cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Tonelli's theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Italian mathematician Leonida Tonelli.
Senses: qualifier: functional analysis
glosses: A fundamental result on the weak lower semicontinuity of nonlinear functionals on Lᵖ spaces.
topics: mathematics
measure-theory
sciences
glosses: A successor of Fubini's theorem.
people sit on chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Coined by TV Tropes.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: When a common occurrence in media is misbelieved to be a trope.
Related terms: Captain Obvious
fork found in kitchen
is the Pope Catholic
water is wet
pericentral cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pericentral cells
Senses: glosses: Synonym of auxiliary cell.
synonyms: word: auxiliary cell
traffic police
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Related terms: highway patrol
Ivankiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ivănʹkiv
enpr: ivăngʹkiv
ipa: /iˈvankiv/
ipa: /iˈvaŋkiv/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Іва́ньків (Ivánʹkiv). Compare Ivańkaŭ.
Senses: glosses: A village in Bobrytsia rural hromada, Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, founded in the late fifteenth century.
glosses: A village in Ponornytsia settlement hromada, Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
glycosic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to glucose.
Iron Dome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Hebrew כיפת ברזל (kipát barzél).
Senses: glosses: An Israeli defense system against short-range rockets.
semesterisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semesterization
Senses: examples: text: Extra-curricular activities in Galway have also taken a body blow with the recent introduction of a semesterisation system into the Arts faculty. This American-inspired structure means second and third year students sit exams shortly after Christmas and in May/June.
ref: 1988 August 29, Eilis Ward, “Changing times in the West”, in The Irish Times, Dublin, page 17 (Lifestyles Supplement: Going to College):
text: Semesterisation, for those unfamiliar with such matters, is the division of the academic year into two equal periods, called semesters. Semesterisation's "fellow-traveller" is modularisation, the division of a subject into components or modules. A certain number of modules are taken each semester and are examined at the end of the semester.
ref: 1997 March 18, John Connolly, “Colleges still trying to do things by halves”, in The Irish Times, Dublin, page 4 (Education & Living):
text: The move to semesterisation has the potential to allow faster degree routes for students. Three semesters can be fitted into one academic year and thereby facilitate two-year degree programmes.
ref: 2006, Dorothy Moss, Gender, Space and Time: Women and Higher Education, Lexington, →ISBN, page 158:
text: Semesterisation will result in a more even distribution of the student workload where exams will happen before Christmas and before the summer meaning that modules can be wholly taught and assessed in a single teaching period.
ref: 2014 June 13, “Semesterisation sees early start for UCC students”, in UCC News Archive^(https://www.ucc.ie/en/news/archive/2014andbeyond/2014-(jan-june)/semesterisation-sees-early-start-for-ucc-students.html), University College Cork:
topics: education
glosses: The division of the academic year into (typically two) semesters with exams after each, as opposed to (typically three) terms with exams only after the final term of the year
Related terms: modularisation
course credit
calcisphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calcispheres
Senses: glosses: calcareous cysts produced by some dinoflagellates
calcispheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calcisphere
Mrs. Jones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] to the "Mrs. Jones," as they called it. Obviously they had gone together for courage, and no one thought any more about it until suddenly they both started screaming. The toilet was not far from the house […]
ref: 1961, Jan S. Doward, They Came to Wrong Way Home (page 58)
glosses: An outhouse; a toilet.
Jones plug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jones plugs
Senses: glosses: A kind of multiway electrical connector.
Jones plugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jones plug
0wn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: 0wns
form: 0wning
form: 0wned
form: 0wned
Senses: examples: text: It's Easier to Get “0wned” Than You Think.
ref: 2009, John Viega, The Myths of Security, page 9:
text: Are You 0wned?
Bridging the Gaps
Real Life Solutions: One of my very first cases was a woman who was being impersonated online by her ex-boyfriend.
ref: 2011, James Steele, Anthony Reyes, Richard Brittson, Cyber Crime Investigations (page 8)
qualifier: computer security
glosses: Alternative form of own (“illicitly take control of a computer system”).
examples: text: Our clan will 0wn j00!
glosses: Alternative form of own (“defeat or dominate”).
0wned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of 0wn
0wning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of 0wn
0wns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of 0wn
upset the pot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upsets the pot
form: upsetting the pot
form: upset the pot
form: upset the pot
Senses: examples: text: Your horse Prince Henry, the fellow that nearly upset the pot at Kempton, was well in the Lincoln Handicap.
ref: 1897, Nat Gould, Not So Bad After All, page 126:
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: To beat the favourite in a race.
dead man's penny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead man's pennies
form: dead men's pennies
Senses: examples: text: Nonetheless, the "Dead Man's Pennies" in private or public collections, museums and national archives, are a constant reminder of the ultimate price paid by the men and women of the armed services during the Great War of 1914–1918
ref: 2008, Denny Neave, Soldiers' Tales: A Collection of True Stories from Aussie Soldiers, →ISBN:
text: Individual memories could be served by medals, commemorative plaques—such as the 'dead man's penny' issued in Britain—or honour scrolls.
ref: 2014, Ian F. W. Bennett, The Great War, →ISBN, page 616:
text: One woman in London's East End had thirteen sets of medals and thirteen dead men's pennies on display in her front window by the end of the war.
ref: 2018, Neil Oliver, Not Forgotten: The Great War and Our Modern Memory, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of death penny.
synonyms: word: death penny
hetslop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛtslɒp/
ipa: /ˈhɛtslɑp/
Etymology: het + slop (“low-value content”).
Senses: coordinate_terms: fagslop
qualifier: LGBTQ slang
glosses: Straight erotic or romantic content.
jaffling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jaffle
jaffled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jaffle
gayslop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: gay (“homosexual”) + slop (“low-value content”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fagslop.
synonyms: word: fagslop
any the wiser
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Knowing or understanding more about something; acquiring a deeper or more thorough understanding.
Erhlitou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 二里頭 (Èrlǐtóu), Wade–Giles romanization: Êrh⁴-li³-tʻou².
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Erlitou.
skin cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skin cells
Senses: topics: biology
dermatology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A specialized cell that constitutes the skin, primarily located in the epidermis.
skin cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skin cell
Qiezihe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 茄子河.
Senses: glosses: A district of Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China.
stem borer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stem borers
form: stemborer
Etymology: From stem + borer.
Senses: examples: text: The Manitoba maple was subject to a stem-borer which destroyed its growing tips, and in any case it had a diffuse, shrubby growth which never concentrated naturally into a single trunk.
ref: 1972, James M. Minifie, Homesteader, A Prairie Boyhood Recalled, page 121:
glosses: Any insect larva, or arthropod, that bores into plant stems.
stem borers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stem borer
fruzz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹʌz/
rhymes: -ʌz
Forms: form: fruzz
Etymology: From the English word freshman combined with the English slang term huzz
Senses: glosses: A slang term (derived from the social media app TikTok) that combines the word freshman and the term huzz. This is used to describe a girl (usually in a derogatory way, such as whore or hoe) who is a freshman in high school. This is normally used as satire or dark humor.
Synonyms: huzz
girl
Related terms: huzz
cuzz
Taoshan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 桃山 (Táoshān).
Senses: glosses: A district of Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China.
left hook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: left hooks
Senses: examples: text: I hit Stephens with a left hook followed by a looping right hand and a pulverizing left hook that caught him right on the button.
ref: 2000, Ken Norton, Marshall Terrill, Mike Fitzgerald, Joe Frazier (contributor), Going the Distance, page 160:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A powerful punch thrown with the left hand, typically after a jab or a straight punch.
left hooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of left hook
El Mourouj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Arabic المروج
Senses: glosses: A town and commune in the southern suburbs of Tunis in the Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia.
kitchen sink realism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
entertainment
lifestyle
media
television
theater
synonyms: kitchen sink drama
glosses: A British cultural movement that emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s, characterized by its depiction of the gritty, often bleak, realities of working-class life.
kitchen sink drama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitchen sink dramas
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kitchen sink realism.
synonyms: word: kitchen sink realism
glosses: An individual work of kitchen sink realism.
El Minya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic الْمِنْيَا (al-minyā).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Minya (“place in Upper Egypt”).
synonyms: word: Minya
extra: place in Upper Egypt
kitchen sink dramas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kitchen sink drama
concession stand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concession stands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of concessions stand.
concession stands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concession stand
rocking horse effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocking horse effects
Senses: synonyms: rocking horse phenomenon
glosses: A problem with shoulder replacements, in which the head of the humerus rotates and translates back and forth on the glenoid socket.
rocking horse phenomenon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocking horse phenomena
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rocking horse effect.
synonyms: word: rocking horse effect
grammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grammer
drying green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drying greens
Senses: glosses: A communal area attached to a tenement building, consisting of clothes lines and usually a grass surface, used primarily for the drying of clothes and sometimes also for recreational activities.
chenopody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chenopodies
Senses: glosses: A goosefoot
'grammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'grammer
body pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: body packs
Senses: glosses: A set of beauty products for the body (excluding the face)
flax dodder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Cuscuta epilinum
vine moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vine moths
Senses: glosses: Eupoecilia ambiguella, a pest of grapevines
soliloqual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sɒˈlɪ.ləʊ.kwəl/
Etymology: From soliloquy + -al.
Senses: examples: text: She went limp, hid her face, swayed, sank to one knee, and filled the whole width of the narrow passage with arms and draperies, the meanwhile breaking into a laugh so wholly soliloqual that the two players became learners.
ref: 1914, George Washington Cable, chapter XXVIII, in Gideon's band; a tale of the Mississippi, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 188:
text: He often stood in the doorway in the morning stretching his arms, scratching his beard and judging the day’s weather, but today he was reminiscent and a soliloqual inner voice retraced his past, weighing life’s successes and failures in the way he saw things.
ref: 2001, David M. Besaw, chapter 3, in Joshua, Trafford Publishing, page 21:
glosses: speaking to oneself
chilicote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Erythrina flabelliformis
laurel dodder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laurel dodders
Senses: glosses: A plant of the genus Cassytha.
devil's twine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Either of two Australian plants, Cassytha glabella or Cassytha pubescens.
sea sorrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea sorrels
Etymology: Calque of French oseille de mer
Senses: glosses: acidweed
portia tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portia trees
Senses: synonyms: Pacific rosewood
Indian tulip tree
milo
glosses: A flowering plant of the species Thespesia populnea.
subcategorisand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcategorisands
Etymology: From subcategorise + -and.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subcategorizand.
trukes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truke.
chemioautotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + auto + -trophic.
Senses: topics: bacteriology
biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An organism that uses an inorganic carbon source and an inorganic electron/energy source.
L-head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: L-heads
Etymology: Called so because the combustion chamber forms an approximately L-shaped space (in profile).
Senses: hypernyms: side valve
coordinate_terms: T-head
glosses: The usual type of side valve arrangement.
boomshoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boomshoots
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of boomer shooter.
hull loss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hull losses
Etymology: Borrowed from nautical terminology.
Senses: examples: text: The Marshall University plane crash was an all-fatal, horrific hull loss.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An accident that damages an aircraft beyond economic repair.
Adelene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Adeline (“female given name”).
tightrope-walkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tightrope-walker
RMAS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
WCED
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of World Commission on Environment and Development.
glosses: Initialism of Western Cape Education Department.
high-wire-walker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high-wire-walkers
Senses: examples: text: A high-wire-walker appeared on our streets last Thursday afternoon and performed some wonderful feats on a small wire cable stretched across Chestnut street, from the top of Leonard Smith’s block, occupied by the Union Drug Store of Denniston, Reinardy & Co to the top of Wheeler’s three-story block over the Free Press office.
ref: 1890 May 14, “Local Jottings”, in W[illia]m A. Colby, editor, Burlington Free Press, volume XI, number 29, Burlington, Wis.: Wm. A. Colby, →OCLC, page [4], column 3:
text: Fiercely protective and lavishly generous with his family and his close circle of friends, the soft-spoken Cablevision chairman pursues his goals with a self-made man’s stubbornness, a chess master’s patience and a high-wire-walker’s tolerance for risk.
ref: 1997 March 16, William B. Falk, Elizabeth Sanger, “Cable’s Ace: Patriarch [Charles] Dolan has given empire a firm foundation”, in Newsday, New York, N.Y.: Newsday, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A8, column 3:
text: You never know if this might be the night that the high-wire-walker loses his balance and fails to recover.
ref: 2017 February 3, Théoden Janes, “Go see the circus, one last time”, in The Charlotte Observer, volume 148, number 34, Charlotte, N.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11C, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of highwire walker.
high-wire-walkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high-wire-walker
highwire-walker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highwire-walkers
Senses: examples: text: Joe E. Brown guides viewers through the Bertram Mills Circus of London, England, in “All Star Circus” Saturday, March 25 on NBC-TV. Here he is shown with highwire-walker Josephine Berosini as she prepares for her act.
ref: 1961 March 4, “Circus Time Again”, in The Daily Record, volume 72, number 284, Stroudsburg, Pa., →OCLC, page 4, column 3:
text: The American Crown Circus will feature acrobats, aerialists, highwire-walkers, clowns, clowns and more clowns.
ref: 2001 July 10, “Circus will perform Sunday in Hermiston”, in East Oregonian, 126th year, number 251, Pendleton, Ore., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5A, column 5:
text: Director James Marsh (the 2008 documentary Oscar winner for “Man on Wire,” about highwire-walker Philippe Petit) […]
ref: 2011 September 9, Michael Smith, “‘Nim’ a good look at us”, in Tulsa World, Tulsa, Okla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D 3, columns 2–3:
glosses: Alternative form of highwire walker.
highwire-walkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high-wire-walker
precocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈpriːkɒkt/
Forms: form: more precocked
form: most precocked
Etymology: From pre- + cocked.
Senses: examples: text: a trigger operably connected to said hammer to cause said hammer to return to its precocked position
ref: 1998 April 14, Michael D Jacobson, “5,739,461 LAUNCHER”, in OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, volume 1209, number 2, page 1537:
text: The longer (20 cm), precocked, 18-gauge biopsy gun is then introduced to the appropriate depth and multiple slender tissue cores are obtained for cytologic and histologic studies.
ref: 2006, Leopold G. Koss, Myron R. Melamed, editors, Koss' Diagnostic Cytology and Its Histopathologic Bases, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 1390:
text: The weapon is unloaded and precocked and given to the marksman in whatever stance is appropriate for the training, such as the prone or prone supported position.
ref: 2008, Audie G. Lewis, Career Progression Guide for Soldiers, Stackpole Books, page 24:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Of a firearm, especially striker-fired, having its firing mechanism partially or fully cocked prior to pulling the trigger.
Oakmont
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A village and special taxing district in Montgomery County, Maryland.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community and coal town in Mineral County, West Virginia.
tightrope walk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tightrope walks
form: tightrope-walk
Senses: examples: text: Stunts like tightrope walks and barrel plunges were later banned at the falls, with fines of up to $10,000.
ref: 2011 August 5, “Down to the Wire”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022:
text: In 1859, French acrobat Charles Blondin dazzled Americans with his tightrope walks, the most famous of which were his repeated crossings of Niagara Falls.
ref: 2020 November 20, David S. Reynolds, “Channeling Lincoln’s ideological balancing act will lead Biden to success”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2020:
text: As for the Logan siblings, Kendall likens his latest showdown with his father to “a tightrope walk on a straight razor ... Five-hundred-foot reputational drop.”
ref: 2023 January 26, Nardine Saad, “New ‘Succession’ trailer teases ‘tightrope walk’ on a razor in for Roy siblings”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2023:
synonyms: rope dance
glosses: An instance of walking on a tightrope.
examples: text: Mr. Donofrio's strategy is a tightrope walk. He is trying to preserve as much of the traditional mainframe business as possible, while remaking the big machines, replacing their large, power-hungry processors with more efficient computer-on-a-chip microprocessors, which drive work stations and personal computers.
ref: 1993 October 26, Steve Lohr, “Present at the Transition of I.B.M.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015:
text: The RSS mouthpiece, meanwhile, termed this as a historical opportunity but cautioned that running the government would be a tightrope walk. “Though running this government will be a tightrope walk, especially for the PDP, if interests of the people of J&K are kept in mind, this will be a historic opportunity,” said the Organiser, adding “keeping away from the pressures of separatist tendencies, focusing completely on development and providing transparency in governance would be key in this regard.”
ref: 2015 March 1, Naseer Ganai, Kumar Vikram, “BJP and PDP join hands to govern J&K... but new Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed mars the day by thanking 'Pakistan, Hurriyat and militants'”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2015:
text: Not since Philippe Petit stepped onto a wire surreptitiously rigged between the towers of the late, lamented World Trade Center in 1974 has there been a tightrope walk as perilous and as public as Ivanka Trump’s.
ref: 2017 November 3, David Von Drehle, “Queen Ivanka’s uncomfortable throne”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2017:
glosses: A perilous course between alternatives.
Related terms: tightrope-walk
tightrope walker
tightrope walking
tightrope walk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tightrope walks
form: tightrope walking
form: tightrope walked
form: tightrope walked
form: tightrope-walk
Senses: examples: text: John Glass, 23 years old, a waiter, of 716 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, put the commando training he learned as a soldier to use yesterday, according to the police of the Bergen Street Station, who said that he scaled a one-story brick building, tightrope walked along a cornice, forced down a window and entered Riche's Jewelry Shop at 362 Livingston Street.
ref: 1945 September 22, “Good GI Tactics, but—Police Charge Veteran Applied Commando Stunts in Burglary”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2025:
text: One boy tried to tightrope walk through the fountain until he was tugged back by a friend.
ref: 1983 November 21, Charles Fishman, “The Pilgrimage”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2017:
text: Set in New York in 1974, as Philippe Petit tightrope walks between the newly built Twin Towers, it tells of interlocking lives in the world below, from a radical Irish monk in the Bronx to an Upper East Side housewife.
ref: 2011 June 16, Alison Flood, “Colum McCann wins 2011 Impac Dublin prize”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2015:
glosses: Alternative form of tightrope-walk.
tightrope walks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tightrope walk
tightrope walks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tightrope walk
tightrope walked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tightrope walk
tightrope-walks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tightrope-walk
tightrope-walks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tightrope-walk
tightrope-walk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tightrope-walks
form: tight-rope-walk
form: tightrope walk
Etymology: The verb is a back-formation from tightrope walking.
Senses: examples: text: [Marshall] Goldberg then rounded his own right end and tightrope-walked the side chalk mark for 18 yards and a first down on the Washington 35.
ref: 1937 January 2, Lee Bastajian, “LaRue Shines in Panther Triumph”, in Daily News, Los Angeles, Calif., →OCLC, page 19, column 3:
text: That’s five innings the hard way for Quakertown, which left eight runners stranded as Pennridge tightrope-walked out of danger. […] Four or five more games like yesterday’s, and the Lady Rams will have tightrope-walked their way deep into the state tournament.
ref: 1988 June 1, Ron Kohl, “Lady Rams Tightrope-Walked Their Way to Victory”, in News-Herald, 106th year, number 5584, Perkasie, Pa., →OCLC, page 18, columns 1 and 3:
text: He tightrope-walked to a Game 2 save, giving up back-to-back, two-out singles to Corey Dickerson and Yadier Molina before getting Tommy Edman to foul out.
ref: 2022 October 10, Scott Lauber, “Phillies: Soon, the Phils will bring playoffs home at last”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 193, number 132, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, page C3, column 3:
text: "Rocket Full of Pie" is pure visual comedy, involving baked goods that need to be thrown off a boat and a tightrope-walk across a very long muffler.
ref: 2009 January 25, Ed Park, “Joan Aiken's Armitage family is charming - and magical”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2015:
text: The audacity, the outrageousness, the dazzling changes of tone, the tightrope-walk between heart-pounding thrills and laugh-out-loud black comedy that made the first season so fresh and original were laboured and formulaic second time around.
ref: 2020 May 26, Pat Stacey, “Killing Eve’s deadly weapon is boredom”, in The Herald, volume 129, number 126, Dublin, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 23, column 2:
text: Olszewski made some nice moves, received key blocks by Rashod Berry, and Donte Moncrief and did a nice tightrope-walk along the sideline.
ref: 2020 December 7, Jim McBride, “Patriots do no wrong in romp”, in The Boston Globe, volume 298, number 160, Boston, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page C2, column 4:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Alternative form of tightrope walk.
tightrope-walked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tightrope-walk
tight-rope-walk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tight-rope-walks
form: tight-rope-walking
form: tight-rope-walked
form: tight-rope-walked
Senses: examples: text: Gendarmes rolled small but substantial bridges into place midway in the blocks adjacent to the plaza. To these pedestrians fled from the shelter of shops, tight-rope-walked across, and then fled along the slippery sidewalks to seek another refuge from the deluge.
ref: 1924 April 6, Wade Griswold, “A Night in San Salvador”, in Illustrated Daily News, volume 1, number 200, Los Angeles, Calif.: Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., →OCLC, Magazine section, page 15, column 2:
text: Charley Meyer’s long pass was allowed for interference, and Army took the ball on Pitt’s 33. [Full Back] True snared Meyer’s pass, tight-rope-walked down the sideline for 13 yards, and took it over.
ref: 1935 November 10, “Pittsburgh Shells Army; Navy Wins […]”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, volume XCV, number 214, Cincinnati, Oh., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33, column 1:
text: The quarterback cut for the sidelines, and with practically no blocking, tight-rope-walked his way to a score.
ref: 1939 November 24, Bob Frame, “Bendig Paces Fairmont Win over Oakwood”, in The Dayton Herald, volume LX, number 276, Dayton, Oh., →OCLC, page 25, column 8:
text: I was wondering if it was really worth it when we tight-rope-walked a bouncing pile a block to a dredge over water 35 feet deep.
ref: 1963 July 22, Tom Allan, “Gravel Gertie May Be Fishy, but the Tale Isn’t”, in Evening World-Herald, 78th year, number 283, Omaha, Neb., →OCLC, page 10, column 1:
glosses: Dated spelling of tightrope-walk.
tight-rope-walks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tight-rope-walk
tight-rope-walked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tight-rope-walk
tight-rope walking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The directors of the Palace bend to the times, and however ill-associated some of their entertainments may be with the character of the edifice, they wisely reckoned upon the attractions of conjuring, morris-dances, tight-rope walking, Punch and Judy, and nigger melodies.
ref: 1858 April 11, “Public Amusements”, in Weekly Dispatch, number 2947, London, →OCLC, page 10, column 3:
text: After this, people were inclined to believe that the fearless acrobat could accomplish anything in the way of tight-rope walking, and accordingly the thousands that were drawn to the scene yesterday had every confidence that he would successfully the last and greatest feat of all—that of propelling a wheelbarrow before him across the entire length of the rope.
ref: 1859 July 15, Colonist, “[Charles] Blondin Again Successful. He Walks the Rope Backwards and Returns Propelling a Wheelbarrow.”, in The Daily British Whig, volume XXVIII, number 165, Kingston, Ont., published 16 July 1859, →OCLC, page [2], column 4:
text: The demoralizing tendencies of the splendid four-horse act, the sinful allurements of summersaulting, and the vicious surroundings of tight-rope walking are alike unperceived by him.
ref: 1859 July 20, “Recreation”, in The Oregon Statesman, volume 9, number 28 (444 overall), Salem, Ore., →ISSN, →OCLC, page [2], column 1:
glosses: Dated spelling of tightrope walking.
tight-rope-walking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The audience, who are his conjurated partizans, are in the secret; they come to witness his exhibition as they would witness the tight-rope-walking of Madame Sacchi, under the idea of its being something that is quite prodigious.
ref: 1825 June 19, Philo-dramaticus [pseudonym], “A Letter to C[harles] Kemble, Esq., and [Robert] W[illiam] Elliston, Esq., on the Present State of the Stage”, in The Observer, London: W[illiam] I[nnell] Clement, →ISSN, →OCLC, page [2], column 5:
text: It is something to find even tight-rope-walking carried to perfection.
ref: 1865 August 16, “Tight-Rope”, in New-York Daily Tribune, volume XXV, number 7,600, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 5:
text: Prof. Leon [i.e., Jesse Albert St. John] gave here yesterday, an interesting and daring exhibition of his skill in tight-rope-walking.
ref: 1886 April 20, John G. Harvey, editor, The Alabama Beacon. […], volume XXX, number 19, Greensboro, Ala.: John G. Harvey, →OCLC, page [4], column 2:
glosses: Dated spelling of tightrope walking.
tight-rope-walking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tight-rope-walk
tightrope-walking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The programme for to-day will be the same as yesterday, shooting, dancing, tightrope-walking, athletic feats, and on the third day the prizes will be distributed, and the Schuetzen King crowned by 50 young ladies, and the whole will terminate with a dinner to the invited guests.
ref: 1870 June 14, “Schuetzen Fest. Annual Festival of the New-York Schuetzen Corps.”, in New-York Tribune, volume XXX, number 9,106, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 3:
text: She engages in none of the compromise that is crucial to holding together Cameron’s coalition government, negotiates none of the tightrope-walking that is necessary to maintaining Britain’s association with the European Union as citizens question its value.
ref: 2012 June 1, Autumn Brewington, “What if America had a queen?”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2012:
text: How are you at tightrope-walking? To raise kids who don’t bully, you need to supervise carefully and correct as needed, like when they say mean things to people’s faces or behind their backs: “Hey — how would you feel if someone said that to/about you?”
ref: 2014 July 7, Carolyn Hax, “Carolyn Hax: How can I raise a child who doesn’t bully and isn’t bullied?”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2014:
text: One is rumoured to be a live-action remake of Disney classic The Aristocats, but the only one he’s allowed to discuss is a nearly completed documentary about Sly Stone, “a 20,000-piece puzzle that took a lot of meticulous tightrope-walking to put together”, that delves not just into his music, but his capacity for self-sabotage.
ref: 2024 May 31, Alexis Petridis, “‘Rapper’s Delight planted a seed for the rest of my life’: Questlove on hoarding, capturing hip-hop history and the Kendrick-Drake beef”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 May 2024:
text: Leading the GDC requires some delicate tightrope-walking, because the role answers to a board of commissioners from three separate interests: New York, New Jersey and Amtrak.
ref: 2025 January 19, Colleen Wilson, “New CEO joins Gateway project to build Hudson River rail tunnel”, in Herald News, Woodland Park, N.J.: Gannett Media Corp, →OCLC, page 1L, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of tightrope walking.
tightrope-walking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tightrope-walk
tightrope walkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tightrope walking
saddle-shoed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From saddle shoe + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: “Wait ‘til you see this!” Satter pulled Rose behind him until they hooked up to a nearby circle of sweating boys and saddle-shoed girls.
ref: 2002, D[ebbie] A. Brockett, chapter 5, in Stained Glass Rose: A Historical Novel, Montrose, Colo.: Western Reflections Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 46:
text: But even with my new title and new clothes, still inside me was saddle-shoed “Mary Lou,” lighting for self-esteem.
ref: 2003, Mary Marcdante, “Day 21: Appreciate and Celebrate Yourself”, in Living with Enthusiasm: How the 21-Day Smile Diet Can Change Your Life, Del Mar, Calif.: Inspired Life Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 207:
text: Her saddle-shoed foot catches the ominous green box, and no doubt several of the cookies inside are now crumbled, but hopefully not whatever listening device is in there.
ref: 2017, Michael Fiegel, “Tag Along”, in Blackbird: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN, pages 145–146:
glosses: Wearing a saddle shoe or shoes.
saddle Oxford
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saddle Oxfords
Senses: examples: text: I plodded behind her in the wool coat my mother insisted I would grow into, my brown plaid dress hanging below my knees, white ankle socks disappearing into the heels of my saddle Oxfords, my skinny legs just beginning to sprout black hairs.
ref: 2013, Pamela Galbreath, “Thou Shalt Not Have Strange Gods Before Me”, in Jeana DelRosso, Leigh Eicke, Ana Kothe, editors, Unruly Catholic Women Writers: Creative Responses to Catholicism, Albany, N.Y.: Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 106:
text: When I entered my awkward teen years, I remember Owen telling me, “Take off the saddle Oxfords and the bobby socks and put on some high heels.”
ref: 2016 September 13, Ella Brennan, Ti Adelaide Martin, “Big Sister, Larger than Life”, in Miss Ella of Commander’s Palace, Layton, Ut.: Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 99:
text: Marie, still a teenager, giggled and jumped up and down in her black and white saddle Oxfords, her favorite poodle skirt dancing along.
ref: 2016 October, Clayton H. Ramsey, “The Lionhearted”, in The Treasure Trove: A Collection of Prose and Poetry, CreateSpace, →ISBN, “Warriors” section, page 131:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of saddle oxford.
saddle Oxfords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saddle Oxford
beastless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From beast + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a beast.
bobby-socked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bobby-soxed
Etymology: From bobby sock + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: P. J. stuck an impeccably loafered-and-bobby-socked foot upon the desk and glared at it.
ref: 1944 October, Clariss Ross, “Northwestern for Its Pretty Girls”, in Justine Miller, Charlotte Rogers, editors, Purple Parrot, volume XXIV, number 1, Evanston, Ill.: Student Publishing Company, Northwestern University, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
text: We would spend incredible mornings on spectacularly scenic byways, stopping at a different diner--although each seemed to have bobby-socked waitresses, Formica counters and “Chapel of Love” on the jukebox--every day at lunchtime.
ref: 1999 July 29, David Colker, “Southland Roadside Stops for Those With a Taste for the Authentic”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2024:
text: Although the resurrection proved fleeting, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, along with Cherry Poppin’ Daddies and the Brian Setzer Orchestra, keeps on tooting, its members still in fedoras and sharp slacks and still inviting listeners to pop their elbows and kick their bobby-socked feet.
ref: 2009 July 16, Amanda Petrusich, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2016:
text: On an auditorium stage, a series of sweetly corny, retro-style performances takes place: a trio of crooning letter-sweater-wearing boys; a rhinestone-suited Elvis impersonator; a crew of clean-cut, poodle-skirted, bobby-socked dancers.
ref: 2020 April 13, Naomi Fry, “‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always,’ a Human Tale of Reproductive Rights”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2020:
glosses: Wearing a bobby sock or socks.
bobby-soxed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bobby sox + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The honey-hued shoulders, the budbreasts, the brownish fragrance of the bobby-soxed nymphet all are destined to be abolished by the advent of womanhood, which Humbert despises every bit as much as he worships nymphage.
ref: 1988 June 5, Erica Jong, “Summer Reading; Time Has Been Kind to the Nymphet: ‘Lolita’ 30 Years Later”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2018:
text: When the singer responds violently, Bugs sabotages his concert at the Hollywood Bowl, eventually appearing in drag as a bobby-soxed autograph hunter before becoming the maestro, cutting the figure of Leopold Stokowski.
ref: 2013 July 26, Roger Catlin, “Bugs Bunny and the NSO come to Wolf Trap”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2013:
text: As bobby-soxed, poodle-skirted and bowling-shirted folks arrived at the lodge, they were greeted by Kelly Loporchio and Brittney Peale who were delving out the Black Cows — a concoction of soda, ice cream, chocolate syrup and whipped cream that became a staple of 1950s malt shops.
ref: 2010 August 18, David Laurell, “Fifties fun trumps fear of 13”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2025:
glosses: Alternative form of bobby-socked.
bowling-shirted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bowling shirt + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: As bobby-soxed, poodle-skirted and bowling-shirted folks arrived at the lodge, they were greeted by Kelly Loporchio and Brittney Peale who were delving out the Black Cows — a concoction of soda, ice cream, chocolate syrup and whipped cream that became a staple of 1950s malt shops.
ref: 2010 August 18, David Laurell, “Fifties fun trumps fear of 13”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2025:
text: The Monday night network schedule is stacked against “Lone Star,” with the hugely popular “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC, the heavily promoted conspiracy thriller “The Event” on NBC and the hit sitcom “Two and a Half Men” on CBS. From Mr. [Kyle] Killen’s perspective, “several heavily sequined, dancing-celebrity, conspiracy-laden, bowling-shirted nuclear bombs landed directly on our heads.”
ref: 2010 September 24, Brian Stelter, “Just Tune In. Please. He’ll Do Anything.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2018:
text: The California native is here on 44th Street, off Broadway, because he’s adding a new item to his ever-swelling résumé: New York City restaurateur. As you might expect of a man who wears his enthusiasms on his bowling-shirted sleeve, he’s stoked.
ref: 2012 September 6, Chris Erikson, “Look out, snobs!”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2013:
glosses: Wearing a bowling shirt.
poodle-skirted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poodle skirt + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: All around them, some 40 local teen-agers, poodle-skirted and Brylcreemed into 1950's authenticity, are dancing a loosely choreographed number of Mr. Lewis's 1958 hit.
ref: 1989 January 15, Susan Korones, “Jerry Lee Lewis Can Still Stir Things Up”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2009:
text: As bobby-soxed, poodle-skirted and bowling-shirted folks arrived at the lodge, they were greeted by Kelly Loporchio and Brittney Peale who were delving out the Black Cows — a concoction of soda, ice cream, chocolate syrup and whipped cream that became a staple of 1950s malt shops.
ref: 2010 August 18, David Laurell, “Fifties fun trumps fear of 13”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2025:
text: On an auditorium stage, a series of sweetly corny, retro-style performances takes place: a trio of crooning letter-sweater-wearing boys; a rhinestone-suited Elvis impersonator; a crew of clean-cut, poodle-skirted, bobby-socked dancers.
ref: 2020 April 13, Naomi Fry, “‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always,’ a Human Tale of Reproductive Rights”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2020:
glosses: Wearing a poodle skirt.
CTH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of contract to hire.
ayaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "The Ayaya are as bigge as a Pye-annet, more white than red, they haue a faire color of white beſpotted with red, the bill is long and like a Spoone."
ref: 1625, William Stansby, Purchas His Pilgrimes, volume 4, page 1317:
glosses: The roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja
cocknobs
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Popularised by the British sitcom Peep Show.
Senses: glosses: Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc.
prairie fleabane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prairie fleabanes
Senses: examples: text: Prairie fleabane, Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd. var. strigosus, is also an annual, rarely a biennial. It is a larger plant with larger, more showy flower heads, but is seldom found on grazed southern forest range.
ref: 1984, Harold E. Grelen, Common Herbaceous Plants of Southern Forest Range, page 97:
text: In the afternoon, when her chores were finished, she wandered along the lane until it petered out, and gathered bunches of bluebells, delicate white yarrow, and purple prairie fleabane.
ref: 2019 February 12, Elizabeth Letts, “Chapter 18: Aberdeen, Dakota Territory, 1889”, in Finding Dorothy: A Novel, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 232:
synonyms: daisy fleabane
rough fleabane
glosses: A type of flowering plant of species Erigeron strigosus, native to North America and naturalized in Europe and China.
synonyms: plains fleabane
glosses: A type of flowering plant of species Erigeron modestus, native to northern Mexico and south-central United States.
Allah snackbar
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: Allahu snackbar
Etymology: A mispronunciation of the Arabic phrase Allah akbar, with snackbar chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: synonyms: Ola hu Uber
aloha snackbar
glosses: A phrase mocking the Muslim takbir, Allahu akbar.
battery cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battery cells
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit that chemically stores energy, consisting of an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte.
foam cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foam cells
Senses: topics: biology
cardiology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A type of macrophage that has become engorged with lipid material, particularly cholesterol.
outer phalangeal cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outer phalangeal cells
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Deiters' cell.
synonyms: word: Deiters' cell
cancer cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cancer cells
form: cancer-cell
form: cancercell
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
oncology
sciences
glosses: A cell that divides continually, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood or lymph with abnormal cells.
Derived terms: cancer cell-like
cell house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cell houses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cellhouse.
unadds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unadd
unadding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unadd
Laughers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Laugher
unbeguilable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbeguilable
form: most unbeguilable
Etymology: From un- + beguilable.
Senses: glosses: Not beguilable.
modulateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of modulate