cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
trimount
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + mount.
Senses: examples: text: Venous pressures were measured directly in 2 (2) subjects at l0g. using a vein in the forearm and recording pressures by means of a trimount inductance gauge.
ref: 1949, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, American Physiological Society, Federation Proceedings - Volume 8, Issue 1, page 104:
text: Six-axle A1A (center axle unpowered) Alcos used single-drop-equalizer trucks with a short wheelbase (10'5") and even axle spacing; units with all axles powered used a trimount double-equalized truck with uneven spacing and a 12'6" wheelbase.
ref: 2009, Jeff Wilson, The Model Railroader's Guide to Diesel Locomotives, →ISBN, page 55:
glosses: Mounted in three places.
trimounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trimount
cardician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardicians
Etymology: Blend of card + magician
Senses: examples: text: I will mention some of the basic card sleights, however, and perhaps the next time you're watching a cardician perform you will have a better appreciation of what's going on under the master's agile fingertips.
ref: 1997, Nathaniel Schiffman, Abracadabra!: Secret Methods Magicians and Others Use to Deceive Their Audience:
glosses: One who performs card tricks.
cardicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardician
trout slap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trout slaps
form: trout slapping
form: trout slapped
form: trout slapped
form: trout-slap
Etymology: From an Internet Relay Chat program, mIRC, which includes a /slap command that caused a message to appear that "<person A> slaps <person B> around a bit with a large trout".
Senses: examples: text: It might give it more weight when he would like to a) trout slap himself, b) trout slap any other living breathing creature deserving to be trout-slapped.
ref: 1999 July 20, Jooooooky Joooky Junk, “Summer Of Sean”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: Anyone have a page with Dawn Newsgroup etiquette? Maybe it's time to start one so the rest of us don't get trout slapped for not knowing something that was discussed years ago.
ref: 2002 May 21, DeannaD, “got your dawn bucks ready??? PT GLori”, in alt.collecting.topper-dawn (Usenet):
text: There's no grade inflation — your GPA will be trout slapped until it hides under the table at a respectable 2.7.
ref: 2005, Moana Evans, Harvey Mudd College College Prowler Off the Record, →ISBN, page 132:
glosses: To strongly or humorously rebuke or humiliate.
trout slap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trout slaps
form: trout-slap
Etymology: From an Internet Relay Chat program, mIRC, which includes a /slap command that caused a message to appear that "<person A> slaps <person B> around a bit with a large trout".
Senses: examples: text: She has done nothing yet to show that she deserves a trout slap on the butt.
ref: 1998 November 14, devi...@mindspring.com, “OBSSEers”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: The trout slap had given him the idea of how to go about getting what he wanted from Hannah Mayfield.
ref: 1999, Linda Howard, Geralyn Dawson, Miranda Jarrett, Under The Boardwalk, →ISBN:
text: You need a good trout slap mister :)
ref: 2001 February 2, Dan Fournier, “Why do I need 'coolbits'”, in alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (Usenet):
text: Stocks enjoyed a fist pound ahead of the long weekend, on hopes that giving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a trout slap in the mortgage market would throw TWO leprechauns at the credit crunch that sucker punched Bear Stearns.
ref: 2008, Business Review Weekly: BRW - Volume 30, Issues 9-12, page 139:
glosses: An act of trout slapping.
trout slaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trout slap
trout slaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trout slap
trout slapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trout slap
trout slapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trout slap
trout-slap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trout-slaps
form: trout-slapping
form: trout-slapped
form: trout-slapped
Senses: examples: text: Well, I'm off to trout-slap the bejesus out of whoever's idea this mess-up was.
ref: 2000 April 27, Creek, “QOTD Plot Synopsis”, in alt.books.anne-rice (Usenet):
text: ... as the fact that their boss just got trout-slapped, which sounds fun), or that they would "miss the party", IN which all their Facebook friends sit around and trout-slap each other. (Rest assured, trout-slapping leaves your face UNMARKED.) .
ref: 2008, Business Review Weekly: BRW - Volume 30, Issues 9-12, page 139:
text: The discussion is mostly Unity-related, but don't be surprised to find the occasional conspiracy theory discussion or trout-slapping session.
ref: 2012, Jeff W. Murray, Game Development for iOS with Unity3D, →ISBN, page 250:
glosses: Alternative form of trout slap.
trout-slap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trout-slaps
Senses: examples: text: He deserves more than a trout-slap for injuring The Enigmatic One!
ref: 1999 January 25, Colleen Carteaux, “Scully being shot”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: But I've managed to /ban them from their precious servers...the ultimate trout-slap in the face!
ref: 2000 September 20, Laura Gilbreath, “Wednesday IRC Reminder - ChatWoman!”, in rec.arts.disney.parks (Usenet):
text: Well if they give you any crap about it, tell them they are gonna get a trout-slap and a stocking full of goat droppings from Santa
ref: 2001 December 20, Wayne Mann, “Another Proposal to the Group - the new group and a cease fire”, in rec.autos.sport.nascar (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of trout slap.
trout-slaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trout-slap
trout-slaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trout-slap
trout-slapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trout-slap
trout-slapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trout-slap
cloisteress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloisteresses
Etymology: From cloister + -ess.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cloistress.
sarcomatoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarcomatosis
desertress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deserter + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female deserter.
pronoune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pronounes
Senses: examples: text: These foure, Noune, Pronoune, Verbe, Participle be declined : and these foure, Aduerbe, Coniunction, Preposition, Interiection be vndeclined.
ref: 1605, Certeine Grammar Questions, London
text: Q. How many kinde of Pronounes haue you generally?
ref: 1630, The Posing of the Parts, 7th edition, London, p. 22
roman: A. Two, Pronoune Substantiues and Pronoune Adiectiues?
text: Proper Names, and Pronounes refuse Articles, but for Emphasis sake: as
 The Henry of Henries.
 The only Hee of the Towne.
 Where Hee stands for a Noune, and signifies Man.
ref: 1640, Ben. Johnson, The English Grammar:
text: How many kindes of Pronounes be there, as they be like Nounes? Two Substantives, and Adjectives. How many Pronounes be Substantives? Three, ego, tu, sui, to which are added egomet, tute. How many be Adjectives? Twelve, ille, pse, iste, hic, is, meus, tuus, suus, noster, vester, nostras, vestras, to which are added cujas idem, qui, and quis.
ref: 1650, John Leech, A Booke of Grammar Questions, for the helpe of young Scholars, to further them in understanding of the Accidence, and Lilies verses, divided into three parts, 4th edition, London
text: A Pronoune is a part of Speech, mutch like a Noune, which is used in Shewing, Rehearsing, or Asking. The Netherdutch Pronounes are these: … After the Impersonall Verbes may follow a Pronoune; …
ref: 1678, Hendrick Hexham and Daniel Manly, Dictionarium, ofte Woorden-boeck, begrijpende den Schat der Nederlandtsche Tale, met de Engelsche Uytlegginge, verrijckt met een korte ende bondige Nederduytsche Grammatica [a Dutch-English dictionary together with a Dutch grammar written in English], Rotterdam
glosses: Obsolete form of pronoun.
bacheloress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacheloresses
Etymology: From bachelor + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female bachelor.
Whale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A hamlet in Lowther parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5221).
amoebic dysentery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amebic dysentery
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Amoebiasis.
pedlaress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedlaresses
Etymology: From pedlar + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female pedlar.
peddleress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peddleresses
Etymology: From peddler + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: This privacy impels them to learn as much of the world as they can, and among the rich, their curiosity is gratified through maid-servants, matchmakers, peddleresses, visitors, and others.
ref: 1871, S. Wells Williams, The Middle Kindom, page 56:
glosses: A female peddler.
pedleress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedleresses
Etymology: From pedler + -ess.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peddleress.
neighboress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neighboresses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neighbouress.
18650
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 18650s
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: 1865
glosses: 18650 (electrochemical battery of a secondary storage cell)
21700
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 21700s
Senses: glosses: 21700 (electrochemical battery of a secondary storage cell)
Synonyms: 2170
Related terms: 18650
1865
2170
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 2170s
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: 21700
glosses: 2170 (electrochemical battery of a secondary storage cell)
2170s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The decade from 2170 to 2179.
glosses: plural of 2170
Related terms: 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s
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2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s
2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s
2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s
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'00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s
00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's
zeros
zeroes
aughts
noughties
oughts · oneties
tens
teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties
Hungry Forties · Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties
21700s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 21700
18650s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 18650
a closed mouth catches no flies
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Unknown. Equivalent expressions are found in several languages, so it is difficult to tell if it originated in English or a different language.
Senses: glosses: It's best not to talk too much.
glosses: It's better to not say anything than to say something suspicious or troublesome.
Related terms: a closed mouth gathers no feet
less than stellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Friday night’s performance was less than stellar.
text: Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of ability, but of less stellar renown, who toured the country, giving performances at less than stellar fees.
ref: 1931, Music and Dance, volume 21, Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Musical News Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 27, column 2:
text: Yet the economic seers are at it again, seemingly unabashed by their somewhat less than stellar performances in 1969.
ref: 1970, Hardware Age, volume 205, New York, N.Y.: David Williams Co., →OCLC, page 8, column 1:
text: Where a bank may automatically reject any borrower based on a bad credit score, this is not true for all social lending networks. You can still have a less than stellar score and obtain funding as long as you can convince a peer tha your project is worthy or your business model is strong.
ref: 2012, Linda A. Jenkins, “What is Social Lending?”, in Creative Financing: How to Get a Small Business Loan without a Banker, Gold Alliance Group, →ISBN, page 1:
glosses: Alternative form of less-than-stellar, especially in a predicative position as opposed to an attributive position.
common as dirt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely common.
a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: a new broom sweeps clean, but the old broom knows the corners
form: a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows all the corners
Senses: examples: text: It is said that a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners – this does not apply to Mbombela’s social scene.
ref: 28 May 2017, “Does the song “Amadlozi” by the late Brenda Fassie ring a bell?”, in Mpulanga News:
text: Chibnall, like Moffat, like Davies, like Capaldi, Tennant, and many others involved in the triumphant reboot, is a lifelong Doctor Who fan. His arrival should remind us of the full version of the old adage: a new broom sweeps clean but an old broom knows the corners. There are lives in the old Doctor yet.
ref: 22 December 2016, The Conversation UK:
text: It has been noted that the new broom sweeps clean, but the old broom knows the corners. Every now and then, the older broom must trust the young broom's judgment.
ref: 2011, Sylvia Bronner Walker, Little Nuggets for Life's Experiences, →ISBN:
glosses: New management imposes radical changes, but those with prior experience have more knowledge.
Related terms: word: a new broom sweeps clean
yer man
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of your man.
come here to me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: “Come here to me,” said yer man, leaning conspiratorially closer, the smell of turf smoke and poteen potent in the air. “Have ye been up to see the Magic Road?”
ref: 2014 February 24, Conor Hallahan, “Ireland's magic roads - what they are and how to find them”, in BreakingNews.ie:
text: “Come here to me,” said one local radio broadcaster, beckoning a nearby steward, “could ye gather up the names of all the Galway supporters and I’ll give them a shout out?”
ref: 2017 July 24, Neil Loughran, “Goals galore for Galway as Donegal are sent tumbling out of Championship”, in Irish News:
glosses: Introduces a topic which is (actually or jocularly) grave or sensitive; listen up; I wanted to tell/ask you
splatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /splæt/
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: splatches
Etymology: Probably imitative.
Senses: examples: text: [I]t appear'd through the Microscope gray, like a great splatch of London dirt […]
ref: 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section I:
glosses: A blot or splash.
splatch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /splæt/
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: splatches
form: splatching
form: splatched
form: splatched
Etymology: Probably imitative.
Senses: examples: text: Stanton described Lincoln as "A long, lank creature from Illinois, wearing a dirty linen duster for a coat, on the back of which the perspiration had splatched wide stains that resembled a map of the continent."
ref: 1947, Kentucky State Bar Journal - Volumes 12-13, page 144:
text: Where cows are headed up to the wall and are fed with turnips in winter, the place around them very soon gets splatched with earth off the roots;
ref: 1892, The Wisconsin Farmer, page 260:
text: The female lays four or five eggs, of a dull white colour, splatched with brown and black, with a very hard, smooth shell.
ref: 2013, John James Audubon, The Birds of America from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories, →ISBN:
glosses: To mark with a splatch.
examples: text: Fine distinctions, however, are wasted on Sir William Harcourt. His text is, ' We are rich and growing yearly richer,' and the more broadly splatched the facts he marshals in support of his text the more striking the effect.
ref: 1893, The Investors Review - Volume 2, page 391:
text: Once I had the wedge in, I had to raise the heavy hammer and let it fall with all the force I could, hoping thus to splatch off large pieces of rock.
ref: 2001, Geraldine Brooks, Year of wonders: a novel of the plague, page 180:
text: ...one of the placards said a mouse and a lizard were accidentally wrapped in with a mummy, one was found that held the leg bones of a bird, and often one "whole" mummy was actually chicanerously splatched together from several dismembered corpses, grab-bag toe-bones and pottery bitlets bridging any unevenness.
ref: 2007, Albert Goldbarth -, The Kitchen Sink: New and Selected Poems, 1972-2007, page 48:
glosses: To manipulate roughly or crudely.
examples: text: We splatched down into the river and across it, getting quite wet, while I swore quietly and monotonously.
ref: 1964, Mark Howell, Journey Through a Forgotten Empire, page 166:
text: ...were anyone to have seen them stumbling under the light of the newly risen moon they would have found little splendour in the appearance of either, but Big Hugh was without doubt the most trampish and tousled of the pair with his long scruffy overcoat muddy and besmirched with filth and sickness, his hair splatched across his chalky face and his eyelids hovering endlessly on an eerie borderline between waking and sleeping.
ref: 1980 -, Tibor Varady, New Writing and Writers - Volume 18, →ISBN, page 99:
text: He tries to creep along carefully but he can't help splatching on the floor.
ref: 2016, James Treadwell, Arcadia: A Novel, →ISBN, page 327:
glosses: To move in a manner that causes splashing or spreading of material.
Middlebury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From middle + -bury. Doublet of Middleburg and Middlesbrough. Cf. also Middelburg.
Senses: glosses: A town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
glosses: A former village in Kane County, Illinois, United States, incorporated into the village of Barrington Hills.
glosses: A town in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A town in Wyoming County, New York, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Van Wert County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A town, the shire town of Addison County, Vermont, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.
Fermanagh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /fəɹˈmænə/
Senses: examples: text: The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled.
ref: 1922, John Ryan, Ireland from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1600, Browne and Nolan, page 282:
synonyms: County Fermanagh
glosses: One of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland.
antimasculinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimasculinist
autophosphatases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autophosphatase
coappearance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coappearances
Etymology: From co- + appearance.
Senses: glosses: appearance together
coappearances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coappearance
pretotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: prēʹtə-tīp'
ipa: /ˈpɹitəˌtaɪp/
ipa: /ˈpɹiːtətaɪp/
Forms: form: pretotypes
Etymology: Clipping of pre-prototype, from pre- + prototype, patterned after prototype.
Senses: examples: text: If, however, you built something inexpensive—a pretotype, in Savoia's parlance—and proved viability, there was still a lot of money on the table.
ref: 2013, Bob Sullivan, The Plateau Effect: Getting from Stuck to Success:
text: Whether you call them pretotypes or rapid prototypes, the goal is the same: low-cost ways of making sure that you are solving a real problem and that your solution is the right one.
ref: 2014, Austina De Bonte, Drew Fletcher, Scenario-Focused Engineering: A toolbox for innovation and customer-centricity:
text: ILI's provide feedback used to create improved iterative versions of the pretotype for repeated testing.
ref: 2015, Ajay Das, An Introduction to Operations Management: The Joy of Operations, →ISBN:
text: In the earliest stages, this could take the form of a sketch or simple cardboard pretotype.
ref: 2016, Michael H. Morris, Eric Liguori, Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, →ISBN:
text: A pretotype, on the other hand, comes much earlier in the development process, before a decision to proceed has been made.
ref: 2017, David Robertson, The Power of Little Ideas: A Low-Risk, High-Reward Approach to Innovation:
glosses: A model of product using the smallest possible amount of resources.
pretotype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: prēʹtə-tīp'
ipa: /ˈpɹitəˌtaɪp/
ipa: /ˈpɹiːtətaɪp/
Forms: form: pretotypes
form: pretotyping
form: pretotyped
form: pretotyped
Etymology: Clipping of pre-prototype, from pre- + prototype, patterned after prototype.
Senses: examples: text: They were sending me examples of their pretotypes, asking me for suggestions on how to pretotype their ideas and were even lobbying with their colleqgues and managers to pretotype ideas before building them.
ref: 2011, Alberto Savoia, Pretotype It: Make sure you are building the right it before you build it right, page 19:
text: Most, if not all, ideas can be prototyped (or pretotyped),
ref: 2014 April 20, James Green, “Should You Leave a Stable Job to Start Your Own Company?,”, in Mashable Australia:
text: An inert mockup can be used to pretotype just about any kind of carry-with-you device – would you/other people put up with having such a thing in your pocket/purse/handbag, all day long?
ref: 2016, Tim Vang, From Holy Grail to structured fail:
glosses: To make a pretotype.
pseudoperoxidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoperoxidase
Smethwick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsmɛðɪk/
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0287).
actimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actimeters
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A device that measures and records activity and rest.
Related terms: actimetry
actigraph
actimeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actimeter
beshmet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beshmets
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian бешме́т (bešmét), itself from Tatar бишмәт (bişmät).
Senses: glosses: A knee-length outer garment with a short stand-up collar, typical of Turkic, Mongolian and Caucasian peoples, similar to a short kaftan.
Sandwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Sandwell Priory.
Senses: glosses: A metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England.
glosses: A surname.
beshmets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beshmet
actometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actometers
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A device that measures and records activity and rest.
Related terms: actigraph
actimeter
actometry
actometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From active + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of people's activity / rest cycles
Related terms: actigraphy
actimetry
actometer
actometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actometer
pretotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pretotype
pretotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Pretotyping differs from prototyping in that the main objective of prototyping is to answer questions related to building the product: Can we build it? Will it work as expected? How much will it cost to build? The purpose of pretotyping is to answer questions about the product's appeal and usage: Would people want this product? Will they use it as expected?
ref: 2013, Penny Pullan, James Archer, Business Analysis and Leadership: Influencing Change, →ISBN, page 129:
text: With pretotyping, you never have to say "Sorry, it's not worth experimenting with that idea," because there are hardly any barriers to entry.
ref: 2014, Hugh Thompson, Bob Sullivan, Getting Unstuck: Break Free of the Plateau Effect, →ISBN:
text: Different techniques can be used to crash-test software when the product is not yet finalized (this comes from the pretotyping approach by Alberto Savoia [Savoia12]):
ref: 2014, Nicolas Gouy, Agile with Guts, →ISBN, page 90:
glosses: The process of building pretotypes to test the viability of a product before attempting to actually prototype it.
Coolgardie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town in Western Australia, which was much larger in gold rush days.
glosses: A local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia; in full, the Shire of Coolgardie.
Derived terms: Coolgardie safe
Bieda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Biedas
Etymology: From Polish Bieda, from bieda.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
ringboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ringboards
Etymology: From ring + board.
Senses: glosses: A board with hooks attached, used in the Irish game of rings.
ringboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ringboard
Lewington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
thrustless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thrust + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without thrust.
thrusterless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thruster + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without thrusters.
Patoka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In New Zealand, from the Maori language.
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A village and township in Marion County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town and township in Gibson County, Indiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A tributary of the Wabash River, in southern Indiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
Three other townships in Indiana, in Crawford County, Dubois County and Pike County, listed under Patoka Township.
glosses: A village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
glosses: A settlement in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
glosses: A rural community of the Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand.
superstellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + stellar.
Senses: glosses: Above the stars.
privatopian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more privatopian
form: most privatopian
Etymology: From privatopia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a privatopia.
Butterworth filter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Butterworth filters
Etymology: First described in 1930 by the British engineer and physicist Stephen Butterworth.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
glosses: A kind of filter designed to have as flat a frequency response as possible in the passband.
truecel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹuːsɛl/
Forms: form: truecels
form: trucel
Etymology: From true + -cel.
Senses: examples: text: “If you haven’t raped someone by age 22, you’re prob a truecel for life,” one said. His comment sparked a flurry of furious agreement.
ref: 2014 May 29, Sam Clench, “Mass murderer Elliot Rodger's hatred of women is shared by more men than we would like to believe”, in The News (Australia):
text: There is, for example, a thread discussing whether Joey, in the Vice documentary mentioned in my introduction, is a truecel. He is too good looking, according to many tellers.
ref: 2019, Thea Høiland, "Incels and the stories they tell: A narrative analysis of Incels’ shared stories on Reddit", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 90
text: If u think of urself as a ”mentalcel” ur most likely a truecel in denial
ref: 2020, anonymous, quoted in Melinda Karlsson & Terese Wisberg, "'Live to be mogged. The truecel tale': En kritisk diskursanalys av forumen incels.co och looksmax.me", thesis submitted to the University of Gävle, page 38
qualifier: incel slang
glosses: An incel who has never experienced any form of physical intimacy, including kissing or holding hands, and believes they have (or is believed to have) little to no chance of changing that status.
maistring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of maistre
maistred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maistre
cardioselectivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardioselectivity
Quillayute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Quileute.
hypercontractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypercontraction
myonecroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myonecrosis
overtender
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overtender
form: most overtender
Etymology: From over- + tender.
Senses: glosses: Too tender or sentimental.
Derived terms: overtenderly
sizzle steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sizzle steaks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chipsteak.
synonyms: word: chipsteak
sizzle steaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sizzle steak
sizzle reels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sizzle reel
chipsteak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chipsteaks
form: chip steak
Etymology: From chip + steak.
Senses: synonyms: frying steak
sizzle steak
glosses: A very thin slice of beef, sold frozen, that can be prepared like a beefburger.
chipsteaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chipsteak
chip steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chip steaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chipsteak.
chip steaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chip steak
wingnuttery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /wɪŋnʌtəɹi/
Etymology: From wingnut + -ery.
Senses: glosses: Craziness; lunacy.
Jessi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
glosses: Clipping of Jessica.
magnetic fluxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnetic flux
superlist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superlists
Etymology: From super- + list.
Senses: glosses: The list that contains a sublist.
superlists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superlist
enshrineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: enshrine + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enshrine
returnes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of returne
hyperflows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperflow
hydroureters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroureter
zip bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zip bombs
form: zipbomb
Senses: examples: text: This article shows how to construct a non-recursive zip bomb whose compression ratio surpasses the DEFLATE limit of 1032. It works by overlapping files inside the zip container, in order to reference a "kernel" of highly compressed data in multiple files, without making multiple copies of it. The zip bomb's output size grows quadratically in the input size; i.e., the compression ratio gets better as the bomb gets bigger.
ref: 2019 July 2, David Fifield, “A better zip bomb”, in bamsoftware.com, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2025:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: zip of death
decompression bomb
coordinate_terms: tarbomb
XML bomb
glosses: A malicious zip file designed to produce a very large output, and consume a great deal of processing resources, during decompression.
zip bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zip bomb
ikigai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 生き甲斐.
Senses: examples: text: People certainly do live long lives in Japan because of this ikigai. It is part of a sense of community and expressing one’s individuality quietly.
ref: 2017 September 11, Suzanne Moore, “What's next after hygge? My search for the next big fad”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The Japanese concept of a reason for being, and having a sense of purpose based on one's interests and talents.
Related terms: raison d'être
dubsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dubsmen
Etymology: From dub + -s- + -man.
Senses: examples: text: […] C was a Cracksman, that forked all the plate; / D was a Dubsman, who kept the jug-gate. […]
ref: 1846, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, page 60:
glosses: A jailer.
dubsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dubsman
salables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salable (alternative spelling of saleables).
laparoscopic surgeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laparoscopic surgery
astrain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈstɹeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Etymology: From a- + strain.
Senses: examples: text: With that red, gaunt, and colloped neck a-strain.
ref: 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came:
text: That miserable young man kept his eyes astrain towards the upper window, but without reward. Rose did not show herself.
ref: 1913, Maurice Hewlett, Bendish:
glosses: strained or straining
normativities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of normativity
goose-stepper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goose-steppers
Etymology: From goose-step + -er.
Senses: glosses: One marching or walking with a goose-step.
glosses: A fascist.
goose-steppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goose-stepper
usog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Filipino cultural syndrome where a visit from a stranger is believed to cause fever and convulsions in a child.
goosestepper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goosesteppers
Etymology: From goosestep + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goose-stepper.
goosesteppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goosestepper
uninitialled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: uninitialed
Etymology: From un- + initialled.
Senses: glosses: Not being initialled.
uninitialed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + initialed.
Senses: glosses: US standard spelling of uninitialled.
Merlion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In 1995, a second Merlion was built on the island of Sentosa. This new Merlion is actually a 37-metre high panoramic tower, from which it is possible to view mainland Singapore and the Straits of Singapore[…]. A new "ancient legend" was created for this creature with this tower. The legend alleged that the Merlion landed on Sentosa and saved Singapore from a storm. It would save Singapore again if the island ran into trouble (according to a film in the Merlion Tower). […] Some locals are upset by this fabrication. The STB [Singapore Tourism Board] maintains that the Merlion reflects the combination of Singapore's national animal (the lion) and Singapore being an island. Many Singaporeans have come to accept this mythical creature as a quintessential symbol of Singapore. To the unaware tourists, the product was packaged in a convincing manner, with the legend, film clip, and chronotopic dimensions of when and where the Merlion supposedly visited Singapore.
ref: 2002, Can-Seng Ooi, Cultural Tourism and Tourism Cultures: The Business of Mediating Experiences in Copenhagen and Singapore, Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press, →ISBN, pages 109–110:
text: Like Changi Airport or the Merlion, Singlish is something that is quintessentially Singaporean. It is a dialect that everyone speaks and understands and is something that could provide the cornerstone for a unifying cultural identity.
ref: 2005, Neil Humphreys, chapter 11, in Notes from an Even Smaller Island: Singapore through a Young Brit’s Eyes, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, →ISBN, page 174:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of merlion (“imaginary creature that is a national symbol of Singapore”).
trimean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trimeans
Etymology: From tri- + mean.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A measure of a probability distribution's location defined as a weighted average of the distribution's median and its two quartiles.
trimeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trimean
famous for being famous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: The term originates from an analysis of the media-dominated world called The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America (1961), by historian and social theorist Daniel J. Boorstin, in which he defined the celebrity as "a person who is known for his well-knownness".
Senses: glosses: Having attained celebrity status for no distinguished reason; appearing to generate one's own fame, or well-known only through association with an existing celebrity, as opposed to fame based on achievements, skill, or talent.
wikipedia: Daniel J. Boorstin
Related terms: fame digger
fame whore
repersonalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repersonalizations
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: The regaining of the sense of self regarding one's mind or body; the cessation of depersonalization.
compartmentectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Etymology: From compartment + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical excision of an entire fascial compartment, usually as a treatment for soft tissue sarcomas.
Tazlina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ahtna Tezdlen Na’.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States.
Green Springs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Sandusky County and Seneca County, Ohio.
glosses: A former settlement in El Dorado County, California.
Related terms: Greene Springs
Green Spring
Greene Springs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after a nearby natural spring of the same name, which does not exist today.
Senses: glosses: A ghost town in Vernon County, Missouri.
Related terms: Green Spring
Green Springs
dialytrauma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of dialysis + trauma.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A collective term for all complications associated with the use of renal-replacement therapies, including dialysis and haemofiltration.
Green Spring
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
Related terms: Greene Springs
Green Springs
blamings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English blamynges, blamyngis, equivalent to blaming + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of blaming
exsanguinator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exsanguinators
Etymology: From exsanguinate + -or.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A device or instrument, which allows the exsanguination of limbs for surgeries.
ptyalorrhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Excessive secretion or flow of saliva; hypersalivation; drooling.
aphagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: Inability to feed due to anatomical deficiencies.
aphagopraxia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + phago- + -praxia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Difficulty swallowing; dysphagia.
aperistalsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + peristalsis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Absence of peristalsis.
pharyngostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharyngostomies
Etymology: From pharyngo- + -stomy.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: Creation of an artificial opening into the pharynx.
deglutitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the action or process of swallowing.
dysperistalsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dys- + peristalsis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abnormal or painful peristalsis.
Related terms: dysperistaltic
laboratorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From laboratory + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Via the means of laboratory tests or experiments.
hemiaplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hemi- + aplasia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The failure of formation of an organ on one side; unilateral aplasia.
reed relay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reed relays
Senses: glosses: A relay consisting of a reed switch and an electromagnet to operate the switch.
if at first you don't succeed, try try again
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: indicates the importance of persistence in the pursuit of success.
Synonyms: word: if at first you don't succeed
close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of close only counts in horseshoes.
garbage dump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garbage dumps
Senses: glosses: A landfill
rubbish dump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubbish dumps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of landfill.
synonyms: word: landfill
dumping ground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumping grounds
Senses: glosses: A landfill.
examples: text: The Indian representative of a global trade union called IndustriALL warned that other clothes and accessories shipped overseas might also be radioactive because India has become a "dumping ground" for the West's hazardous waste.
ref: 2015, Alison Matthews David, Fashion Victims: The Damages of Dress Past and Present, →ISBN, page 210:
text: Around 25 years ago, it was used as a dumping ground for Toton locomotives destined for scrapyards.
ref: 2021 June 16, “Network News: Boost for Stanton Gate revival”, in RAIL, number 933, page 14:
glosses: Any place where unwanted items are sent.
examples: text: Several genera, e.g. Miltonia Lindl., Odontoglossum Kunth and Oncidium Sw., have historically been viewed as taxa of convenience and thus became dumping grounds for species of unclear relationships.
ref: 2008 December, Mark W. Chase et al., “Taxonomic transfers in Oncidiinae to accord with Genera Orchidacearum, Vol. 5”, in Lindleyana:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
synonyms: wastebasket taxon
glosses: A presumably polyphyletic supraspecific taxon where species of unclear affinities are placed.
dumper truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumper trucks
Senses: glosses: A dump truck.
dumb luck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: pure chance; luck
dumpbin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumpbins
Etymology: From dump + bin.
Senses: topics: business
commerce
retail
glosses: A large freestanding box or basket containing loose goods for sale.
dueling pistol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dueling pistols
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of duelling pistol.
duelling pistol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duelling pistols
form: dueling pistol
Senses: glosses: a type of pistol that was manufactured in matching pairs to be used in a duel
dwindler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dwindlers
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that dwindles
dyoung-dyoung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyoung-dyoungs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of junjung.
junjung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junjungs
Senses: glosses: A royal war drum used by the Serer people.
driving car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: driving cars
Senses: examples: text: The appearance of the new non-driving motor car conforms to that of the converted driving cars, and the car body design closely follows that adopted for London Transport 1938 surface stock; […].
ref: 1950 February, “Rolling Stock for London Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A control car; a non-engine rail car from which the train may be driven.
driver ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: driver ants
Senses: glosses: An army ant of the genus Dorylus.
Synonyms: sense: army ant
word: safari ant
drop-in center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drop-in centers
Senses: hyponyms: cooling center
homeless shelter
soup kitchen
warming center
glosses: A service agency for underserved populations such as the homeless, mentally ill or drug addicts.
kotong cop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kotong cops
Etymology: From Tagalog kotong (“bribery & extortion; corrupt”) + cop.
Senses: glosses: a police officer involved in kotong (bribery and extortion); a corrupt police officer
rubber shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See rubber + shoes.
Senses: glosses: plural of rubber shoe: sneakers; trainers; runners; kicks
deds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ded
urethro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /jəˈɹiːθɹoʊ-/
Forms: form: urethr-
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: urethra.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Coordinate terms: english: upstream; kidney
translation: upstream; kidney
word: nephro-
english: upstream; kidney outlet
translation: upstream; kidney outlet
word: pyelo-
english: not to be confused; upstream
translation: not to be confused; upstream
word: uretero-
english: upstream; adjacent; bladder
translation: upstream; adjacent; bladder
word: cysto-
FUTA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Acronym of Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
topics: business
finance
glosses: The Federal unemployment tax collected under that act.
neuroactivations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroactivation
neuroactivational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to neuroactivation.
yosi boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yosi boys
Etymology: From Tagalog yosi + boy.
Senses: glosses: An ambulant male cigarette vendor.
Related terms: takatak boy
rugby boy
call boy
kanto boy
Cripps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Boocock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
plumpiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of plumpy: most plumpy