cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Theravada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌtɛrəˈvɑːdə/
/ˌθɛrəˈvɑːdə/
Etymology: Transliteration of Pali theravāda, inherited from Sanskrit स्थविरवाद (sthaviravāda, literally “doctrine of the elders”), from स्थविर (sthavira, “elder”) + वाद (vāda, “doctrine”).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
coordinate_terms: Mahayana
glosses: The oldest surviving school of Buddhism based on the earliest recorded teachings of the historical Buddha found in the Pali canon, widely practised in Southeast Asia.
Theravada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌtɛrəˈvɑːdə/
/ˌθɛrəˈvɑːdə/
Forms: form: Theravadas
Etymology: Transliteration of Pali theravāda, inherited from Sanskrit स्थविरवाद (sthaviravāda, literally “doctrine of the elders”), from स्थविर (sthavira, “elder”) + वाद (vāda, “doctrine”).
Senses: glosses: A Buddhist of this particular school.
progressivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: progressivities
Etymology: From progressive + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being progressive.
Synonyms: progressiveness
pronunciamento
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pronunciamentos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pronunciamento. Doublet of pronouncement.
Senses: examples: text: I think of Spengler and of his terrible pronunciamentos, and I wonder if style, style in the grand manner, is done for.
ref: 1934, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Grove Press, published 1961, page 6:
text: After assembling an army in Catalonia, he marched on Madrid, issuing en route a pronunciamento calling on the Queen Regent to banish Valenzuela and to accept him as her first minister.
ref: 2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 249:
glosses: A manifesto or formal public declaration, originally political; a proclamation.
examples: text: [H]e did not want to see Brazil suffer the same fate as those South American countries whose history has been nothing but a succession of barrack-room pronunciamentos.
ref: 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 156:
glosses: In Mexico and Latin America, an uprising or insurrection.
quadrumvirate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadrumvirates
Etymology: From quadri- (“four”) + morphologically the second part of triumvirate (“rule by three men”). Cf. Latin quattuorvirātus.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quattuorvirate.
synonyms: word: quattuorvirate
Related terms: quadrumvir
quadrumviri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadrumvir
battle-sark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battle-sarks
Senses: examples: Beowulf, translated by Leslie Hall
My battle-sark braided, brilliantly gilded
glosses: Complete set of clothes used for body protection in battle, armour
Leander
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːˈændɚ/
ipa: /liːˈændə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Λέανδρος (Léandros), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).
Senses: examples: text: Leander, he would have lived many a fair year, though Hero had turned nun, if it had not been for a hot midsummer night.
ref: Act IV, Scene I
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned.
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, also of a Spanish sixth century saint.
glosses: A city in Williamson County, Texas.
medium of exchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: media of exchange
form: mediums of exchange
Senses: synonyms: means of exchange
glosses: An intermediary used in trade to avoid the inconveniences of a pure barter system, such as money.
means of exchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: means of exchange
Senses: coordinate_terms: means of production
glosses: A medium of exchange.
supa
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supa
form: most supa
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of super
Related terms: sooper
Debora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛbəɹə/
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Deborah.
snowboardcross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From snowboard + -cross.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of snowboard cross.
monopolised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of monopolise
practical reason
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The use of reason to decide how to act.
Related terms: theoretical reason
speculative reason
pure reason
instrumental reason
instrumental rationality
cold one
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cold ones
Senses: examples: text: I'm going to crack open a cold one.
text: They sat in a booth near the door and drank the first cold ones of the evening while watching three impassioned pinballers dickering with flashing, promising, tilting machines.
ref: 1981, Jack Cady, Singleton:
synonyms: frosty one
glosses: A beer; usually, a cold beer straight from a refrigerator or cooler.
Related terms: beer bottle
beer can
draft
geyserite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geyserites
Etymology: From geyser + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of stone, a mixture of quartz and opal deposited by a geyser as it precipitates out of the boiling water.
gezumph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gezumphs
form: gezumphing
form: gezumphed
form: gezumphed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gazump.
swizzling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swizzle
ghaffir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghaffirs
form: ghafir
Etymology: From Arabic غَفِير (ḡafīr, “guard, watchman”).
Senses: glosses: A guard or member of a historical police force, especially in Egypt and Palestine.
ghawazee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡəˈwɑːziː/
Forms: form: ghawazees
Etymology: From Arabic غَوَازٍ (ḡawāzin), the plural of غَازِيَة (ḡāziya), the feminine of غَازٍ (ḡāzin, “ghazi, raider, aggressor, conqueror”). The dancers were so called because they were said to "conquer" the hearts of their audience.
Senses: glosses: A type of female dancer popular in Egypt in the 19th century, who danced in a style similar to the belly dance.
Related terms: ghazeeyeh
Ghentish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ghent + -ish.
Senses: glosses: From, of, or pertaining to, Ghent.
ghost story
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost stories
Senses: examples: text: In all smuggling places ghost stories abound. Can it be that they were invented to keep law-abiding folk behind closed doors at night, when the deeds were being done?
ref: 1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 379:
text: There are the books full of Underground ghost stories. An invisible runner pounds along the platforms at Elephant & Castle; children scream in the basement of what used to be the surface building of Hyde Park Corner, [...]
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 261:
glosses: A story about ghosts or the supernatural, often meant to be frightening.
story of one's life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stories of one's life
form: stories of one's lives
Senses: glosses: An autobiography.
Related terms: life story
story of my life
story of my life
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: I asked the new girl at work to go out for a meal — and she got off with the waiter. That's the story of my life!
glosses: Used to ruefully indicate that a previously described incident (often a mishap) typically tends to be experienced by the speaker.
Related terms: just my luck
life story
story of one's life
tell me about it
shawty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɔːti/
ipa: [ˈʃɔːɾi]
ipa: /ˈʃɑti/
ipa: [ˈʃɑɾi]
homophone: shotty (cot–caught merger)
homophone: shoddy (cot–caught merger, flapping)
Forms: form: shawties
Senses: examples: text: These are the things that separate a date from a fiancee, a shawty from a wife, a one-night stand from a lifetime commitment.
ref: 2003, Ebony, page 34:
text: Look, I had to pay the shawties that helped me, and after I paid them, yo' cut is thirty-two grand.
ref: 2006, Nikki Turner, Chunichi, Roy Glenn, Girls from Da Hood:
text: Shawty wanna stay in my bachelor pad / But I'm a bachelor and I'm happy
ref: 2008, Gucci Mane, “Bachelor Pad”, in The Movie:
text: 2009, Marie Antionette, A Girl Named Job
My first affair was with my shawty, Baby Boy. I called him that because he was the oldest of two siblings, but his Mama treated him like her baby boy!
topics: dancing
hip-hop
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: chiefly African-American Vernacular
glosses: Alternative form of shorty (“young woman, girlfriend”).
shawty
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɔːti/
ipa: [ˈʃɔːɾi]
ipa: /ˈʃɑti/
ipa: [ˈʃɑɾi]
homophone: shotty (cot–caught merger)
homophone: shoddy (cot–caught merger, flapping)
Senses: examples: text: Shawty bad.
text: Shawty go joggin' every mornin'
ref: 2020 October 9, “What You Know Bout Love”, performed by Pop Smoke:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: she or her.
Portmore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in the parish of Saint Catherine, Jamaica.
Spanish Town
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspæn.ɪʃ ˈtäʊ̯n/
ipa: /ˈspæn.ɪʃ ˈtaʊn/
rhymes: -aʊn
Senses: glosses: A town, the parish capital of Saint Catherine parish, Jamaica.
glosses: A town on Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands.
glosses: A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
glosses: A historical district of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.
atrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atrates
Etymology: From āter (“dark, black”).
Senses: glosses: One dressed in black; a mourner
credos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of credo
coursebooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coursebook
countlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countline
concoctors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concoctor
concocters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concocter
f**k
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Censored spelling of fuck.
f**k
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Censored spelling of fuck.
f**k
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: f**ks
Senses: glosses: Censored spelling of fuck.
f**k
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Senses: glosses: Censored spelling of fuck.
f**k
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: f**ks
form: f**king
form: f*****g
form: f**ked
form: f**ked
form: f****d
form: f****d
Senses: examples: text: Crump referenced what Grayson said – “I’ll f**king shoot you in the f**king face” – before Massey was shot.
ref: 2024 July 24, Emma Tucker and Bill Kirkos, “What we know about the deputy charged with killing Sonya Massey in her home after she called 911 for help”, in CNN:
glosses: Censored spelling of fuck.
floccinaucinihilipilificates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of floccinaucinihilipilificate
floccinaucinihilipilificating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of floccinaucinihilipilificate
floccinaucinihilipilificated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of floccinaucinihilipilificate
algeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæl.d͡ʒɛn.i/
Etymology: Coined by American molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg in 1966, a blend of alchemy + gene.
Senses: glosses: The transformation of genetic material.
examples: text: Algeny will eradicate infirmities and deformities of all kinds.
ref: 2000, J. R. Aldergrove, Why We Are Not Obsolete Yet: Genetics, Algeny, and the Future, section 5:
glosses: Any of, and all of, those activities which depend on the handling of genetic material.
Derived terms: algenic
algenist
spectropolarimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spectropolarimeters
Etymology: From spectro- + polarimeter.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device for measuring the optical properties of polarized light.
Derived terms: spectropolarimetry
speedwalking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From speed + walking.
Senses: glosses: A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).
Synonyms: racewalking
speedwalking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From speed + walking.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of speedwalk
midshipmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From midshipman + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a midshipman
malaphors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malaphor
journeymanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From journeyman + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a journeyman
blood in the water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Referring to the emergence of predators such as sharks (and possible feeding frenzy) when blood is spilled in the water.
Senses: examples: text: The first reason Powell gave to explain Carter's press miseries was the idea of "blood in the water"—that more bad press goes to those who have just had bad press. Almost nobody in main-stream politics is as likely as a fourth-year incumbent to have just come off a stint of bad press.
ref: 1983, Michael J. Robinson, Margaret A. Sheehan, Over the Wire and on TV:
text: But Justice won the Intuit round, and now Microsoft-baiters want to block deployment of the Microsoft Network. As a recent article in the Wall Street Journal aptly noted, competitors sense blood in the water.
ref: 1995 May 29, John Gallant, Network World:
text: [The] Democrats smell blood in the water. Twelve long years sitting on the sidelines. Twelve lean years. Twelve hungry years.
ref: 2004, Gardner Dozois, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection:
synonyms: chum in the water
glosses: In a competitive situation, the exhibition of apparent weakness or vulnerability by one party, especially when this leads to a feeling of vulnerability or greater pressure to perform on the part of the weak party, and/or enhanced expectation of victory by the other(s).
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: the result of a marine predator's attack.
Related terms: chum
shark attack
shark bait
sitting duck
mercantilists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mercantilist
yesmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yesman + -ship.
Senses: examples: Like corruption, yesmanship also pervades the Indian bureaucracy. -Brij Mohan Sharma, K. R. Bombwall, L. P. Choudhry
glosses: An atmosphere in which people claim to agree with leadership for political reasons, despite holding other opinions privately.
examples: He chose his lieutenants for their yesmanship and promoted according to political loyalty, not seniority or merit. -Dennis Bloodworth
glosses: The state of being a yes man.
Synonyms: yesmanism
batsmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From batsman + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Although our team lost, we were complimented by everyone on our batsmanship.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
Related terms: batsman
firemanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fireman + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The skills of fire safety, fire prevention, etc.
sooo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: This bf style is sooo comfy; it's super oversized and the waffle material is ideal for all the chill days around the corner. PS: get the shorts, too.
ref: 2023 November 4, Kim Duong, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “22 Best Shackets to Get You Through the Chilly Fall Weather”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Elongated form of so.
yellowbelly slider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellowbelly sliders
Senses: glosses: Trachemys scripta scripta, a kind of turtle
wikipedia: yellowbelly slider
Synonyms: yellow-bellied slider
stumpiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stumpy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being stumpy.
come the acid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes the acid
form: coming the acid
form: came the acid
form: come the acid
form: come the old acid
Senses: glosses: To exaggerate.
examples: text: Proper scrapper, old Ma. Nobody never come the acid with her.
ref: 1970, Richard Llewellyn, None But the Lonely Heart, page 435:
text: 'I know,' I said, 'but don't come the acid with me, friend.'
ref: 1988, Raymond Derek, The Devil's Home on Leave, page 22:
glosses: To make oneself unpleasant, especially by sarcasm.
all to smash
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Ruined; bankrupt.
glosses: completely, to the point of destruction.
anythingarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕ'nĭthĭngâʹrĭən
ipa: /ˌɛnɪθɪŋˈɛəɹɪən/
Forms: form: anythingarians
Etymology: From anything + -arian, by analogy with unitarian, trinitarian, etc.
Senses: examples: text: Such bifarious anythingarians, that always make their interest the standard of their religion.
ref: ante''' 1704, The Works of Tom Brown, volume 3, page 97
text: Lady Smart. What Religion is he of?
Ld. Sparkiſh. Why he is an Anythingarian.
Lady Anſw. I believe, he has his Religion to chuſe, my Lord.
ref: 1738, Jonathan Swift, Polite Conversation, dialogue 1
text: They made puir Robbie Burns an anythingarian with their blethers.
ref: 1850, Charles Kingsley, chapter 22, in Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A person who does not profess any particular creed; an indifferentist.
Derived terms: word: anythingarianism
Related terms: nothingarian
unifoliate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + foliate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a single leaf
unifoliate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unifoliates
Etymology: From uni- + foliate.
Senses: glosses: Such a plant
chokecherries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chokecherry
pankration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pænˈkɹeɪ.ti.ɒn/
ipa: /pænˈkɹeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παγκράτιον (pankrátion, “all powers”). Doublet of pancratium.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
synonyms: pancratium
pancration
glosses: An Ancient Greek martial art combining aspects of boxing and wrestling, introduced in the Greek Olympic games in 648 BC.
Derived terms: pankratist
preponderence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of preponderance.
determinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: determinizes
form: determinizing
form: determinized
form: determinized
Etymology: From determine + -ize.
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: To remove non-determinism in an automaton; to convert a non-deterministic automaton to a deterministic one.
Derived terms: determinizable
determinization
erudiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹuːdieɪt/
Forms: form: more erudiate
form: most erudiate
Etymology: Latin ērūdiō.
Senses: examples: text: "Yes, Sir," answered the father, "O fortunate nate! (exclaimed the most erudiate preceptor ) O child a thousand times happy!
ref: 1772, Francisco Lobon De Salazar, The History of the Famous Preacher Friar Gerund de Campazas, page 165:
text: He presented to the institute, in his own person, “the beau ideal of a teacher;” gentlemanly in his deportment, courteous in his intercourse with all, erudiate without being pedantic, fertile in resources and expedients, shoing to all what a perfect character a good teacher is and should be.
ref: 1852, Annual Report of the State Superintendent of Public Schools of New Jersey, page 499:
text: A patient suffering with phthisis went to the erudiate professor of practice in Rush Medical College , he examined the sputa carefully with the microscope , could find no bacilli , pronounced the case not phthisis , but chronic bronchitis, advised the patient to go to Denver, and he soon would be well.
ref: 1890, William H. Burt, Tuberculosis, or pulmonary consumption, page 17:
text: I recall what Professor Mayor, of Cambridg , one of the most erudiate classical men in England, said on this point.
ref: 1894, Journal of the Michigan Schoolmasters' Club, page 25:
text: Himself an erudiate scholar, Muhammad Fadil used to deliver lectures in the institution.
ref: 1977, ʻAbdulḥaʼī ibn Fak̲h̲ruddīn al-Hasanī, Sayyid ʻAbdulḥaʼī, India During Muslim Rule, page 167:
text: Even the most erudiate historian cannot arrive at other conclustions than those contained in "The Lesson" if he honestly proceeds from facts and from the positions of Marxism-Leninism.
ref: 1987, Daily Report: East Europe - Issues 230-239, page 82:
glosses: Educated; learned; erudite.
erudiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹuːdieɪt/
Forms: form: erudiates
form: erudiating
form: erudiated
form: erudiated
Etymology: Latin ērūdiō.
Senses: examples: text: The skilful Goddess there erudiates These In all she did, when Love her Breast did lance.
ref: 1655, Sir Richard Fanshawe, The Lusiad of Camoens:
text: There may be a Cleveland, Ohio, moral to this, but I don't know what it is, unless I might suggest weakly that erudition may erudiate for one and eradicate for another, which is about what happened.
ref: 1912, Louis Freeland Post, Mrs. Alice (Thatcher) Post, Stoughton Cooley, The Public: A Journal of Democracy - Volume 15, page 18:
text: You can also say things that no essayist could erudiate in ten thousand words.
ref: 2020, Douglas Milewski, Weeds Among Stone:
text: He erudiated for a while and then said he had a date·
ref: 2020, Charles Wilson Thomas, The Maze:
glosses: To instruct; to educate; to teach.
Dutton World Speedwords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Invented by Reginald J. G. Dutton (1886-1970) in 1922.
Senses: glosses: A constructed language used as both an international auxiliary language and a shorthand system.
Láadan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɑ(ː).dɑn/
enpr: läʹdän
Etymology: From Láadan Láadan, created by Suzette Haden Elgin in 1982.
Senses: glosses: A constructed language designed as an experiment in feminist linguistics.
wikipedia: Suzette Haden Elgin
copy constructor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copy constructors
Senses: qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A constructor that takes an existing instance as a parameter and copies its values.
unrecyclable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + recyclable.
Senses: examples: text: I wanted to dispose of an empty canister with a plastic top, cardboard sides and metal bottom, but I decided it was unrecyclable.
glosses: Not recyclable.
unrecyclable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unrecyclables
Etymology: From un- + recyclable.
Senses: examples: text: Yes, it is scary that Toronto Waste Management is inviting packaging industries to forecast the next unrecyclables they'll be coming out with.
ref: 2009 June 22, “Get with it, packaging industry”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Anything that cannot be recycled.
Glosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Based on Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue, mother language”).
Senses: glosses: A constructed language intended to be used by the global scientific community.
hashtable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hashtables
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hash table.
blit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪt
Forms: form: blits
Etymology: From BitBLT, the name of a computer graphics operation which stands for bit-block transfer and is pronounced bit blit.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A logical operation in which a block of data is rapidly moved or copied in memory, most commonly used to animate two-dimensional graphics.
blit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪt
Forms: form: blits
form: blitting
form: blitted
form: blitted
Etymology: From BitBLT, the name of a computer graphics operation which stands for bit-block transfer and is pronounced bit blit.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To transfer by a blit operation.
Derived terms: blittable
blitter
bob
reblit
shadebob
uninstaller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uninstallers
Etymology: From uninstall + -er. See installer.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A program that uninstalls software.
camwhore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kămʹhôr
ipa: /ˈkæmhɔɹ/
enpr: kămʹhô
ipa: /ˈkæmhɔː/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: kămʹhōr
ipa: /ˈkæmho(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈkæmhoə/
Forms: form: camwhores
Etymology: From cam + whore.
Senses: examples: text: his trip into the sordid world of "camwhores"
ref: 2005, American Family Association journal: Volumes 29-31:
text: Some camgirls (often called camwhores) offer nude photographs or videos of themselves in exchange for gifts or money.
ref: 2010, Heinz Duthel, The Complete Internet Pornography Encyclopedia:
text: But for a certain party auntie who prowls the nightlife circuit, she could well be the mother of all camwhores.
ref: 2012, Ivan Lim, Cara Van Miriah, Nightlife [Confidential]:
glosses: Synonym of camgirl.
synonyms: word: camgirl
glosses: A shameless or exhibitionistic webcam user.
camwhore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kămʹhôr
ipa: /ˈkæmhɔɹ/
enpr: kămʹhô
ipa: /ˈkæmhɔː/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: kămʹhōr
ipa: /ˈkæmho(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈkæmhoə/
Forms: form: camwhores
form: camwhoring
form: camwhored
form: camwhored
Etymology: From cam + whore.
Senses: glosses: To perform as a camwhore.
Related terms: camwhoring
camboy
camgirl
Rovereto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
rail yard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rail yards
form: railyard
Etymology: From rail + yard.
Senses: coordinate_terms: tramyard
glosses: A complex of branching railway lines and other infrastructure in which locomotives and rolling stock are stored and rearranged.
railroad spike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railroad spikes
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A type of large nail that fixes a railway line to a sleeper.
Synonyms: rail spike
paillasse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pælˈjɑːs/
ipa: /ˈpæljæs/
ipa: /ˌpælɪˈɑːs/
ipa: /ˈpælɪˌæs/
Forms: form: paillasses
form: palliasse
Etymology: From French, from paille (“straw”).
Senses: examples: text: He served the Republic in comfort and ease, and had slept soundly on his paillasse in the little garret allotted to him in the Town Hall.
ref: 1908, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 29, in The Elusive Pimpernel:
glosses: An under bed or mattress of straw.
Related terms: pallet
stemwinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stemwinders
Etymology: From stem + winder.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stem-winder.
palliasse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pælˈjɑːs/
ipa: /ˈpæljas/
ipa: /ˌpælɪˈɑːs/
ipa: /ˈpælɪˌas/
Forms: form: palliasses
form: paillasse
Etymology: French French paillasse, from Old French paille (“straw, chaff”), from Latin palea (“chaff”).
Senses: examples: text: Out I sallied and spent sixteen shillings of it upon a new palliasse which should go under the straw mattress upon my bed.
ref: 1895, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 12, in The Stark Munro Letters:
text: First Hiker. Not even a straw mattress to cling to?
 Rosenstock. Not even a palliasse.
ref: 1979, Tom Stoppard. Undiscovered Country., (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: 1969, Dad's Army S03E02 You see that pile of straw over there? With it you stuff your palliasse.
glosses: A thin mattress or under bed stuffed with straw.
ORC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Orange River Colony.
glosses: Acronym of Otago Regional Council.
glosses: Abbreviation of Oregon City.
ORC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ORCs
Senses: examples: text: Even those who never look into the night sky and wonder about stars or galaxies may find the new research interesting, Diamond-Stanic said, because ORCs help to explain how the galaxy we live in came to be.
ref: 2024 January 12, Deirdre Stires, “Those odd circles in space? They’re now explained thanks to scientists including Aleks Diamond-Stanic”, in Bates News:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Acronym of odd radio circle, a very large unexplained astronomical object.
glosses: Initialism of organized retail crime.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of origin recognition complex.
stem-winder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stem-winders
Etymology: US, mid-late 19th century, originally referring to then-recent stem-wind watches (invented in 1840s, commercialized initially 1850s by Patek Philippe & Co.). These were expensive, top-notch watches, hence generalized (1892) to “top-notch”, particularly applied to speeches, or to the orator in question. Non-speech senses later fell out of use. Nuance of “rousing” speech possibly by analogy with watch being wound up (“tighten by winding, excite, rouse”).
Circa 2000, later sense of “interminable speech” a folk etymology, in sense “a speech that lasts so long one must wind one’s watch”.
Senses: glosses: A watch that is wound up by turning a small knob on a stem which holds a gear winding the mainspring.
glosses: A rousing speech, especially by a politician.
glosses: Someone who gives such speeches; a great orator.
examples: text: Or – heaven forbid – the Bill Clinton of 1988, who gave a tedious stemwinder in 1988 that has gone down in the books as the worst nominating speech in recent memory?
ref: 2000, Bill Schneider and Keating Holland, “What to look for Thursday at the Democratic National Convention”, August 17, 2000, CNN, “Clinton comparisons”
glosses: A boring, interminable speech.
glosses: Something top-notch or first-rate.
Related terms: rabblerousing
tubthumping
railroad switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railroad switches
head_nr: 2
Senses: topics: railways
transport
head_nr: 2
glosses: A set of points.
Orange River Colony
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: ORC
glosses: The Orange Free State when annexed by Britain in 1900.
Related terms: Orange Free State
raisin bran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mixture of bran flakes and raisins eaten as a breakfast cereal.
OFM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OFMs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of orthodox file manager.
OFM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Haymo of Faversham, O.F.M.
text: John Duns Scotus ofm
text: Massimo Fusarelli, ofm
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: Initialism of Order of Friars Minor or Ordo Fratrum Minorem; the Franciscans, a religious order of mendicant friars.
Derived terms: OFM Obs
OFM Cap
OFM Conv
rampager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rampagers
Etymology: From rampage + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who rampages
Order of Friars Minor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Order of Friars Minor
form: OFM
Etymology: A calque of Medieval Latin Ordo Fratres Minores (“the Order of Lesser Brothers”), chosen by Francis of Assisi to inculcate humility in its members.
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: The religious order of friars established by St Francis of Assisi.
wikipedia: Francis of Assisi
Synonyms: Franciscan Order
Seraphic Order
Franciscans
Minorites
Friars Minor
Greyfriars
Hypernyms: Observants
Conventuals
Capuchins
Tertiaries
Derived terms: Minorite
Related terms: Bernardine
Cistercian
cookie cutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cookie cutters
form: cookiecutter
form: cookie-cutter
Senses: glosses: A device used to cut flattened dough into shapes before baking.
Synonyms: biscuit cutter
Derived terms: cookie-cutter
cookiecutter shark
frum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹʊm/
note: Poylish and Ukrainish traditions
ipa: /fɹɪm/
rhymes: -ʊm
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: frummer
form: frummest
Etymology: From Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “pious”). Related to German fromm and Dutch vroom.
Senses: examples: text: I learned all about the role of the kibbutz in Israeli life. Not to mention the role of the Arab, the artist, the woman, the socialist and the frum Jew.
ref: 1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 45:
glosses: Pious, observant; committed to obeying all the laws of Judaism.
Related terms: frummer
gengineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gengineers
Etymology: Blend of genetic + engineer
Senses: glosses: A person skilled at gengineering.
gengineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of genetic + engineering.
Senses: glosses: Genetic engineering.
Related terms: gengineer
Gouraud shading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡuːˈɹəʊ ʃeɪdɪŋ/
ipa: /ɡuːˈɹoʊ ʃeɪdɪŋ/
Forms: form: Gouraud shadings
Etymology: From Henri Gouraud, French computer scientist.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A method of simulating the effects of light and colour across the surface of an object, based on estimates of the surface normal of each vertex in a polygonal 3D model.
azimuthal quantum number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azimuthal quantum numbers
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The quantum number that represents the angular momentum of an atomic orbital.
Related terms: principal quantum number
magnetic quantum number
spin quantum number
d-block
f-block
g-block
p-block
s-block
baby book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby books
Senses: glosses: A book containing photographs and written records of a child's development
baby tee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby tees
form: baby T
Senses: glosses: A T-shirt designed to be worn by babies.
glosses: A short T-shirt worn by primarily young women.
bite indicator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bite indicators
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A float that is used by anglers that indicates the moment that a fish has taken the bait.
bulbous buttercup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulbous buttercups
Senses: glosses: A perennial weed, Ranunculus bulbosus, that has attractive yellow flowers
cable release
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cable releases
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A sheathed wire plunger used to activate the shutter of a camera without accidentally moving it.
contact high
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contact highs
Senses: examples: text: Cocktails and moonlit nights / That dreamy look in your eye / Give me a tropical contact high
ref: 1988, “Kokomo”, in Still Cruisin', performed by The Beach Boys:
glosses: A feeling of elation obtained via the drug-induced behaviour of another person.
finger millet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finger millets
Senses: glosses: A plant of species Eleusine coracana, grown as a cereal in parts of Africa and Asia.
Synonyms: African millet
African finger millet
ragi
goosegrass
coracan
coracan millet
nachani
natchnee
research octane number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: research octane numbers
Senses: synonyms: word: RON
glosses: An octane number, used by the American Society for Testing and Materials to estimate the antiknock characteristics of a fuel at low engine speeds.
Hypernyms: octane number
octane rating
Coordinate terms: english: MON
translation: MON
word: motor octane number
alt: AKI
word: anti-knock index
Derived terms: word: RON
tick box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tick boxes
form: tickbox
Senses: examples: text: There was a simple tick-box option to book a hire car on the island.
ref: 2021 October 20, Stefanie Foster, “Comment: How to win leisure travellers”, in RAIL, number 942, page 3:
glosses: A small space on a form in which a tick or cross may be placed as a response.
Synonyms: checkbox
ticky box
Hypernyms: box
Related terms: ☐
box-ticking
tick all the boxes
skillset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skillsets
Senses: examples: text: Software skillsets of some of the train builders seem to have adapted more slowly than the pace of technology required.
ref: 2022 July 27, Sir Michael Holden, “In praise of Crossrail 1... and in search of Crossrail 2”, in RAIL, number 962, page 33:
glosses: Alternative form of skill set.
Hypernyms: set
Kiowa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪ.əˌwɑ/
ipa: /ˈkaɪ.əwə/
ipa: /ˈkaɪ.oʊˌwɑ/
Forms: form: Kiowas
form: Kiowa
form: Kioway
Etymology: From Kiowa Cáuigù.
Senses: glosses: A member of an indigenous people of North America, currently in Oklahoma.
Kiowa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪ.əˌwɑ/
ipa: /ˈkaɪ.əwə/
ipa: /ˈkaɪ.oʊˌwɑ/
Etymology: From Kiowa Cáuigù.
Senses: glosses: A language of the Kiowa-Tanoan language family.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Elbert County, Colorado.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Barber County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Glacier County, Montana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Thayer County, Nebraska.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
Derived terms: Kiowa County
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Kiowa terms
marmalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː.mə.laɪz/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹ.məˌlaɪz/
Forms: form: marmalizes
form: marmalizing
form: marmalized
form: marmalized
form: marmalise
form: marmelise
form: marmelize
Etymology: Thought to be a humorous blend of marmalade + pulverize.
Senses: glosses: To thrash or beat.
glosses: To defeat decisively; trounce.
marmalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: marmalises
form: marmalising
form: marmalised
form: marmalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of marmalize.
witches' Sabbath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: witches' Sabbaths
Etymology: The phrase is first attested in the seventeenth century, but was popularized only from the 20th century onwards.
Senses: synonyms: black Sabbath
glosses: A supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy.
glosses: A religious gathering of a Wiccan coven at a covenstead or circle
Synonyms: sabbat
rotationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃənəli/
ipa: /ɹə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃnəli/
ipa: /ɹə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃənli/
ipa: /ɹoʊˈteɪʃənəli/
ipa: /ɹoʊˈteɪʃnəli/
ipa: /ɹoʊˈteɪʃənli/
rhymes: -eɪʃənəli
Etymology: From rotational + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The shaft can be turned rotationally, but not translated.
glosses: In a rotational manner.
Salesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Salesian
form: most Salesian
Etymology: From Sales + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a Roman Catholic missionary society called the Salesians founded by Saint Francis of Sales in Turin.
Salesian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Salesians
Etymology: From Sales + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A member of this society.
sing soprano
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sings soprano
form: singing soprano
form: sang soprano
form: sung soprano
Senses: glosses: To perform vocal music in a higher pitch than alto.
examples: text: A couple of women lawyers . . . drew a sharp, gleaming knife and applied it mentally to a target just south of the groom's waistline. If he doesn't like it, let the bastard go sing soprano to the A.C.L.U. Such was the ladies' thought.
ref: 1997 December 8, Lance Morrow, “Goodbye, Miss Havisham”, in Time:
glosses: To suffer castration or an injury to the testicles.
raw_tags: of a man
NTP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NTPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of nonthermal plasma.
coordinate_terms: NTR
qualifier: space flight
glosses: Abbreviation of nuclear thermal propulsion.
glosses: Initialism of normal temperature and pressure.
NTP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: ntp
glosses: Initialism of Network Time Protocol.
NTP
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of not to press: applied to shares sold to a broker who agrees that delivery may be delayed.
singing soprano
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sing soprano
singing soprano
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Loren Stokes, the fluid scorer from Hofstra, limped out singing soprano after a flagrant cheap-shot punch to the groin by George Mason guard Tony Skinn.
ref: 2006 March 6, Pat Forde, “Will three teams dance after hard-nosed semis?”, in ESPN, retrieved 26 Aug 2008:
text: Judah threw brilliant counters that temporarily stunned the undefeated welterweight titlist, endured two flagrant but apparently unintentional low punches that would've left many permanently singing soprano.
ref: 2007 July 18, David Greisman, “Fighting Words—When Losers Win and Winners Lose”, in boxingscene.com, retrieved 26 Aug 2008:
glosses: Castrated or injured in the testicles.
raw_tags: of a man
foodprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foodprints
Etymology: Blend of food + footprint
Senses: examples: text: My carbon foodprint is relatively small as I live a locavore’s diet.
glosses: The environmental impact, or footprint, of food, including the amount of land required to sustain a diet, the amount of carbon dioxide produced, if the food is organic, and if it is local.
out of fix
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Right now the dynamo is out of fix, so I have used the electric light current, with an interrupter.
ref: 1913 November, J. R. Schmidt, “Interesting People:Alice McConaughy”, in The American Magazine, volume LXXVI:5, page 62:
glosses: Wrong, broken, nonfunctional
chyron
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kīrŏn
ipa: /ˈkaɪɹɒn/
ipa: /ˈkaɪɹɑn/
homophone: Chiron
Forms: form: chyrons
form: chyroning
form: chyroned
form: chyroned
Etymology: Genericization of the trademark Chyron, from Chiron (“centaur of Greek mythology”).
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: To display (material) on screen by this technology.
chyron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kīrŏn
ipa: /ˈkaɪɹɒn/
ipa: /ˈkaɪɹɑn/
homophone: Chiron
Forms: form: chyrons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ciron (“the itch-mite (Sarcoptes scabiei), which infects the skin”).
freak flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freak flags
Etymology: Reportedly originated from song lyrics for If 6 Was 9 (1967) by Jimi Hendrix and was popularized by its use in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's counterculture anthem Almost Cut My Hair.
Senses: examples: text: "We were just blatantly flaunting our freak flag," she says. "We were trying to be badder than anyone else—and we were getting away with it!"
ref: 1988 February 21, Sarah Peasley, “Swinging Singing”, in Washington Post:
text: Tom Robbins, whose cosmic-absurdist, stoner-philosophical novels have moved undergraduates to scrawl So true!!! in the margins for decades, has again deputized himself to carry the freak flag of irreverence and fleshly indulgence.
ref: 2000 May 21, James Poniewozik, “Books: Sex, Drugs and Subatomic Particles”, in New York Times:
text: Q: You've got that "Don't mess with Texas" attitude down, don't you?
A: If you ever watched "The Family Stone," it says, "Everyone has a freak flag, so fly your freak flag proudly." So that's kind of the way I am.
ref: 2007 June 10, Jason Sobel, “On the Hot Seat: Rory Sabbatini”, in ESPN.com, retrieved 26 Aug 2008:
glosses: Unconventional or unrestrained behavior; extreme, nonconformist views; the side of one's personality which harbors a tendency toward such behavior or such views.
wikipedia: Almost Cut My Hair
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby
If 6 Was 9
Jimi Hendrix
Related terms: fly the freak flag
fly the freak flag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flies the freak flag
form: flying the freak flag
form: flew the freak flag
form: flown the freak flag
Etymology: See freak flag.
Senses: examples: text: What she realized, in short, is she could go with her funk and quirk, be who she was and fly the freak flag high and be herself and not fall back into, well, toaster mode.
ref: 2002 July 3, Mark Morford, “Girl With The Toaster Tattoo”, in San Francisco Chronicle:
text: Halloween is a great day to be dead. Or, technically speaking, undead. A vampire like me can be just a bit more herself in public, fly the freak flag a few feet higher.
ref: 2012, Jeri Smith-Ready, Lust for Life, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 1:
glosses: To behave in an unconventional or unrestrained manner; to exhibit the uninhibited side of one's personality.
Related terms: freak flag
crested lark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crested larks
Senses: glosses: A small, non-migratory lark found throughout most of temperate Eurasia (Galerida cristata).
rocket plane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocket planes
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A winged aircraft that is propelled by a rocket engine.
rocket ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocket ships
form: rocket-ship
Etymology: From 1809.
Senses: glosses: A spacecraft propelled by a rocket engine.
examples: text: At about 3 P.M., the four bomb-vessels and rocket-ship weighed, and stood further in; the latter, to give effect to her rockets, much nearer than the others.
ref: 1837, William James, The Naval History of Great Britain, From the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV, volume 6, London: Richard Bentley, page 320:
text: And there was a further group, including Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–80), who had been a POW in Germany, and William Golding (1911–93), who had commanded a Royal Navy rocket ship, who were propelled by the ordeals of war to examine the complexities of human nature and human society.
ref: 2006, Norman Davies, No simple victory: World War II in Europe, 1939–1945, New York: Penguin, page 447:
glosses: A ship armed with rockets.
rocket launcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocket launchers
form: rocket-launcher
Etymology: From rocket + launcher.
Senses: glosses: A hand-held tube-like device for launching a rocket-propelled explosive device (a missile).
glosses: A truck for carrying and launching a missile.
glosses: A rack on a boat or a vehicle, for holding or storing fishing rods.
Derived terms: multiple rocket launcher