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin bipēs, bipedis. Alternatively analyzable as bi- + -ped.
Senses: examples: text: He was badgered in that witness-box for an hour. By a distracting repetition of cross-examination he was forced to confess that he had seen and spoken to a human biped in broad daylight, yet could not recollect one singularity to distinguish this phantom from the flat mass of humanity.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 89:
text: Luján, or, rather, the biped which used to be Luján, walks right up to him. He is a little shorter than Wheeler, but much heavier-set. Rooted to the spot, not thinking clearly, Wheeler holds his violin up, as if this will shield him. The conductor takes the instrument from his unresisting hands and breaks its neck underfoot, perfunctorily, as if crushing a box for recycling.
ref: 2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: An animal, being, or construction that goes about on two feet (or two legs).
Derived terms: bipedal
bipedism
featherless biped
Related terms: bipod
quadruped
Ganesh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ganesha.
glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
RSSI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of received signal strength indication, an arbitrary number roughly corresponding to a given power absorbed by a receiving system when receiving a signal, with greater numbers corresponding to greater power (and lesser to lesser), but with no further definition of relationship.
remorseless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more remorseless
form: most remorseless
Etymology: From remorse + -less.
Senses: antonyms: remorseful
glosses: Without remorse, mercy or pity.
examples: text: She was, in fact, constitutionally impervious to statistics and preferred to study the be-headphoned group of fifteen or so lethargic wanderers who were taking even less notice of the remorseless squawkings than she was.
ref: 1968, Christopher Hodder-Williams, “Hands”, in Fistful of Digits, London: Coronet Books, published 1972, →ISBN, page 125:
glosses: Unyielding or relentless.
Derived terms: remorselessly
remorselessness
nil desperandum
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /nɪl dɛspəˈɹændəm/
Etymology: Latin nīl ‘nothing’, dēspērandum, gerund of dēspērāre ‘despair’, as used in Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro ‘no need to despair with Teucer as your leader and Teucer to protect you’, in Horace, Odes
Senses: examples: text: The Pretender's motto upon the colours and standards were, Dieu & mon Droit, "God and my Right:" Nil desperandum Christo duce & auspice Christo, "I ought not to despair, since Christ is my guide and helper:"
ref: 1745, Rapin de Thoyras, N. Tindal, The History of England, Volume XXII, London: James and John Knapton, page 407f:
glosses: Do not despair.
how do you like them apples
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: how about them apples
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: examples: text: "Our governor has just vetoed a bill that would offer more money to our schools. How do you like them apples?"
glosses: A question directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing or making light of the situation.
examples: text: "I can't give you a raise now; if I did, this whole company would go bankrupt, and you wouldn't have a job at all. Now how do you like them apples?"
glosses: Used after an actual or proposed action with which the listener might be displeased, and also used after refuting an argument.
Related terms: how do you like that
put that in your pipe and smoke it
fat of the land
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: to live off the fat of the land
text: Under capitalism, the wealthy live off the fat of the land.
text: And take your father, and your housholds, and come vnto mee: and I wil giue you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 45:18:
text: “O.K. Someday—we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and——”
“An’ live off the fatta the lan’,” Lennie shouted.
ref: 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, New York: Covici Friede, page 29:
glosses: The greatest part of anything; the finest and most abundant share of resources; the cream of the crop.
considered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɪdɚd/
ipa: /kənˈsɪdəd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of consider
considered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɪdɚd/
ipa: /kənˈsɪdəd/
Forms: form: more considered
form: most considered
Senses: examples: text: It is my considered opinion that the accused is innocent.
glosses: Having been carefully thought out; maturely reflected upon.
Derived terms: all things considered
consideredly
consideredness
ill-considered
unconsidered
underconsidered
muscles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌs.əlz/
ipa: [ˈmʌs.l̩z]
homophone: mussels
Senses: glosses: plural of muscle
muscles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌs.əlz/
ipa: [ˈmʌs.l̩z]
homophone: mussels
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of muscle
flowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fləʊd/
ipa: /floʊd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flow
consulted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kənsŭlʹtĭd
ipa: /kənˈsʌltɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of consult
tents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛnts/
ipa: /tɪnts/
rhymes: -ɛnts
homophone: tints
Senses: glosses: plural of tent
tents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛnts/
ipa: /tɪnts/
rhymes: -ɛnts
homophone: tints
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tent
consults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consult
consults
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of consult
consulting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsʌltɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of consult
consulting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsʌltɪŋ/
Forms: form: consultings
Senses: examples: text: […] attendings attend (usually for one month of the year); consultings consult.
ref: 1987, William G. Rothstein, American Medical Schools and the Practice of Medicine, page 273:
glosses: Ellipsis of consulting physician.
Derived terms: e-consulting
resonance consulting
teleconsulting
peasants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛzənts/
Senses: glosses: plural of peasant
exalted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzɔːltɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of exalt
exalted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzɔːltɪd/
Forms: form: more exalted
form: most exalted
Senses: examples: text: exalted position
text: exalted rank
text: exalted status
text: He spoke of the president in the most exalted terms.
glosses: Praised, honored.
glosses: Noble, sublime; heavenly.
examples: text: She felt an exalted joy after the victory.
glosses: Elated; blissful.
Derived terms: exaltedly
exaltedness
unexalted
exalting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of exalt
exalting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exalting
form: most exalting
Senses: examples: text: The best proof of their exalting presence among us is, that we believe and hope, where our grandfathers ridiculed and doubted.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Interview”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 251:
glosses: that uplifts, that exalts.
Derived terms: exaltingly
unexalting
exalts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of exalt
redistributes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redistribute
redistributed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redistribute
examines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of examine
examines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of examine
mauled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maul
boiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔɪld/
rhymes: -ɔɪld
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boil
boiled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔɪld/
rhymes: -ɔɪld
Forms: form: more boiled
form: most boiled
Senses: glosses: Cooked in boiling water.
glosses: Having reached the boiling point.
raw_tags: of water
glosses: Angry.
examples: text: I got a closing at four o'clock in the Chrysler building and I'm boiled as an owl.
ref: 1965, Herman Wouk, Don't Stop the Carnival, page 56:
glosses: Drunk.
glosses: very hot
Derived terms: boiled custard
boiled egg
boiled frog
boiled rag
half-boiled
hard boiled
hot boiled beans
nonboiled
preboiled
semiboiled
soft boiled
unboiled
anaphora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænəˈfɔɹə/
ipa: /ənˈæfəɹə/
Forms: form: anaphoras
form: anaphora
form: anaphoras
form: anaphors
form: anaphors
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀναφορά (anaphorá, “a carrying back”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).
Senses: examples: text: Anaphora elegantly begins
With the same word or phrase successive lines.
ref: 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Anaphora.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 73:
antonyms: epiphora
epistrophe
glosses: The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
antonyms: cataphora
hypernyms: endophora
coordinate_terms: exophora
homophora
glosses: An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
topics: Christianity
synonyms: Eucharistic Prayer
meronyms: epiclesis
preface
Sanctus
sursum corda
glosses: The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ.
Derived terms: anaphoric
donkey anaphora
null anaphora
Related terms: antecedent
deixis
anaphora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænəˈfɔɹə/
ipa: /ənˈæfəɹə/
Forms: form: anaphoras
form: anaphors
form: anaphors
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀναφορά (anaphorá, “a carrying back”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).
Senses: glosses: plural of anaphor
retorted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈtɔɹtɪd/
ipa: /ɹɪˈtɔːtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retort
retorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retort
retorts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retort
retorting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retort
possessions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈzɛʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of possession
boils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔɪlz/
rhymes: -ɔɪlz
Senses: glosses: plural of boil
boils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔɪlz/
rhymes: -ɔɪlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boil
backs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæks/
rhymes: -æks
Senses: glosses: plural of back
qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: The backyard of the University.
backs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæks/
rhymes: -æks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of back
scree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹiː/
ipa: /skɹi/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: screes
Etymology: Probably a back-formation from screes, from Old Norse skriða (“landslide, landslip”); compare skríða (“to glide”) (from Proto-Germanic *skrīþaną (“to crawl; to glide; to walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt-, *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”)). The word is cognate with Icelandic skriða (“avalanche; landslide, landslip; steep mountain- or hillside made up of gravel and loose rocks”).
Senses: examples: text: To the north the towering scree-strewn slopes of Saddleback begin to draw nearer as we start the abrupt descent towards Keswick.
ref: 1961 October, ""Voyageur"", “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:
text: Struggling down the slope,
There's not much hope.
I begin to try to ride the scree
But the rocks are tumbling all around me.
ref: 1973, Peter Gabriel with Genesis, Riding the Scree:
text: Sprawled prone among the rocks, the team waited for a reply to their request to fire. […] Occasional rounds zinged off the scree, each with a different pitch.
ref: 2003, Bing (Francis J.) West, chapter XXV, in The Pepperdogs: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 328:
glosses: Loose stony debris on a slope.
examples: text: Acres of the industrial port had been reduced to desolation, half-walls, half-chimneys, crazy sticks of steel that looped up out of concrete scree. The temptation not to clear and rebuild must have been strong.
ref: 2002, Catherine Merridale, Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Twentieth-century Russia, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →OCLC, page 243:
glosses: Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.
examples: text: The next landmark was an apachita 'cairn', at the top of a steep scree. Each pilgrim carried a stone to the summit, spat on it, and threw it on to the cairn — the purpose being, I was told, to relieve the soul of its sins […]
ref: 1987, Michael J. Sallnow, Pilgrims of the Andes: Regional Cults in Cusco (Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry), Washington, D.C.; London: Smithsonian Institution Press, →ISBN, page 189:
text: Also, special to Crete, and probably derived from some aspect of its climactic history, is cementation. Many screes are converted, in whole or in part, into concrete-like breccias. Carapaces of cemented scree encrust steep slopes. Cliffs of conglomerate or marl are covered with a layer of re-deposited limestone and look like hard rock. However, the loose contents are apt to trickle out through a breach in the crust, resulting in the jagged and hollow cliffs which are a picturesque feature of Crete
ref: 2008, I[oannis] N[ikolaou] Vogiatzakis, O. Rackham, “Crete”, in I. N. Vogiatzakis, G[loria] Pungetti, A[ntoinette] M. Mannion, editors, Mediterranean Island Landscapes: Natural and Cultural Approaches (Landscape Series; 9), Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, section II (Mediterranean Island Landscapes), page 252:
glosses: A slope made up of scree at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.
Derived terms: scree plot
Related terms: colluvium
talus
scree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹiː/
ipa: /skɹi/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: screes
form: screeing
form: screed
form: screed
Etymology: Probably a back-formation from screes, from Old Norse skriða (“landslide, landslip”); compare skríða (“to glide”) (from Proto-Germanic *skrīþaną (“to crawl; to glide; to walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt-, *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”)). The word is cognate with Icelandic skriða (“avalanche; landslide, landslip; steep mountain- or hillside made up of gravel and loose rocks”).
Senses: examples: text: We decided it would be fun to go down the face of the mountain screeing ("skiing" on scree).
ref: 2006, Sean Swarner, Keep Climbing, New York, N.Y.: Atria Books, →ISBN:
glosses: To traverse scree downhill.
scree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹiː/
ipa: /skɹi/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: screes
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: I think both of our hearts must have gone into overdrive when we heard the metallic scree of a door being rolled open and the men's voices that accompanied it.
ref: 2008 September 3, Brad Fear, “The ‘Captives’ Entry”, in A Macabre Myth of a Moth-man, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 130:
text: For a few moments the only sound was the rasp of a file as Lee moved onto the last of Rowdy's hooves, the sound of John clipping, the scree of a hawk flying overhead and the occasional nicker from the horses already tied up.
ref: 2015, Carolyne Aarsen, chapter 7, in The Cowboy’s Homecoming, New York, N.Y.: Love Inspired Books, Harlequin, →ISBN, pages 113–114:
glosses: A harsh, high-pitched sound or cry (as of a hawk).
scree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹiː/
ipa: /skɹi/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: screes
form: screeing
form: screed
form: screed
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: They smelled the land before they saw it. A rich, dark odor of sweet earth, coming at them through a misty rain. Then seabirds appeared, crying and screeing.
ref: 2003, Pete Hamill, chapter 38, in Forever: A Novel, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, →ISBN:
text: She didn't want to scream to alert Malicia or a guard. What could she do to get the boy's attention? Suddenly, the memory of the mountaintop came to her. The hawk. She screed like a hawk. The boy stopped and searched the sky, […]
ref: 2009, Linda Ross Meyer, The First Quest of Match, the Whining Dragon, [s.l.]: Linda Ross Meyer, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: To make a high-pitched cry like that of a hawk.