cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
North Carolina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: nôrth kârəlīʹnə
ipa: /ˌnɔɹθ kɛɹəˈlaɪnə/
note: Southern US, rhotic
ipa: /ˌnɔɹθ kæɹəˈlaːnə/
note: Southern US, non-rhotic
ipa: /ˌnɔːθ kæɹəˈlaːnə/
note: Southern US, non-rhotic
ipa: /ˌnɔːθ kæəˈlaːnə/
ipa: /ˌnɔːθ kæɹ.əˈlaɪn.ə/
Etymology: From Carolus, Latin form of the name of king Charles I of England.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: Carolinas < US < North America < Americas < Earth
text: The North Carolina legislature has passed a “Taiwan-Friendly Statement,” marking the second year in a row in which all six states in the southeastern US passed bills or statements in support of Taiwan.[…]Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co held a talent recruitment event at Duke University in North Carolina to promote cooperation with Taiwan in the high-tech and electric vehicle industries, one of the state’s major industries, the statement said.
ref: 2023 June 19, Cheng-yu Yang, Liu Tzu-hsuan, “Southeastern US states all offer Taiwan support”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2023, Taiwan News, page 2:
synonyms: NC
mul:US-NC
related: word: South Carolina
word: SC
word: mul:US-SC
glosses: A state of the United States, situated on the east coast of the North American mainland north of South Carolina and south of Virginia. Capital: Raleigh.
Derived terms: NC
North Carolinaese
North Carolinan
North Carolina pine
North Carolinian
Related terms: South Carolina
North Cackalacky
North Cackalack
GNAA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Global Network of Arab Activists.
glosses: Initialism of Great North Air Ambulance.
glosses: Initialism of Gridless Narrow-Angle Astrometry.
glosses: Initialism of Guilford Native American Association.
examples: text: The Gay Nigger Association of America (GNAA) was created in 2002, and typified this sort of extreme trolling. Their opening page featured the following invitation: “Are you GAY? Are you a NIGGER? Are you a GAY NIGGER? If you answered ‘Yes’ to all of the above questions, then GNAA might be exactly what you're looking for!”
ref: 2015, Jamie Bartlett, The Dark Net, Melville House, →ISBN:
text: Asked why GNAA is getting involved in the election now, Meepsheep demurred. “The media has created a lot of fertile soil for trolling and I’m sure you’ll start seeing a lot more out of the GNAA and others within the next few months,” he or she wrote.
ref: 2016 October 13, Brendan O'Connor, “Internet Trolls Vandalize Hillary and Bill Clinton's Wikipedia Pages in Extremely NSFW Way”, in Jezebel, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2023:
glosses: Initialism of Gay Nigger Association of America.
GNAA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of gridless narrow-angle astrometry.
dossier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔs.jeɪ/
ipa: /ˈdɑs.jeɪ/
ipa: /ˈdɔ.si.eɪ/
ipa: /ˈdɑ.si.eɪ/
ipa: /-si.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈdɒs.i.eɪ/
Forms: form: dossiers
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French dossier.
Senses: examples: text: For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.
ref: 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman:
glosses: A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.
Related terms: dorsal
endorse
turnkey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː/
enpr: tûrn'-kē
Forms: form: more turnkey
form: most turnkey
Etymology: From turn + key.
Senses: examples: text: They wanted a turnkey solution for the entire system, but we could only provide the enclosure.
text: Third World countries no longer want to purchase nuclear projects on a turn-key basis; they want to receive advanced technical training as well.
ref: 1980, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April 1980, Kathleen Bailey, When and why weapons; page 42
text: He cautioned that the house “is not turnkey,” and that because it is “so unusual,” it may take a while to sell. But, he added, “It’s a joy to be selling a property with its history.”
ref: 2023 March 22, Ben West, “This 835-Year-Old English Manor Needs Some Modern Love”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture).
turnkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː/
enpr: tûrn'-kē
Forms: form: turnkeys
Etymology: From turn + key.
Senses: examples: text: The hardware-software costs are packaged together. Turnkeys are either special purpose (e.g., only for one function such as libraries) or general purpose […]
ref: 1982, Myron E. Weiner, Human Services Management: Analysis and Applications, page 298:
glosses: A system that is supplied ready to switch on and operate.
examples: text: He saw the same Turnkey unfetter a man / With but little expedition, / Which put him in mind of the long debate / On the Slave-trade abolition.
ref: 1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 86:
text: […]they passed through an open door into a lobby, from which a heavy gate, opposite to that by which they had entered, and which was guarded by a stout turnkey with the key in his hand, led at once into the interior of the prison.
ref: 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
text: 'Certainly not,' said the turnkey; and the first corroborated his statement.
ref: 1883, Thomas Hardy, The Three Strangers:
glosses: A warder or jailer; a keeper of the keys in a prison.
turnkey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː/
enpr: tûrn'-kē
Forms: form: turnkeys
form: turnkeying
form: turnkeyed
form: turnkeyed
Etymology: From turn + key.
Senses: examples: text: We can sell you all the parts, or we can turnkey the entire unit.
glosses: To supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use.
drill down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drills down
form: drilling down
form: drilled down
form: drilled down
Senses: examples: text: The issue can be drilled down to a simple yes or no.
glosses: To examine something on a more detailed level.
examples: text: From the employee list, you can drill down to find addresses and pay history.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: To examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or record.
examples: text: Clicking here lets you replace the annual sales data with monthly data, drilling down to help you track revenue.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: To replace data with more specific data.
examples: text: We've drilled down on guarding players with his skillset.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To practice maneuvers in order to memorize them; to drill thoroughly (to practice).
examples: text: They drilled down three pointers throughout the second half.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To score points; to do well in a basketball game.
Synonyms: get down to bedrock
get down to brass tacks
drill down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drill downs
Senses: examples: text: We knew someone had lost when the last two people in the drill down ended up facing each other.
glosses: an internal competition used to practice marching commands, in which the last person caught improperly executing a command wins
raw_tags: of marching bands
hornswoggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔːn.swɒɡ.əl/
ipa: /ˈhɔɹn.swɑ.ɡəl/
Forms: form: hornswoggles
form: hornswoggling
form: hornswoggled
form: hornswoggled
Etymology: Unknown, 1829 US, jocular coinage like contemporary absquatulate. Presumably horns + waggle with humorous faux ablaut or combination with wobble (compare later woggle, 1923), perhaps inspired by lassoed steers trying to escape by moving their head.
Senses: examples: text: Don't let them hornswoggle you into buying anything you don't need.
glosses: To deceive or trick.
Synonyms: sense: deceive or trick
word: deceive
sense: deceive or trick
word: dupe
sense: deceive or trick
word: trick
Derived terms: hornswoggler
hornswoggle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔːn.swɒɡ.əl/
ipa: /ˈhɔɹn.swɑ.ɡəl/
Etymology: Unknown, 1829 US, jocular coinage like contemporary absquatulate. Presumably horns + waggle with humorous faux ablaut or combination with wobble (compare later woggle, 1923), perhaps inspired by lassoed steers trying to escape by moving their head.
Senses: glosses: nonsense; humbug
Related terms: woggle
checkup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛkʌp/
Forms: form: checkups
form: check-up
Etymology: Deverbal from check up.
Senses: examples: text: The appointment was just for a checkup.
glosses: A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.
examples: text: I took my car in for an annual checkup.
glosses: A routine inspection.
Derived terms: checkup from the neck up
turncoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəːn.kəʊt/
ipa: /ˈtɝn.koʊt/
Forms: form: turncoats
form: turn-coat
form: turn coat
Etymology: A compound of turn + coat, reportedly derived from the sometime military practice of wearing uniform coats that were lined in material of a contrasting color, and which could be worn inside out to present a different appearance.
Senses: examples: text: But some will cry Turncoat, and rip up old stories, / How I always pretended to be for the tories: […]
ref: 1711 [December?] (date written), Jonathan Swift, “An Excellent New Song. Being the Intended Speech of a Famous Orator against Peace [i.e., Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham].”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume VII, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 72:
text: Federal prosecutors say that in addition to turncoat witnesses, they are armed with secretly recorded conversations made in the Camden, N.J., office of Mr. Stanfa's lawyer, Salvatore Avena, who has also been indicted on racketeering charges.
ref: 1995 October 6, Selwyn Raab, “Brother of Mob Turncoat Is Gunned Down”, in The New York Times:
text: The opposition members chanted slogans against the turncoats and termed the speaker’s attitude as partial. To them the speaker was promoting 'lotacracy' in the province, prompting them to chant 'go Speaker go', and 'lota speaker'.
ref: 2005 June 10, Raja Riaz, The Nation, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2007:
synonyms: apostate
defector
renegade
glosses: A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.
Derived terms: turncoat witness
turncoat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəːn.kəʊt/
ipa: /ˈtɝn.koʊt/
Forms: form: turncoats
form: turncoating
form: turncoated
form: turncoated
Etymology: A compound of turn + coat, reportedly derived from the sometime military practice of wearing uniform coats that were lined in material of a contrasting color, and which could be worn inside out to present a different appearance.
Senses: glosses: To act as a turncoat; to betray
ladybird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪ.di.bəːd/
ipa: /ˈleɪ.di.bɝd/
Forms: form: ladybirds
form: lady-bird
Etymology: From lady + bird, the “lady” here referring to the Virgin Mary, Jesus’ mother. Compare German Marienkäfer (literally “Mary beetle/bug”), Danish mariehøne, Latvian mārīte, Macedonian бубамара (bubamara) and Spanish mariquita. Also compare damselfly.
Senses: examples: text: 1914, Entomological Society of America, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 7, page 81,
During this time, they eat about 825 Toxoptera per ladybird, making an average of about twenty-five per day to each ladybird.
text: 1927, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Edward Everett Hale, and William Byron Forbush (editors), Childhood′s Favorites and Fairy Stories: The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1, Gutenberg eBook #19993,
Lady-bird, lady-bird, fly away home, / Thy house is on fire, thy children all gone: / All but one whose name is Ann, / And she crept under the pudding-pan.
text: 1976 September 30, Denis Owen, Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home, New Scientist, page 686,
Ladybirds, unlike most beetles, enjoy considerable popularity: they are attractive to look at and are well-known as useful predators of aphids—the greenfly and blackfly that destroy garden plants and crops.
text: 2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, Springer-Verlag New York, 2nd Edition, page 2130,
Perhaps it was a sense of lack of effectiveness of native ladybirds in rapid and complete control of aphid infestations that led to attempts to import additional aphid-feeding ladybird species into North America.
text: A huge group of ladybirds has caused weather experts in San Diego, USA, to be very confused.
ref: 2019 June 6, “A gaggle, a confusion and a conspiracy - bizarre animal collective group names”, in BBC:
synonyms: word: ladybug
word: lady beetle
english: preferred by some scientists
translation: preferred by some scientists
word: ladycow
word: lady fly
word: bishy barnabee
glosses: Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.
wikipedia: Danish
German
Latvian
Macedonian
Spanish
Derived terms: harlequin ladybird
ladybird beetle
ladybird spider
large leaf-eating ladybird
yellow-shouldered ladybird
sauna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sô′nə
note: respecting Finnish pronunciation
enpr: sou′nə
ipa: /ˈsɔː.nə/
note: respecting Finnish pronunciation
ipa: /ˈsaʊ.nə/
ipa: /ˈsɑː.nə/
rhymes: -ɔːnə
Forms: form: saunas
Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack.
Senses: examples: text: The hotel has a sauna in the basement.
text: Of course, it will never get -100 here like it does in Antarctica, but a 300-degree swing was still theoretically possible on a record-cold Minnesota morning–if we got the sauna hot enough.
ref: 2019 February 8, Saunatimes Guest Posts, quoting Tyler, “Father and sons take a 280 degree f. sauna, documenting the only “300 Club” in North America”, in SaunaTimes:
glosses: A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
examples: text: John had a sauna after his swim.
text: Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.
text: One of my favorite saunas was just one go and thirteen minutes long, including clean up time.
ref: 2019 February 8, Saunatimes Guest Posts, quoting Tony, “Father and sons take a 280 degree f. sauna, documenting the only “300 Club” in North America”, in SaunaTimes:
glosses: The act of using a sauna.
glosses: A public sauna.
examples: text: McPhail ran Maitland's brothels—knocking-shops in Maryhill, Riddrie, Dennistoun, and the more upscale saunas in the West End and city centre.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 250:
glosses: In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse or massage parlour.
glosses: A very hot place or room.
Synonyms: firebath
Derived terms: barrel sauna
malt sauna
sauna blanket
sauna hat
sauna pillow
sauna stool
sauna suit
smoke sauna
Related terms: banya
bathhouse
hammam
spa
steam bath
sudatorium
sudatory
sweat lodge
Turkish bath
sauna
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sô′nə
note: respecting Finnish pronunciation
enpr: sou′nə
ipa: /ˈsɔː.nə/
note: respecting Finnish pronunciation
ipa: /ˈsaʊ.nə/
ipa: /ˈsɑː.nə/
rhymes: -ɔːnə
Forms: form: saunas
form: saunaing
form: saunaed
form: saunaed
Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack.
Senses: glosses: To use a sauna.
siege
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sēj
ipa: /siːd͡ʒ/
ipa: /sid͡ʒ/
rhymes: -iːdʒ
Forms: form: sieges
form: sieging
form: sieged
form: sieged
form: syege
Etymology: From Middle English sege, from Old French sege, siege, seige (modern French siège), from Vulgar Latin *sēdicum, from Latin sēdicŭlum, sēdēcula (“small seat”), from Latin sēdēs (“seat”).
Senses: synonyms: besiege
glosses: To assault or blockade a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.
poof
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: po͝of
ipa: /pʊf/
ipa: /puːf/
ipa: [puːɸ]
rhymes: -ʊf
rhymes: -uːf
homophone: pouf
homophone: pouffe (with certain dialects and/or accents)
Forms: form: pouf
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. See also puff.
Senses: examples: text: Poof, he was gone.
text: Even now, in the spring, the river softly cries, 'Menthol, Menthol, you are one wazoo. One day I'm the elf next door and the poof I'm a river.'
ref: 1969, Beard & Kennedy, Bored of the Rings, page 87:
text: The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, poof. He's gone.
ref: 1995, Christopher McQuarrie, The Usual Suspects (motion picture), spoken by Verbal (Kevin Spacey):
glosses: Onomatopoeia indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
Derived terms: foofy
go poof
kapoof
poofy
sploof
poof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: po͝of
ipa: /pʊf/
ipa: /puːf/
ipa: [puːɸ]
rhymes: -ʊf
rhymes: -uːf
homophone: pouf
homophone: pouffe (with certain dialects and/or accents)
Forms: form: poofs
form: poofing
form: poofed
form: poofed
form: pouf
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. See also puff.
Senses: examples: text: He poofed into thin air.
text: He's a figment of your subconscious Eric, not mine, so I tapped into Ultimate Reality and poofed him out.
ref: 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 22:
glosses: To vanish or disappear.
glosses: To break wind; to fart.
Derived terms: floof
poof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: po͝of
ipa: /pʊf/
ipa: /puːf/
ipa: [puːɸ]
rhymes: -ʊf
rhymes: -uːf
homophone: pouf
homophone: pouffe (with certain dialects and/or accents)
Forms: form: poofs
form: pouf
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. See also puff.
Senses: glosses: The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind.
poof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: po͝of
ipa: /pʊf/
ipa: /puːf/
ipa: [puːɸ]
rhymes: -ʊf
rhymes: -uːf
homophone: pouf
homophone: pouffe (with certain dialects and/or accents)
Forms: form: poofs
form: pooves
form: pouf
Etymology: Origin unknown.
Senses: examples: text: He recalls how everybody got called a ‘poof’ at Forrester High School in the seventies. Back then, only ‘wanker’ possibly rivalled it as the most common term of abuse. But The Poof was the Poof.
ref: 2015, Irvine Welsh, A Decent Ride, Random House, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: A gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
Derived terms: poofery
poofster
poofter
effeminate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈfɛmɪnət/
ipa: /ɪˈfɛmɪneɪt/
Forms: form: more effeminate
form: most effeminate
form: effæminate
form: effeminat
form: effœminat
form: effœminate
Etymology: From Middle English effeminat, effemynat, from Latin effēminātus, past participle of effēminō, from fēmina (“woman”).
Senses: examples: text: An effeminate and unmanly foppery.
ref: 1759, Richard Hurd, Moral and Political Dialogues:
text: The Comte d'Artois had neither the dignified nor the manly air of his brother—he rather appeared like a pretty-looking girl, so effeminate was he and fair.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 125:
glosses: Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine.
raw_tags: of a man or boy
examples: text: Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse.
ref: c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]:
glosses: Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring.
Synonyms: camp
swish
epicene
effete
feminine
unmanly
Derived terms: effeminately
effeminateness
effeminist
effeminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈfɛmɪnət/
ipa: /ɪˈfɛmɪneɪt/
Forms: form: effeminates
form: effeminating
form: effeminated
form: effeminated
form: effæminate
form: effeminat
form: effœminat
form: effœminate
Etymology: From Middle English effeminat, effemynat, from Latin effēminātus, past participle of effēminō, from fēmina (“woman”).
Senses: examples: text: the studie of sciences doth more weaken and effeminate mens minds, than corroborate and adapt them to warre.
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.134
text: It will not corrupt or effeminate their [children's] minds.
ref: 1693, [John Locke], “§106”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
text: I mean the represenstation of gay men on The Simpsons is getting more one-dimensional. For several years Smithers was quite masculine, yet the writers have effeminated him gradually (collecting Barbies, for instance), now he's rollerblading down the street with rainbow hotpants on?
ref: 2003 April 13, AlannahLouis, “Thoughts on #308 - THREE GAYS OF THE CONDO”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):
glosses: To make womanly; to unman.
glosses: To become womanly.
effeminate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈfɛmɪnət/
ipa: /ɪˈfɛmɪneɪt/
Forms: form: effeminates
form: effæminate
form: effeminat
form: effœminat
form: effœminate
Etymology: From Middle English effeminat, effemynat, from Latin effēminātus, past participle of effēminō, from fēmina (“woman”).
Senses: examples: text: The effeminates are males with obviously recognizable traits and mannerisms; […]
ref: 1976, Psychiatry, volumes 39-40, page 246:
glosses: An effeminate person.
Related terms: effeminacy
rubescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubescences
Senses: glosses: a reddening.
nigrescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /naɪˈɡrɛsəns/
/nɪˈɡrɛsəns/
Forms: form: nigrescences
Etymology: Mid 19th century. From Latin nigrescens, present active participle of nigrescō.
Senses: glosses: The process of becoming black or dark; blackening.
glosses: A dark complexion.
glosses: Blackishness.
Coordinate terms: english: becoming white
translation: becoming white
word: albescence
english: becoming blue
translation: becoming blue
word: cerulescence
english: becoming red
translation: becoming red
word: erubescence
english: becoming yellow
translation: becoming yellow
word: flavescence
english: becoming green
translation: becoming green
word: virescence
Related terms: nigrescent
albescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ælˈbɛsəns/
Forms: form: albescences
Etymology: Mid 18th century. From Latin albescens, present participle of albescō.
Senses: glosses: The act of becoming white; whitening.
glosses: Whitishness.
Coordinate terms: english: becoming blue
translation: becoming blue
word: cerulescence
english: becoming red
translation: becoming red
word: erubescence
english: becoming yellow
translation: becoming yellow
word: flavescence
english: becoming black
translation: becoming black
word: nigrescence
english: becoming green
translation: becoming green
word: virescence
Related terms: albescent
defective verb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defective verbs
Senses: examples: The verb can is defective in most English dialects, as it lacks an infinitive.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A verb with an incomplete conjugation; for example, one that can only be conjugated in certain persons and numbers.
Related terms: impersonal verb
can
wroth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəʊθ/
note: UK, alternatively
ipa: /ɹɒθ/
homophone: wrath
ipa: /ɹɔθ/
ipa: /ɹɑθ/
rhymes: -əʊθ
rhymes: -ɒθ
Forms: form: more wroth
form: most wroth
Etymology: From Middle English wroth, wrooth, from Old English wrāþ, from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“cruel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to turn”). Akin to Saterland Frisian wreed (“haughty; proud”), Old Saxon wrēd (“evil”) (Dutch wreed (“cruel”)), Old High German reid (“cruel”), Old Norse reiðr (“angry”) (Danish vred, Swedish vred).
Senses: examples: text: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:5:
text: You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume II, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 289:
text: And to be wroth with one we love, / Doth work like madness in the brain.
ref: 1816, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “(please specify the page)”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], →OCLC:
text: But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.
ref: 1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:
text: At this Sir Launcelot was very wroth; for he could not abide seeing a fellow-knight of the Round Table treated with such disregard as that which Sir Gaheris suffered at the hands of Sir Turquine; […]
ref: 1905, Howard Pyle, The Story of the Champions of the Round Table, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 48:
text: Business men are learning that it pays to be friendly to strikers. For example, when two thousand five hundred employees in the White Motor Company's plant struck for higher wages and a union shop, Robert F. Black, the president, didn't wax wroth and condemn, and threaten and talk of tyranny and Communists. He actually praised the strikers. He published an advertisement in the Cleveland papers, complimenting them on "the peaceful way in which they laid down their tools."
ref: 1936, Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Part 3, Chapter 4:
synonyms: wrath#Etymology 2
glosses: Full of anger; wrathful.
Derived terms: wood-wroth
Related terms: wrath
skilful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪlfəl/
rhymes: -ɪlfəl
Forms: form: more skilful
form: most skilful
Senses: examples: text: More than once have I spoken to willing listeners because of some one who had come under skilful kindly treatment in the hospital at Taiwan-fu.
ref: 1915, William Campbell, Sketches from Formosa, Marshall Brothers Limited, page 82:
glosses: Commonwealth and Irish form standard spelling of skillful
Derived terms: skilfully
motorcar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motorcars
form: motor car
Etymology: From motor + car.
Senses: synonyms: word: auto
word: automobile
word: motor
hypernyms: motor vehicle
coordinate_terms: motor truck
motortruck
motor coach
motorcoach
motor scooter
motorscooter
glosses: An enclosed passenger motor vehicle: a car (automobile).
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: motor coach
power car
railcar
antonyms: trailer car
glosses: A self-propelled railway vehicle.
Derived terms: mogas
val
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vals
Etymology: Shortening of Valium.
Senses: examples: text: and i must be on that list of people that need to get knocked over with a hammer 'cause vicodin and val don't knock me out.
ref: 1997 May 29, Kate Sholl, “Re: MED: Pain relief in Neck?”, in alt.med.fibromyalgia (Usenet):
text: I would think though that whatever the reason for a panic attack valium would be great. I know that if my house was on fire and I was on 15mg of val It^([sic]) would take a lot more energy than I had, to panic. ;^)
ref: 1998 December 29, rob [username], “Re: Depression and MS(leg/feet burning pain)”, in alt.support.mult-sclerosis (Usenet):
text: I'm a medic and phenobarb is the primary drug for true seizures, but the OP states the cat presents seizure like behavior at the sound of her voice. I don't know where any of you are from, but we don't treat seizures with val.
ref: 2002 June 28, FllSpdAhd1 [username], “Re: Valium?”, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav (Usenet):
glosses: Valium.
lycanthropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪˈkanθɹəpi/
Forms: form: lycanthropies
form: lycanthropia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λυκανθρωπία (lukanthrōpía), from λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos, “wolfman”). By surface analysis, lycanthrope + -y.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom.
examples: text: On one hand, Jacques is quite glad that he doesn’t have classic lycanthropy. Turning into a squirrel tends to cause fewer problems than turning into a wolf.
ref: 2014, Marijn Haverbeke, “4: Data Structures: Objects and Arrays”, in Eloquent JavaScript, 2nd Ed.: A Modern Introduction to Programming, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 60:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The state of being a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and an animal, whether or not it is a wolf.
glosses: A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
Synonyms: topics: state
word: werewolfdom
raw_tags: of being a werewolf
word: werewolfism
Derived terms: lycanthropist
Related terms: lycanthrope
werewolf
shapeshift
tra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tra
Etymology: From Vietnamese (cá) tra, from Khmer ប្រា (praa, “certain Pangasius species”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of iridescent shark (“a shark catfish of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus”).
synonyms: word: iridescent shark
extra: a shark catfish of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus
tra
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From tra-la-la.
Senses: glosses: A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune.
fra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Etymology: PIE word
 *bʰréh₂tēr
From Italian frate. See friar.
Senses: examples: text: You have at Naples your Fra Bernardino; / And I at Fondi have my Fra Bastiano, / The famous artist, who has come from Rome / To paint my portrait.
ref: a. 1883 (date written; first published 1883 January), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Prologue at Ischia”, in Michael Angelo: A Dramatic Poem, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], published 1884, →OCLC, part first, page 9:
text: The writer has spoken to his two companions, Fathers Eliseus and Elias, desiring them to go, if only to gather intelligence about those parts; but both are of one mind that the basis of operations, as laid down by Fra Simon, is not substantiated […]
ref: 1908, Thomas Hughes, History of the Society of Jesus in North America:
text: "She is in the hands of Mrs. Coulter," said Fra Pavel.
ref: 2000, Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass:
glosses: A title of a friar or monk: brother.
fra
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of fro.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: fra diavolo
superlatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superlative
hot rod
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hot rods
form: hot rodding
form: hot rodded
form: hot rodded
form: hotrod
form: hot-rod
Etymology: Attested since 1945 in American English, specifically meaning ‘hunk of metal’.
Senses: examples: text: Are you going to hot rod [the vehicle] or leave it stock?
glosses: To modify a vehicle for enhanced driving performance, top speed, and/or to accelerate faster.
Synonyms: customize
modify
alter
Derived terms: hot rodded
hot rodding
hotrodded
hotrodding
Related terms: customize
custom car
gasser
pro street
street machine
street rod
T bucket
pig out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pigs out
form: pigging out
form: pigged out
form: pigged out
Senses: examples: text: They watched the game and pigged out on chips and pizza.
glosses: To eat voraciously or ravenously; to gorge oneself.
Synonyms: sense: eat voraciously or ravenously
word: stuff oneself
sense: eat voraciously or ravenously
word: stuff one's face
Related terms: word: pig-out
word: bug out
word: chicken out
word: geek out
word: grub out
chauffeur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɒˈfɜː/
ipa: /ˈʃəʊfə/
ipa: /ʃoʊˈfɝ/
ipa: /ˈʃoʊfɚ/
homophone: shofar stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: chauffeurs
Etymology: Borrowed from French chauffeur.
Senses: examples: text: He fell into a reverie, a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine.
ref: 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 3, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
text: Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis
When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this
50-inch screen, money-green leather sofa
Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur
ref: 1994, 2:40 from the start, in Juicy (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.:
glosses: A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
topics: firefighting
government
synonyms: engineer
glosses: The driver of a fire truck.
Hypernyms: sense: both senses
word: driver
Derived terms: word: chauffeur driver
word: chauffeuress
word: chauffeurless
word: chauffeurship
chauffeur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɒˈfɜː/
ipa: /ˈʃəʊfə/
ipa: /ʃoʊˈfɝ/
ipa: /ˈʃoʊfɚ/
homophone: shofar stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: chauffeurs
form: chauffeuring
form: chauffeured
form: chauffeured
Etymology: Borrowed from French chauffeur.
Senses: glosses: To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
synonyms: transport
bring
shuttle
glosses: To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle.
nutcracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌtˌkɹækɚ/
Forms: form: nutcrackers
Etymology: From nut + cracker.
Senses: glosses: An implement for cracking nuts.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: Any bird of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family.
examples: text: The colorful bottles have popped up every summer in black and Hispanic communities — from the bodegas of Washington Heights to the stoops of Fort Greene — since the early 1990s. On beach boardwalks, at neighborhood basketball courts and block parties, New Yorkers are drinking nutcrackers, boozy homespun cocktails made from a blend of alcohol and fruit juices.
ref: 2019 August 17, Aaron Randle, “Banned on the Beach? It’s Still Nutcracker Summer”, in New York Times:
glosses: A bootleg mixed drink made from a blend of alcohols and fruit juices.
examples: text: I hadn't been to school for a while so the math was a real nutcracker
ref: 1978, The Laboregister, volume 2, Michigan Department of Labor, page 177:
glosses: Something that is difficult to figure out; a puzzle.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Nucifraga columbiana
word: Clark's nutcracker
word: spotted nutcracker
taxonomic: Nucifraga caryocatactes
word: Eurasian nutcracker
word: nutcracker phenomenon
word: nutcracker syndrome
word: son of a nutcracker
Related terms: crack open
nutpick
zo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dzo.
camp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæmp/
note: General American, Canada, /æ/ raising
ipa: [kʰɛəmp]
note: General American, Canada, /æ/ raising
other: [kʰeəmp]
rhymes: -æmp
Forms: form: camps
form: camping
form: camped
form: camped
Etymology: From Middle English kampe (“battlefield, open space”), from Old English camp (“battle, contest, battlefield, open space”), from Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“open field where military exercises are held, level plain”), from Latin campus (“open field, level plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend; crooked”). Reinforced circa 1520 by Middle French can, camp (“place where an army lodges temporarily”), from Old Northern French camp, from the same Latin (whence also French champ from Old French). Cognate with Old High German champf (“battle, struggle”) (German Kampf), Old Norse kapp (“battle”), Old High German hamf (“paralysed, maimed, mutilated”). Doublet of campus and champ.
The verb is from Middle English campen, from Old English campian, compian (“to fight, war against”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampōn (“to fight, do battle”), from *kamp (“field, battlefield, battle”), see above. Cognate with Dutch kampen, German kämpfen (“to struggle”), Danish kæmpe, Swedish kämpa.
Senses: examples: text: We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.
text: A few hours before sundown we camped at a small playa lake sunk beneath the level of the grass.
ref: 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 73:
glosses: To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
glosses: To set up a camp.
examples: text: Had our great palace the capacity / To camp this host, we all would sup together.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene viii]:
glosses: To afford rest or lodging for.
examples: text: Some players like to camp next to a power-up's spawning point.
text: Yet, even without the three second rule, where your big man could camp underneath and take those delightful “garbage” shots, there was little or no pivot offense, no cutting off the bucket.
ref: 1962, Coach & Athlete, page 18:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
video-games
glosses: To stay in an advantageous location.
examples: text: The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.
text: Go and camp the flag for the win.
topics: video-games
glosses: To stay beside (something) to gain an advantage.
topics: video-games
glosses: Ellipsis of corpse camp.
examples: 1562, Leigh, The Accedens of Armory ː
Aristotle affirmeth that Rauens will gather together on sides, and campe and fight for victorie.
glosses: To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.
glosses: To wrangle; argue.
Derived terms: campability
campable
camp down
cample
camp out
camp out on
spawn camp
uncamp
camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæmp/
note: General American, Canada, /æ/ raising
ipa: [kʰɛəmp]
note: General American, Canada, /æ/ raising
other: [kʰeəmp]
rhymes: -æmp
Etymology: Unknown. Suggested origins include the 17th century French word camper (“to put oneself in a pose”), an assumed dialectal English word *camp or *kemp (“rough, uncouth”) and a derivation from camp (n.) Believed to be from Polari, otherwise obscure.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: campness, campiness
text: We walk a fine line, just this side of camp. Careful calculations are made. We sense that while it might be wonderful for Krystle and Alexis to have a catfight in a koi pond, it would be inappropriate for Joan to smack Linda with a koi.
ref: 1985 September 2, Joe Klein, quoting Douglas S. Cramer, “The Real Star of ‘Dynasty’”, in New York, page 34:
text: Why would any Hollywood studio encourage a film's transformation into camp, in effect joining in the mockery of its own product? MGM declined to comment.
ref: 1996 March 31, Trip Gabriel, “Showgirls' Crawls Back As High Camp at Midnight”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: cheesiness#Noun
hokiness#Noun
corniness#Noun
silliness#Noun
glosses: An affected, exaggerated, or intentionally tasteless style.
Derived terms: high camp
low camp
camp
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæmp/
note: General American, Canada, /æ/ raising
ipa: [kʰɛəmp]
note: General American, Canada, /æ/ raising
other: [kʰeəmp]
rhymes: -æmp
Forms: form: camper
form: campest
Etymology: Unknown. Suggested origins include the 17th century French word camper (“to put oneself in a pose”), an assumed dialectal English word *camp or *kemp (“rough, uncouth”) and a derivation from camp (n.) Believed to be from Polari, otherwise obscure.
Senses: glosses: Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
examples: text: More recently the word has become colloquial English for either implying that someone is a homosexual (‘he's very camp’), or for describing rather outre behaviour[…]
ref: 2007, David Rothwell, Dictionary of Homonyms, Wordsworth Editions, →ISBN, page 88:
text: And to be honest, in the illustration Mr Tumnus does look as camp as fuck with his little scarf tied jauntily around his neck. I suppose it isn't outside the realms of possibility that he'd just been off cottaging with some centaurs in the forest. God.
ref: 2014, Sarah Lotz, The Three, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
glosses: Ostentatiously effeminate.
raw_tags: of a man
examples: text: In Saturday Night Live, Madonna also unsurprisingly played Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe, and a Joan Collins clone, all in a very camp way. As John Dean writes: “U.S. rock has a ruling camp queen with Madonna.”
ref: 2002, Georges-Claude Guilbert, Madonna as Postmodern Myth, McFarland, →ISBN, page 123:
text: Here is Eurovision from a time before anyone watched it for camp value – you can’t imagine any gay bar in 1974 clearing its schedules to screen this; a Eurovision that takes itself rather seriously, a brief appearance by the Wombles notwithstanding.
ref: 2024 April 5, Alexis Petridis, “Abba, cabaret and smug marionettes: the 1974 Eurovision song contest reviewed!”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: cheesy#Adjective
hokey#Adjective
corny#Adjective
silly#Adjective
glosses: Intentionally tasteless or vulgar; self-parodying.
Synonyms: sense: all senses
word: campy
sense: all senses
english: sometimes near-synonymous
translation: sometimes near-synonymous
word: campish
Hyponyms: sense: all senses
english: high degree
translation: high degree
word: camp as a row of tents
Derived terms: word: camp as a row of tents
word: campish
word: camp it up
word: camply
word: campness
word: campy
word: uncamp
camp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæmp/
note: General American, Canada, /æ/ raising
ipa: [kʰɛəmp]
note: General American, Canada, /æ/ raising
other: [kʰeəmp]
rhymes: -æmp
Forms: form: camps
form: camping
form: camped
form: camped
Etymology: Unknown. Suggested origins include the 17th century French word camper (“to put oneself in a pose”), an assumed dialectal English word *camp or *kemp (“rough, uncouth”) and a derivation from camp (n.) Believed to be from Polari, otherwise obscure.
Senses: examples: text: Oster and his his two co-stars, Jamie MacKenzie and Bill Martel, boogie and bop, sway and swish, camp and croon through tightly worked production numbers addressing a range of serious (and not so serious) issues that middle class, urban gay men come up against.
ref: 1988 April 9, Gordon Gottlieb, “The Urban Gay Camp and Croon”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
synonyms: camp it up#Verb
glosses: To behave in a camp manner.
Related terms: word: glam
word: vamp
camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæmp/
note: General American, Canada, /æ/ raising
ipa: [kʰɛəmp]
note: General American, Canada, /æ/ raising
other: [kʰeəmp]
rhymes: -æmp
Forms: form: camps
Etymology: From Spanish campo (“countryside”).
Senses: qualifier: Falkland Islands
glosses: The areas of the Falkland Islands situated outside the capital and largest settlement, Stanley.
glosses: An electoral constituency of the legislative assembly of the Falkland Islands that composes of all territory more than 3.5 miles from the spire of the Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley.
Related terms: aide-de-camp
sepulchre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛpəlkə/
ipa: /ˈsɛpəlkɚ/
ipa: /ˈsiːpəlkəɹ/
Forms: form: sepulchres
form: sepulchring
form: sepulchred
form: sepulchred
form: sepulcher
Etymology: From Middle English sepulchre, sepulcre, sepulker, from late Old English sepulcer, Old French sepulchre, sepulcre, and their etymon Latin sepulchrum, sepulcrum (“grave, burial place”).
Senses: examples: text: And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie
 That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.
ref: 1630, John Milton, On Shakespeare:
text: Not one of the ordinary motives—the vanity or the selfishness which people call by the name of love—actuated her through this long trial; she had everything to fear, and nothing to expect. What creation of the poet ever exceeded this terrible reality of love sepulchred in this living tomb?
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 298–299:
hypernyms: inter
glosses: To place in a sepulchre.
John the Baptist
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English Johan þe Babtis, from Latin Iōannēs Baptista.
Senses: examples: text: In those daies came Iohn the Baptist, preaching in the wildernesse of Iudea, And saying, Repent yee: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 3:1–2:
glosses: A New Testament prophet who baptized Jesus and was subsequently executed by Herod Antipas.
Derived terms: St. John the Baptist Parish
John the Baptist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English Johan þe Babtis, from Latin Iōannēs Baptista.
Senses: examples: text: […] and praise such as Glenn Frank’s: “Keyserling may turn out to be a John the Baptist of a new Western civilization.”
ref: 1938 January 17, “Books: Keyserling”, in Time, volume 31, page 62:
text: In 1935 Szálasi had been a lonely John the Baptist in Hungarian politics, the self-appointed leader of a tiny party, less than 500 strong, advocating an unpopular cause.
ref: 1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney, October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1, page 184:
text: Ellis makes Diaghilev a John the Baptist of a ‘classico-mathematical Renaissance’, and the notion that this was a renaissance of some kind or other was evidently in the air.
ref: 2003 September 21, Frank Kermode, “‘Pieces of My Mind’”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A harbinger or prophetic figure, often one initially ignored or rejected by others.
Related terms: voice in the wilderness