cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gorilla suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gorilla suits
Etymology: From gorilla + suit.
Senses: examples: text: As I mentioned here with the case of Richard Garwood, so many people come to us wearing a gorilla suit. They are all tough guys and wearing a role.
ref: 1973, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on the Handicapped, Education for All Handicapped Children, 1973-74, page 72:
text: A small but significant number of kids have been hurt so badly in their relationships with key adults in their lives they put on a gorilla suit. The gorilla suit protects them from further harm by keeping adults at a distance. Donning the gorilla suit — pretending to be aggressive, scary, and powerful — will usually keep others away.
ref: 2007, David A. Crenshaw, Evocative Strategies in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, page 69:
text: As Laurie Stone argues in the Nation, Hoch reveals that hip-hop masculinity can sometimes become a “gorilla suit that keeps at bay emotional expressiveness ...and vulnerability.".
ref: 2010, La Vinia Delois Jennings, At Home and Abroad, page 237:
glosses: A tough, hypermasculine demeanor that keeps other people at a distance.
examples: text: All of the components of the gorilla suit are adapted to each other, are mutually complementary and form a gorilla costume that would not normally be sold separately in parts.
ref: 1989, Commodity Classifications Under the Harmonized System, page 43:
text: Apparently their gorilla had died, and until they could get a new one, they needed someone to dress up in a gorilla suit and act like a gorilla for a few days.
ref: 1996, Wayne Rice, More Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks, page 125:
text: I saw a mother with a bikini over her gorilla suit pushing a pram with a baby inside who was wearing a tiny gorilla suit.
ref: 2024, Greg Cummings, Gorilla Tactics: How to Save a Species:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A gorilla costume.
Related terms: bunny suit
velitaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velitary
bunnysuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunnysuits
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bunny suit.
bunnysuit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bunnysuits
form: bunnysuiting
form: bunnysuited
form: bunnysuited
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bunny suit.
vatjes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vatje
bunnysuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunnysuit
bunnysuits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bunnysuit
gorilla suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gorilla suit
varnams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of varnam
varlamoffites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of varlamoffite
variosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of variosity
vanules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vanule
we wuz kangz
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From we was kings, in an African-American Vernacular English pronunciation. First appeared on 4chan c. 2015.
Senses: synonyms: we wuz kangz n shiet
we wuz kangz n sheeit
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: Used to mock or satirize a popular but discredited Afrocentric theory claiming that sub-Saharan Africans were descended from ancient Egyptians.
wikipedia: 4chan
pig-tailed langurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pig-tailed langur
direct grant grammar schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of direct grant grammar school
out of suits
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Having no correspondence.
Related terms: out of suits with
giant walking sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giant walking stick
out of suits with
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Out of favor with.
Related terms: out of suits
anabathrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anabathrum
suit service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of suit and service.
synonyms: word: suit and service
lucky stiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lucky stiff
suit court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suit courts
Senses: qualifier: feudal law
glosses: The feudal court in which a tenant owes suit to their lord.
suit covenant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suit covenants
Senses: qualifier: feudal law
glosses: A covenant to sue at a certain court.
suit broker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suit brokers
Senses: qualifier: feudal law
glosses: A person who made a trade of obtaining the suits of petitioners at court.
anack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anacks
Senses: glosses: A kind of bread prepared using oatmeal.
Related terms: jannock
anacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anack
suit courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suit court
suit brokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suit broker
suit covenants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suit covenant
shield-maids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shield-maid
shieldmays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shieldmay
shield-mays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shield-may
shield maidens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shield maiden
give someone hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives someone hell
form: giving someone hell
form: gave someone hell
form: given someone hell
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: raise hell
text: His boss really gave him hell when she found out that he'd been lying about filing the reports.
text: I gave it off to her and then I stormed right over to her husband, my colleague, and gave him hell as well .
ref: 2011, Amrita Sharma, What Did I Ever See in Him?, page 154:
text: He stopped calling me Space Barbie after Mike gave him hell last week.
ref: 2013, Suzanne Berube Rorhus, Elizabeth Hosang, Jack Bates, Moon Shot: Murder and Mayhem on the Edge of Space:
text: When the hospital called and told him Roberta was missing, Dr. Meducca gave them hell.
ref: 2016, Evelyn Piper, The Nanny:
text: I gave him hell about his sloppy uniform ; but don't worry, I'll get him shaped up pretty damn quick .
ref: 2019, Don Neal, Warhead:
glosses: To castigate someone; to dress them down.
examples: text: Yes, she desired to see Edward suffer. And, by God, she gave him hell . She gave him an unimaginable ''hell.
ref: 1915, Madox Ford, The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion, page 274:
text: She's been giving me hell all week.
ref: 1992, Jo Sinclair, Anna Teller, page 345:
text: In the thirties, my cousin, Charley Gans, my brother Gershon and I "gave him hell" when he taught that garbage in our classes .
ref: 2010, Manfred Gans, Life Gave Me a Chance, page 273:
text: These guys have been giving me hell all morning.
ref: 2018, Jillian Frost, Players Break Rules:
coordinate_terms: put through the wringer
put through the mangle
put through the mill
;
put someone through their paces
glosses: To torment; To make miserable.
examples: text: A nickname of U.S. President Harry Truman was "Give-'em-Hell Harry" because he could really give them hell when he wanted to.
text: Heine—the Canadians call their enemy Heine and not Fritz—"was at least three times as strong as us, and we gave him hell. It was hand-to-hand fighting —rifles, bombs, bayonets, butt ends —any old way of killing a man—"and we killed a lot.
ref: 1917, “The Desperate Fighting of the Canadians at Lens”, in The New York Times Current History, page 45:
text: I had warned my staff and the reporters that I was going out to win the election. "I'm going to fight hard," I told Senator Barkley. "I'm going to give them hell."
ref: 1956 January 30, Harry S. Truman, “The Truman Memoirs: Fooling the '48 Forecasters”, in LIFE, volume 40, number 5, page 76:
text: Our gunners were temporarily knocked out by gas but soon recovered and gave them hell, which caught their first infantry rush, but they came on and advanced a mile and then their barrage slacked off a bit so as not to catch their own infantry.
ref: 2014, John Stevens, Caroline Stevens, Unknown Warriors:
glosses: To put up a fight against; to battle strongly and effectively.
Related terms: hellraiser
Las Piedras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district in Tambopata province, Peru.
glosses: A river in Peru, a tributary of the Madre de Dios River.
glosses: A town and municipality in eastern Puerto Rico.
glosses: A suburb of Bella Unión, Artigas department, Uruguay.
glosses: A city in Canelones department, Uruguay.
glosses: A town and port in Punto Fijo metropolitan area, north-west Venezuela.
spamvertizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spamvertize
spamvertizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of spamvertize
spamvertized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spamvertize
Tambopata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province and district therein, in Madre de Dios department, Peru.
glosses: A river in Bolivia and Peru, a tributary of the Madre de Dios River.
-hyal
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “name of the letter 'Y'”), whence also hyoid, due to the shape of the bone.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the hyoid bone.
Related terms: ypsilon
food noise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By a metaphor in which mental preoccupation is portrayed as noise inside one's head that cannot be turned off, somewhat like an earworm. Widely used since the early 2020s, when indications for using the GLP-1 receptor agonist medication class expanded beyond diabetes treatment into weight control for anyone with or without diabetes; not in widespread use before that. Attested since 2007.
Senses: examples: text: […] the concept that once the meal is over, it's time to move on to other tasks. When you use one or more of them at the end of a meal or snack, you help to quiet the part of your mind that distracts you with thoughts about food, thus creating more mental energy for work, hobbies, and other tasks. Without all of the "food noise" in your head, you'll find you are much more productive. Consider using any or all of the following strategies to add closure to your meals. / • Light a candle for your meal and blow it out once you've finished. This simple strategy effectively says, "The meal is over." / • Brush your teeth after meals. Besides creating a mentally reinforcing ritual, brushing your teeth offers two side benefits. […]
ref: 2007, Joy Bauer, Prevention's 3-2-1 Weight Loss Plan: Eat Your Favorite Foods to Cut Cravings, Improve Energy, and Lose Weight, Rodale Press, →ISBN, page 98:
text: As more and more people took the drugs, stories spread about “food noise,” and researchers started looking even more closely at what was going on in the brain.
ref: 2024 December 24, Lauren J. Young, “Turning Down the Food Noise”, in Scientific American, volume 33, number 4s, →DOI, →ISSN, page 36:
topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: nutrition
glosses: A mental preoccupation with food that is differentiable from hunger and from cravings but tends to urge people to overeat.
hatzotzrah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hatzotzrot
form: chatzotzrah
form: chazozrah
form: hazozrah
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew חֲצוֹצְרָה.
Senses: glosses: An instrument similar to a trumpet used by the ancient Israelites.
forsweals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forsweal
forswealing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forsweal
Mitzrayim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מצרים.
Senses: examples: text: Following a traditional Seder gives us a fairly direct connection with our ancestors, knowing that we are doing the same thing they did; asking and answering the same questions, and creating the same connection with their ancestors who left Mitzrayim for freedom.
ref: 2001 April 18, Eliyahu, “For further Passover discussion”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):
qualifier: typically in Jewish use
glosses: Egypt.
raw_tags: in biblical contexts
singju
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singjus
Etymology: Borrowed from Manipuri ꯁꯤꯡꯖꯨ (singju).
Senses: glosses: A spicy Meitei traditional dish, made of ingredients such as meat and vegetables.
mobile service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mobile services
Senses: examples: text: "The mobile service offers convenient car repairs at your home or office."
glosses: A type of business or service that is provided on-site at various locations rather than at a fixed retail location, typically using a vehicle such as a van or truck.
examples: text: "Mobile service providers compete to offer the best coverage and data plans."
glosses: Services related to mobile technology, such as cellular phone services.
Synonyms: sense: Mobile service (business context): A business that provides services at various locations using a vehicle.
word: On-site service
word: Field service
word: Traveling service
word: Van-based service
word: Mobile business
word: Service on wheels
word: Client-site service
word: Portable service
sense: Mobile service (technology context): Services related to mobile technology, such as cellular phone services.
word: Cellular service
word: Mobile network service
word: Mobile communication service
pour good money after bad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pours good money after bad
form: pouring good money after bad
form: poured good money after bad
form: poured good money after bad
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of throw good money after bad.
Camp 8
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines, situated along Kennon Road.
glosses: A barangay of Minglanilla, Cebu, Philippines.
Related terms: sense: camps of Kennon Road
word: Camp One
word: Camp 2
word: Camp Three
word: Camp Four
word: Camp 5
word: Camp 6
word: Camp 7
casu martzu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑːzuː ˈmɑː(ɹ)tsuː/
ipa: /ˌkɑzu ˈmɑɹtsu/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tsuː
Forms: form: casu marzu
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Sardinian casu martzu (literally “rotten cheese”).
Senses: synonyms: maggot cheese
glosses: A kind of sheep milk cheese from Sardinia, riddled with live insect larvae.
Twin Peaks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
glosses: A mountain in Churchill County, Nevada, United States.
deadgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deadgrasses
Senses: examples: text: Deadgrass takes in any shade of deadgrass, varying from a tan to a dull straw color.
ref: 1935, G. H. Watt, Sporting Dogs: The Breeds and Standards as Recognized by the American Kennel Club, American Kennel Club:
text: The proper hue of deadgrass camouflages the dog along the banks of the Bay, thus making him a more efficient hunter.
ref: 2011 November 22, Nona Kilgore Bauer, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Fox Chapel Publishing, page 33:
text: Deadgrass is a rather unromantic description for a brown coat with dull grayish tan mixed in.
ref: 2021 July 28, Karen Harris, The Complete Guide to Chesapeake Bay Retrievers: Training, Socializing, Feeding, Exercising, Caring for, and Loving Your New Chessie Puppy, LP Media Inc:
glosses: A brownish deep yellow color most commonly used to describe the coat of dogs of the breed Chesapeake Bay Retriever.
Saud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Badoc, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
deadgrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deadgrass
Wangal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from Ibaloi vangal, the name attributed the river, which passes through the area.
Senses: glosses: A barangay of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines.
Wangal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
Kias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ilocano Kias. See that for more info.
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
Asin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ibaloi Asin, from asin (“sulphur, hot spring”). The barangay and the road are named after the sitio.
Senses: glosses: A sitio in the barangay of Nangalisan, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
glosses: A road in Baguio and Tuba, Benguet, and in Tubao, Aringay and Pugo, La Union, Philippines
Wolaitan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Wolaitan
form: most Wolaitan
Etymology: From Wolaita + -n.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Wolaita people in southern Ethiopia
Wolaitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wolaitans
Etymology: From Wolaita + -n.
Senses: glosses: A member of a Wolayttattuwa-speaking ethnic group found in the Wolaita Region in southern Ethiopia.
Outlook Drive
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The Ibalois did not give any name to the place when they first settled in 1920. The name "Outlook Drive" was proposed by Olga Brady, a resident of the area, since neighboring barangays can be seen while strolling through the area. Codified on December 3, 1972.
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
Wolaitans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wolaitan
Sanitary Camp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From sanitary camp, due to the Baguio Sewage Treatment Plant being located there.
Senses: glosses: A name of several barangays in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
Wolaita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Welayta.
Wolaita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A geographic region of Horn of Africa; the region of the Wolayttattuwa-speaking peoples
glosses: A region of Ethiopia; the southern region of Ethiopia.
glosses: Alternative form of Welayta (“language”).
Coordinate terms: Wolaita Sodo
Derived terms: Wolaita Dicha
Wolaita Kingdom
Wolaitan
Related terms: Wolayttattuwa
Mines View Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mines View
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
glosses: A park in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
Quirino Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A name of several barangays in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
glosses: A hill in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
breath check
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breath checks
Senses: glosses: The act of blowing air into one's hand and the sniffing it, in order to determine if one has bad breath.
Related terms: breath mint
Loakan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A name of several barangays in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
glosses: A road in Baguio and Tuba, Benguet, Philippines
Wolaita Sodo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Wolaita, Ethiopia.
Happy Hallow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
Rock Quarry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I have been inside the cave below Baguio City's Rock Quarry of which the flood water from the City Camp Lagoon flows and I saw a natural wonder reduced into a waste water and sewer drainage.
ref: 2013 September 16, “Tibaldo: Of Caves, Crystals and Eco-warriors”, in SunStar:
text: Dominador Daguio, alias Doming, 41 years old and a resident of Irisan, Baguio City was arrested together with Jesus dela Cruz, 34 years old and a resident of Barangay Rock Quarry, Baguio City when they sold 10 heat-sealed sachets containing suspected shabu to an undercover agent.
ref: 2018 June 5, “Baguio Bust Nets 2, Suspects Yield P.35M-Worth of Shabu”, in Baguio Herald Express:
text: The Balacbac deep well will benefit over 6,000 clients in Balacbac, parts of Marcos Highway including all laterals towards Legarda, Dr. Carino, parts of QM and Rock Quarry while the Amparo 7 deepwell which is currently undergoing final evaluation and assessment will serve 5,000 active connections in parts of Camp 7, Bakakeng, Balsigan, the Central Business District via the BWD BGH Tank, and supply areas along Magsaysay Road and Quezon Hill, among others.
ref: 2024 April 24, “Mayor warns water delivery firms vs. overpricing”, in Baguio City Public Information Office:
glosses: A name of several barangays in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
Imelda Village
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
Wolayttattuwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wolaytatuwa
form: Wolaita
form: Wolayttatto Doonaa
form: Wolaitta
Etymology: From Wolaytta Wolayttattuwa.
Senses: glosses: An Omotic language of Ethiopia.
Related terms: Wolaita
Wolaita Dicha
Wolaitan
Wolaita Sodo
Wiktionary’s coverage of Wolaytta terms
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Wolayttatto Doonaa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Wolaytta Wolayttattuwa.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Wolayttattuwa.
Wolaytatuwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Wolaytta Wolayttattuwa.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Wolayttattuwa.
Seppoland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: the United States
Kebles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Keble
slyfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: He stares at John for a few seconds, followed by a visual pat-down of him. “2g.” “Deal.” They quickly and slyfully exchange merchandise.
ref: 2018 August 14, Nick Spisak, Darkest Side of the Moon, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
text: And I do do that, I just do it very, like, slyfully sometimes.
ref: 2024, bbno$, "bbno$ Teaches Shayne Music | Smosh Mouth 54", 25:56
glosses: Misconstruction of slyly.
Balkanisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Balkanisation
lower-fat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of low-fat: more low-fat
lowest-fat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of low-fat: most low-fat
high-fat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: higher-fat
form: highest-fat
Senses: antonyms: low-fat
qualifier: nutrition
glosses: Having a high number of calories from fat or a great amount of fats.
higher-fat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of high-fat: more high-fat
highest-fat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of high-fat: most high-fat
voice acting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voice actings
Senses: glosses: The art, occupation, or performance of a voice actor.
Reppe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Reppe chemistry
put someone on game
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts someone on game
form: putting someone on game
form: put someone on game
form: put someone on game
Senses: examples: text: "Okay, let me put you on game. The crack heads out there love this coke. They a do anything for it. It's so many crack heads that live here and buy, that you going to be finished with that by tonight,” Maine said. Twenty fucking thousand? “Oh okay[…]
ref: 2014 June 27, Umar Quadeer, Enemy Bloodline, WAHIDA CLARK PRESENTS, →ISBN:
text: "Let me put you on game about these niggas in New York. They don't care who you are or where you're from, if they see you have something, they gon' kill you to get it. You don't want to be sitting here worrying about Majestic when these[…]"
ref: 2016 March 17, Charmanie Saquea, When Your Hustling Days Are Gone: A Bad Boy Romance, Sullivan Group Publishing, →ISBN:
text: […] he put me on game about a bondsman. He knew not to talk drugs on the phone, so he asked me to meet him on the corner. I told him I was on the way. Moe had a phone number wrote down on a sheet of torn off paper. He handed it to me[…]
ref: 2019 September 29, Letitia Scott-Jackson, Grace & Favor: From Prison to Paid Vol. I, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Bear with me for a second, let me put y'all on game.
ref: 2024, “They Not Like Us”, performed by Kendrick Lamar:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To inform someone (about something); to make someone aware (of something).
Bella Unión
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district in Caravelí province, Peru.
glosses: A city in Artigas department, Uruguay.
Peñarrubia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Dumayco, Lusuac, Malamsit, Namarabar, Patiao, Poblacion, Riang, Santa Rosa, Tattawa — barangays of Peñarrubia
glosses: A municipality of Abra, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines.
Punto Fijo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish punto fijo (“fixed point”).
Senses: glosses: A city in Falcón state, Venezuela.
disobeyances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disobeyance
Boliney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Amti, Bao-yan, Danac East, Danac West, Dao-angan, Dumagas, Kilong-Olao, Poblacion — barangays of Boliney
glosses: A municipality of Abra, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines.
enquirable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enquirable
form: most enquirable
Etymology: From Middle English enquirable, equivalent to enquire + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Some men bée of the opinion, that theſe Statutes which be enquirable (by expꝛeſſe woꝛds) at the Quarter Seſsions onlie, may neuertheleſſe be enquired of at the ſpeciall Seſsions alſo.
ref: 1581, William Lambard[e], Eirenarcha: or of The Office of the Iustices of Peace, […], London: […] Ra[lph] Newbery, and H[enry] Bynneman, by the ass[igns] of Ri[chard] Tot[tell] & Chr[istopher] Bar[ker], page 497:
text: IT is a natural ſuſpition that the beginning of the world is not to be receiv’d according to that common beginning which is pitched in Adam, inherent in all men, who have but an ordinary knowledge in things: For that beginning ſeems enquirable, at a far greater diſtance, and from ages paſt very long before; both by the moſt ancient accounts of the Chaldæans, as alſo by the moſt ancient Records of the Ægyptians, Æthiopians and Scythians, and by parts of the frame of the world newly diſcovered, […]
ref: 1655, [Isaac La Peyrère], “The Proeme”, in A Theological Systeme upon That Presupposition, that Men Were before Adam, 1st part, London, signature F, recto:
text: What Calumny hath been thrown upon the Governor, or by whom, he has not been pleased to acquaint us, nor who they are who licentiously traduce their Superiors, and vilify them without Doors; if any Thing of this Kind hath been done, it is more properly enquirable by others than by us; […]
ref: 1740, Gertrude MacKinney, editor, Pennsylvania Archives, 8th series, volume III (October 14, 1726—September 22, 1741), published 1931, page 2569:
glosses: Alternative form of inquirable.
Daguioman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Ableg, Cabaruyan, Pikek, Tui — barangays of Daguioman
glosses: A municipality of Abra, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines.
Camp One
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Camp 1
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Tuba, Benguet, Philippines, situated along Kennon Road.
glosses: A barangay of Rosario, La Union, Philippines, situated along Kennon Road.
Related terms: Camp 2
Camp Three
Camp Four
Camp 5
Camp 6
Camp 7
Camp 8
unpressingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unpressingly
form: most unpressingly
Etymology: From un- + pressingly.
Senses: examples: text: Not high Olympus—nor your fructive earth, / E’er to such fairy-forms gave birth: / They vault with sylph-like ease and grace, / From dragons-backs, to th’ hippocampi race: / And are so light of frame, that when they roam, / They ride unpressingly the billows’ foam!
ref: 1843, J[ohann] Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Jonathan Birch, Faust: A Tragedy, […], 2nd part, London: Chapman and Hall, […]; Leipsic: F[riedrich] A[rnold] Brockhaus, act II, scene vii, page 164:
text: It has wit and pleasant malice, but they are not sudden and apart from it, like set jewels, but are inherent in it, and do their work swiftly, casually, and unpressingly.
ref: 1928 November 10, Lionel Trilling, “Virginia Woolf’s Propaganda for Grace and Wit”, in New York Evening Post; quoted in Harvey Teres, “Lionel Trilling as Public Intellectual”, in The Word on the Street: Linking the Academy and the Common Reader (The New Public Scholarship), Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 2011, published 2014, →ISBN, part 1 (The Academy and the Public), page 79:
text: It possesses also a humble appeal of personality, a tone as unpressingly intimate as the touch of a hand on one’s arm.
ref: 1974, Calvin Bedient, “Philip Larkin”, in Eight Contemporary Poets: Charles Tomlinson, Donald Davie, R. S. Thomas, Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Thomas Kinsella, Stevie Smith, W. S. Graham, London: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 77:
text: “Do you wish to stay for the interment?” asked Helda, formally and unpressingly.
ref: 1986 December, Lois McMaster Bujold, chapter 5, in Ethan of Athos (Vorkosigan Saga), New York, N.Y.: Baen Books, published April 1994, →ISBN, page 81:
glosses: Not pressingly.
Related terms: unpressing
Lagangilang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Aguet, Bacooc, Balais, Cayapa, Dalaguisen, Laang, Lagben, Laguiben, Nagtipulan, Nagtupacan, Paganao, Pawa, Poblacion, Presentar, San Isidro, Tagodtod, Taping — barangays of Lagangilang
glosses: A municipality of Abra, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines.
Bucloc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Ducligan, Labaan, Lamao, Lingey — barangays of Bucloc
glosses: A municipality of Abra, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines.
unpressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unpress + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpress
unpressing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpressing
form: most unpressing
Etymology: From un- + pressing.
Senses: examples: text: The secretary who says merely, “Mr. Cooper is calling for Mr. Smith,” forces Mr. Smith’s secretary to interrupt his meeting to say that the boss wants him. This leaves Mr. Smith with little alternative but to take the call regardless of its importance. A more aware boss—or secretary—will anticipate this “upgrading” danger and make sure that an unpressing matter is simply conveyed by message through Mr. Smith’s secretary for response at a time convenient to him.
ref: 1972, R[ichard] Alec Mackenzie, “[Blocking Interruptions] The Telephone”, in The Time Trap: Managing Your Way Out, New York, N.Y.: AMACOM, →ISBN, page 95:
text: In this contentious atmosphere, few countries wished to become involved in further argument on Korea, which for most of them was a remote and unpressing matter.
ref: 1987, Ralph N[elson] Clough, “The Nonaligned Movement”, in Embattled Korea: The Rivalry for International Support, Boulder, Colo.; London: Westview Press, →ISBN, section 9 (Diplomatic Competition), page 291:
text: I rested on the stairstep beside him that day, he noticed my sack of just-bought English papers and asked if his friend Harold Hobson still ran The Sunday Times’ theatre pages, and within minutes we had clarified this and a few other unpressing matters and were holding glasses of very good old port in his book-lined, map-hung study.
ref: 2010, Don Coles, “Five”, in Where We Might Have Been, Montreal, Que.: Signal Editions, Véhicule Press, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: Not pressing.
Related terms: unpressingly
-dyne
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “force”), compare -dynamic. Originally prevalent in now often genericized trademarks.
Senses: qualifier: Engineering
glosses: Forms names of certain types of motors and electrical circuits.
qualifier: Aviation
glosses: Relating to propeller-powered flight.
Derived terms: synchrodyne
Related terms: anodyne
Zhvanets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: zhvănʹĕts
ipa: /ˈʒvanɛts/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Жва́нець (Žvánecʹ). Compare Zvanets.
Senses: glosses: A village, the administrative centre of Zhvanets rural hromada, Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1431.
glosses: A village, the administrative centre of Zhvanets rural hromada, Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1431.
A rural hromada of Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine.
Meronyms: sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Babshyn
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Braha
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Chervona Dibrova
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Havrylivtsi
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Hrynchuk
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Isakivtsi
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Kavetchyna
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Kizia-Kudrynetska
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Kudryntsi
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Lastivtsi
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Malynivtsi
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Mezhyhir
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Milivtsi
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Ruda
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Slobidka-Malynovetska
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Slobidka-Rykhtivska
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Sokil
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Tsviklivtsi Pershi
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Vilne
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Vitkivtsi
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Zavallia
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Zbruch
trunk novel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trunk novels
Senses: glosses: A novel that is abandoned as a project by the writer, but nonetheless retained (as in a trunk, thus the name).
pre-position
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pre-positions
form: pre-positioning
form: pre-positioned
form: pre-positioned
form: preposition
Etymology: From pre- + position.
Senses: examples: text: She pre-positioned the surgical instruments in trays on a numbered rack.
text: The officers deemed it necessary to pre-position at least three battalions in case of a breakout.
hypernyms: position#Verb
glosses: To position (something) ahead of time. (The objects thus positioned are usually supplies, tools, instruments, weapons, or troops.)
pre-positions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pre-position
pre-positioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pre-position
Sri Lanka hill myna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sri Lanka hill mynas
Etymology: From Sri Lanka + hill + myna.
Senses: synonyms: Ceylon myna
Sri Lanka myna
glosses: Gracula ptilogenys, a species of myna.
pre-positioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: By surface analysis, pre- + position + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pre-position
pre-positioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, pre- + position + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The pre-positioned surgical instruments stood ready in trays on a numbered rack.
text: It was deemed necessary to keep at least three battalions pre-positioned in case of a breakout.
hypernyms: positioned#Adjective
glosses: Having been pre-positioned.
Shenango
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Iroquoian.
Senses: glosses: A river in Pennsylvania, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: a A historical Native American village in Beaver County Pennsylvania, United States.
shipcarver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shipcarvers
form: ship's carver
form: shipscarver
form: ship carver
form: ship-carver
Etymology: From ship + carver.
Senses: examples: text: The art of the shipcarver was steeped in a tradition of civic celebration that communicated messages of national allegiance, community pride, and personal success.
ref: 1992, SL Lahvis, “Icons of American Trade: The Skillin Workshop and the Language of Spectacle”, in Winterthur Portfolio:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Someone who creates the decorative wooden elements for ships, such as figureheads, catheads, and so on
shipcarvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shipcarver
ship's carver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ship's carvers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shipcarver.
ship's carvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ship's carver
Zvanets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian and Belarusian Зване́ц (Zvanjéc). Compare Zhvanets.
Senses: glosses: An agrotown in Rahachow Raion, Gomel Oblast, Belarus.
glosses: A village in Dubrovsky rural settlement, Babayevsky Raion, Vologda Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.
AIIB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
Malinslee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Malins Lee
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in Great Dawley parish, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6908).
misindex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misindexes
form: misindexing
form: misindexed
form: misindexed
Etymology: From mis- + index.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, in many cases the named grantee in the last recorded deed will not be the titleholder, or the titleholder’s name will have changed since the last recorded deed. […] In such cases a brief explanation is necessary to keep the recording officials from misindexing the deed.
ref: 1986, Deborah Flynn, “Deeds of Conveyance”, in Introduction to Real Estate Law (West’s Paralegal Series), 2nd edition, St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Company, →ISBN, section II (The Elements of a Deed), page 123:
text: Who bears the loss when a filing officer misindexes a financing statement or gives inaccurate information in response to a file search request?
ref: 1992, Raymond T[heodore] Nimmer, Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger, “Perfection and Notice”, in Commercial Transactions: Secured Financing: Cases, Materials, Problems (Contemporary Legal Education Series), Charlottesville, Va.: The Michie Company, →ISBN, part 1 (Basic Issues in Security), section F (Liability for Errors), page 153:
text: Virtually everything requested was provided except for the odd file that had been misindexed, mislaid, or consumed by the silverfish and other bibliovores that inhabit dark and dusty shelves.
ref: 1993, Chris Sauer, “The Case Study Approach”, in Why Information Systems Fail: A Case Study Approach (Information Systems Series), Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: Alfred Waller Limited, →ISBN, section 2 (Research Method for the Mandata Study), subsection 3 (The research process), page 140:
glosses: To index incorrectly.
misindexes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misindex
misindexing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misindex
misindexed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misindex
Great Dawley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, which includes the town of Dawley.
intraossal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + osteo- + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, there are exceptions where good anaesthesia is not achieved. The intraossal branches of the nasopalatine nerve are responsible for this.
ref: 2008, Baart, J. A. (Jacobus Andries), 1950-; Brand, H. S, Local anaesthesia in dentistry:
text: In case of a high pressure and a venous stases, a core biopsy with intraossal decompression is indicated.
ref: 1986 June 1, NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19860017325: Aerospace Medicine and Biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes:
text: The localization of the disease in the bones is accounted for by the distribution of the intraossal vessels[…]
ref: 1868, The American journal of obstetrics and diseases of women and children:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: intraosteal
word: intraosseous
glosses: Synonym of intraosseous.
POWO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Plants of the World Online (a plant taxonomy database).
Stirchley and Brookside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, that includes the named places.
foliage-gleaner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foliage-gleaners
Etymology: From foliage + gleaner.
Senses: glosses: An individual of various species of the genera Automolus and Clibanornis, perching birds of the New World.
Derived terms: brown-rumped foliage-gleaner
buff-throated folaige-gleaner
chestnut-capped foliage-gleaner
chestnut-crowned foliage-gleaner
cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaner
fawn-throated foliage-gleaner
henna-capped foliage-gleaner
henna-hooded foliage-gleaner
ochre-throated foliage-gleaner
olive-backed foliage-gleaner
Para foliage-gleaner
Pernambuco foliage-gleaner
ruddy foliage-gleaner
Santa Marta foliage-gleaner
white-eyed foliage-gleaner
hermaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hermaic
form: most hermaic
Etymology: From herma + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hermae/herms.
higher-IQ
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of high-IQ: more high-IQ
highest-IQ
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of high-IQ: most high-IQ
lowest-IQ
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of low-IQ: most low-IQ
lower-IQ
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of low-IQ: more low-IQ
read the green
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reads the green
form: reading the green
form: read the green
form: read the green
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To determine the slope of a golf green and to analyze its surface, in order to evaluate its effect on the golf ball as it travels toward the target.
lip read
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lip reads
form: lip reading
form: lip read
form: lip read
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lipread.
know-everythingism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From know-everything + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: For a time, the forces of Know-Everythingism held sway.
ref: 1990, Paul Taylor, See how They Run - Electing the President in an Age of Mediaocracy, page 76:
text: Nothing much is gained if we refute know-nothingism by embracing know-everythingism.
ref: 2015, Clark Glymour, Thinking Things Through - An Introduction to Philosophical Issues and Achievements, page 240:
text: And it is precisely to this growth of Executive "know everythingism" that the American Congress has been reacting.
ref: 2017, Irving Horowitz, The War Game - Studies of the New Civilian Militarists, page 55:
text: The executive editor of Salon, Andrew O'Hehir, had characterized the repackaging of Republican "know-nothingism" to Republican "know-everythingism" as key to legitimating the messaging of "isolationism, nativism, mythic and and sentimental individualism
ref: 2024, Gregg Barak, Indicting the 45th President - Boss Trump, the GOP, and What We Can Do About the Threat to American Democracy:
glosses: The belief that one knows everything and the belief that it is possible to do so.
coenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coenoses
Senses: examples: text: The two processes cannot be separated; modification of species causes a change in phytocoenic and ecologic relations between the plants of a coenosis, and therefore create a new coenosis altogether; whereas modification of the coenosis entails in its turn a further evolution of species within the coenosis (i.e., phylocoenogenesis).
ref: 1963, United States. Dept. of Commerce. Office of Technical Services, OTS. - Issues 63-11027, page 4:
text: For various coenoses, the threshold concentrations of methanol differ sharply; it was less than 1% for the Karelian lake, approximately 4% for the stream mouth, and around 6% for the aeration coenosis.
ref: 1987, Biology Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR:
text: With time sparsing of sporophytes through the intraspecific and interspecific (with other plants in the coenosis) competition takes place in the loci, and the sporophytes get established in the herbal cover of the coenosis.
ref: 2013, S. Chandra, M. Srivastava, Pteridology in the New Millennium:
glosses: A group of organisms within a particular habitat or ecosystem, along with their interactions within that environment; the subset of an ecosystem that focuses solely on living (biotic) participants.
Derived terms: ichnocoenosis
malacocoenosis
phytocoenosis
thanatocoenosis
coenotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the interactions of the various organisms within a habitat or ecosystem.
Derived terms: biocoenotic
putz-heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of putz-head
at a distance
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: from a distance
Senses: glosses: In a remote or distant position.
glosses: At a level of detachment or separation.
reads the mail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of read the mail
reading the mail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of read the mail
reading the green
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of read the green
reads the green
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of read the green
areata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: At least 40% of women experience hair loss or alopecia over their lifetimes. This could be alopecia areata (patchy hair loss), traction alopecia (strained hair loss) or another form. The different ways that women’s hair loss has been depicted across art history demonstrates the many different ways it has been interpreted over the years.
ref: 2024 March 31, Glen Jankowski, “Alopecia in art history: The many ways women’s hair loss has been interpreted”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A localized area or patch.
carpetfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpetful