cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bellied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛlid/
Senses: examples: text: There was, also, among the company a mannered, bellied person called Alured Castorley […]
ref: 1932, Rudyard Kipling, “Dayspring Mishandled”, in Limits and Renewals:
glosses: Having a large or prominent belly.
examples: text: full-bellied knife
text: round-bellied vase
text: But one guy was still yelping: a big-bellied biker, with a long, black beard that hung halfway down his bloated gut.
ref: 1997, Alejandro Grattan-Domínguez, Breaking even:
glosses: Having a belly of a specified type.
examples: text: 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, “The American Flag” in The Culprit Fay, and Other Poems, New York: Van Norden & King, 1847, p. 91,
Flag of the seas! on ocean wave
Thy stars shall glitter o’er the brave;
When death, careering on the gale,
Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail,
text: We heard the swarming streets, the noisy mills;
Saw sooty foundries full of glare and gloom,
Great bellied chimneys tipped with tongues of flame,
Quiver in smoky heat.
ref: 1857, Alexander Smith, “A Boy’s Poem”, in City Poems, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, pages 98–99:
text: Hand-like rushed the vintage; we strung the bellied skins
Plump, and at the sealing the Youth’s voice rose:
ref: 1883, George Meredith, “Phoebus with Admetus”, in Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of the Earth, London: Macmillan, page 74:
glosses: Swollen, bulging, or billowing; bellying.
examples: text: […] the choicest of his friends,
Such as would blush to talk such serious follies,
Or back such bellied commendations […]
ref: c. 1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Philaster, Act I, Scene 1:
glosses: Overblown, exaggerated.
Derived terms: bare-bellied Joe
barrel-bellied
beer-bellied
black-bellied plover
black-bellied sandgrouse
black-bellied wren
fire-bellied
fire-bellied newt
fire-bellied toad
fish-bellied
narrow-bellied seahorse
ochre-bellied boobook
potbellied
pot-bellied
red-bellied woodpecker
rufous-bellied kookaburra
shad-bellied
slop-bellied
unbellied
white-bellied nothura
white-bellied pitohui
white-bellied rat
white-bellied sea eagle
yellow-bellied
yellow-bellied sapsucker
yellow-bellied sea snake
bellied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛlid/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of belly
splattered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of splatter
slacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slack
leprechauns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leprechaun
vouchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voucher
vouchers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of voucher
victimized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of victimize
victimized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more victimized
form: most victimized
Senses: glosses: Having been made into a victim or treated like one.
double kiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double kisses
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The event of the cue ball making contact twice with the object ball. The second contact normally occurs after one or both balls have bounced off a cushion, and is not normally intentional.
subs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sub
subs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sub
revved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rev
glosses: simple past and past participle of revv
overstepped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overstep
notarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of notarize
messengered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of messenger
Lyme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: All three towns are named after Lyme Regis in Dorset, England.
Senses: glosses: A town in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
glosses: A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
glosses: A town in Jefferson County, New York, United States.
glosses: Synonym of Forest of Lyme, mainly in Staffordshire, England
synonyms: word: Forest of Lyme
word: mainly in Staffordshire
word: England
Derived terms: Forest of Lyme
Lyme Bay
Lyme disease
Lyme Regis
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Old Lyme
Lyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: All three towns are named after Lyme Regis in Dorset, England.
Senses: glosses: Lyme disease.
inconvenienced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inconvenience
godparents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godparent
green pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green pockets
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: The corner pocket on a snooker table that is nearest the green spot.
yellow pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow pockets
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: The corner pocket on a snooker table that is nearest the yellow spot.
half-ball
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From half- + ball, so called because the view from the cue ball is half eclipsing the object ball.
Senses: examples: text: The shot needs to be slightly thicker than half-ball to get to the center pocket.
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: Describes a shot where the cue ball and the object ball make contact at a natural 45º angle.
in-off
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From a reconstitution of (go) in + off (preposition), as used in phrases such as, "The white has gone in off the black."
Senses: examples: text: Hendry replied with 34, but went in-off attempting a double and next season's world No.1 returned to the table to put the frame beyond doubt and level at 4-4.
ref: 2008 May 2, John Dee, The Telegraph:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: Of the cue ball: (going) into a pocket, after cannoning another ball.
in-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: in-offs
Etymology: From a reconstitution of (go) in + off (preposition), as used in phrases such as, "The white has gone in off the black."
Senses: examples: He looked set to win the frame, until the in-off from the yellow.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: The situation where the cue ball goes into a pocket after striking the object ball.
Synonyms: sense: in English billiards
word: losing hazard
go in off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes in off
form: going in off
form: went in off
form: gone in off
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: To pot the cue ball accidentally after hitting the object ball.
hanging ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanging balls
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: A ball that is in the jaws of a pocket
Synonyms: sitter
doling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊlɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dole
doling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊlɪŋ
Forms: form: dolings
Senses: examples: text: Alas! we talk of their vanity; we forget that, in doling forth the careless commendation, or as careless sneer, we are bestowing but the passing thought of a moment to that which has been the work of an existence.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 246:
text: Their charities never have been limited to the necessities of mere subsistence, like the secular dolings out of so-called modern charity.
ref: 1869, Catholic World, volume 8, page 712:
glosses: The act of one who doles.
precoce
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more precoce
form: most precoce
Etymology: Borrowing from French précoce.
Senses: glosses: precocious
conked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of conk
open up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: opens up
form: opening up
form: opened up
form: opened up
Senses: examples: text: Some vacancies have opened up due to retirements.
text: Open up the door!
text: The executive pay gap is opening up again.
text: Wilshire then opened up Everton's defence, but Van Persie lifted his finish over the onrushing Howard and also over the bar.
ref: 2011 February 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Everton”, in BBC:
glosses: To open.
examples: text: The corridor gradually opened up into a triangular room.
glosses: To widen.
examples: text: After three hours of questioning, he finally opened up.
glosses: To reveal oneself; to share personal information about oneself; to become communicative.
examples: text: As the convoy entered the pass, we opened up on them with everything we had.
glosses: To commence firing weapons.
examples: text: The sky has really opened up. I've never seen this much rain!
glosses: To rain.
raw_tags: of the sky
examples: text: The pigeon is moving as before with unhurried haste. [...] But it must be all out. If it wasn't, then it would open up and get away from that shadow of death behind it.
ref: 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 211:
text: Then we simply crawled onwards to Tebay, and not until well on to the 1 in 75 did the driver open up; the result was no greater drop than from 57 at Tebay to a sustained 40 m.p.h. up the last mile to Shap Summit.
ref: 1957 August 24, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 568:
glosses: To begin running, driving, travelling, etc., at maximum (or faster) speed.
examples: text: In stage acting, we are frequently asked to cheat out to the audience by opening up our body positions so that we are something halfway between facing them and our partner.
ref: 2015, Robert Barton, Acting: Onstage and Off, page 184:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Synonym of cheat out (“tano face or d not until turn toward the audience more than would be natural”).
synonyms: word: cheat out
extra: tano face or d not until turn toward the audience more than would be natural
topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
glosses: Of wine: to develop its full flavor a short time after being uncorked and poured.
Derived terms: open up a can of whoop ass
open up the kimono
bucko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌkəʊ/
ipa: /ˈbʌkoʊ/
rhymes: -ʌkəʊ
Forms: form: buckos
form: buckoes
Etymology: From buck (“male antelope, deer, etc.; adventurous or high-spirited young man”) + -o (colloquializing suffix).
Senses: examples: text: A far cry from the miserable existance^([sic – meaning existence]) of the common sailor brought about by bucko mates and bible preaching captains on the large ocean-going vessels, life aboard a doghole wasn't for everyone and losing your ship on the rocks or being rolled like a cork on a big wave chased many back to the open sea with an indelible meaning of the expression 'doghole' forever stamped in their minds.
ref: 1983, Billy C. Lewis, “Doghole Schooners of the Redwood Coast”, in The Compass, page 24:
text: And the poor spailpin fanach running like the devil, his clothes tearing on briars and brambles, and his feet soaking and dirty water running out of his boots, and the three big buckos giving him every dirty look if he fustered or faltered, looks that'd sour milk or peel paint from walls.
ref: 1997, Dan Yashinsky, Ghostwise: A Book of Midnight Stories, →ISBN, page 82:
glosses: A boastful or bullying man.
examples: text: He did an imitation of a pirate: "Arr, Arr, Arr, me buckos."
ref: 2007, Howard [A.] Norman, Devotion, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 90:
glosses: Used as a term of address: young lad, friend, pal.
wised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wise
unproductiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unproductive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being unproductive; lack of productiveness.
embuggerance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embuggerances
Etymology: From em- + bugger + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: It didn’t matter for them, the course was just a three-week embuggerance and then they’d go home for tea and medals.
…
We were sleeping with most of our kit on anyway, but it was a major embuggerance to have to pull on your boots, flak jacket and helmet and leg it down to the slit trenches.
ref: 1993, Andy McNab, Bravo Two Zero, from, published 2008, →ISBN, pages 27 and 80:
text: Jackrum stared at him blankly for a moment, and then said: ‘Well, now … it looks like what we have here is an embuggerance which, my lads of the Cheesemongers, is defined as an obstruction in the way of progress. I propose to deal with it in this wise!’
ref: 2003, Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Any obstacle (natural or artificial) that gets in the way of progress.
preproduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preproductions
Etymology: From pre- + production.
Senses: glosses: All the preliminary arrangements that are made before the start of a project, especially before the filming of a movie.
glosses: The production of a material or substance before it is needed, in anticipation of future requirements.
protestors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protestor
gladiators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gladiator
gladiators
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gladiator
exes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛksəz/
Senses: examples: text: It is not unknown for a logician to talk about exes and wyes.
ref: 1997, John Trotter, System of Rational Discourse, page 22:
glosses: plural of ex
exes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɛksəz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ex
exes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛksəz/
Forms: form: exis
Etymology: Backslang for six
Senses: examples: text: The betting also began to shift. "Sixpence Ned wins!" cried three or four; "Sixpence he loses!" answered another; "Done!" and up went the halfpence. "Half-a-crown Joe loses!"—"Here you are," answered Joe, but he lost again. "I'll try you a 'gen'" (shilling) said a coster; "And a rouf yenap'" (fourpence), added the other. "Say a 'exes'" (sixpence).—"Done!" and the betting continued, till the ground was spotted with silver and halfpence.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, “Gambling of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 17:
qualifier: costermongers
glosses: The number six.
topics: gambling
games
glosses: Odds of six to one.
exes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛksəz/
Senses: examples: text: Subs at the Star even had their own monthly exes (expenses), and we never even left the office. We got exes for our home phone calls and even our own supply of daily newspapers; in our view, most reporters made their exes up.
ref: 2012, Jeff Connor, Field of Fire:
text: The news-booze axis was reinforced by the fact that most of the meals and drinks were covered by 'exes' — expenses. […] One day perhaps there will be Freedom of Information on newspapers (and judges) and we shall be surprised at what is claimed as exes.
ref: 2014, Denis MacShane, Prison Diaries:
glosses: Expenses.
exes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛksəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of exe
cupcakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cupcake
cupcakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cupcake
crapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kræpt/
rhymes: -æpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crap
condos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of condo
bullshitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bullshit
bossing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boss
bossing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bossings
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A boss; a projecting element.
stepmom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepmoms
form: stepmum
Etymology: From step- + mom.
Senses: examples: text: Susan Sasse of Chesapeake City, Md., vice president of the International Stepfamily Association, a nonprofit group, said: "What I hear from new stepmoms all the time, especially with older kids, is, 'They just hate me. They don't want to give me a chance. They think I'm taking their dad.'"
ref: 2000 August 17, Tamar Lewin, “Differences Found in Care With Stepmothers”, in The New York Times:
text: The Papster, my stepmom, her sister Angela the psychoanalyst, and Angela's husband Eric the kazillionaire were strolling along the canal.
ref: 2011, Josh Axelrad, Repeat Until Rich:
text: Now that I’m a stepmom legally, I would argue that it’s a wonderful role: You learn how to parent with your partner before the stress of a newborn comes into the mix.
ref: 2020 April 16, Chloe Caldwell, “I Always Wanted to Be a Stepmom”, in The New York Times:
text: A few years later when Doug and I got married, Cole, Ella, and I agreed that we didn’t like the term “stepmom.” Instead they came up with the name “Momala.”
ref: 2024 July 21, Kamala Harris, “Kamala Harris on Being ‘Momala’”, in ELLE:
glosses: Stepmother.
Derived terms: ex-stepmom
slugged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slug
proofing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹuːfɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːfɪŋ
Forms: form: proofings
form: proving
Senses: synonyms: blooming
hypernyms: fermentation
leavening
coordinate_terms: bulk fermentation
glosses: A step in creating yeast breads and baked goods, during which the yeast is allowed to leaven the dough.
Related terms: damp proofing
proofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹuːfɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːfɪŋ
Forms: form: proving
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of proof
payoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of payoff
gassed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæst/
rhymes: -æst
Forms: form: more gassed
form: most gassed
Senses: examples: text: a gassed fluid
glosses: In a gaseous state.
examples: text: "Hey, Grady, how about hittin' for New York State?" suggested Wally.¶ "Sure!" agreed Ed enthusiastically. “Let's go over to Beer Can Boulevard and get gassed!"
ref: 1956, Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!:
glosses: Drunk; intoxicated by alcohol.
examples: text: As you can see, I was pretty well gassed, and in that state I marched down to the nearest recruiting station and joined up so as to be close to the poor machines.
ref: 1962, Robert Sheckley, “How Lum Joined the Army”, in Journey Beyond Tomorrow:
glosses: High; intoxicated by psychoactive drugs.
examples: text: They looked gassed, panting, spent, given over
ref: 1994, Charles Edward Eaton, “The Blue Window”, in The Country of the Blue, →ISBN, page 71:
glosses: Exhausted
examples: text: Light the cannon crackers / I have a taste for the exploding hot; / Turn on the cool / Give me the sound of honey / In my ear— / Gentlemen / I am gassed!
ref: 1974 February 24, Frank Marshall Davis, “Duke Ellington”, in Black World, volume 23, number 4, page 23:
glosses: Happy
examples: text: But don't get gassed cause you got the headline / You only got it cause I declined it
ref: 2016, “Scary”, performed by Stormzy:
glosses: Excited
Synonyms: sense: in a gaseous state
word: gaseous
word: gasiform
word: gaseous
sense: intoxicated by psychoactive drugs
word: high as a kite
word: stoned
sense: exhausted
word: out of gas
word: fatigued
Derived terms: gassed out
ungassed
gassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæst/
rhymes: -æst
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gas
flaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fleɪkt/
rhymes: -eɪkt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flake
flaked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fleɪkt/
rhymes: -eɪkt
Forms: form: more flaked
form: most flaked
Senses: glosses: unreliable or impractical
raw_tags: of a person
Derived terms: nonflaked
unflaked
feedings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feeding
dolled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of doll
dailies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪliːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of daily
dailies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪliːz/
Senses: examples: text: The chances are that a cameraman requesting that his dailies be printed at the middle of the scale is cheating himself.
ref: 1972, American Cinematographer - Volume 53, page 811:
topics: broadcasting
cinematography
film
media
television
glosses: Lightly edited versions of the previous day's filming; rushes.
media player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: media players
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software application for the playback of audio and video files.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A hardware device that performs the same function, often also acting as a data storage device.
coopers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cooper
coopers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cooper
classifieds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of classified
classifieds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He ran an ad in the classifieds.
glosses: A section of a newspaper, magazine or web site containing classified advertisements.
carvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carver
breakthroughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breakthrough
toyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɔɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of toy
subpoenas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subpoena
subpoenas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subpoena
stumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstʌmpə/
ipa: /ˈstʌmpɚ/
rhymes: -ʌmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stumpers
Etymology: From stump + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who stumps, or speaks, or orates, as a politician.
examples: text: He's not yet well known, but he's a good stumper.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A wicketkeeper.
examples: text: Global warming is a real stumper.
glosses: A difficult puzzle or problem.
glosses: A boastful person
Synonyms: sense: difficult puzzle
word: puzzler
squads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squad
shopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shop
saucers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saucer
rehashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehash
rehashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rehashings
Senses: examples: tired rehashings of old themes
glosses: The act by which something is rehashed.
rehabilitated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehabilitate
overstepping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overstep
handouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handout
guzzling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of guzzle
guzzling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guzzlings
Senses: examples: text: […] there ain't a housekeeper, no nor a lodger in our street, don't know that I lost money by that man, and by his guzzlings […]
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: greedy eating or drinking
Derived terms: gas-guzzling
gas guzzling
lygophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Now that all the furious action had stopped, a sudden wave of lygophobia washed over her and she shivered at the intimidating darkness.
ref: 1990, David Brin, Earth:
text: Based on Parent's report, 26.2% of children showed bruxism and there was a significant relation between bruxism and mother's job, family history, distressing event in life, parasomnias, especially drooling and sleep walking, TMD, hyperactivity, depression, acrophobia and lygophobia.
ref: 2010 June 24, Bahman Seraj, “The Prevalence of Bruxism and Correlated Factors in Children Referred to Dental Schools of Tehran, Based on Parent's Report”, in Iranian Journal of Pediatrics, volume 20, number 2, page 174:
text: But the lygophobia was not going anywhere...at least not for awhile.^([sic])
ref: 2012, Raynetta J. Stocks, The Grim:
glosses: Fear of darkness.
bocal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bōˈ kəl
enpr: bō kalˈ
ipa: /ˈboʊkəl/
ipa: /boʊˈkæl/
Forms: form: bocals
form: bocaux
Etymology: Borrowed from French bocal. Doublet of boccale and pokal.
Senses: glosses: A curved, tapered metal tube which connects the reed of several double reed woodwind instruments (such as the cor anglais, bassoon, and contrabassoon) to the rest of the instrument.
examples: text: Something very similar to Faust’s cell presented itself to the view of Jehan when he ventured his head within the half-open door. It was a similar gloomy, dim-lighted nook. There was also a large fauteuil and a large table; compasses; alembics; skeletons of animals suspended from the ceiling; a sphere rolling on the floor; hippocéphales promiscuously with bocaux in which were quivering leaves of gold; […]
ref: 1888, Victor Hugo, anonymous translator, “Ἀνάγκη [Anánkē]”, in Notre-Dame de Paris. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: The Athenaeum Society, →OCLC, book VII, page 45:
roman: Anánkē
text: One of the biggest features of this Grasse perfume industry is the distillation of these essences in their simple forms, selling them in bulk, in demijohns and estagons and bocaux, to the wholesale perfume makers, the fabricators and the second fusion operators throughout the worid.
ref: 1922 September 3, Blanche McManus, “The Town that Perfumes the World”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 74, number 363, St. Louis, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, “The Post-Dispatch Sunday Magazine” section, page 5, column 3:
text: Foie gras comes in bocaux, hermetically sealed glass jars, or in fancy terrines, round porcelain crocks, fancily decorated and more expensive because of the packaging.
ref: 1979 October 24, Craig Claiborne, “Pate de foie gras called the ultimate”, in The Greenwood Commonwealth, Greenwood, Miss., published 26 October 1979, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 4:
glosses: A cylindrical glass vessel with a short wide neck.
steak sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steak sauces
Senses: glosses: A tangy condiment, typically made with tomatoes, spices and vinegar, designed to accompany steak.
Synonyms: brown sauce UK
steak sauces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steak sauce
cozying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cozy
cozy up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cozies up
form: cozying up
form: cozied up
form: cozied up
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cosy up.
Derived terms: cozy up to
thrives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thrive
romancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of romance
romancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: romancings
Senses: examples: text: But this is merely the best cinematic instance of those romancings of history that have always tapped the popular purse[…]
ref: 1979, Stanley Cavell, The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film, page 81:
glosses: The process or result of embellishing something into a romantic ideal.
no problemo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnoʊ pɹɒˈbleɪmoʊ/
Etymology: From no problem + -o. Originally, and largely still, Mock Spanish (the actual Spanish expression being no hay problema).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of no problem.
synonyms: word: no problem
primaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primary
primaries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of primary
handprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhænd.pɹɪnt/
Forms: form: handprints
Etymology: From hand + print.
Senses: examples: text: The floor was covered with handprints, footprints, and pawprints.
glosses: A mark or trace left by a hand, including more than fingerprints.
energized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more energized
form: most energized
Senses: examples: text: Because of the high level of hazard, work on energized equipment shall be strenuously avoided.
ref: 1999, Richard D. Hislop, Construction Site Safety: A Guide for Managing Contractors, page 183:
text: No work should be performed near energized conductors until danger of contact with those conductors has been effectively guarded against.
ref: 2011, Princeton Energy Resources International, Handbook of International Electrical Safety Practices:
text: There are multiple ways to work on energized power lines safely; insulated bucket trucks, the use of fiber glass non-conductive hot sticks and bare hand live line maintenance are the more common means.
ref: 2016, Steven W. Blume, Electric Power System Basics for the Nonelectrical Professional, page 214:
glosses: Electrically charged; live.
examples: text: He always cambe back very energized with this contact with ordinary working people who were progressive and on a revolutionary path.
ref: 2012, Clairmont Chung, Walter Rodney: A Promise of Revolution, page 111:
text: But mostly, I'd argue, it's because we will be more capable for longer, with more energized, active minds and bodies.
ref: 2020, Perry Timms, The Energized Workplace, page 80:
text: Who are the people around you with whom you feel most energized?
ref: 2023, Patrick Williams, Diane S. Menendez, Becoming a Professional Life Coach:
glosses: Full of energy, vitality, or enthusiasm.
Derived terms: bioenergized
overenergized
superenergized
unenergized
energized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of energize
taos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tao
tach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: tachs
Etymology: Clipping of tachometer
Senses: glosses: Clipping of tachometer.
Derived terms: tach up
tach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæk/
rhymes: -æk
ipa: /tæt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ætʃ
ipa: /tæk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: taches
Etymology: Backslang for hat (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).
Senses: examples: text: I have a rorty gal, also a knowing pal, / And merrily together we jog on, / I doesn't care a flatch, as long as I've a tach, / Some pannum for my chest, and a tog on.
ref: c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 161:
qualifier: costermongers
glosses: A hat.
tach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæk/
rhymes: -æk
ipa: /tæt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ætʃ
rhymes: -æk
ipa: /tæk/
rhymes: -æk
ipa: /tæt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ætʃ
Senses: examples: text: wide-complex tach
text: V-tach
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Tachycardia.
Derived terms: v-tach
strummer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strummers
Etymology: From strum + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who strums a stringed musical instrument.
strums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strum
sickest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sick: most sick
screwups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of screwup
rayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ray
peeved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːvd/
rhymes: -iːvd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peeve
peeved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːvd/
rhymes: -iːvd
Forms: form: more peeved
form: most peeved
Senses: examples: text: Then she called the police. “The police woman said, ‘Do not pick up the bike,’” Kedzlie says. “‘Do not go. You could get stabbed.’ I thought, ‘That is true.’ But I was peeved.”
ref: 2023 September 21, Sirin Kale, quoting Megan Kedzlie, “Life in bike theft Britain: ‘Afterwards, I couldn’t face going outside’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Annoyed.
Derived terms: peevedly
peevedness
unpeeved
march to the beat of a different drum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: marches to the beat of a different drum
form: marching to the beat of a different drum
form: marched to the beat of a different drum
form: marched to the beat of a different drum
form: march to a different drum
form: march to a different drummer
form: march to one's own drum
form: march to one's own drummer
form: march to the beat of a different drummer
form: march to the beat of one's own drum
form: march to the beat of one's own drummer
form: march to a different beat
form: march to a different tune
form: march to the beat of a different tune
Senses: examples: text: Siegfried and Roy, two nuts from Germany, are out of their wealthy little minds. They live in a mansion whose ceiling is painted like the Sistine Chapel, with either Siegfried or Roy (who can remember?) in place of Adam. Roy has a "meditation chamber" (the rest of us have dressing rooms) furnished with a mystic rug and cages for his tigers. They wow the crowd with heavy machinery and endangered-species eugenics. I love S&R. They march to the beat of a different drum machine.
ref: 1994 January 10, Penn Jillette, “Las Vegas: Tonight! Miracles, Live!”, in Time:
text: The ad ends with a shot of Mark pushing the car down a hill and Suzanne saying, "He still marches to the beat of a different drum."
ref: 2004, Danny Hakim, “E.P.A. Energy-Saving Spots Give Cars Short Shrift”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jul 2011:
text: A defense of non-conformism, deceptively simple in tone and construction, and only slightly political, it is the story of a loner . . . who stays in bed on Bastille Day and ignores the military parade . . . "the good people don't like it when you take a path different from theirs," when you march to the beat of a different drum.
ref: 2004, Larry Portis, French Frenzies: A Social History of Pop Music in France, →ISBN, page 114:
glosses: To do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and conventional expectations.
minimums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minimum
Synonyms: minima
legalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legality
joes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: plural of joe
hotdogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hotdog
hotdogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hotdog
goblins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goblin
gabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɡæbɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gab
dredged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: With an objective to provide a railhead on the Seaford branch in Sussex for sea-dredged aggregates, the project rapidly moved from a concept sketch in December 2015 to completion in 2020.
ref: 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards: Newhaven Project”, in RAIL, number 940, page 56:
glosses: simple past and past participle of dredge
courtside
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From court + -side.
Senses: examples: text: They sat courtside.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Alongside the court of play.
courtside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From court + -side.
Senses: examples: text: They had courtside seats.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Located next to the court of play.
courtside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courtsides
Etymology: From court + -side.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The area that runs alongside the court of play.
Derived terms: courtsiding
copping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cop
attache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ.tæˈʃe/
ipa: /æt.əˈʃe/
ipa: /əˈtæʃ.eɪ/
Forms: form: attaches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of attaché.
amped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /æmpt/
rhymes: -æmpt
Etymology: Elision of amplified.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of amp
amped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æmpt/
rhymes: -æmpt
Forms: form: more amped
form: most amped
Etymology: Elision of amplified.
Senses: examples: text: All four motors should be amped to check the loading on the motors before new motors are installed. The amp checks might reveal that a smaller size motor could be use
ref: 1990, Mary Jo Winer, Strategies for Reducing Natural Gas, Electric and Oil Costs, page 324:
text: Two guitars were amped and miked, while a third space was empty and waiting for Kellan's guitar.
ref: 2013, S.C. Stephens, Reckless:
glosses: Activated, as with electric power.
examples: text: If I listen to fast music before I go out in a heat, it gets me too amped out and then I can't concentrate on my surfing.
ref: 1991, Surfing, volume 27, number 1:
text: But I didn't care. I was twenty-two years old. I was invincible. “Keep it going,” Sparky said at one point. He was too amped to sleep, so he turned on the radio and cranked the volume.
ref: 2004, Steve Parish, Joe Layden, Home Before Daylight: My Life on the Road with the Grateful Dead:
text: But whether the guy was fiddling too intently with the XM radio tuner or was simply too amped on NoDoz and cheap cigarettes, speeding along to a New Year's Eve party, he keeps driving.
ref: 2010, Ryan G. Van Cleave, Unplugged: My Journey into the Dark World of Video Game Addiction:
text: Hawk ate it, and ate it again and again, and failed four times before regulation time ran out. But Hawk kept going; the crowd was amped to see history made, and Tony was amped to make it
ref: 2011, Ben Marcus, The Skateboard: The Good, the Rad, and the Gnarly, page 233:
synonyms: amped up
psyched up
glosses: Excited or full of energy, especially to excess.
Derived terms: amped up
biamped
overamped
triamped
sunroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌnˌɹum/
Forms: form: sunrooms
Etymology: From sun + room.
Senses: glosses: A room used for its abundant sunlight, especially one in a residence with numerous large glass windows.
Synonyms: word: sun parlor
word: sun lounge
word: conservatory
english: US & Canada
translation: US & Canada
word: solarium
english: US & Canada, screened
translation: US & Canada, screened
word: Florida room
Related terms: breezeway
enclosed patio
greenhouse
patio room
sunporch
stifler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stiflers
Etymology: From stifle + -er.
Senses: examples: a stifler of innovation
glosses: One who, or that which, stifles; one who represses or limits.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A camouflet.
vends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vend
sopranos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soprano
slurping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slurp
slurping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slurpings
Senses: examples: text: the splashings and slurpings of Wellington boots in the mud
glosses: A sound or motion that slurps.
Derived terms: pod slurping
silliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of silly: most silly.
silliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: comparative degree of silly: most sillily.
shakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shaker
rentals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rental
raptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raptor
probie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: probies
form: proby
Etymology: From probationary + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: He's no closer to carrying out the suggestion of the 3rd Step than the day the Probie drove him over to his halfway house from Peabody Holding.
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 444:
glosses: Someone holding a position on a probationary basis, subject to performance or examination.
examples: text: A probie never complains. A probie keeps his mouth shut, his eyes open. A probie is never idle. A probie is always learning or drilling or cleaning. That's why you're still called a probie: for one year after you leave training school.
ref: 1997. Steve Delson. "The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives", Page 41
topics: firefighting
government
glosses: A neophyte firefighter.
liquored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of liquor
Derived terms: unliquored
liquor up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: liquors up
form: liquoring up
form: liquored up
form: liquored up
Senses: examples: text: Apparently his best idea for persuading someone is to get them liquored up and then wear them down.
hypernyms: get drunk
oil up
coordinate_terms: wine up
beer up
glosses: To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
hypernyms: get drunk
tank up
oil up
coordinate_terms: wine up
beer up
glosses: To drink liquor, usually to excess.
gawking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gawk
rheotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rheotomes
Etymology: From rheo- (“flow, current”) + -tome (“cutter”), literally “flow cutter”.
Senses: examples: text: By means of the rheotome, the primary current is broken and closed rapidly, so that the induced current seems almost like a continuous one.
ref: 1884, George Calvin Pitzer, Electricity in medicine and surgery, page 30:
glosses: Any instrument that interrupts an electric current.
doused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aʊst
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of douse
dueling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: duelling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of duel
dueling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duelings
form: duelling
Senses: glosses: The act of taking part in a duel.
doodles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of doodle
doodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doodle
coppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copper
shanks' nag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shanks' nags
Etymology: Traced back to shanks-nag, 1758; The expression -- believed to be Scottish in origin (i.e. shanks-naig 1774), refers to the use of shank to refer to the part of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
Senses: examples: text: He took shanks-naig, but fient may care.
ref: 1774, Robert Fergusson, Poems on Various Subjects:
glosses: Transportation by foot. To "take a shanks' nag" means using one's own legs to walk.
Derived terms: word: shanks' mare
word: shanks' pony
Related terms: word: shank-nag
shank-nag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shank-nags
form: shank-nagging
form: shank-nagged
form: shank-nagged
Senses: glosses: To travel on foot.
shank-nag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shank-nags
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of shanks' nag.
cheaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheater
cheaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: a prissy-looking man in rimless cheaters with a smear on his chin that might have been a goatee
ref: 1953, Raymond Chandler, chapter 23, in The Long Goodbye, New York: Ballantine, published 1971:
glosses: Spectacles that magnify: reading glasses; often, the inexpensive nonprescription kind.
bedbugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedbug
antiquing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of antique
visuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of visual
trashcan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trashcans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trash can.
sweatshirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweatshirt
sincerest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sincere: most sincere
scrapings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scraping
rugrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rugrat
redskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redskin
pregnancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pregnancy
perps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perp
obits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obit
lovelies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lovely
gunsights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunsight
grossed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊst
Senses: examples: text: The film grossed $464 million worldwide, ensconcing her in the Hollywood A-list.
ref: 2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
glosses: simple past and past participle of gross
fatalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fatality
embarrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of embarrass
cuddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cuddle
cramming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cram