cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
versioning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: versionings
Etymology: From version + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: There have been many proposals to incorporate versioning in object-oriented databases.
ref: 1993, Stefano Ceri, Katsumi Tanaka, Shalom Tsur, Deductive and Object-oriented Databases:
text: 2005, Longley et al, Geographic Information Systems and Science
An alternative to pessimistic locking is optimistic versioning.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The use of versions as a means of distinguishing similar items.
Hyponyms: semantic versioning
two penn'orth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twopenn'orth
form: two pennorth
form: tuppence worth
form: tuppenceworth
form: tuppennys' worth
Etymology: Contraction of two pennyworth.
Senses: glosses: Two pennies' worth.
examples: text: That's just my two penn’orth; you can believe what you like.
glosses: One's opinion or thoughts.
Synonyms: sense: opinions or thoughts
english: of US origin
translation: of US origin
word: two cents
sense: opinions or thoughts
english: of US origin
translation: of US origin
word: two cents' worth
Wendy house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wendy houses
Etymology: From Wendy + house, named after Wendy Darling, a character in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. A prop house was created by Barrie for the first stage production of the play in 1904, and Wendy sings: “I wish I had a darling house / The littlest ever seen, / With funny little red walls / And roof of mossy green.”
Senses: synonyms: play house
cubby house
toyhouse
hypernyms: toy
house
glosses: A toy house in which children can play.
wikipedia: Peter and Wendy
Coordinate terms: doll's house
Wendy houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wendy house
two pennorth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two pennorths
Senses: examples: text: Here's my 'two pennorth'. Great British Railways (and NR meanwhile) should adopt the following policy: [...].
ref: 2021 November 17, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Salisbury: a media own goal”, in RAIL, number 944, page 3:
glosses: Alternative spelling of two penn'orth.
wasteground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wastegrounds
Etymology: From waste + ground.
Senses: examples: text: But the wasteground was already cleared. So the workers resolved to give up a Monday to voluntary labour to scatter rubbish all over it.
ref: 1979, Aleksandr Zinoviev, The Yawning Heights:
text: He was crawling across the wasteground on the far side of the perimeter fence.
ref: 1994, D W Hartnett, Black Milk:
text: The uniform was leading them across the wasteground, where one side of a great black square of tenements had been demolished.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 18:
glosses: A barren stretch of ground; wasteland.
shitstorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitstorms
Etymology: From shit + storm.
Senses: examples: text: The hell with Brown […] He's been missing all the shit storms. It's his turn.
ref: 1948, Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead:
text: 'Sometimes the pool-pah,' Bokonon tells us, 'exceeds the power of humans to comment.' Bokonon translates pool-pah at one point in The Books of Bokonon as 'shit storm' and at another point as 'wrath of God'.
ref: 1963, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 110, in Cat's Cradle:
text: “...seem’s he’s been tumbling ass over teakettle—though there’s no way to tell in this murky shitstorm, no visual references...”
ref: 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow, Part I:
text: "You and your cowboys just stirred up a shitstorm, agent."
ref: 1999, Joseph Finder, High Crimes:
text: In Baltimore, the general rule is that if something looks like a shitstorm, smells like a shitstorm and tastes like a shitstorm, it goes to homicide.
ref: 2006, David Simon, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets:
coordinate_terms: shit show
glosses: A chaotic and unpleasant or violent situation.
examples: text: When Abbott stated openly that his plan involved a new tax of 1.7% on large companies with big profit margins - those, in fact, most able to pay - he provoked a near universal shitstorm.
ref: 2010, Mungo MacCallum, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 32
glosses: Considerable backlash from the public.
Related terms: cook up a storm
shit-stirrer
tuppenceworth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tuppence worth.
nominalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nominalists
Etymology: From nominal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An adherent of any of the various kinds of nominalism.
Derived terms: nominalistic
Related terms: nominal
nominalism
froodite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: froodites
Etymology: Frood mine, Canada, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An opaque metallic grey mineral containing bismuth and palladium.
froodites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of froodite
tuppence worth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuppence worths
form: tuppence-worth
form: tuppenceworth
form: tuppenny’s worth
form: two penn’orth
form: twopenn’orth
form: two pennorth
form: tupp’orth
Senses: examples: text: I bought a tuppence worth of humbugs
coordinate_terms: halfpennyworth
pennyworth
glosses: Two pennies' worth; goods or services with a value of two pennies.
examples: text: That's just my tuppenceworth; you can believe what you like.
synonyms: word: halfpennyworth
word: pennyworth
word: two pennies' worth
word: ;
topics: origin
word: two cents
word: two cents' worth
glosses: One's opinion or thoughts.
examples: text: He had only a tuppence worth of success.
synonyms: word: halfpennyworth
word: pennyworth
word: ace
word: tinge
word: atom
word: trace element
word: aught
word: bissel
word: bit
word: crumb
word: glimpse
word: dab
word: damn
word: dash
word: diddly
word: glint
word: dot
word: spatter
word: drop
word: dusting
word: fleck
word: hint
word: flip
word: flyspeck
word: grain
word: halfpennyworth
word: inch
word: iota
word: jot
word: lick
word: mite
word: modicum
word: molecule
word: morceau
word: morsel
word: mote
word: ooch
word: ounce
word: particle
word: pennyworth
word: piece
word: pinch
word: scantling
word: semblance
word: scent
word: scintilla
word: scooch
word: scrap
word: scruple
word: shred
word: skerrick
word: skoosh
word: skosh
word: sliver
word: smattering
word: smidge
word: smidgen
word: smidget
word: smidgy
word: smitch
word: smithereen
word: soupçon
word: spark
word: speck
word: speckle
word: spot
word: sprinkle
word: sprinkling
word: strain
word: tad
word: tidbit
word: tidge
word: tittle
word: toddick
word: touch
word: trace
word: trifle
word: tuppence worth
word: vestige
word: whiff
word: whit
glosses: A small amount.
lapmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lapmarks
form: lap mark
Etymology: From lap + mark.
Senses: qualifier: painting
glosses: A visible excess of paint marking an edge of a strip of paint application.
Coordinate terms: brushmark
shitstorms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitstorm
lapmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lapmark
brushmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brushmarks
form: brush mark
Etymology: From brush + mark.
Senses: qualifier: painting
glosses: A visible mark on a painted surface left by the bristles of a paintbrush.
Coordinate terms: lapmark
Kiplingesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kiplingesque
form: most Kiplingesque
Etymology: From Kipling + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: The atmosphere is established in a truly Kiplingesque manner by the explanation of the first sketch — "A Retired Gentleman."
ref: 1919, Catholic World:
text: He's been sucked in by all that Kiplingesque double-talk that transformed India from a place where plain ordinary greedy Englishmen carved something out...
ref: 1975, Paul Scott, A Division of the Spoils:
text: Furthermore, Brecht cut some of the more farcical elements and the rowdy Kiplingesque songs...
ref: 1981, Michael Patterson, The Revolution in German Theatre, 1900-1933:
glosses: Suggestive of Rudyard Kipling or his writings.
brushmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brushmark
nominalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nominalist
party animals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of party animal
Buck's Fizzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buck's Fizz
Bolivian marching powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Bolivia and Peru were the leading producer countries through most of the 1980s and 1990s.
Senses: examples: text: Your brain at this moment is composed of brigades of tiny Bolivian soldiers. They are tired and muddy from their long march through the night. There are holes in their boots and they are hungry. They need to be fed. They need the Bolivian Marching Powder.
ref: 1984, Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, →ISBN, page 2:
text: For those enamored of the glitzy life, coke—snow, blow, nose candy, Bolivian Marching Powder—became the drug.
ref: 1986, Robert Emmet Long, Drugs and American Society:
text: McDermott's got on this wool suit by Lubiam with a linen pocket square by Ashear Bros., a Ralph Lauren cotton shirt and a silk tie by Christian Dior and he's about to toss a coin to see which one of us is going downstairs to fetch the Bolivian Marching Powder since neither one of us wants to sit here in the booth with the girls […]
ref: 1991, Bret Easton Ellis, “Nell's”, in American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 200:
text: […]greedily inhale another ten lines of uncut Bolivian marching powder[…]
ref: 2003, Mark St. Amant, “Sleepless in Florence”, in Sean O'Reilly, Larry Habegger, James O'Reilly, editors, Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why, →ISBN, page 148:
text: Not quite as much fun as the real Halston, since Mr. McGregor was smoking green-tea cigarettes instead of Trues, snorting sugary, vitamin-like Inositol instead of Bolivian marching powder and, due to Covid restrictions, conjuring disco fever with just 48 extras in the Studio 54 scenes.
ref: 2021 May 7, Maureen Dowd, “Ewan McGregor: Dahling, He’s Halston!”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: Colombian marching powder
word: Peruvian marching powder
word: benzoylmethylecgonine
word: blow
word: Bolivian marching powder
word: booger sugar
word: boots
word: California corn flakes
word: charlie
word: ching
word: coke
word: corinne
word: crystals
word: flake
word: girl
word: hard white
word: marching powder
word: nose candy
word: nose powder
word: party powder
word: powder
word: rock
word: rocks
word: slim
word: sniff
word: snow
word: snuff
word: toot
word: wash
word: white
word: white girl
word: white lady
word: yay
word: yayo
word: yola
glosses: Cocaine.
jungly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: junglier
form: jungliest
Etymology: From jungle + -y.
Senses: examples: text: […] it was arranged that I should make a circuit and get between the bear and a jungly ravine […]
ref: 1894, Robert H Elliot, Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore:
text: He was lying on a bamboo bed in the traditional doctor's hut at the jungliest edge of the village.
ref: 2000, Martin Bennett, Rosamund Fowler, Tales from West Africa:
glosses: Overgrown with jungle.
jungliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of jungly: most jungly
junglier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of jungly: more jungly
jinglier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of jingly: more jingly
jingliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of jingly: most jingly
horsier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of horsey: more horsey
horsiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of horsey: most horsey
tuppence-worth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuppence-worths
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tuppence worth.
bachelor parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bachelor party
bachelorette parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bachelorette party
stag nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stag night
stag parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stag party
hen parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hen party
hen night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hen nights
form: hen’s night
form: hens’ night
Senses: examples: text: 2001, Karen S Smith, Up To No Good, 2004, Black Lace, London, unnumbered page,
This was what a hen night should be: just a group of good friends getting together to enjoy unpretentious fun away from other people’s eyes.
text: 2006, Yasmin Mills, How to Party, RoofTop Publishing, Indiana, page 47,
Plan an unforgettable hen night to show your girlfriends how much you appreciate them.
text: 2007, Nicola Chalk, Because of You, Vanguard Press, UK, page 114,
“Why he is out on a hen night?” Denise asked as soon as we all arrived and met up at the Hotel. “He looks like a man to me.”
text: The hen night is for Rachel, the thinnest and most mean-spirited of his wife’s friends, and a hotel suite has been hired for the sleepover, complete with a handsome cocktail waiter to use as they see fit.
ref: 2009, David Nicholls, One Day, unnumbered page:
text: Then, Katy’s pal, singer Rihanna, let slip where the actual nuptials were taking place. She told a US radio DJ that she had her work cut out for her, planning a hen night for her friend with a theme to tie in with an Indian wedding.
ref: 2011, Jo Berry, Katy Perry: California Gurl, unnumbered page:
glosses: A party held for a woman who is about to be married, normally attended only by female friends and relatives.
Synonyms: sense: party for a woman about to be married
word: bachelorette party
boohoo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: boohoos
form: boohooing
form: boohooed
form: boohooed
Senses: examples: text: "It feels inevitable," he boohooed. Of course it was inevitable – he used to tweet at least six times an hour, endless say-what-you-see drivel.
ref: 2011 July 8, Grace Dent, The Guardian:
glosses: To cry, weep.
glosses: To complain, whine.
boohoo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: boohoo!
form: boo-hoo
Senses: glosses: used to represent the noise of someone crying.
boohoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boohoos
Senses: glosses: The sailfish.
hen nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hen night
boohoos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boohoo
boohooing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boohoo
boohooed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boohoo
gentlemanliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gentlemanly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a gentleman.
examples: text: But in addition to this, in both there seemed to me to be an underlying basis of gentlemanliness, not especially observable in the locomotive men, or many of them, of years ago.
ref: 1949 March and April, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–2”, in Railway Magazine, page 84:
glosses: gentlemanly behaviour.
ladylikeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ladylike + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Ladylike behaviour.
veepee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veepees
Etymology: From VP, initialism of vice president.
Senses: examples: text: At the equipment level, Columbia veepee Herb Greenspon said the company had no plans at present to introduce stereo disk playing equipment.
ref: 1957 December 30, Ren Grevatt, “Concensus Tabs Stereo Disk Still in Research Stage: Diskery and Phono Toppers Sound Tempering Notes of Caution”, in Billboard, page 11:
glosses: A vice president.
veepees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veepee
heterosquare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterosquares
Etymology: From hetero- + square.
Senses: glosses: An n-by-n arrangement of n² numbers such that the numbers in each row, in each column and along both diagonals all have different sums.
Hyponyms: antimagic square
heterosquares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterosquare
antimagic square
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimagic squares
Etymology: From anti- + magic square.
Senses: glosses: A heterosquare in which the sums form a sequence of consecutive numbers.
antimagic squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimagic square
Morris column
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Morris columns
Etymology: In France, they were originally built by La Société Fermière des Colonnes Morris.
Senses: glosses: A cylindrical outdoor sidewalk structure (like a column) used for advertising; an advertising column
Synonyms: advertising column
Litfaß column
synopses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synopsis
sojourning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sojourn
sojourning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sojournings
Senses: examples: my sojournings all over Europe
glosses: The act of one who sojourns; a short stay or residence.
ankle-biters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ankle-biter
spindlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of spindly: more spindly
spindliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of spindly: most spindly
stingrays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stingray
straggles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of straggle
straggled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of straggle
switchboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of switchboard
strangleholds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stranglehold
strangleholds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stranglehold
squirrelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of squirrel
squirrelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Storing up, hoarding.
glosses: The sport of hunting squirrels.
squirrelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwɪ.ɹəld/
ipa: /ˈskwɝld/
ipa: /ˈskwɝ.əld/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ld
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of squirrel
stuns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stun
stuns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stun
sugarier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sugary: more sugary
sugariest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sugary: most sugary
sugariness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sugary + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The sugariness of the sauce went well with the tartness of the citrus fruit.
glosses: The property of being sugary or sweet.
Synonyms: sweetness
sweatdrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweatdrops
Etymology: From sweat + drop.
Senses: examples: text: What felt like a fly crawling down my cheek was a solitary sweatdrop.
ref: 1944, Arnold Gingrich, Coronet:
text: A sweatdrop plopped to the floor. "Can't have men in our Army afraid to show their equipment, can we? No, of course not!"
ref: 1980, Daniel Curzon, The Misadventures of Tim McPicks:
glosses: A drop of sweat.
Related terms: plewd
sweatdrop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sweatdrops
form: sweatdropping
form: sweatdropped
form: sweatdropped
Etymology: From sweat + drop.
Senses: glosses: To show a stylized bead of sweat at the forehead, indicating embarrassment, exasperation, etc.
raw_tags: of a character in anime or manga
sweatdrops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweatdrop
spacewalking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spacewalk
spacewalked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spacewalk
piewoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piewomen
Etymology: From pie + woman.
Senses: glosses: A woman who sells pies.
piewomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piewoman
spurted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spurt
slyer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sly: more sly
slyest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sly: most sly
sketchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sketchy: more sketchy
sketchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sketchy: most sketchy
staving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stave
staving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stavings
Senses: glosses: A casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel.
surplices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surplice
sultrier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sultry: more sultry
sultriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sultry: most sultry
stupors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stupor
stupors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stupor
sportswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sportswoman
go nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes nuts
form: going nuts
form: went nuts
form: gone nuts
Senses: examples: text: Yeah, I sometimes go nuts when people try and write on my stuff.
glosses: To become mad.
examples: text: "Can we play in the garden?" "Sure, go nuts."
glosses: Go ahead; feel free.
Synonyms: sense: become mad
word: do one's nut
sense: become mad
word: go crazy
sense: become mad
word: go mad
sense: become mad
word: freak out
sense: in the imperative
word: go wild
sense: in the imperative
word: knock oneself out
goes nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go nuts
amitriptylines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amitriptyline
amitryptiline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amitryptilines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of amitriptyline.
amitryptilines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amitryptiline
somersaulting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of somersault
somersaulting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somersaultings
Senses: glosses: An instance of performing a somersault.
somersaulted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of somersault
soundproofings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soundproofing
soundproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of soundproof
soundproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Over the permanent way of this main line, which is now in first-class condition, the riding of No. D205 was perfectly smooth, and in the sound-proofed cab silent also, and it was a most pleasant experience.
ref: 1959 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 133:
glosses: simple past and past participle of soundproof
subsists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subsist
speedways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speedway
subtractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtraction
howsomedever
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: howsomdever
Senses: examples: text: But howsomedever, that's nither here nor thar, as the fellow said.
ref: 1844, The Southern Literary Messenger, volume 10, page 46:
text: Howsomedever, all Lovells isn’t Kaumlos, and there ’s Loveridges and Loversedges, and the young man ’s welcome to a cup o’ tea so long as he be’aves hisself.
ref: [1891], F[rancis] W[ylde] Carew (indicated as editor) [pseudonym; Arthur E. G. Way], “I Make the Acquaintance of Mantis Lovell”, in No. 747. Being the Autobiography of a Gipsy., Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited, →OCLC, page 218:
glosses: howsoever
Related terms: whosomedever
strummed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strum
cooeeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cooee
cooeed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cooee
swankier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of swanky: more swanky
swankiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of swanky: most swanky
swanker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of swank: more swank
swanker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swankers
Senses: glosses: One who behaves in a swanky fashion.
swankest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of swank: most swank
&lits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of &lit
cat's eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cats' eyes
form: cat's eyes
form: cat's-eye
form: catseye
Etymology: An allusion to the way a cat's eyes will appear to glow when illuminated in the dark. In mineralogy, a calque of French œil de chat.
Senses: glosses: A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night.
synonyms: cat-eye
glosses: A glass marble with elongated colourful inclusions running through its axis.
glosses: A gemstone exhibiting chatoyancy.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Cymophane (translucent yellow chatoyant chrysoberyl).
glosses: A sea snail, Lunella smaragda
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, eye.; the eye of a cat.
cats' eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cat's eye
mugs' games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mug's game
who's 'she', the cat's mother
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: Who's 'she'
form: the cat's mother
Senses: examples: "She's coming on the trip with us too!"
"Who's 'she', the cat's mother?"
Sorry, Gran is coming with us too.
glosses: A rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to a woman in the nominative case as "she", instead of by her name or an appropriately respectful title.
black hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black hats
Etymology: From the black stetsons (cowboy hats) traditionally worn by such villains.
Senses: glosses: A villain in a story, especially in a Western (a film or other work of the Western genre).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: computer security
glosses: A malicious hacker, one who violates computer security out of malice or for personal gain.
Related terms: gray hat
white hat
black hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black hats
Etymology: From the black hats traditionally worn by men in Haredi communities.
Senses: glosses: A Haredi Jew; a member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.
black hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black hat
grey hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey hats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gray hat.
terai hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terai hat
grey hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grey hat
sunhat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌnˌhæt/
Forms: form: sunhats
form: sun hat
form: sun-hat
Etymology: From sun + hat.
Senses: hypernyms: hat
glosses: A light, broadbrimmed hat to protect the wearer from the sun.
Related terms: sundress
sunglasses
sunscreen
sunshield
sun umbrella
sunhats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunhat
variety show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: variety shows
Senses: topics: broadcasting
entertainment
lifestyle
media
radio
television
theater
synonyms: word: variety
english: elliptical
translation: elliptical
word: variety performance
glosses: A type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium) acrobats, comedians, dancers, magicians, singers, etc.
Related terms: cinevariety
music hall
vaudeville
Morris columns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Morris column
artilleries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artillery
scandalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scandalises
form: scandalising
form: scandalised
form: scandalised
Etymology: From scandal + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: He never greatly cared for the society of what are called good people. If any of these were scandalised (and offences were sure to arise), he could not help it.
ref: 1833, [Charles Lamb], “Preface. By a Friend of the Late Elia.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page ix:
text: She was scandalised by my suggestion that she should have bought the other three seats, in order to use the table as an office space. Her solution was that I should go and sit elsewhere. Her appeal to the ticket inspector/guard was rebuffed in short order.
ref: 2023 May 31, “Open Access: On-train table manners”, in RAIL, number 984, page 63:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of scandalize.
scandalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scandalise
scandalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scandalise
sidth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪdθ/
rhymes: -ɪdθ
Forms: form: sidths
form: sith
Etymology: From Middle English *sidth, equivalent to side (“long, ample, trailing, vast, distant”, adjective) + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at side.
Senses: glosses: Depth or length, especially used of things hanging low, draping, or trailing
Wilkins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlkɪnz/
Forms: form: Wilkins
form: Wilkinses
form: Wilkin
Etymology: In most cases, the surname derives from the Middle English Wilkin, from Will, diminutive of William, + -kin (“small”). However, in the case of a formidable number of those that bear the surname 'Wilkins', the name derives from an earlier form Welsh Wilkyn, itself from Middle English Wylcolyna or Witcoline, from Latin Wintona, compare Winton.
Senses: examples: text: Kash Patel, born to Gujarati parents in New York in 1980, was sworn in as the ninth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday, in the presence of his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins and his family.
ref: 2025 February 22, “Who is Alexis Wilkins? FBI director Kash Patel takes oath in girlfriend's presence”, in The Hindustan Times, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2025:
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
An English surname from Middle English.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
A surname from Welsh.
glosses: A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. named after William Wilkins.
Synonyms: word: Will
word: William
word: Williams
word: Williamson
word: Wills
Derived terms: Wilk
Wilke
Wilkes
Wilkey
Wilkie
Wilkinson
Wilks
scows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aʊz
Senses: glosses: plural of scow
scows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aʊz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scow
scowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scow
scowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scow
sifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪfts/
rhymes: -ɪfts
Senses: glosses: plural of sift
sifts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪfts/
rhymes: -ɪfts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sift
salients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salient
showings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of showing
slabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slab
slabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slabbings
Senses: topics: business
forestry
glosses: An offcut of a tree trunk.
Derived terms: slabbing machine
slabbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slab
soloed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of solo
shackling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shackle
sensationalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sensationalist
black rhinoceros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black rhinoceros
form: black rhinoceroses
Senses: glosses: A rhinoceros, of species Diceros bicornis, in the family Rhinocerotidae.
Hypernyms: African rhinoceros
Coordinate terms: white rhinoceros
siestas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siesta
black rhinoceroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black rhinoceros
PWID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The defendant was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for PWID marijuana.
glosses: Initialism of possession with intent to distribute.
PWID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of people who inject drugs.
keep one's hair on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's hair on
form: keeping one's hair on
form: kept one's hair on
form: kept one's hair on
Senses: examples: text: All right, all right, just keep your hair on, mate.
text: “Oh, nothing, nothing!”
“Yes, there’s something. I mean to know!”
“Keep your hair on; it’s nothing.”
“Out with it!” cried Addie, scarlet with rage.
And he flew at Jaap’s throat.
ref: 1901, Louis Couperus, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, Small Souls:
text: 1965 [Chatto & Windus], Margery Allingham, The Mind Readers, 2016, Penguin Random House (Vintage), page 138,
‘Keep your hair on, I don't see any crime. […] ’
text: “Sorry old chap—keep your hair on—but surely you knew just about everyone was siphoning off the odd bit, here and there?”
ref: 2014, Melvin Rea, The Island They Towed Away, AuthorHouse, page 233:
glosses: To stay calm; to be patient; to calm down.
Synonyms: sense: to stay calm
word: keep one's knickers on
sense: to stay calm
word: keep one's pants on
sense: to stay calm
word: keep one's shirt on
hissingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hissingly
form: most hissingly
Etymology: From hissing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He lingered hissingly over the word.
ref: 1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 27, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus:
glosses: While hissing; in a hissing fashion
buzzingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more buzzingly
form: most buzzingly
Etymology: From buzzing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: After receiving the charge with every mark of derision, the pupils formed in line and buzzingly passed a ragged book from hand to hand.
ref: 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter X:
glosses: While buzzing, or in a buzzing fashion
chat shit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chats shit
form: chatting shit
form: chatted shit
form: chatted shit
Senses: examples: text: I shagged David Beckham last week. – Stop chatting shit; that's a load of bollocks.
glosses: To talk nonsense or to lie.
examples: text: My brother came round and we were chatting shit for hours.
synonyms: shoot the shit
glosses: To have a casual or meaningless conversation.
examples: text: Chat shit, get banged.
synonyms: misrepresent
slander
glosses: To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
Synonyms: sense: talk nonsense or lies
word: talk trash
sense: talk nonsense or lies
word: talk shit
sense: talk nonsense or lies
word: talk shite
sense: talk nonsense or lies
word: chat shite
sense: casual conversation
word: shoot the breeze
sense: casual conversation
word: shoot the shit
talk shite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: talks shite
form: talking shite
form: talked shite
form: talked shite
Senses: qualifier: very uncommon
glosses: To talk badly about something.
qualifier: very uncommon
glosses: To talk nonsense or to lie.
Synonyms: word: talk trash
word: chat shit
word: chat shite
sleepyheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleepyhead
soapier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊpiəɹ/
rhymes: -əʊpiə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of soapy: more soapy
soapiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of soapy: most soapy
encyclopædias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encyclopædia
showcasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showcasings
Senses: examples: text: […] as they attend festivals highlighting traditional Buraku culinary forays into intestinal soup or artisanal showcasings of drum-making and cobblery, alongside corresponding Korean and Ainu displays.
ref: 2014, Joseph D. Hankins, Working Skin: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan, page 15:
glosses: An instance of something being showcased or exhibited.
topics: business
commerce
retail
glosses: The activity of browsing bricks-and-mortar stores to examine goods before buying them online, frequently from a different retailer.
showcasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of showcase
slimmest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them; the space they occupy would have been better utilised to increase standing room).
ref: 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715:
glosses: superlative form of slim: most slim
slogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slog
snouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snout
Sagittariuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sagittarius
shotgunning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shotgun
shotgunned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shotgun
sportier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sporty: more sporty
sportiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sporty: most sporty
manganiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more manganiferous
form: most manganiferous
Etymology: From manganese + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: examples: text: a manganiferous ore
topics: chemistry
engineering
geography
geology
metallurgy
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing manganese
Hypernyms: metalliferous
Related terms: cupriferous
ferruginous
ear candle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear candles
Senses: topics: alternative-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: A hollow candle used in certain alternative medicine practices to assist the natural clearing of earwax.
Derived terms: ear candling
ear candles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ear candle
cartelize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cartelizes
form: cartelizing
form: cartelized
form: cartelized
Etymology: From cartel + -ize.
Senses: glosses: Of an industry, to be subjected to the control of a cartel.
Derived terms: noncartelized
Related terms: cartel
cartelization
antifungals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antifungal
cock-a-leekie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cock-a-leekies
form: cockaleekie
form: cockyleekie
form: cockyleeky
Etymology: Alteration of the diminutives cockie (from cock) + leekie (from leek)
Senses: glosses: A Scottish chicken soup boiled with leeks.
deinstitutionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deinstitutionalizations
form: deinstitutionalisation
Etymology: From deinstitutionalize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The government began the deinstitutionalization of background checks for certain Federal jobs.
glosses: The process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm.
examples: text: By the 1970s, calls for deinstitutionalization had grown strong enough to yield systemic changes.
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
qualifier: health care
glosses: The process of converting daily care for intellectually disabled people and mental health care for psychiatric patients from an institution-based model (focused largely on sequestering them in mental hospitals) to a community-based model (in which they live in small group homes or private residences to the greatest feasible extent).
examples: text: The deinstitutionalization of minor offenders helps reduce prison overcrowding.
coordinate_terms: institutionalization
reinstitutionalization
glosses: The process of releasing a person from a facility where their freedom to leave has been restrained.
examples: text: After thirty years in the asylum, deinstitutionalization would present many problems.
coordinate_terms: institutionalization
reinstitutionalization
glosses: The process of reducing a person's dependence on an institutional environment.
Related terms: deinstitutionalize
institutionalize
reinstitutionalize
unidirectionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unidirectional + -ly.
Senses: examples: unidirectionally aligned composites
glosses: In a single direction; in a unidirectional fashion
unphosphorylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + phosphorylate + -ed.
Senses: examples: an unphosphorylated protein
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Not phosphorylated
Related terms: dephosphorylate
upgoing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From up- + going. Cf. Old English upgang (“upgoing”).
Senses: examples: an upgoing waveform
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
seismology
glosses: Trending positive.
raw_tags: of a wave
examples: upgoing movement of the toes
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Dorsiflexional.
upgoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From up- + going. Cf. Old English upgang (“upgoing”).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upgo
upgoing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upgoings
Etymology: From up- + going. Cf. Old English upgang (“upgoing”).
Senses: glosses: Upward movement; ascension.
vectorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From vectorial + -ly.
Senses: examples: vectorially-secreted protein
a vectorially-normed space
glosses: By or in relation to a vector (in any sense)
volcaniclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From volcanic + clastic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Being a clastic rock chiefly composed of volcanic materials
volcaniclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volcaniclastics
Etymology: From volcanic + clastic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A clastic rock chiefly composed of volcanic materials
Related terms: metamorphiclastic
plutoniclastic
pyroclastic
sedimentaclastic
sedimentoclastic
trisomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trisomy
undeformable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undeformable
form: most undeformable
Etymology: From un- + deformable.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technical
synonyms: indeformable
glosses: Not capable of being deformed.
Derived terms: undeformability
undeformably
abax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board covered with sand”). Doublet of abacus and abaque.
Senses: examples: text: Basic arithmetic could be done with an abax.
glosses: An ancient counting board containing grooves in which counters were placed; a forerunner of the abacus.
undevitrified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + devitrified.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Not having undergone devitrification, the process by which molten glass becomes crystalline
unescape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unescapes
form: unescaping
form: unescaped
form: unescaped
Etymology: From un- + escape.
Senses: examples: text: Hopefully, the possibilities afforded by escaping and unescaping strings are now becoming clear.
ref: 2006, Richard Leggett et al., Foundation Flash Applications for Mobile Devices, →ISBN, page 76:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To reverse the escaping of a string.
unentangled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unentangle
unentangled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] the smaller portrait painted a brisk, unentangled, young bachelor, gayly ranging up and down in the world; light-hearted, and a very little bladish perhaps; […]
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: Not entangled.
unentangle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unentangles
form: unentangling
form: unentangled
form: unentangled
Etymology: From un- + entangle.
Senses: glosses: To reverse the process of entanglement
Synonyms: disentangle
untangle
Derived terms: unentanglement
unentangles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unentangle
unentangling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unentangle
triaxial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tri-axial
Etymology: From tri- + axial.
Senses: examples: triaxial graph paper
glosses: Having three axes.
topics: astronomy
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having three planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a scalene ellipsoid) and thus two axes of rotation
examples: triaxial stress-testing of solids
glosses: Along all three axes
Coordinate terms: monoaxial
biaxial
tetraxial
Derived terms: triaxially