cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
symbol-pushing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Derived from symbol pushing.
Senses: examples: text: Reasoning by equivalence is essentially a symbol-pushing technique, which reduces algebraic reasoning to a mechanical calculation. There is nothing pejorative in describing this activity as symbol-pushing or as mechanical: in some senses this automation is liberating.
ref: 1995, Proof Technology in Mathematics Research and Teaching, Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, page 314:
text: Perhaps no mechanistic symbol-pushing system could ever produce behavior that matched that of humans—after all, not all kinds of mechanisms can be used to produce all kinds of results.
ref: 1999, Max Hailperin, Barbara Kaiser, Karl Knight, Concrete Abstractions, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 203:
text: Personally I think I would have to accept any computer that were to pass the Turing Test as intelligent. Human use of language is so intricate and so laden with meaning that I don't believe this test could ever be passed without real understanding of what is being said. I tend to doubt, however, that any traditional rule-following, symbol-pushing computer will ever pass the test.
ref: 2018, David J. Eck, The Most Complex Machine, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 427:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Using symbol pushing; solving mathematical problems by manipulating symbols (as in algebra) rather than through visual or intuitive understanding.
cofactor expansion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cofactor expansions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Laplace expansion.
synonyms: word: Laplace expansion
cofactor expansions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cofactor expansion
Rastall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
symbol pusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symbol pushers
Etymology: From symbol pushing + -er.
Senses: examples: text: That is to say, in both cases we have in mind an intended model or structure for our theory. We are not in the position of mere "symbol pushers."
ref: 1985, Jerry R. Hobbs, Robert C. Moore, Formal Theories of the Commonsense World, Ablex Pub., →ISBN, page 444:
text: […] it is clear that the symbol pusher does not understand Chinese at all; he is only following meaningless instructions. Because computer models, particularly of the symbolic variety, are merely manipulating symbols, and hence understand nothing about what they are doing, they are poor models.
ref: 2003, Thomas R. Shultz, Computational Developmental Psychology, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 227:
text: While known today as a theoretician, Einstein was not just a symbol pusher; the physics of D appears in much detail in his papers on Brownian motion.
ref: 2009, Paul J. Nahin, Mrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 282:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Someone who engages in symbol pushing; someone solving mathematical problems by manipulating symbols (as in algebra) rather than through visual or intuitive understanding.
symbol pushers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symbol pusher
Munnion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
haul-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haul-outs
Senses: examples: text: Sea lions using haul-outs could be disturbed by closely approaching tour boats and charter/private vessels.
ref: 1996, Glacier Bay National Park (N.P.) and Preserve, Cruise Vessel Management Plan, page 11:
text: Along the mainland coast of the SCB, however, haul-out and rookery sites are relatively scarce.
ref: 2003, Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and San Clemente Island Range Complex, page 3-67:
text: At haul-outs, seals may rest and socialise but pup births are rare.
ref: 2013, Roger Kirkwood, Simon Goldsworthy, Fur Seals and Sea Lions:
text: I treated the complex of haul-outs at Cape Pierce as a single site and considered combined totals of the averaged daily counts from all haul-outs.
ref: 2021, J.L Laake, D.G. Robertson, Steven C. Amstrup, Marine Mammal Survey and Assessment Methods, page 169:
glosses: A location where seals or sea lions haul out.
examples: text: Use the best bottom paint for your area to lengthen time between haul-outs.
ref: 1978 June, Judith Archer, “How's Your Boating Dollar Drain”, in Boating, volume 43, number 6, page 114:
text: This boat hoist facility at Bryant's Marina, Inc., Seattle, Wash., is a handy haul-out, whether for repair, storage , shipment or other reasons.
ref: 1959, Andrew R. Mack, Frederic R. Harris, Boat Handling Equipment in the Modern Marina, page 14:
text: It's haul-out day, later in the season than is good for the boat or me,
ref: 1996, Stephen Tudor, Haul-out: New and Selected Poems, page 50:
text: Because the crane had a minimum charge, it was much cheaper to schedule a haul-out at the same time other boats were being moved in the yard.
ref: 2000, James D. Howard, Jim Howard, Charles J. Doane, Handbook of Offshore Cruising, page 358:
text: Some yacht clubs have similar haul-out facilities to marinas and make them available to non-members, albeit at a higher rate than that for club boats.
ref: 2011, Alastair Buchan, How to Sail on a Budget, page 102:
glosses: The act of hauling out (bringing ashore) a boat, especially for repair and maintenance.
haul-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haul-out
crush it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crushes it
form: crushing it
form: crushed it
form: crushed it
Senses: glosses: To do something excellently
has an in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have an in
having an in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have an in
had an in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have an in
glitz and glamour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glitz and glam
form: glamour and glitz
Senses: examples: text: Being the daughter of an A-list celebrity, she grew up in a world of glitz and glamour.
glosses: razzle-dazzle, glitz
RML
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RMLs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of rifled muzzleloader.
RMLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RML
pamudpod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pamudpod
Senses: glosses: Synonym of virama.
synonyms: word: virama
tazz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tazzes
form: tazzing
form: tazzed
form: tazzed
form: taz
Etymology: Unknown, though questionably related to North Yorkshire tazzed (“overmatched, defeated, beaten, unable to accomplish one's end”, adjective) recorded circa 1870. The proposed sense development would be someone who has been passed by another, faster competitor in race (who is tazzing) is therefore tazzed.
Senses: examples: text: It’s bad for him [the dog] if he’s kept tied up in that dismal place, and perhaps not properly fed. I say, how would it be if I tazzed down there and had a look at him?
ref: 1955, Gladys Mitchell, Watson's Choice, London: Michael Joseph, published 1985, page 76:
text: I was riding this whacking big motor bike […] and I was being chased by all the girls from the Younger Generation [etc.] […] And then all of a sudden, Mary Whitehouse came tazzing up and overtook the lot of them, and she was riding a horse […]
ref: 1975, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, The Goodies' Book of Criminal Records, London: George Weidenfeld and Nicolson, →ISBN, page [13]:
text: The kooky pair were snapped at a ski resort in Khvalynsk, Russia by video director Alexander Kalinin from studio Dr Creative tazzing down the slopes in little more than bikinis.
ref: 2016 February 23, Felicity Thistlethwaite, “Brave bikini-clad babes hit the slopes in SWIMWEAR shunning conventional clothing”, in Express.co.uk:
text: Well, the autumn leaffall timetable has been running a fortnight and this is the first time I've had to get off for a ten- minute^([sic]) stop at Longbridge because the train tazzes through…
ref: 2018 October 26, @Tristanharris76 [username], Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2022:
text: Fireblade SP bikes and Civic Type R cars will be tazzing about the Island, letting marshals and medics get to where they need to be sharpish...
ref: 2019 March 19, Al Dowds, “2019 Isle of Man Monster TT Races - official launch”, in Visordown:
glosses: To move quickly; to dash; to rush.
tazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tazzes
form: taz
Etymology: Possibly related to tazzle.
Senses: glosses: A heap of tangles or knots, especially in hair.
Derived terms: tazzy
jizzle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jizzles
Senses: glosses: An inmate who complies with extortion demands from a prison gang, usually under threats of violence from a protection racket; a prison bitch.
jizzles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jizzle
tazzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tazz
tazzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tazz
tazzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tazzed
form: most tazzed
Etymology: Possibly related to tazz (“to move quickly; to dash”) as in Etymology 2.
Senses: glosses: Overwhelmed, beaten, or outmatched.
tazzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tazz
tazzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tazed.
tazes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of taze
tazing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of taze
tazed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of taze
Daykundi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Classical Persian دایکندی (dāykundī).
Senses: glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
boobier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of booby: more booby
boobiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of booby: most booby
seenzone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seenzones
form: seen zone
form: seen-zone
Etymology: From seen + zone.
Senses: glosses: The situation in which a chat partner in an online chat or email exchange or mobile text messaging exchange sees or reads the last message or email sent to them, but does not reply.
seenzone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: seenzones
form: seenzoning
form: seenzoned
form: seenzoned
form: seen zone
form: seen-zone
Etymology: From seen + zone.
Senses: glosses: To not reply after seeing or reading the last message or email that someone has sent them.
Derived terms: seenzoner
Related terms: friendzone
romlang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: romlangs
Etymology: Blend of Romance + conlang. By surface analysis, suffixed with -lang.
Senses: examples: text: There are now so many Romance conlangs that anyone who works on his own has to ask himself, "Do we really need another Romance conlang?" He should only carry on if he has a brilliant idea of his own, and as we shall see below, there is not much room for that in romlangs.
ref: 2018 October 3, Jörg Rhiemeier, “A Farewell to Romlangs”, in Jörg Rhiemeier's Conlang Pages:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A constructed language created as a hypothetical descendant of Latin.
romlangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of romlang
grocery carts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grocery cart
Kapisa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian کاپیسا (Kâpisâ).
Senses: glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
glosses: An ancient kingdom located in Afghanistan.
glosses: An ancient city, the former capital of the Kingdom of Kapisa; modern Bagram.
Laghman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian لغمان (laġmân).
Senses: glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
Nangarhar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian ننگرهار (nangarhâr).
Senses: glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
Nuristan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dari نُورِسْتَان (nūristān).
Senses: glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
Paktia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian پکتیا (paktiyâ).
Senses: glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
Paktika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Classical Persian پکتیکا (paktīkā).
Senses: glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
Parwan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Classical Persian پروان (parwān).
Senses: glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
Samangan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian سمنگان (samangân).
Senses: glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
Uruzgan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Dari اروزگان (urūzgān).
Senses: glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
Wardak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Classical Persian وَرْدَک (wardak).
Senses: glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
Zabul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Classical Persian زابل (zābul).
Senses: glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
natinoal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of national.
jaadugars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaadugar
bachelor's handbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bachelor's handbags
form: Bachelor's Handbag
Etymology: From bachelor + -'s + handbag, apparently from the observation that single men would rather purchase the ready-to-eat poultry in a bag than cook it themselves.
Senses: examples: The Betoota Advocate (26 October 2021), Betoota-isms, Pan Macmillan Australia, →ISBN: “Items such as the Bachelor’s Handbag, for example. To the casual observer, it’s just a roast chicken in a plastic bag from a supermarket. In our town, it’s an accessory. A status symbol.”
glosses: A roast chicken sold in a disposable plastic carry bag with a handle.
bachelor's handbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bachelor's handbag
Bachelor's Handbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bachelor's Handbags
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bachelor's handbag
Bachelor's Handbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bachelor's Handbag
silver-gilt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: gilt silver
glosses: gilded silver, silver covered with a thin layer of gold
silver gilt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of silver-gilt.
silvergilt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of silver-gilt.
gilt silver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: silver-gilt
glosses: gilded silver, silver covered with a thin layer of gold
Marzocchi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marzocchis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Marzocchi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
honorary consuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honorary consul
Bawcom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bawcoms
Senses: glosses: A surname.
salumerias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salumeria
lie at someone's door
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lies at someone's door
form: lying at someone's door
form: lay at someone's door
form: lain at someone's door
Etymology: Compare lay at someone's door.
Senses: examples: text: Appointed foreign minister in 2004, he has since then through successive US administrations developed a Putinesque revulsion for all western ideas, if not all western consumer durables. At one point, he said all the ills of the 20th century colonialism, two world wars and the cold war lay at the door of American arrogance.
ref: 2022 November 15, Patrick Wintour, “Sergei Lavrov, a fixture of Russian diplomacy facing his toughest test in Ukraine”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To be the fault or responsibility of someone.
Related terms: at someone's door
lay at someone's door
at the door of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: The endorsement by the three Democrats is a victory for Senator John L. Sampson of Brooklyn, the minority leader, who spent months coaxing a consensus out of his often-fractious conference. / “We are at the door of marriage equality,” Mr. Sampson said.
ref: 2011 June 13, Nicholas Confessore, Michael Barbaro, “Once Against Gay Marriage, 4 Senators Say They Will Back It”, in The New York Times:
text: Ahead of crucial games against Watford and Chelsea, Tottenham are at the door of the top four, and in Eriksen, they possess one of the Premier League’s finest locksmiths.
ref: 2016 December 30, Jonathan Liew, “Christian Eriksen interview: 'If you are smart enough, you don’t need to run'”, in The Daily Telegraph:
synonyms: on the brink of
on the point of
on the verge of
glosses: Very near to; such that something is imminent.
Related terms: at someone's door
at the door
Oujiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Wenzhounese.
synonyms: word: Wenzhounese
Boysel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boysels
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bressumers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bressumer
summerbeam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: summerbeams
form: summer-beam
Etymology: From summer + beam.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of summer.
synonyms: word: summer
Croxford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Croxfords
Etymology: Perhaps a variant of Crockford.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
peltest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of pelt
pelteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pelt
Doaba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Punjabi ਦੁਆਬਾ (duābā, “doab”), from Persian دو آب (do-âb, “two waters”).
Senses: glosses: A region in the state of Punjab in northern India lying between the Beas and Sutlej Rivers.
Related terms: Doabi
Beas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hindi ब्यास (byās) or Punjabi ਬਿਆਸ (biāsa), both ultimately from Sanskrit विपाशा (vipāśā).
Senses: glosses: A river of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in northern India, rising in the Himalayas and emptying into the Sutlej.
McRefugee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: McRefugees
Etymology: From Mc- + refugee. Calque of Japanese マック難民, probably via Chinese 麥難民 /麦难民 (Màinànmín).
Senses: glosses: One who stays overnight or lives in a 24-hour McDonald's.
raw_tags: in Japan
Synonyms: McSleeper
McRefugees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of McRefugee
Ekronite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ekronites
Etymology: From Ekron + -ite, from Biblical Hebrew עֶקְרוֹן (ʿEqrōn).
Senses: examples: text: Therfore they sent the Arke of God to Ekron: and it came to passe as the Arke of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They haue brought about the Arke of the God of Israel to vs, to slay vs, and our people.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 5:10:
glosses: A person from Ekron.
Ekronite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ekron + -ite, from Biblical Hebrew עֶקְרוֹן (ʿEqrōn).
Senses: examples: text: Sidqa was also a king and was thus a more valuable asset than the Ekronite nobleman.
ref: 1999, William R. Gallagher, Sennacherib’s Campaign to Judah: New Studies, →ISBN, page 127:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Ekron.
Ekronites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ekronite
sitzpinkler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sitzpinklers
Etymology: From German Sitzpinkler (literally “one who sits down to urinate”).
Senses: examples: text: I've run out of sympathy for these sitzpinklers.
text: “Do I look like an eighth-grade Boy Scout, sitzpinkler? We'll go out. We'll have fun. We'll get up early and drink coffee and hunt pigs and everyone will be drunk and hilarious except for us.”
ref: 2012 [2006], John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
glosses: a fearful person, usually male
thrippenny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: “They are really nothing. Just the simplest little thrippenny bunch.”
ref: 1920, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Psychology”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 155:
glosses: Alternative form of threepenny.
Sakshaug
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sakshaugs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
guttocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guttocks
Etymology: Blend of gut + buttocks.
Senses: synonyms: butt-in-the-front
glosses: A front bum or FUPA.
WFPB
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: With a foundational understanding of the pillars of a WFPB diet paired with practical steps to making the transition, WFPB eating can be transformed from something new into an intuitive part of daily life.
ref: 2021, Michelle Tollefson, Nancy Eriksen, Neha Pathak, editors, Improving Women’s Health Across the Lifespan, CRC Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Initialism of whole food, plant-based.
as an aside
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: He [Jude Bellingham] rose to angle a perfect header into the far, top corner. As an aside, Bellingham’s first-half passing statistics showed 40 attempts and 40 completions, 10 of them in the final third.
ref: 21 November 2022, David Hytner, “England open World Cup in style with Bukayo Saka double in 6-2 rout of Iran”, in The Guardian:
glosses: incidentally; by the way
in between times
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Saka’s second saw him jink inside from the right, past one challenge and then another before pulling the trigger – it was too easy – and Rashford’s goal followed a Kane pass and a dart inside.
In between times, Mehdi Taremi lashed home after the substitute, Ali Gholizadeh, had played him in behind Maguire. It was practically Iran’s first chance.
ref: 21 November 2022, David Hytner, “England open World Cup in style with Bukayo Saka double in 6-2 rout of Iran”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Synonym of betweentimes.
synonyms: word: betweentimes
b-boyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of b-boy
B-boying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of B-boy
B-boying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Even though B-Boying wasn't as popular in the late 1970's, there were still a lot of kids around New York City doing it.
ref: 2013, Lamont Clark, B-Boys: A Children's Guide to Hip Hop, 70 West Press:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of b-boying.
B-boyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of B-boy
Japanese cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese cakes
Senses: glosses: imagawayaki but of a smaller serving size and are usually filled with cheese slices.
double door
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double doors
Senses: glosses: A set of two adjoining doors that can be opened independently.
Synonyms: double doors
cisplaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cisplain
cisplained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cisplain
cisplains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cisplain
kneaden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈnɛdən/
/ˈniːdən/
Senses: examples: text: if it be kneden with wyne and layde to, it healeth the bytinges of vipers, dogges and menne.
ref: 1551, Wylliam Turner [i.e., William Turner], “Of Sea Holly”, in A New Herball, […], London: […] Steven Mierdman, and they are to be soolde […] by John Gybken, →OCLC, folio 87, recto:
text: How one? not as a drop of water uniting with the Ocean, becomes ſubſtantially one with it, nor as divers corns ground and kneaden, and baked, becomes one loaf[…]
ref: 1677, J[ohn] Cheyney, Quakeriſm Proved to be Groſs Blaſphemy and Antichriſtian Hereſie, London: Richard Butler, page 16:
text: This bird, with its carol clear, / When the red clay was kneaden, / And God made Adam our father dear, / Sang to him thus in Eden.
ref: 1863, Jean Ingelow, “A Cottage in a Chine”, in Poems, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, page 174:
glosses: past participle of knead
open city
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open cities
Senses: examples: text: “You needn’t worry about bombs, by the way. Dresden is an open city. It is undefended, and contains no war industries or troop concentrations of any importance.”
ref: 1969 March 31, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five […] (A Seymour Lawrence Book), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →OCLC, page 127:
topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: international law
glosses: A city which has announced (during wartime) that it has abandoned all defensive efforts, generally in the event of its imminent capture.
antonyms: closed city
qualifier: dictatorships
glosses: A city that (during peacetime) is not heavily restricted regarding ingress and egress because it does not contain militarily sensitive facilities or extensive defense industrial plant.
Densham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Denshams
Etymology: Probably a habitational surname from a minor place in Woolfardisworthy, Devon, recorded as Denewoldesham in the XIII century, named with the Old English personal name Deneweald + -s- + hām (“homestead”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Brill's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Brill-Zinsser disease.
synonyms: word: Brill-Zinsser disease
blunt-nosed viper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blunt-nosed vipers
Senses: examples: text: En route, Charlie had slammed on the brakes to avoid running over a 3ft snake crossing the road. According to Mary it was a young (and deadly) blunt-nosed viper.
ref: 2016 August 16, Nigel Thompson, “Western Cyprus will leave you splendidly stuffed but still hungry for more”, in Daily Mirror:
synonyms: Levantine viper
glosses: A venomous viper, Macrovipera lebetinus, found in North Africa, much of the Middle East, and as far east as Kashmir.
blunt-nosed vipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blunt-nosed viper
false bottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false bottom
back-butts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back-butt
quake-buttocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quake-buttock
sh**ted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sh**
sh**s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sh**
sh**s
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sh**
sh**ting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sh**
sh*ts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sh*t
sh*ts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sh*t
f******
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of f***
bulls**ts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulls**t
bulls**ts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bulls**t
f***s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of f***
f***s
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of f***
s***s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of s***
s***s
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of s***
s****ing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of s***
s***ting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of s***
s**tting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of s**t
w****rs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of w****r
breast forms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breast form
breast lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breast line
catchfarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catchfart
Middelfarters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Middelfarter
spermatizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spermatization
asthenozoosperms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asthenozoosperm
cock cages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cock cage
cockskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockskin
cock-holsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cock-holster
cockermegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockermeg
cockaperts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockapert
cockales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockale
Eurasian woodcocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eurasian woodcock
festy cocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of festy cock
summercocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summercock
weather cocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather cock
peacock spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peacock spider
weenises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weenis
paid out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pay out
pays out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pay out
paying out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pay out
summer kitchen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: summer kitchens
Senses: glosses: A small building, usually located next to a larger house, used as a kitchen in warm weather.
tangent line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tangent lines
Senses: qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: Synonym of tangent (“straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there”).
synonyms: word: tangent
extra: straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there
soldier thistle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soldier thistles
Senses: glosses: A thistle of species Picnomon acarna, of Eurasia.
golden thistle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden thistles
Senses: glosses: A thistle-like yellow-flowered plant of the genus Scolymus, native to the Mediterranean region.
additional time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: stoppage time
figgy pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: figgy puddings
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?]. Possibly from Middle French figé; later reinterpreted as figgy (“containing figs”). For more, see Figgy pudding#Etymology on Wikipedia.
Senses: examples: text: We all want some figgy pudding
ref: a. 1930, unknown author, We Wish You a Merry Christmas:
text: This rich, sticky fig cake is my homage to figgy pudding (which actually contains no figs), complete with an icing inspired by a classic hard sauce to slather on top.
ref: 2017, Jill O'Connor, Cake, I Love You: Decadent, Delectable, and Do-able Recipes:
glosses: Any of a variety of sweet and/or savory dishes traditionally served at Christmas, containing fruit (but not necessarily figs).
wikipedia: Figgy pudding#Etymology
renders unto Caesar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of render unto Caesar
rendering unto Caesar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of render unto Caesar
rendered unto Caesar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of render unto Caesar
figgy puddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of figgy pudding
t.s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of t.
fish-scales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish-scale
OECTA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /oʊˈɛktə/
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association.
Coordinate terms: CUPE
CUPW
PSAC
telstar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telstars
Etymology: Genericization of trademarks
Senses: synonyms: comsat
commsat
telcom sat
telcomm sat
telecom sat
telecomm sat
telecommunication satellite
telecommunications satellite
communications satellite
glosses: A telecommunications satellite
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A soccer ball pattern with 32 panels of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons, a rounded truncated icosahedron ball. The classic stereotypical black pentagon and white hexagon design.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A soccer ball pattern with 32 panels of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons, a rounded truncated icosahedron ball. The classic stereotypical black pentagon and white hexagon design.
A ball with one of these design patterns.
peridexions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peridexion
Londinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌnˈdɪn.i.ən/
Forms: form: more Londinian
form: most Londinian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the city of London, England, or to its earlier stage, Londinium.
Londinian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌnˈdɪn.i.ən/
Senses: glosses: Ypresian.
vis a tergo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A force acting from behind.
Ambergris Caye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æmˈbɜːr.ɡrɪs ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island is likely named after the presence of ambergris on the island.
Senses: glosses: An island of Belize.
fire-storm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire-storms
Senses: examples: text: His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm. So it goes.
ref: 1969 March 31, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., chapter 1, in Slaughterhouse-Five […] (A Seymour Lawrence Book), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →OCLC, page 1:
glosses: Alternative form of firestorm.
South Marston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1987).
Laughing Bird Caye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɑːf.ɪŋ ˈbɜːd ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island formerly hosted a breeding population of laughing gulls (“Leucophaeus atricilla”).
Senses: glosses: An island of Belize.
Pharaonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pharaonic
form: most Pharaonic
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of pharaonic.
St. George's Caye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪnt ˈdʒɔː(ɹ)dʒɪz ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island was named after Saint George (d. 303) by English settlers, replacing the earlier Spanish name of the island.
Senses: glosses: An island of Belize.
wikipedia: Saint George
Tobacco Caye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈbæk.əʊ ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island was likely named for the cultivation of tobacco.
Senses: glosses: An island of Belize.
wag a finger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wags a finger
form: wagging a finger
form: wagged a finger
form: wagged a finger
Senses: examples: text: “Edge of the Edge” pairs a playful sample of the doo-wop group Randy & the Rainbows’ 1963 hit “Denise” with Panda’s serenely melodic vocals, which cut through the carefree, pop-psychedelic vibe with some light social critique: “Can’t say it’s what you bargained for,” he sings, wagging a finger at the frenzied escalation of technology, “It’s forever at the push of a button.”
ref: 2022 August 5, Jon Caramanica, Lindsay Zoladz, “Carly Rae Jepsen’s Brand-New Boy Problems, and 7 More New Songs”, in The New York Times:
text: In reality Infantino has presided over a World Cup staged in a repressive state that has feasted on those who built its palaces, and has barely wagged a finger at Iran’s regime in the lead up to their appearance here.
ref: 2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To express one's annoyance with, or disapproval of, someone's actions.
raw_tags: followed by at
Related terms: finger-wag
bioindividual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + individual.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to bioindividuality.
Thanksgivingtide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thanksgivingtides
Etymology: From Thanksgiving + -tide (“period around a festival”).
Senses: examples: text: Seven years had passed, and once more the Thanksgivingtide was in Mapleton.
ref: 1876, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “Chapter VII”, in Betty's bright idea; also, Deacon Pitkin's farm, and The first Christmas of New England, Thanksgiving Again:
text: The wild winds croon of Thanksgivingtide
ref: 1901 December 21, Helen Chase, “A Song of Thanksgiving”, in The Connecticut School Journal, volume 7, number 12, The Journal Publishing Co., page 14:
text: As by this bright fire we sit / At this Thanksgivingtide
ref: 1911, P. F. Koontz, “Thanksgiving”, in Santa Fe Employes’ Magazine, volume 6, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company, page 131:
text: Now, therefore, I, George H. Earle, Governor of Pennsylvania, titular successor, so-called, to His Excellency Johan Printz, do solemnly adjure the citizenry of the Commonwealth loyally to consider at this Thanksgivingtide, during 1938 and thereafter, the historical and spiritual significance of events marking this goodly vista of 300 years, and by practice and precept to evolve a concept of simpler, sterner, living in which character is fundamental…
ref: 1938, George H. Earle, Congressional Record, United States Government Publishing Office, Appendix to the Congressional Record, page 1975:
text: This Thanksgivingtide recalls to our hearts the endless and undeserved mercies wherewith thou has blessed us.
ref: 1967, James Archibald Jones, Prayers for the People: A Memorial Collection of Pulpit Prayers, John Knox Press, page 100:
text: Devotees of liberal college education attending the yearly Thanksgivingtide
ref: 1975, Joe D. Thomas, Donald E. Morse, Sansculotte: A Nonknickerbocker History of the College English Association (1938–1975) : in Seven Fyttes, Sive Lustra, College English Association Foundation, page 3:
text: …a so-called rock opera to which Liz dragged me when we were in New York at Thanksgivingtide in 1971
ref: 2013 October 29, R. M. Koster, The Dissertation, Overlook Press, →ISBN:
glosses: The season around Thanksgiving.
Thanksgivingtides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thanksgivingtide
student driver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: student drivers
Senses: topics: automotive
law
transport
vehicles
glosses: A person who has not yet earned a driver's licence, and until then is permitted to drive only a marked car with a licensed driving instructor in the passenger seat.
winrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winrates
Etymology: From win + rate.
Senses: topics: games
gaming
glosses: The proportion of games played that are won by a given player.
N. W. T.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: NWT
form: N.W.T.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Northwest Territories.
RCYBP
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: rcybp
form: RCyBP
Senses: examples: text: In some areas, such as the north-central shore, the historic level was achieved as early as 6000 RCYBP, whereas in other areas, stable levels approximating the modern were not achieved until 4000 RCYBP or slightly thereafter.
ref: 2012, Thomas E. Emerson, Dale L. McElrath, Andrew C. Fortier, editors, Archaic Societies: Diversity and Complexity across the Midcontinent, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 790:
topics: sciences
coordinate_terms: BP
YBP
glosses: Initialism of radio carbon years before present.
Y. T.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of the Yukon Territory: a territory of Canada.
Y.T.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of the Yukon Territory: a territory of Canada.
time immoral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of time immemorial.
Matley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Matleys
Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Matta + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9796).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
altlang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altlangs
Etymology: Blend of alternative + language. By surface analysis, alt + -lang.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A constructed language created as an alternate history of a real language.
altlangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altlang
cast one's mind back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: casts one's mind back
form: casting one's mind back
form: cast one's mind back
form: cast one's mind back
Senses: glosses: To try to remember a particular time or event; to think about something in the past.
countryball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countryballs
Etymology: From country + ball by analogy with Polandball.
Senses: examples: text: The first countryball to appear was Polandball, a cartoon character drawn in the shape of a ball with the white and red colour schemes of the Polish flag. Polandball wants to go into space but feels threatened by Germany and Russia. Soon other countryballs appeared all in the guise of different national flags. The countryball for the USA, which wears the stars and stripes and cool sunglasses, is egocentric, with no idea of anything that happens outside the USA but always ready to rush […]
ref: 2017, Delia Chiaro, The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age: Viral Humour, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: Four days earlier, a group of unidentified students covered nearly the entire tunnel with colorful messages supporting the Hong Kong protests, backing autonomy for Tibet and Taiwan, and condemning the ethnic cleansing of Uighurs in Xinjiang. One section depicted a Taiwan flag beside a countryball of Hong Kong and a flag of East Turkestan, the region from which Uighurs hail.
ref: 2019 December 4, Efua Agyare-Kumi, “U of R becomes battleground in China, Hong Kong conflict”, in Rochester City Newspaper:
synonyms: Polandball
glosses: A country or other political entity personified as a crudely drawn anthropomorphic blob, drawn in the Polandball artstyle.
Related terms: countryhuman
microball
countryballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countryball
artstyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artstyles
Etymology: Compound of art + style.
Senses: examples: text: "Crossy Road" is both fun and addictive, and skillfully combines the gameplay of "Frogger" with a beautiful cubic artstyle that makes the game come to life in a charming way.
ref: 2014 December 4, Steven Tweedie, “Everyone's Talking About 'Crossy Road,' The Addicting New App That's Basically A Better Version Of 'Frogger'”, in Business Insider:
text: (title)
ref: 2020 July 19, Allisa James, “Deathloop Dev Delves Into the Unique Artstyle, Time Loop Mechanics, and Being a Next-Gen Title”, in DualShockers:
text: That’s where we thought of our 70-30 artstyle rule, where seventy percent is the new art that we created, which is trying to maintain the shapes, sizes, silhouettes and colors of the original game.
ref: 2021 March 4, Andre Abrahamian (quoted), Nick Rego, Mufaddal Fakhruddin, “What It Takes to Remaster a Cult Classic Like Diablo II”, in IGN:
glosses: A style of artwork, especially one in a video game.
artstyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artstyle
super-show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super-shows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of supershow.
power-play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power-plays
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of power play.
power-plays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power-play
CMMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CMM
spring pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring pockets
Etymology: Calque of Cantonese 春袋 (ceon¹ doi⁶, ceon¹ doi⁶⁻²). Popularized by The Conmen in Vegas (1999).
Senses: examples: text: Oh sorry, 轉返個英文台. Do remember, you disturb me fucking, your spring pocket will be barbecued! Get out!
ref: 1999, The Conmen in Vegas (overall work in Cantonese), spoken by Peter Chu (Alex Man):
english: Oh, I'm sorry, [let me] switch back to English. Do keep in mind that, if you [dare to] disturb me when I'm having sex, your testicles will be roasted! Get out!
translation: Oh, I'm sorry, [let me] switch back to English. Do keep in mind that, if you [dare to] disturb me when I'm having sex, your testicles will be roasted! Get out!
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glosses: Scrotum; testicles.
wikipedia: The Conmen in Vegas
spring pockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spring pocket
math circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: math circles
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An informal space where people study and discuss mathematics, often involving games, hands-on activities, or competition.
math circles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of math circle
trevat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trevats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trivet (“weaver's knife”).
trevats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trevat
collect skin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: collects skin
form: collecting skin
form: collected skin
form: collected skin
Etymology: Calque of Cantonese 收皮 (sau¹ pei⁴).
Senses: glosses: to shut up
glosses: to be done for
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see collect, skin.