cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Shandong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: unaspirated
ipa: /ʃænˈtɔŋ/
note: unaspirated
ipa: /ʃɑnˈtɒŋ/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ʃænˈdɔŋ/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ʃɑn-/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /-ˈdɒŋ/
note: hyperforeign
enpr: shänʹdo͝ongʹ
Forms: form: Shan-dong
form: Shan-Dong
form: Shan Dong
form: Shantung
form: Shan-tung
form: Shan-Tung
form: Shan Tung
form: Xantung
form: Xan-tung
form: Xan-Tung
form: Xan Tung
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 山東 /山东 (Shāndōng).
Senses: examples: text: We couldn’t solve this problem by the force of one co-op alone, so we united co-ops. But the people were still discussing the best form of agricultural production.
“Then Chairman Mao inspected agriculture in Shandong Province and issued the call for people’s communes, summed up in his slogan, ‘People’s Communes are Fine!’
ref: 1975, Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty, quoting Zhou Min-fu, “Agriculture: The Foundation”, in Huan-Ying: Worker's China, Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 99:
text: One train was en route from Beijing to the seaside resort of Qingdao when the accident happened in Zibo, Shandong province. The second train was from the resort of Yantai, in Shandong.
ref: 2008 April 28, “Scores dead and hundreds injured in China train collision”, in France 24, archived from the original on 04 May 2010:
text: Rescue workers rushed to save a group of miners trapped after an accident at a coal mine in the eastern province of Shandong late on Saturday, Chinese state media reported Sunday.
ref: 2018 October 21, “Chinese rescuers rush to save trapped coal miners”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2018, News:
text: Beijing is the last stop in Maduro’s China tour, which began in the southern city of Shenzhen and included stops in Shanghai and the eastern Shandong province.[…]
He also visited Mt Taishan, a sacred mountain in the Shandong province, to seek “blessings for Venezuela,” according to a post on his X (formerly Twitter) account.
ref: 2023 September 13, “Maduro meets Xi during official China visit”, in EFE, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2023:
glosses: A coastal province in eastern China. Capital: Jinan.
wikipedia: Cambridge University Press
Derived terms: Shandong Peninsula
Jilin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒiːˈlɪn/
enpr: jēʹlǐnʹ
Forms: form: Ji Lin
form: Chi-lin
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吉林 (Jílín), from Manchu ᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨ (girin).
Senses: examples: text: His homeland was in Chilin province, and his village was located more than four thousand li (about thirteen hundred miles) from Mount Wutai.
ref: [2008 [1990], John Blofeld, “Roaming the Famous Mountains and Monasteries of Northern China”, in Daniel Reid, transl., My Journey in Mystic China: Old Pu's Travel Diary, Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 115:
text: The National Health Commission reported 1,337 locally transmitted cases in the latest 24-hour period, including 895 in the industrial province of Jilin. A government notice said that police permission would be required for people to leave the area or travel from one city to another.[…]
Officials on Sunday locked down the southern city of Shenzhen, which has 17.5 million people and is a major tech and finance hub that borders Hong Kong. That followed the lockdown of Changchun, home to 9 million people in Jilin province, starting last Friday.
ref: 2022 March 14, Huizhong Wu, Olivia Zhang, Chen Si, “China battles multiple outbreaks, driven by stealth omicron”, in AP News, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2022:
glosses: A province of China. Capital: Changchun.
examples: text: The northeast Chinese city of Jilin is imposing fresh restrictions on travel in order to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, with six new cases reported on Tuesday.[…]
Jilin is the second largest city of Jilin province, which borders North Korea and Russia. It will now temporarily suspend departing or transiting train services for passengers.
ref: 2020 May 13, David Stanway, Se Young Lee, Lusha Zhang, “China's Jilin city imposes travel restrictions after new coronavirus cases”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2025:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of Jilin, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Manchu
word: Kirin
short-lived
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɔɹtˈlɪvd/
ipa: /ʃɔɹtˈlaɪvd/
Forms: form: shorter-lived
form: shortest-lived
form: shortlived
Etymology: From short + lived (“having a life, lifed”), equivalent to short + life + -ed. Compare Middle English short-livi, sort-levi (“short-lived”).
Senses: examples: text: But his joy was short-lived, for his fortunes soon changed.
text: At the end of 1927 the Communists were "purged" from the Kuomintang, and although in 1928 a short-lived soviet government had been proclaimed at Hsunyi, it was crushed by General Feng Yu-hsiang's pro-Nanking troops.
ref: 1971, Dick Wilson, “Home and Dry in Shensi”, in The Long March 1935: The Epic of Chinese Communism's Survival, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 227:
text: Did you know?
The London & North Western that became part of the LMS actually consisted of the older LNWR and the Lancashire & Yorkshire. Their merger came into effect on January 1 1922 to create the biggest but most short-lived "pre-Grouping' company.
ref: 2021 August 11, Richard Foster, “A century of railway politics”, in RAIL, number 937, page 42:
glosses: Alive or existent for only a short period of time.
glosses: Of a radioisotope (or by extension radioelement): having a short half-life.
Derived terms: sharp short-lived head pain
short-livedness
Related terms: brief
fleeting
momentary
Rizal Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A holiday celebrated on December 30th in honor of the death of a hero named José Rizal who was killed on December 30, 1896.
deep-dish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a pie or pizza: baked in a dish or pan with high sides.
examples: text: The best gossip on Broadway these days is nothing you can read in the tabloids. You'll have to hear it in person, and believe me, you'll want to. This is very deep dish — layered with malice and kindness, truth and conjecture, and all the mixed motives that make human beings such endlessly intriguing subjects of speculation.
ref: 2014 April 21, Ben Brantley, “Daniel Radcliffe Stars in Revival of 'The Cripple of Inishmaan'”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2023:
glosses: Very thorough or intricate.
Derived terms: deep-dish pizza
Related terms: deep-pan
peeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːpɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːpɪŋ
Forms: form: peepings
Senses: examples: text: You will know them by their sly looks; their skulkings, peepings, watchings, and the snares they lay;—by the great papers, with great seals, that they carry; […]
ref: 1852, William Gilmore Simms, The Sword and the Distaff, page 205:
text: Yet, terrible as was the danger we incurred, the attraction of peeping was for both of us irresistible.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 217:
glosses: The action of the verb to peep.
peeping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːpɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːpɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of peep
Derived terms: peeping Tom
scotfree
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: […]albeit well knowne that they escaped not scotfrée,
ref: 1577, Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 3:
text: […]but in the actual situation how would you not seem to act outrageously if you are to let go scotfree the men who confess that they have been acting illegally?
ref: 1915, George Willis Botsford, Hellenic Civilization, page 429:
glosses: Alternative spelling of scot-free.
rock bottom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rock-bottom
Etymology: Derives from the substratum of the seafloor, which is situated below the sand.
Senses: examples: text: Pork belly futures have hit rock bottom.
text: "We were absolutely at rock bottom. Our passengers didn't like us. Our stakeholders didn't like us. Our own staff didn't like us.
ref: 2021 October 20, Angie Doll explains to Paul Clifton, “We were absolutely at rock bottom...”, in RAIL, number 942, page 34:
text: “It is a very conservative rock-bottom minimum,” said Prof Jason Box from the National Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (Geus), who led the research. “Realistically, we will see this figure more than double within this century.”
ref: 2022 August 29, Damian Carrington, “Major sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap is ‘now inevitable’”, in The Guardian:
text: Harry told the high court that “our country is judged globally by the state of our press and our government, both of which I believe are at rock bottom”.
ref: 2023 June 6, Jim Waterson, Kiran Stacey, quoting Prince Harry, “Britain’s government and press at rock bottom, Prince Harry tells court”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The very lowest possible level.
examples: text: Some people believe that mental illnesses can't be treated unless the person hits rock bottom first.
text: when referee Jesus Gil Manzano showed him the red card, Maguire resembled an individual who had hit rock bottom.
ref: 2020 October 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-1 Denmark: 'Harry Maguire looked devoid of confidence in Nations League loss'”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: The lowest possible state in one’s life, whether mentally, socially, or otherwise; often, a period of extreme mental stress, homelessness, or rejection by all friends and family.
Derived terms: word: hit rock bottom
word: reach rock bottom
sense: verbal form
word: rock-bottom
Related terms: at bottom
bottom dollar
garnishee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡɑɹnɪˈʃiː/
Forms: form: garnishees
Etymology: From garnish + -ee.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The person whose money is garnished.
Derived terms: garnisheement
Related terms: garnishor
garnishee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɡɑɹnɪˈʃiː/
Forms: form: garnishees
form: garnisheeing
form: garnisheed
form: garnisheed
Etymology: From garnish + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Her bank account was garnisheed to pay an outstanding tax debt.
topics: law
glosses: To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnish.
submarine sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submarine sandwiches
Etymology: US ante-1940. From its resemblance to a submarine.
Senses: examples: text: "Well, honey, you can have spaghetti and meat balls," said the girl. "But why don't you order a submarine sandwich? My, that's good! Mmm."
"What is a submarine sandwich?"
"Well, a submarine sandwich comes two ways, the 15¢ one is seven inches long, and for a quarter you get one twelve inches long—"
ref: 1942, Ludwig Bemelmans, “Vacation”, in I Love You, I Love You, I Love You!, New York: Viking Press, pages 147–148:
glosses: A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll split lengthwise.
Synonyms: word: sub
word: sub sandwich
word: submarine
english: Buffalo
translation: Buffalo
word: bomber
english: Miami
translation: Miami
word: Cuban sandwich
english: Madison, Wisconsin
translation: Madison, Wisconsin
word: garibaldi
word: grinder
word: hero sandwich
word: hero
word: hoagie
word: hoggie
word: Italian sandwich
word: Italian
english: New Orleans
translation: New Orleans
word: musalatta
word: poor boy
word: po' boy
word: poboy
english: Cheyenne
translation: Cheyenne
word: rocket
word: spuckie
word: torpedo
word: wedge
english: Westchester
translation: Westchester
word: wedgie
english: Norristown
translation: Norristown
word: zeppelin
Hypernyms: sandwich
fur burger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fur burgers
Senses: examples: text: Oh you haven't lived till you've had a nibble on a fur burger!
ref: 2001 August 16, John Duffey, reply in "She will be mine...", alt.babylon5.uk http://groups.google.com/group/alt.babylon5.uk/browse_thread/thread/6e8822e3fbfe55d9/afd6b1ea25897fe9?lnk=st&q=%22fur-burger%22&rnum=120#afd6b1ea25897fe9
text: Tonight I want to eat your fur-burger and I do not care about getting glazed
ref: 2002, Elvis F. Mitchell, The Voices of the Oppressed, iUniverse, page 85
text: Now, slowly and not to obviously, you cross your legs and give them a quick glance at your little fur-burger.
ref: 2007, Karl Rockwood, The Very Private Secretary, Blackmask Online, page 95
glosses: An unshaven, hairy vulva.
raw_tags: in the context of cunnilingus
Synonyms: fur pie
hair pie
mooing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of moo
mooing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mooings
Senses: examples: text: Her piteous mooings caught the ear of a hungry old he-bear which was hunting in the woods near by.
ref: 1920, Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, Hoof and claw:
glosses: The action of the verb moo; a mooing sound.
mooing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Very rare.
raw_tags: of a steak
Synonyms: lowing
rutted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʌtɪd/
rhymes: -ʌtɪd
Etymology: From rut + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rut
rutted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʌtɪd/
rhymes: -ʌtɪd
Forms: form: more rutted
form: most rutted
Etymology: From rut + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: It was as much as part of her days as stale bread and the blisters on her toes after a long day of walking the hard, rutted road.
ref: 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 413:
glosses: Marked or grooved with ruts.
raw_tags: of a road etc
tertium quid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tertium quids
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tertium quid (“third thing”).
Senses: glosses: Something intermediate between two classifications.
examples: text: Once upon a time there was a Man and his Wife and a Tertium Quid.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, At the Pit's Mouth:
glosses: A third party in a situation, such as one who comes between two potential romantic partners; a "gooseberry" or "third wheel".
Related terms: secundum quid
tokhes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tokheses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tuchus.
antinephritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + nephritic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys.
antinephritic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antinephritics
Etymology: From anti- + nephritic.
Senses: glosses: An antinephritic remedy.
antiperistalsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiperistalses
Etymology: From anti- + peristalsis.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: reversed peristalsis
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: peristalsis occurring in the opposite direction of the way it typically occurs
antipathetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæntɪpəˈθɛtɪk/
Forms: form: more antipathetic
form: most antipathetic
Etymology: From Latin antipatheticus.
Senses: glosses: Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance.
glosses: Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic.
glosses: Causing a feeling of antipathy; repugnant.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Not easily united by grafting.
Synonyms: word: antipathic
word: antipathical
word: antipathetical
word: antipathous
Derived terms: antipathetical
antipathetically
antipatheticalness
casus foederis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkeɪ.səs ˈfiː.də.ɹɪs/
Etymology: From Latin casus (“case”) + foederis, genitive of foedus (“treaty”).
Senses: glosses: A situation covered by the terms of an international treaty (or similar understanding), and which consequently requires action from the parties involved.
mohair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmoʊhɛɹ/
ipa: /ˈməʊhɛə/
Forms: form: mohairs
Etymology: Earlier mocayre, from Middle French mocayart and Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, both from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”), past participle of خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara, “to choose”). Form influenced by hair through folk etymology. Doublet of moire; compare mockado.
Senses: glosses: Yarn or fabric made from the hair of the angora goat, often as mixed with cotton or other materials.
glosses: The long, fine hair of the Angora goat.
examples: text: mohair goat, mohair kid
glosses: An Angora goat.
A level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A levels
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of A-level.
colder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊldə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cold: more cold
resources
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹi.sɔɹsɪz/
ipa: /ɹɪˈzɔɹsɪz/
ipa: /ˌɹiˈzɔɹsɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of resource
resources
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹi.sɔɹsɪz/
ipa: /ɹɪˈzɔɹsɪz/
ipa: /ˌɹiˈzɔɹsɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resource
coldest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cold: most cold
capabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capability
consumes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of consume
comparatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comparative
poontang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːntæŋ/
Forms: form: poontangs
form: pootang
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Likely from French putain (“prostitute”). Compare Jamaican Creole punani (“female genitalia”); also Tagalog putang ina (“contemptible person”, literally “prostitute-mother”) from Spanish puta (“prostitute”).
Senses: glosses: Female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.
examples: text: That must have been some poontang you got last night.
ref: 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 193:
glosses: Sexual intercourse with a woman.
glosses: A woman, especially when discussed from a heavily sexualized, sexist, and misogynist perspective.
Synonyms: sense: vulgar: female genitalia
word: poon
word: tang
word: punani
word: cooch
word: coochie
word: clam
word: vagina and Thesaurus:vulva
word: poon
word: pussy
word: ass
word: tail
pyknic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭkʹ-nĭk
ipa: /ˈpɪknɪk/
rhymes: -ɪknɪk
homophone: picnic
Forms: form: more pyknic
form: most pyknic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “thick”) + -ic, as a calque of German pyknisch.
Senses: examples: text: For example, in the demographic profile published by the Direktorat Bina Masyarakat Terasing (1990), the surveyed populations are each typologized according to a seemingly scientific code relating to such characteristics as: F Bodily characteristics (F₁ Generally athletic, tall, upstanding / F₂ Generally pyknic, slender, medium / F₃ Generally short, fat, small)[…]
ref: 2002 August 26, Geoffrey Benjamin, “On Being Tribal in the Malay World”, in Geoffrey Benjamin, Cynthia Chou, editors, Tribal Communities in the Malay World: Historical, Cultural and Social Perspectives, ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: short and stout; endomorphic
pyknic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭkʹ-nĭk
ipa: /ˈpɪknɪk/
rhymes: -ɪknɪk
homophone: picnic
Forms: form: pyknics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “thick”) + -ic, as a calque of German pyknisch.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A short, thickset person characterised by thick neck, large abdomen and relatively short limbs; an endomorph.
Related terms: pyknon
taxine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taxines
Etymology: Taxus + -ine
Senses: glosses: Any of several poisonous alkaloids that may be extracted from the leaves and seeds of the yew tree (Taxus baccata)
bicuspid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪˈkʌspɪd/
Etymology: From bi- + cuspid.
Senses: glosses: Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.
Derived terms: bicuspid valve
pseudobicuspid
Related terms: tricuspid
bicuspid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪˈkʌspɪd/
Forms: form: bicuspids
Etymology: From bi- + cuspid.
Senses: glosses: A tooth with two cusps; a premolar tooth.
Synonyms: sense: a tooth
word: premolar
rugal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: folded
Related terms: rugose
schoolfellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schoolfellows
Etymology: From school + fellow.
Senses: examples: text: My brothers were considerably younger than myself; but I had a friend in one of my schoolfellows, who compensated for this deficiency.
ref: 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 48:
text: “You listened to what your two schoolfellows were saying about you.”
ref: 1952, C. S. Lewis, chapter 10, in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Collins, published 1998:
glosses: Synonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.
synonyms: word: schoolmate
extra: a student at the same school
sealskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsilˌskɪn/
Forms: form: sealskins
form: seal-skin
Etymology: From seal + skin.
Senses: glosses: A type of fabric made from the skin of seals.
glosses: Any fabric manufactured to resemble sealskin.
glosses: An item of clothing made from sealskin (whether real or imitation).
Hyponyms: skin
Derived terms: sealskinned
sealskin cloth
sealskin tent
sea wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea wolves
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of seawolf.
quantize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: quantizes
form: quantizing
form: quantized
form: quantized
form: quantise
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: To approximate a continuously varying signal by one whose amplitude can only have a set of discrete values
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To shift each beat in a rhythmic pattern to the nearest beat of a given resolution (eighth note, sixteenth note, etc.), or to adjust the frequency or pitch of a note to the nearest perfect tone in a given musical scale
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To associate a given set of numbers with a set of numeric values in another encoding or numerical system (e.g. in a discrete mathematics).
Derived terms: quantization
soda machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda machines
Senses: glosses: A vending machine that dispenses soft drinks.
prosecution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹɒs.ɪˈkjuː.ʃən/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˌpɹɑ.sɪˈkju.ʃən/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˌpɹɒs.ɪˈkju.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɹɔs.ɪˈkjʉː.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɹɒs.əˈkjʉː.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɹɔ̟s.əˈkjʉː.ʃən/
Forms: form: prosecutions
Etymology: Equivalent to prosecute + -ion, from Middle French prosecution, from Late Latin prōsecutio, from Latin prōsequor (“follow, pursue”), from pro- (“onward”) + sequor (“follow”) (English sequel). Compare persecution, and see more at prosecute.
Senses: examples: text: The prosecution of the war fell to Winston Churchill.
text: Many apartheid perpetrators escaped prosecution for their persecution of black Africans and political dissidents.
glosses: The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
examples: text: Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability: […] it is a black spot which all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off.
ref: 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
text: The justices declared that the statute does not establish a age of consent, and declared that in future prosecutions of persons charged with "indecent assault and battery" the state will have to prove that the alleged victim did not consent to the act.
ref: 1983 December 10, Larry Goldsmith, “Massachusetts Court Rules on Age of Consent”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 1:
topics: law
glosses: The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
examples: text: The prosecution case was that the men forced the sisters to strip, threw their clothes over the bridge, then raped them and participated in forcing them to jump into the river to their deaths. As he walked off the bridge, Clemons was alleged to have said: "We threw them off. Let's go."
ref: 2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian:
topics: law
glosses: The prosecuting party.
examples: text: Backed by public outrage, the prosecution requested the death penalty to be imposed on the murderer.
topics: law
glosses: In many countries, a legal body and institution, usually part of the state apparatus, empowered to perform prosecution. Prosecutor's Office. See Prosecutor.
Derived terms: criminal prosecution
deferred prosecution agreement
malicious prosecution
prosecution association
prosecution history
Related terms: persecution
prosecute
sequence
Narvik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈnɑː(ɹ)vɪk/
Etymology: Originally a Norwegian farm name; from Old Norse Knarravík or *Njarðarvík
Senses: examples: text: In the early spring the war took on a new aspect with the German invasions of Denmark and Norway on April 9, hinging largely on the export of iron ore from the Norwegian Atlantic port of Narvik, at the western end of the Swedish Lapland iron ore railway.
ref: 1940 December, “Railways and the War—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 629:
glosses: A town and municipality in Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway.
Saltdal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Nordland, Norway.
Vefsn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Vefsn.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Nordland, Norway.
Vega
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈveɪɡə/
homophone: vega
Etymology: From Medieval Latin, from Arabic وَاقِع (wāqiʕ, “falling”), from the expression النَّسْر الوَاقِع (an-nasr al-wāqiʕ, “falling eagle”). The active participle وَاقِع (wāqiʕ) derives from the verb وَقَعَ (waqaʕa, “fall, drop, tumble, alight, pounce”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The brightest star in the constellation Lyra; Alpha (α) Lyrae. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
Derived terms: Vegan
Vega
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈveɪɡə/
homophone: vega
Forms: form: Vegas
Etymology: From Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Oldham County, Texas, United States.
Vega
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈveɪɡə/
homophone: vega
Forms: form: Vegas
Etymology: From Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”).
Senses: glosses: An automobile that was manufactured by Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Corporation from 1970 to 1977.
Dovre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Oppland.
Gjøvik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, by the western shore of the lake Mjøsa; formerly part of the county of Oppland.
Lesja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality and village therein, in Innlandet county, Norway.
Lom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Related to Rom and Dom.
Senses: glosses: A nomadic people related to the Rom and Dom, with origins in India, who reside in Transcaucasia; Caucasian Gypsies.
Synonyms: word: Bosha
Lom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bulgarian Лом (Lom).
Senses: glosses: A town in northwestern Bulgaria.
Lunner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Akershus, Norway.
Nord-Aurdal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Innlandet, Norway.
Ringebu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Oppland.
Søndre Land
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Innlandet, Norway.
Vang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vangs
Etymology: * As a North Germanic surname, from derivatives of Old Norse vangr (“field”) (such as modern Swedish vång).
* As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Wang.
* As a Hmong surname, from White Hmong Vaj, White Hmong Vaaj, or Khmer វ៉ាង (vaang).
Senses: glosses: A Hmong surname from the Hmong languages of Chinese origin.
glosses: A Hmong surname from Khmer
Vågå
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Vågå.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Innlandet, Norway.
Haugesund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.
Karmøy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality and island of Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway.
Lund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʊnd/
ipa: /lʌnd/
rhymes: -ʊnd
rhymes: -ʌnd
Forms: form: Lunds
Etymology: * As an English, German, and North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lundr (“grove”).
* Also as a German surname, from Lunden in Dithmarschen, itself possibly borrowed from Danish lund (“little forest”) or lunn (“survey”).
Senses: glosses: A placename
An unincorporated village in the Regional District of qathet, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A placename
A municipality of Rogaland county, Norway.
glosses: A placename
A borough and district of the city of Kristiansand, Agder county, Norway, formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder.
glosses: A placename
A village in the municipality of Namsos, Trøndelag county, Norway.
glosses: A placename
A community in Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden.
glosses: A placename
A city and municipality of Skåne County, in southern Sweden.
glosses: A placename
A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9748).
glosses: A placename
A hamlet in Cliffe parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6532).
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, United States.
glosses: A placename
A small town and census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Travis County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated village in Iron County, Utah, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Pepin County and Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A surname.
Sandnes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.
Stavanger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Norwegian Stavanger, from Old Norse Stafangr (literally “staff bay”).
Senses: examples: text: For many years, Oslo had no railway communication with Bergen and Stavanger, the principal seaports on the south-west coast.
ref: 1956 April, H. A. Vallance, “To Oslo via Stavanger”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:
glosses: A city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.
excretory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From excrete + -ory.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to excretion.
Derived terms: excretorily
excretory system
excretory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excretories
Etymology: From excrete + -ory.
Senses: glosses: A duct that helps to receive and excrete matter.
Fjaler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Vestland, Norway, previously in Sogn og Fjordane.
Luster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lusters
Etymology: Borrowed from German Luster or, possibly, a variant of Lester.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Vik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Viktor and Vikram.
Vik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Viks
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
Roan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊ.ən/
/ˈɹoʊn/
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Roan' was 26 years old, in good health, kept her house, and was faithful in the discharge of her duties as a wife.
ref: 1922, The Southwestern Reporter, volume 241, page 251
glosses: A surname
Bright's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Dr Richard Bright.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any of several diseases of the kidney characterized by inflammation, and the presence of albumin in the urine; nephritis.
wikipedia: Richard Bright
Trondheim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɒndhaɪm/
/ˈtɹɒndheɪm/
Forms: form: Throndham
Etymology: From Norwegian Trondheim, from Old Norse Þróndheimr. Doublet of Throndham and Throwendham. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trew(H)- (“to nourish, to grow”), thus referring to the unusual warm-summer climate of this inland fjord. Compare Old English þryþ.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality in Trøndelag county (formerly Sør-Trøndelag), Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.
Drangedal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway.
Kragerø
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway.
Notodden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway.
Skien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway.
Tokke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Tokke.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Telemark, Norway.
Tromsø
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tromso
Etymology: From the Norwegian Tromsø.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of Troms og Finnmark, Norway. The eighth-largest city in Norway.
Audnedal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A railway station and former municipality, now in Lyngdal municipality, Agder county, Norway.
wikipedia: + station
Audnedal
Flekkefjord
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town with bystatus and municipality in Agder county, Norway, formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder.
Kristiansand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality in Agder county, Norway, formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder.
Kvinesdal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Agder, Norway.
Marnardal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A railway station and former municipality, now in Lindesnes municipality, Agder county, Norway.
wikipedia: + Station
Marnardal
ACID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: SQLite relies on native file locking and page journaling to implement ACID properties.
ref: 2007, Sibsankar Haldar, Inside SQLite, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 31:
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability, a set of properties that guarantee database transactions are processed reliably.
Black Friday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Black Fridays
Etymology: From black (“bad; ill-omened; marked by disaster”). Friday is an ill-omened day according to ancient superstition, so a Friday that was darkened by another ill-omen (such as being the 13th) or an actual disaster became known as "Black Friday". Philadelphia police applied the term to the day after Thanksgiving because the large number of people out shopping made traffic chaotic. Later, PR efforts purposely invented the incorrect, more positive "etymology" (which is a very popular urban legend and false etymology that was even in Wiktionary from 2008 to 2015) that the name was given because this day is supposedly the first day of the year on which retailers typically posted profits ('in the black') rather than losses ('in the red').
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Friday the thirteenth (“a Friday falling on the 13th day of the month (and therefore doubly ill-omened)”).
synonyms: word: Friday the thirteenth
extra: (“a Friday falling on the 13th day of the month (and therefore doubly ill-omened)”)
glosses: Good Friday, the Friday before Easter.
glosses: Any Friday literally or figuratively darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Any Friday literally or figuratively darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof.
The conclusion of United States v. Scheinberg in 15 April 2011, after which major online poker sites stopped offering real money play to their United States customers.
topics: business
commerce
retailing
coordinate_terms: Cyber Monday
glosses: The day after US Thanksgiving Day, generally regarded as the first day of the Christmas season, and the busiest shopping day of the year. Observed in the US, Canada, and more recently to an extent, the UK.
glosses: The sales period involving heavy price reductions immediately following US Thanksgiving Day, from Friday (the original Black Friday) through Monday (Cyber Monday).
Coordinate terms: Black Monday
Black Tuesday
Black Thursday
Related terms: boxing day
substantia nigra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: substantiae nigrae
form: substantia nigras
Etymology: Scientific Latin, from substantia (“substance”) + nigra (“black”).
Senses: examples: text: Their location was established in the 1950s as the substantia nigra, a layer of grey matter in the midbrain.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 551:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A brain structure located in the mesencephalon (midbrain) that plays an important role in reward, addiction, and movement, damage to which occurs in Parkinson's and Parkinsonian patients.
Synonyms: SN
Meronyms: sense: midbrain brain structure
word: pars compacta
sense: midbrain brain structure
word: pars reticulata
Derived terms: nigral
dopaminergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdow.pəmɪˈnɜː(ɹ)dʒɪk/
Etymology: From dopamine + -ergic.
Senses: examples: text: The nucleus accumbens is one of the most studied nuclei in the dopaminergic system.
glosses: Containing, involving, or transmitting dopamine; involving dopamine receptor agonism.
Coordinate terms: glutamatergic
serotonergic
Derived terms: antidopaminergic
dopaminergically
hyperdopaminergic
hypodopaminergic
nondopaminergic
Related terms: dopaminelike
dopaminergic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdow.pəmɪˈnɜː(ɹ)dʒɪk/
Forms: form: dopaminergics
Etymology: From dopamine + -ergic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any substance that affects the production of dopamine or is a dopamine receptor agonist.
nucleus accumbens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A dopaminergic nucleus found near the most anterior portion of the caudate nucleus. It is connected to the ventral tegmental area and the prefrontal cortex and is the primary nucleus thought to be involved with addiction.
Synonyms: NAC
NAc
NAcc
nuclei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuː.kli.aɪ/
ipa: /ˈnuːkli.aɪ/
Forms: form: nucleuses
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleus
garderobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑːdɹəʊb/
ipa: /ˈɡɑɹdɹoʊb/
Forms: form: garderobes
form: garde-robe
Etymology: From Middle English garderobe, from Middle French garderobe (from garder (“to keep safe”) + robe (“dress”)). Doublet of wardrobe.
Senses: glosses: A storeroom or wardrobe.
examples: text: He splashed some tepid water on his face from the basin beside his bed and took his time squatting in the garderobe, the night air cold on his bare skin.
ref: 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 444:
text: In the early medieval period (1066-1300), the solution in huge stone castles was garderobes: small rooms that jutted out over the walls with a hole covered by a seat. Castle builders tried to site garderobes over a stream or a moat, but this was not always possible.
ref: 2000, Alan Brooks-Tyreman, Jane Shuter, Kate Smith, Britain, 1066-1500, Heinemann Educational, page 30:
text: Even with the seat, most garderobes in castles did not encourage long stays.[…]Despite the unappealing and unsanitary nature of garderobe shafts, besieging forces on more than one occasion successfully entered castles by having men climb up the shafts.
ref: 2001, Paul B. Newman, Daily Life in the Middle Ages, McFarland & Company, page 144:
glosses: A lavatory, especially in a castle and built into the outer wall, with vent directly over the moat or midden.
Related terms: reredorter
Teutonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Teutonisms
Etymology: From Teuton + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The German character or way of life.
glosses: A German figure of speech; a German word or idiom (especially if borrowed into another language): a Germanism.
tetraploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τετραπλός (tetraplós) + Ancient Greek είδος (eídos), equivalent to tetra- + -ploid.
Senses: examples: text: In potato, crosses between the tetraploid cultivated species Solanum tuberosum, and some clones of the diploid wild-type species S. phureja, constitute a method of producing maternal dihaploids.
ref: 1998, C. Horlow, C. Raquin, “A Critical Analysis of Existing Haploidization Techniques”, in Y[ves] Chupeau, M[ichel] Caboche, Y[ves] Henry, editors, Androgenesis and Haploid Plants: […] In Memory of Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 14:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having four sets of chromosomes.
Derived terms: tetraploidy
tetraploid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetraploids
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τετραπλός (tetraplós) + Ancient Greek είδος (eídos), equivalent to tetra- + -ploid.
Senses: glosses: A tetraploid cell.
examples: text: The variation of caryopsis characters in species of Aegilops and wheat diploids is similar to that of wheat tetraploids .
ref: 1995, Romuald Kosina, Tetraploids of the Genus Triticum in the Light of Caryopsis Structure:
glosses: A tetraploid organism.
Derived terms: autotetraploid
heterotetraploid
Related terms: diploid
polyploid
terracotta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛɹ.əˈkɒt.ə/
ipa: /ˌtɛɹ.əˈkɑt.ə/
Forms: form: terracottas
form: terra cotta
form: terra-cotta
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian terra (“earth”) + cotta (“baked”).
Senses: glosses: A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction.
glosses: A reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta.
terracotta
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛɹ.əˈkɒt.ə/
ipa: /ˌtɛɹ.əˈkɑt.ə/
Forms: form: terra cotta
form: terra-cotta
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian terra (“earth”) + cotta (“baked”).
Senses: examples: text: A dull red or terracotta brown is far better, and sets off the foliage of Palms or Ferns to greater advantage.
ref: 1892 June 18, F. W. B., “Why Paint a Greenhouse White?”, in The Garden, volume 41, page 569:
text: She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Dangerous Lady”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 36:
text: But let's not judge them by the content of their character. Let's judge them by the colour of their skin, which is terracotta.
ref: 2012 July 1, Charlie Brooker, “The cast of Geordie Shore are the noblest people in Britain today”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of the colour of terracotta.
Related terms: word: haniwa
english: the Terra Cotta Warriors
translation: the Terra Cotta Warriors
word: Xi'an
terra cotta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terra cottas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of terracotta.
tenesmus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɪˈnɛz.məs/
Forms: form: tenesmuses
Etymology: Borrowing from Medieval Latin tēnesmus, from Ancient Greek τεινεσμός (teinesmós, “vain endeavor to evacuate”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch, to pull tight”) + -εσμός (-esmós, nominal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The general complaints of disease among us, were a dizziness in the head, great weakness of the joints, and violent tenesmus, most of us having had no evacuation by stool since we left the ship.
ref: 1790, William Bligh, A Narrative of the Mutiny:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A continual or recurrent but ineffectual inclination to evacuate the bowels, caused by disorder of the rectum or other illness.
Derived terms: tenesmic
Taser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tasers
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of taser.
Taser
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Tasers
form: Tasering
form: Tasered
form: Tasered
Senses: examples: text: "In one incident, a large, vicious dog was coming at an officer and he was able to Taser the dog rather than shoot it," Llewellyn said.
ref: 2008 April 2, Jenny May, “Mentor police will purchase”, in Cleveland News-Herald, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2009:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of taser.
gurney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)ni
Forms: form: gurneys
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from Gurney cab, a type of horse-drawn cab on wheels named after Theodore Gurney, the US inventor credited with creating and patenting it in about 1883. For the surname, see Gurney.
Senses: examples: text: The death row convict was strapped into the gurney in order to be given the lethal injection.
text: Yet her vision has narrowed strangely (good, for she was in a medical facility, if she were having a hemorrhage or a stroke it could not be happening at a more convenient time) so that she was able to see little in the fluorescent-lit space except the man who lay motionless on a gurney beneath the strongest of the lights.
ref: 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 22:
text: I’m pretty sure I didn’t actively steer towards the tree, but… I don’t know. I just remember that wave of despair and then the EMTs pulling me out of the car and putting me on a gurney.
ref: 2005, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, Number 506: The Talk, Part 7
synonyms: trolley
glosses: A stretcher having wheeled legs.
tapping up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Making an approach to a player, under contract to another club, in order to attempt to negotiate a transfer.
raw_tags: of a rival football club
tap up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: taps up
form: tapping up
form: tapped up
form: tapped up
Senses: examples: text: In earlier years, the intelligence services would often recruit agents by tapping them up.
glosses: To make a specific approach to a person considered to be suitable for a professional position.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: word: tamper
glosses: To make an approach to a player, under contract to another club, in order to attempt to negotiate a transfer.
Related terms: tortious interference