cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
paunched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of paunch
maxi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Back-formation from maximum on the analogy of minimum and mini-, ultimately from Latin maximus (“large”).
Senses: glosses: Denotes a larger than usual version of an item.
Derived terms: maxi-club
maxi-market
maxi-mart
maxi-size
pir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪə/
ipa: /pɪɹ/
homophone: peer
homophone: pier
Forms: form: pirs
Etymology: From Persian پیر (pir).
Senses: examples: text: 1894, D. C. Baillie, Census of India, 1891, Volume 16, Part 1, North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, page 217,
The five Pirs are not the only Muhammadan martyrs who are worshipped.
text: A second attempt to explain the unique role of the pirs in Bengal was made by Eaton (1994).
ref: 1996, Akbar Ali Khan, Discovery of Bangladesh, University Press Limited, page 108:
text: Also I learned from the pirs (holy men) and mullahs that someday the entire world will be converted to Islam.
ref: 2003, Ibn Warraq, Leaving Islam, Prometheus Books, page 241:
glosses: A Muslim holy man or religious leader, especially Sufi.
in your dreams
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to express the speaker's skepticism about another's preceding statement about a desired or assumed state of affairs.
Synonyms: dream on
you wish
in your wildest dreams
tardive dyskinesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tardive dyskinesias
Etymology: tardive + dyskinesia
Senses: glosses: Involuntary, repetitive movements as a side effect of dopamine antagonists that can be permanent.
in one's dreams
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: "Can't go? Why not? Got a hot date tonight?" / "In my dreams! No, I've got to visit a friend in the hospital."
text: "They said the economy will boost sales next quarter." / "In their dreams! Maybe next year the economy will recover."
glosses: Used to express the speaker's belief that a preceding statement expressed a desired rather than an actual state of affairs.
Synonyms: one wishes
one is dreaming
Related terms: of one's dreams
sparkplug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparkplugs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spark plug.
sparkplug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sparkplugs
form: sparkplugging
form: sparkplugged
form: sparkplugged
Senses: examples: text: It was he who sparkplugged last year's Biennal of Modern Art, which was planned and carried out in less than nine months.
ref: 1953, Brazilian Business, volume 33, page 21:
text: We are especially indebted to Jimmie Mackie for his interest and the organizational skill he displayed in sparkplugging the building of the Council houses, naming them Tyrie Gardens and planning the elaborate dedicatory program.
ref: 1978, Dorothy Chambers Watts, The Tyree Tree, page 260:
glosses: To serve as the driving force behind (a new endeavour).
sparkplugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sparkplug
sparkplugs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sparkplug
drites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: drīts
ipa: /dɹaɪts/
rhymes: -aɪts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drite
drite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: drīt
ipa: /dɹaɪt/
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: drites
form: driting
form: drote
form: drate
form: drit
form: dritten
form: dryte
form: drytt
Etymology: From Middle English driten, from Old English *drītan, from Proto-West Germanic *drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną. Cognate with Dutch drijten, Old Norse dríta, Norwegian drite, and Low German drieten; compare English dirt, Scots drite, and Middle English drit.
Senses: qualifier: obsolete except in dialects
glosses: To defecate.
Synonyms: sense: to shit
word: defecate
Derived terms: bedrite
driting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: drīʹtĭng
ipa: /ˈdɹaɪtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drite
drate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: drāt
ipa: /dɹeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: drait
form: dret
Senses: glosses: simple past of drite
drait
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of drate; simple past of drite.
dret
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: drĕt
ipa: /dɹɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of drate; simple past of drite.
dritten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: drĭʹtən
ipa: /ˈdɹɪtən/
Senses: glosses: past participle of drite
Related terms: bedirten
intiv
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.tɪv/
Senses: examples: text: He walked intiv a bar.
glosses: into
bikemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bikemakers
Etymology: From bike + maker.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, it was a Watertown, Mass., bikemaker named Sterling Elliot who turned out the first sulkies with small, steel-spoked wheels and pneumatic tires in 1892.
ref: 1979 April, Charles Leerhsen, “High technology at the track”, in Popular Mechanics:
text: Huffy Corp. this afternoon withdrew its offer in federal bankruptcy for rival bikemaker Schwinn/GT.
ref: 2001 September 11, “Huffy drops bid for Schwinn”, in Dayton Business Journal:
text: He will be remembered for having co-authored one of the great American comeback stories: vaulting the 102-year-old Milwaukee bikemaker [Harley-Davidson Inc.] from the financial junkyard -- a near-bankruptcy experience -- to roaring success.
ref: 2005 March 21, Joseph Weber, “He Really Got Harley Roaring”, in BusinessWeek:
text: And in June, Hublot, the luxury watchmaker, partnered with BMC, the Swiss bikemaker, to create a sleek black 11-speed, for about $20,000.
ref: 2009 September 10, Alex Williams, “Whose Bike Are You Wearing?”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person or company which manufactures bicycles or motorbikes.
bikemakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bikemaker
dryte
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of drite.
drytt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of drite.
functional reserve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: functional reserves
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The remaining capacity of an organ or body part to fulfil its physiological activity; (especially) in the context of disease, ageing, or impairment.
noise trader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noise traders
Etymology: Derived from the financial definition of noise, formally defined in a 1986 paper by Fischer Black as "[n]oise in the sense of a large number of small events is often a cause factor much more powerful than a small number of large events can be."
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: One who trades financial products (such as stocks) not based on fundamental analysis.
wikipedia: The Journal of Finance
rocket scientists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rocket scientist
MCG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Melbourne Cricket Ground.
MCG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MCGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of membrane-coating granule.
oilsand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oilsands
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oil sand.
alabasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alabaster
oilsands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oilsand
antiflu
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + flu.
Senses: examples: text: Though food supplies continue to be normal and shoppers calm, pharmacies have been running short of antiflu drugs like Tamiflu and Relenza, often sold here without prescriptions, of sanitizing gels and wipes and of the surgical masks that have become a common sight on streets and in the subway.
ref: 2009 May 3, Larry Rohter, “In Capital of Mexico, Cabin Fever Takes Hold”, in New York Times:
glosses: Acting against or serving to prevent flu.
crocosmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crocosmias
Etymology: Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos, “saffron”) + ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”).
Senses: glosses: Any of many plants in the genus Crocosmia
Synonyms: word: coppertip
word: falling star
word: montbretia
crocosmias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crocosmia
undescended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + descended.
Senses: examples: text: For example, up to 7 percent of boys are now born with undescended testicles, although this often self-corrects over time.
ref: 2009 June 28, Nicholas D. Kristof, “It’s Time to Learn From Frogs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not descended.
Derived terms: undescended testis
præstige
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A rich man had a ring of inæstimable price, and ordered by his will, that such one of his children, as possessed the ring, should inherit all his substance. And such was the rule of inheritance in that family for many generations; until at last it came to one who had three sons, all of whom he loved equally well. And they all paid court to their father in hopes of getting the ring. The old man, in order to satisfy them all, had two other rings made, so similar to the first, that he could not distinguish the true one himself. He gave one to each, and when he died there were no means of ascertaining which was the rightful heir, nor is it decided unto this day. Rings are the well known medium of illusion or præstige.
ref: 1828, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod: A Discourse on Certain Passages of History and Fable, volume 3, Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, page 547:
glosses: Archaic spelling of prestige.
point-set topology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: The general field of topology, not restricting attention to specific classes of spaces, and not using algebraic topology.
Related terms: set point
inæstimable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A rich man had a ring of inæstimable price, and ordered by his will, that such one of his children, as possessed the ring, should inherit all his substance. And such was the rule of inheritance in that family for many generations; until at last it came to one who had three sons, all of whom he loved equally well. And they all paid court to their father in hopes of getting the ring. The old man, in order to satisfy them all, had two other rings made, so similar to the first, that he could not distinguish the true one himself. He gave one to each, and when he died there were no means of ascertaining which was the rightful heir, nor is it decided unto this day. Rings are the well known medium of illusion or præstige.
ref: 1828, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod: A Discourse on Certain Passages of History and Fable, volume 3, Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, page 547:
glosses: Archaic spelling of inestimable.
family size
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: multiserve, multiserving
topics: business
marketing
antonyms: single-serve
glosses: A size for a container of goods, among the largest sizes meant for sale to a householder consumer.
Related terms: family-sized
fun size
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fun-size
form: funsize
form: fun-sized
Etymology: Corruption of earlier fun-sized.
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: A small size.
fun size
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: fun-size
form: funsize
form: fun-sized
Etymology: Corruption of earlier fun-sized.
Senses: topics: business
marketing
antonyms: king-sized
glosses: Small in size.
Related terms: fun pack
cumerbund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cumerbunds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cummerbund.
cumerbunds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cumerbund
frush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹʌʃ/
rhymes: -ʌʃ
Forms: form: frushes
form: frushing
form: frushed
form: frushed
Etymology: From Old French fruscher, from Vulgar Latin *frustiāre (“break into pieces”), from Latin frustum (“bit, fragment”). Compare French froisser.
Senses: examples: text: Rinaldo's armor frush'd and hack'd they had,
Oft pierced through, with blood besmeared new.
ref: 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book VIII, xlviii
text: […] I like thy armour well;
I'll frush it and unlock the rivets all
But I'll be master of it.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: To break up, smash.
examples: text: And than they fruyshed forth all at onys, of the bourelyest knyghtes that ever brake brede, with mo than fyve hondred at the formyst frunte [...].
ref: 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
glosses: To charge, rush violently.
glosses: To straighten up (the feathers on an arrow).
Derived terms: tofrush
frush
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹʌʃ/
rhymes: -ʌʃ
Forms: form: more frush
form: most frush
Etymology: From Old French fruscher, from Vulgar Latin *frustiāre (“break into pieces”), from Latin frustum (“bit, fragment”). Compare French froisser.
Senses: glosses: Easily broken; brittle; crisp.
frush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹʌʃ/
rhymes: -ʌʃ
Etymology: From Old French fruscher, from Vulgar Latin *frustiāre (“break into pieces”), from Latin frustum (“bit, fragment”). Compare French froisser.
Senses: examples: text: Between the mountains, which in endless war
Hurtle , with horrible uproar and frush
ref: 1805, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Madoc, London: […] [F]or Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and A[rchibald] Constable and Co, […], by James Ballantyne, […], →OCLC:
glosses: noise; clatter; crash
frush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹʌʃ/
rhymes: -ʌʃ
Forms: form: frushes
Etymology: Compare Old English frosc (“frog (animal)”), German Frosch (“frog (the animal)”).
Senses: glosses: The frog of a horse's foot.
glosses: A discharge of a foetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; thrush.
ferys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fere
T₁
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Such that, for any two of its points, there exist respective open sets containing each and not the other.
raw_tags: of a topological space
Synonyms: Fréchet
Related terms: T₂
sort the wheat from the chaff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sorts the wheat from the chaff
form: sorting the wheat from the chaff
form: sorted the wheat from the chaff
form: sorted the wheat from the chaff
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of separate the wheat from the chaff.
star topologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of star topology
network topologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of network topology
ring topologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ring topology
precrisis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + crisis.
Senses: examples: text: The World Bank has estimated that the Russian economy would contract 7.9 percent this year and not return to precrisis levels until at least 2012.
ref: 2009 August 12, Andrew E. Kramer, “In Russia, Data Signals a Leveling Off of the Decline”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring before a period of crisis.
tempranillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tempranillos
Etymology: From Spanish tempranillo, the diminutive of temprano (“early”), since the grape ripens earlier than other varieties.
Senses: examples: text: Drive down the straight, red dirt road through flat acres of tempranillo vines to the low-lying building of cedar strips with its undulating aluminum roof and one tall wave erupting in the middle.
ref: 2009 April 9, Joan Scobey, “Rioja grande”, in Toronto Star:
synonyms: Valdepenas
glosses: A variety of black grape used to make red wines, native to Spain.
glosses: A wine made with this grape.
craft centres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craft centre
pet names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pet name
wheelspins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheelspin
wheelspins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wheelspin
take the hint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the hint
form: taking the hint
form: took the hint
form: taken the hint
Senses: glosses: Synonym of take a hint.
synonyms: word: take a hint
glosses: Concede to mounting evidence; wake up and smell the coffee.
butt-cheek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butt-cheeks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of butt cheek.
no mean feat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no mean feats
Senses: examples: text: The older me, the one who prefers wine to fizz, wishes Leerhsen had more to say about things like: a) the elite and vernacular food worlds pre- and post-Bourdain; b) how Bourdain walked a moral tightrope across the conventions of travel writing and reporting, no mean feat for a wealthy white man in skinny jeans; […].
ref: 2022 October 3, Dwitght Garner, “Anthony Bourdain’s New Biography: Light on Subtlety, Heavy on Grit”, in The New York Times:
text: Opening a new railway is no mean feat at the best of times, but the Elizabeth Line had its own challenges.
ref: 2023 October 4, Richard Foster, “New operator enters at number one”, in RAIL, number 993, page 33:
synonyms: no small feat
glosses: A laudable triumph of great difficulty
no mean feats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no mean feat
æmulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: æmulates
form: æmulating
form: æmulated
form: æmulated
Senses: examples: text: Good Sir,
Be iealous stil, æmulate them; and think
What hate they burne with, toward euery sinne.
ref: 1606, Ben Jonson, Volpone, act 3: scene 7:
glosses: Archaic spelling of emulate.
Related terms: æmulable
æmulation
æmulative
æmulator
æmulatory
æmulatress
æmulatrix
æmule
æmulosity
æmulous
æmulousness
at-large
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of at large.
æmulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of æmulate
æmulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: […] Whereby that noble science of physicke is made absolute as having recovered yᵉ facultie of Simpling a principall and materiall part thereof, wherefore not doubting of your readines in imitating or æmulating the best in so laudable actions I thought yt good to moove you herin & to commend this bearer Ihon Gerard a servant of mine vnto you : who by reason of his travaile into farre countries, his great practise & long experience is throughly acquainted with the generall & speciall differences, names, properties & privie markes of thousands of plants & trees.
ref: 1876, John Gérard, quoted by Benjamin Daydon Jackson, in A Catalogue of Plants Cultivated in the Garden of John Gerard, in the Years 1596–1599, Pewtress and Co.; Preface, page XII
glosses: present participle and gerund of æmulate
æmulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of æmulate
murciana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murcianas
Senses: glosses: A form of fandango originating in Murcia.
murcianas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of murciana
high schoolers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high schooler
double plural
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double plurals
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word doubly inflected for the plural grammatical number in relation to its singular form; e.g., medium → media → medias.
figure dashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of figure dash
soft hyphens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft hyphen
xyr
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɪɹ/
ipa: /zɪɚ/
ipa: /zɪə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɪ(ɹ)
Senses: examples: text: Telepathy would require that you share the other person's knowledge of xyr own mind, which in turn requires recognizing that xe is actually aware of what xe's thinking, which is incompatible with psychiatry.
ref: 1993 September 14, Jim Sinclair, “Re: Jim and Steve's snoring discussion”, in bit.listserv.autism (Usenet), message-ID <AUTISM%93091417074261@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU>:
text: Now full ownership in the modern sense... implies four rights of the owner: 1. The right to decide what xe does with xyr property; 2. the right to decide what others do with xyr property; […]
ref: 1999 April 28, Dagmar Alpen, “Re: Think of a small tribe of people...”, in talk.politics.libertarian (Usenet), message-ID <7g74qb$8sq$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de>:
text: There's no central authority, and each server administrator owns xyr own server sets xyr own policy. Each server administrator sets xyr own policy for honouring cancel messages, too.
ref: 2010 November 5, Kevin G. Rhoads, “Re: Spam in the group.”, in openwatcom.users.fortran (Usenet), message-ID <4CD469A3.3985E10C@alum.mit.edu>:
text: This is xyr book.
glosses: Belonging to xe, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.
examples: text: As far as I'm concerned the constitution should be re-written so that anyone capable of being elected is ushered into a hidden room upon inauguration, where a secret panel of the Illuminati (preferably one chaired by me) beat xyr to death with blunt instruments and replace xyr by a Stepford Politician.
ref: 1996 September 12, Thomas Russo, “Re: Intelligent Women are an endangered Species”, in soc.singles (Usenet), message-ID <RUSSO.96Sep12163146@slug.swcp.com>:
text: Give it to xyr (after preposition)
text: I wrote xyr an e-mail (indirect object)
text: I haven't met xyr (direct object)
glosses: The form of xe used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc; similar usage to him/her.
Synonyms: xir
xyrself
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: -ɛlf
Forms: form: xe
form: herself
form: himself
form: itself
form: themselves
Etymology: From xyr + -self.
Senses: examples: text: Xe injured xyrself.
text: Judy said: [...] What I am interested in is how does it feel for the autistic person xyrself to go through this program. I have heard many negative testimonials [...]
ref: 1995 May 23, Phil Schwarz, “Re[1]: Giant Steps”, in bit.listserv.autism (Usenet):
glosses: xyr; the gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
examples: text: Xe accomplished it xyrself.
glosses: xe; an intensive repetition of the gender-neutral subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate
Synonyms: xemself
xirself
Related terms: zirself
theosophically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more theosophically
form: most theosophically
Etymology: From theosophic + -ally or theosophical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a theosophic or theosophical way.
nonqueer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + queer.
Senses: glosses: Not queer (homosexual, bisexual, etc.).
street-light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: street-lights
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of streetlight.
Sitwellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sitwellian
form: most Sitwellian
Etymology: From Sitwell + -ian.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Sitwell literary family or any of its members.
dickslap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dickslaps
Etymology: From dick + slap.
Senses: examples: text: These wagon jumping dickslaps are not hip-hop, and will not be hip-hop no matter how many Haze teeshirts or Fondle Em 12"s daddy buys them.
ref: 2000, Ratso, “Qbert declining being knited^([sic]) a Grandmixer”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet):
text: Finally, when Ophir had had enough of watching Brent fuck with Stella's hair, he said, “You want to knock it off there, dickslap?”
ref: 2004, Daniel E. Donche, Jr, Locker 6t3: A Punk Story:
glosses: An objectionable person.
synonyms: cockslap
glosses: The act of slapping someone with one's penis, particularly in the face.
dickslap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dickslaps
form: dickslapping
form: dickslapped
form: dickslapped
Etymology: From dick + slap.
Senses: synonyms: cockslap
glosses: To slap someone with one's penis, particularly in the face.
Related terms: turkey slap
dickslaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dickslap
punkily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more punkily
form: most punkily
Etymology: From punky + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Her hair was red, cut punkily short. Her legs went approximately up to her chin.
ref: 1988, Stephen King, The Tommyknockers:
text: Square Business, one of two new group pieces, had four punkily dressed women moving around the edges of a performing area...
ref: 1991, Marcia B Siegel, The tail of the dragon: new dance, 1976-1982:
glosses: In a punky manner; punkishly.
hokiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hoky + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: And if, as Mr. Ma rightly said, hybridization can lead to creativity, it can also lead to hokiness at times, and there was a touch of that in what remained of the orchestration here.
ref: 2009 June 8, James R. Oestreich, “Tale of Love and Death Along the Fabled Silk Road”, in New York Times:
glosses: The state or condition of being hoky.
hoky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hokier
form: hokiest
form: hokey
form: hoaky
form: hokie
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hokey.
Derived terms: hokily
hokiness
intermediate cuneiform bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intermediate cuneiform bone
cuneiform bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuneiform bone
horizontal bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horizontal bar
uniquid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uniquids
Etymology: From unique ID.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A random identifier based on the system time.
raw_tags: in the PHP programming language
kemo sabe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kemo sabes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ke-mo sah-bee.
kemosabe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kemosabes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ke-mo sah-bee.
mwa
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mwah.
mwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mwah.
bakings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baking
locus classicus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loci classici
Etymology: From New Latin locus classicus (literally “classical place”).
Senses: examples: text: This famous passage of Scripture, this locus classicus, or prerogative text, pleaded for the verbatim et literatim inspiration of the Bible, is the following; and I will so exhibit its very words as that the reader, even if no Grecian, may understand the point in litigation.
ref: 1847, Thomas De Quincey, “Protestantism”, in Theological Essays and Other Papers, volume 1:
text: The Lines written above Tintern Abbey have become, as it were, the locus classicus or consecrated formulary of the Wordsworthian faith.
ref: 1881, Frederic W. H. Myers, Wordsworth:
text: Which recalls the address to the sun in Carthous—“O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers,”—perhaps the most hackneyed locus classicus in the entire work; or as the lines beginning, […]
ref: 1898, Henry A. Beers, A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century:
text: There is a well-known locus classicus from which we know that, not long after the century had passed its middle, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu in Italy regularly received boxes of novels from her daughter in England, and read them, eagerly though by no means uncritically, as became Fielding's cousin and her ladyship's self.
ref: 1913, George Saintsbury, The English Novel:
text: The locus classicus is contained in the judgment of the eminent American copyright judge Story J. in Emerson v. Davies[…] as follows:
ref: 2003, “Fossil Inc. v Trimset Limited and Goodwill Watch Industrial Company Limited”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), paragraph 12:
glosses: An authoritative passage from a standard work that is often quoted as an illustration; a classic case or example.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The locality from which a taxon was first described.
single crystals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of single crystal
boomerang kid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boomerang kids
Senses: examples: ref: 1987, Jean Davies Okimoto, Phyllis Jackson Stegall, Boomerang Kids: How to Live with Adult Children Who Return Home, Little, Brown, →ISBN:
text: Gerhard and Gale Kappe, an Oak Park, Ill., couple with two boomerang kids at home, could save more than $1,700.
ref: 1998 July, Kimberly Lankford, “The Right Insurance at the Right Price” (magazine article), in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Volume 52, Number 7, Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc., ISSN 1528-9729, page 79
text: And if you have left the “parental nest,” do you plan to return home as a boomerang kid once you complete your studies?
ref: 2009, Barbara A. Mitchell, Family Matters: An Introduction to Family Sociology in Canada, Canadian Scholars' Press, →ISBN, page 198:
synonyms: boomerang baby
boomerang child
boomeranger
glosses: A young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence.
Related terms: failure to launch
running mates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of running mate
heuristical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heuristical
form: most heuristical
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to heuristics.
Derived terms: heuristically
in the here and now
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: In present practice rather than in theory; with the priority of palpably and actually existing.
ballhandling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ball + handling.
Senses: examples: text: Pointer's ballhandling, passing, and shooting were astounding for such a young player.
ref: 1997 May 23, Patrick Z. McGavin, “Driving Force”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Skillful handling of the basketball when dribbling, passing or receiving
backwoodsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more backwoodsy
form: most backwoodsy
Etymology: From backwoods + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Johnson, 45 years old with thinning blond hair, was a strapping, cigar-smoking man from Owensboro, Kentucky, who still spoke in a kind of slow, backwoodsy drawl.
ref: 1989 March 3, John A. Jenkins, “High Stakes”, in Chicago Reader:
text: Bang's rough violin scrapes convey a backwoodsy ruralism, recalling the rootsy fiddle playing of southern prewar black string bands[…].
ref: 1994 April 8, Peter Margasak, “Kahil El'Zabar, Malachi Favors, Billy Bang”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Typical of something or someone from the backwoods
Synonyms: backwoods
Derived terms: backwoodsiness
æsteem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of esteem.
æsteem
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: æsteems
form: æsteeming
form: æsteemed
form: æsteemed
Senses: examples: text: 1582, Robert Persons, S.J., The First Booke of the Christian Exercise, appertayning to Resolution; quoted in:
text: A pious assertion that there was no earthly reason for Jesus to lower himself to become man elicits the patronising remark: ‘although God hath given to this our Author a very good gift in persuading to godlines of life (for which we have to æsteem of him accordingly:) yet hath he not given him therwithal so ful a knowlege of the mysterie of our redemption in Christ’ (p. 189).
ref: 1998, Victor Houliston [ed.], The Christian Directory (1582), introduction, page xxvi (BRILL; →ISBN, 9789004110090)
glosses: Archaic spelling of esteem.
banders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bander
banquetings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banqueting
barebacked
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bare + backed.
Senses: examples: text: Just as our meal was ready, our roustabout came into camp, riding one of the horses barebacked, with only a halter and leading the other two.
ref: 1912, J. A. Graves, Out of Doors--California and Oregon:
text: Roote condones, even encourages sex "in the interest of science," but he warns, "Never ride barebacked and always send in a report."
ref: 1993 February 26, Josefa Smith, “The Hothouse”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Synonym of bareback.
synonyms: word: bareback
barebacked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bare + backed.
Senses: examples: text: Buyers discount many broiler flocks by from one to five cents a pound due to barebacks, but the loss to the industry does not end there. Barebacked broilers slow down the pickers in the dressing plants which results in a loss in labor.
ref: 1950, Poultry Digest, volume 9, page 91:
glosses: Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
befuddlingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more befuddlingly
form: most befuddlingly
Etymology: From befuddling + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They open for the befuddlingly popular, triumphantly average Toad the Wet Sprocket.
ref: 1994 July 22, Peter Margasak, “Spot Check”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: In a way or to an extent that befuddles
Synonyms: puzzlingly
confoundingly
begob
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: I spake to the polis, an' they laff at me, begob.
ref: 1894, Arthur Morrison, Martin Hewitt, Investigator:
text: Two Irishmen, Pat and Mike, were walking along Broadway, and one said to the other, 'Begorrah, the race is not always to the swift,' and the other replied, 'Faith and begob, education is a drawing out, not a putting in.'"
ref: 1922, P. G. Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves:
text: 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops
So anyhow Terry brought the three pints Joe was standing and begob the sight nearly left my eyes when I saw him land out a quid O, as true as I'm telling you
glosses: by God
bebopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bebop
Mrs. Watanabe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mrs. + Watanabe, from Japanese 渡(わたな)辺(べ) (Watanabe, a common surname).
Senses: examples: text: Mrs Watanabe, the market’s metaphor for Japan’s housewife yen speculators, has come back to life.
ref: 2009 June 27, “The return of 'Mrs Watanabe'”, in Asia Times, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2009:
text: Mrs Watanabe is tiptoeing back into Japan’s stockmarket
ref: 2009 March 26, “Wide girls”, in Economist:
text: Mrs. Watanabe is back. Housewife investors were a feature of the Japanese financial landscape during the prolonged recession of the 1990s.
ref: 2013 August 9, Anjani Trivedi, “Handbags and Champagne: Japan’s Young Forex Divas Make Their Mark”, in Time:
glosses: A personification of the Japanese housewife speculators, who are strong enough to affect international markets, especially foreign exchange markets.
befo
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: befo'
Senses: examples: text: She carried me to a young woman to nurse for her what she nursed at Mostor Wilks befo freedom.
ref: 1941, Work Projects Administration, “Arkansas Narratives: Volume 7”, in Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States:
text: I use t'know when Mom was alive, befo Gramps brot me out here," Meersman replies in a delivery so flat as to make her seem not so much a bad actress as a nonactress.
ref: 1993 October 8, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Bunuel's Neglected Masterpiece”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of before.
raw_tags: in representations of African-American Vernacular
beares
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Hees none of those, but beares an honest minde, And shames to utter what he cannot prove.
ref: 1601, Robert Yarington, “Two Lamentable Tragedies”, in A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV.:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beare
beastes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Then either for God's sake or thy Neighbors, or both, be smothe, and participate; ist not some underlayer, some she Cammell, that will beare as much of her belly as three beastes on their backes? some Lanthorne-maker?
ref: 1609, “Everie Woman in her Humor”, in A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV.:
text: In 1585 the British artist John White accompanied a group of colonists to the North Carolina coast with instructions to "drawe to liefe all strange birdes, beastes, fishes, plantes."
ref: 2007 April 22, “Nonfiction Chronicle”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of beast
bedload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedloads
form: bed load
Etymology: From bed + load.
Senses: examples: text: To more effectively measure annual sediment yield (including bedload), sample basins should ideally terminate in a reservoir to trap sediment, including bedload.
ref: 2000 July 14, Stanley W. Trimble, Pierre Crosson, “LAND USE: U.S. Soil Erosion Rates--Myth and Reality”, in Science, volume 289, number 5477, →DOI, pages 248–250:
topics: geography
geology
hydrology
natural-sciences
glosses: The (large particles of) sediment carried along the bottom of a river or stream, rather than in the current.
Coordinate terms: suspended load
wash load
baritonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baritonists
Etymology: From baritone + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Featured most notably with Dizzy Gillespie's big band, Payne showed the influence of Harry Carney (the best-known baritonist of the swing era) in his meaty and authoritative sound[…].
ref: 1994 June 3, Neil Tesser, “Eric Alexander, Cecil Payne & John Ore”, in Chicago Reader:
qualifier: jazz
glosses: A player of the baritone saxophone
glosses: A player of the baritone horn (brass instrument)
baritonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baritonist
beamingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more beamingly
form: most beamingly
Etymology: From beaming + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “Some pitchin’, Loo-tenant,” he panted beamingly, stepping back into shelter.
ref: 1916, Boyd Cable, “A Benevolent Neutral”, in Action Front:
text: […] Tony […] scowled until he saw who was with Miriam, then was beamingly proud to show off his workshop […]
ref: 1961, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter 35, in Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 377:
glosses: In a beaming way, or while beaming.
beames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: O could I live to see the generall end, / Behold the world enwrapt in funerall flame, / When as the Sunne shall lend his beames to burne What he before brought forth, […]
ref: 1624, “The Tragedy of Nero”, in Old English Plays, Vol. I:
glosses: plural of beam
beachings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbiːt͡ʃɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of beaching
barkentine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barkentines
Senses: examples: text: There was a barkentine in Halifax harbor. That was a thing worth looking at in the year 1933.
ref: 1937 August, Theodore G. Roberts, “Lay Aft, Mr. Dutton!”, in Boys' Life, volume 27, number 8, page 16:
text: The William Olsen, a San Francisco barkentine, kedged out into the lagoon as fast as possible, and through the tearing sheets of rain I glimpsed other vessels reaching for a holding-ground.
ref: 1937, Frederick O'Brien, Mystic Isles of the South Seas.:
text: She is passenger on the square-rigged barkentine Speedwell, now lying off the coast of Virginia.
ref: 1990 May 18, Patrick Daugherty, “Reading: Fare for Flying”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: Alternative spelling of barquentine.
barkentines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barkentine
barndoor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barndoors
Etymology: From barn + door.
Senses: examples: text: Do we blame the wanton schoolboy, with a pebble in his hand, all powerless to resist the alluring vastness of a barndoor?
ref: 1898, Stuart Dodgson Collingwood, The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll:
glosses: Alternative form of barn door.
Derived terms: barndoor skate
barndoor skate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barndoor skates
Senses: examples: text: Some are particularly rich in biodiversity; others support fish nurseries or contain rare or fragile species like barndoor skates and corals.
ref: 1999 April 9, Karin Jegalian, “FISHERY MANAGEMENT:Plan Would Protect New England Coast”, in Science, volume 284, number 5412, →DOI:
glosses: Dipturus laevis, one of the largest skates, native to the northwestern Atlantic
barndoor skates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barndoor skate
beatscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beatscapes
Etymology: From beat + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: She pits the lush 70s-style arrangements of Eumir Deodato against the oblique beatscapes of Mark Bell, who as a member of LFO led the UK charge to transform techno from euphoric hedonism into ominous paranoia.
ref: 1998 May 29, Peter Margasak, “An Adventurer Plays it Safe”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical piece or passage consisting of richly textured beats
beatscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beatscape
jees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jee
bathophenanthroline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bathophenanthrolines
Etymology: From batho- + phenanthroline.
Senses: examples: text: A water-soluble palladium(II) bathophenanthroline complex is a stable recyclable catalyst for the selective aerobic oxidation of a wide range of alcohols to aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids in a biphasic water-alcohol system.
ref: 2000 March 3, Gerd-Jan ten Brink et al., “Green, Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols in Water”, in Science, volume 287, number 5458, →DOI, pages 1636–1639:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocycle 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, used chiefly as a metal complexing agent
brancard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brancards
Etymology: Borrowed from French brancard.
Senses: examples: text: Mr d'Arblay was not only renversé, the brancard striking him upon his breast, but flung to some distance by the force of the blow.
ref: 1814, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 479:
glosses: A litter drawn by a horse, on which a person may be carried.
bathocuproine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Incubation of HepG2 cells with the copper chelator bathocuproine was completely ineffective (Fig. 2 C), showing ion specificity.
ref: 1998 January 30, Chinmay K. Mukhopadhyay et al., “Role of Ceruloplasmin in Cellular Iron Uptake”, in Science, volume 279, number 5351, →DOI, pages 714–717:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound having the formula C26H20N2, used chiefly as a metal complexing agent or chelator.
barograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barographs
Etymology: From baro- + -graph.
Senses: examples: text: Thanks to their barograph, however, they could judge their height above the sea.
ref: 1911, Margaret Burnham, The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise:
text: At noon the barograph curve turned up and the wind moderated, the sky gradually clearing.
ref: 1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of barometer that continuously records air pressure on a sheet or rotating drum
examples: text: A module in the program calculates the load acting on the barograph at the instant of image grabbing .
ref: 1999 July, Mahesh M. Bhatia, K.M. Patil, “New On-line Parameters for Analysis of Dynamic Foot Pressures in Neuropathic Feet of Hansen's Disease Subjects”, in Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, volume 36, number 3, page 265:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An illuminated glass plate covered by a pressure sensitive sheet, used to measure pressure.
Derived terms: microbarograph
pedobarograph
thermobarograph
Related terms: barographic
barography
backpropagating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backpropagate
backpropagation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backpropagations
Etymology: From back + propagation.
Senses: examples: text: In machine learning, backpropagation of error (‘backprop’) is the algorithm most often used to train deep neural networks and is the most successful learning procedure for these networks.
ref: 2020, Timothy P. Lillicrap, Adam Santoro, Luke Marris, Colin J. Akerman, Geoffrey Hinton, “Backpropagation and the brain”, in Nature:
qualifier: machine learning
glosses: An error correction technique used in neural networks.
examples: text: Experiments show that these ion channels furnish the dendrites with a rich repertoire of electrical behaviors, from essentially passive responses, to subthreshold active responses, to active backpropagation of the action potential (AP) from the soma into the dendrites, to the initiation of APs in the dendritic tree.
ref: 2000 October 27, Idan Segev, Michael London, “Untangling Dendrites with Quantitative Models”, in Science, volume 290, number 5492, →DOI, pages 744–750:
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A phenomenon in which the action potential of a neuron creates a voltage spike both at the end of the axon, as normally, and also back through to the dendrites from which much of the original input current originated.
Derived terms: english: back-formation
translation: back-formation
word: backprop
word: backpropagational
Related terms: backpropagate
backpropagate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backpropagates
form: backpropagating
form: backpropagated
form: backpropagated
Etymology: From back + propagate.
Senses: examples: text: These results demonstrate that the predicted reduction in synaptic driving force caused by appropriately timed backpropagating APs only slightly increases shunting of proximal synaptic inputs at their site of generation and at the soma.
ref: 2001 January 5, “Differential Shunting of EPSPs by Action Potentials”, in Science, volume 291, number 5501, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 138–141:
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: To propagate back through to the dendrites from which the original input was received.
raw_tags: of an action potential
confuzzling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of confuzzle.
confuzzling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more confuzzling
form: most confuzzling
Senses: glosses: confusing or puzzling.