cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ultralightness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ultralight + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being ultralight.
hard drink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard drinks
Senses: coordinate_terms: hard liquor
glosses: A beverage of alcoholic content that has been distilled rather than fermented.
hard drinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hard drink
low-proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lower-proof
form: lowest-proof
Senses: antonyms: high-proof
glosses: Containing a low percentage of alcohol.
lower-proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of low-proof: more low-proof
lowest-proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of low-proof: most low-proof
ZBR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of zone bit recording.
Shobdon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in north-west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3961).
fail open
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fails open
form: failing open
form: failed open
form: failed open
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: fail closed
glosses: Of an access control system: to automatically let all traffic through in the case of a failure. For example, an emergency door unlocking in the event of a power outage.
fail closed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fails closed
form: failing closed
form: failed closed
form: failed closed
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: fail open
glosses: Of an access control system: to automatically block all traffic in the case of a failure. For example, an electronic safe becoming impossible to unlock in the event of a power outage.
post parade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post parades
Senses: topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: The movement of the horses from the paddock to the starting gate ("post"), past the grandstands.
new shooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: new shooters
Senses: topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: A horse that has skipped the Kentucky Derby to run in the Preakness Stakes or Belmont Stakes.
racemares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of racemare
steeple-fingered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Touching the fingertips together pointed upward while the palms are somewhat separated.
raw_tags: of a person
minus pool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minus pools
Senses: topics: gambling
games
hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: A pool of money made up (usually by the racing association) to pay the legally required minimum on each winning bet, when there is not enough left in the pari-mutuel pool.
minus pools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minus pool
post time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post times
Senses: topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: The time of day when a race is scheduled to begin.
post times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of post time
mediatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mediatically
form: most mediatically
Etymology: From mediatic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: The fact that there are few political rewards for pre-emptive thinking and far-sightedness as opposed to mediatically “successful” reaction to immediate crisis makes the task of government adaptation harder.
ref: 1997, New Challenges for Public Administration in the Twnety-First Century, page 33:
text: This type of visual citation makes the cited image mediatically homogeneous to the environment of the citing media, this making less conspicuous the dialog between the cited image and the citing text.
ref: 2023, Jørgen Bruhn, Asun López-Varela Azcárate, Miriam de Paiva Vieira, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Intermediality, volume 1, Springer Nature, page 333:
text: She murdered between 5 and 6 men, all of them working as taxi drivers, so mediatically she earned the nickname "La Matataxistas".
ref: 2023 December 29, Wikipedia contributors, “Cristina Soledad Sánchez Esquivel”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
glosses: In a manner related to the media.
Sunfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township and village therein, in Eaton County, Michigan, United States.
Kellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Kelly + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Stewart and Grantham (1993) report that Client C commented upon feelings of Kellian guilt on a number of occasions: "I suppose I was mourning the loss of my 'old self', the person I was, because in order to cope I've had to change. I feared most of all a loss of identity, that C. would become 'the one who stammers'".
ref: 2012 December 6, M. M. Leahy, T. Stewart, “Idiopathic Stuttering Onset in Adults”, in Yvan Lebrun, editor, From the Brain to the Mouth: Acquired Dysarthria and Dysfluency in Adults, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 142:
text: CTUK work with lorry drivers to help them subsume the experience of cyclists. Early in the training they are taken out on bicycles, on busy roads where they may experience Kellian threat first hand (drivers who are used to feeling protected inside a vehicle as opposed to sitting exposed on a bicycle), with significant shifts in their construing and driving.
ref: 2017, David Dansky, Clare Morris, “Carsickness: Reconstruing Driving and Cycling”, in Peter Cummins, Harry Procter, David Winter, Nick Reed, editors, Personal Construct Psychology at 60: Papers from the 21st International Congress, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 442:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Related to the work or theories of George Kelly, especially personal construct theory.
body brokering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act or practice of an individual who buys and sells cadavers or human body parts.
topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: The act or practice of an individual who seeks financial gain by exploiting a vulnerable person who is seeking treatment for addiction.
Related terms: body broker
rehab broker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rehab brokers
Senses: topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: Synonym of body broker (“a firm or an individual who seeks financial gain by exploiting a vulnerable person who is seeking treatment for addiction”).
synonyms: word: body broker
extra: a firm or an individual who seeks financial gain by exploiting a vulnerable person who is seeking treatment for addiction
rehab brokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rehab broker
hand-ride
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hand-rides
form: hand-riding
form: hand-rode
form: hand-ridden
Senses: topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: To urge the horse on with one's hands, without using the whip.
hand-ride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand-rides
Senses: topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: The urging of the horse with one's hands, without using the whip.
Delaware start
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Delaware starts
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A style of restart where the race leader starts alone in the first row and the other drivers start two wide. The leader can select a lane.
wag-wanton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wag-wantons
Etymology: Compound of wag + wanton, referring to the shaking of Briza flowers in the breeze.
Senses: synonyms: wagwant
glosses: quaking grass: any of a genus, Briza, of grasses
wag-wanton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wag-wantons
form: wagge-wanton
Etymology: Formed independently as a compound from the etymology above, with wanton being used in the sense of sexual promiscuity. First attested in 1601.
Senses: glosses: a sexually promiscuous person
wag-wanton
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wag-wanton
form: most wag-wanton
form: wagge-wanton
Etymology: Formed independently as a compound from the etymology above, with wanton being used in the sense of sexual promiscuity. First attested in 1601.
Senses: examples: text: No man durst scarce this wag-wanton touch.
ref: c. 1568-1574, L. Barber, editor, Misogonus, Routledge, published 2019, →ISBN, page 94:
glosses: Synonym of wanton.
synonyms: word: wanton
wag-wanton
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wag-wanton
form: most wag-wanton
form: wagge-wanton
Etymology: Formed independently as a compound from the etymology above, with wanton being used in the sense of sexual promiscuity. First attested in 1601.
Senses: examples: text: [T]hen euery little childe that playeth wag-wanton[…]
ref: 1601, J. Deacon and J. Walker, Summarie Answere to Darel, page 72:
glosses: rowdily (in a manner lacking order)
examples: text: Well hit, but, to the fourth now: Wagge-wanton with his mistresse.
ref: 1604, N. Breton, Grimellos fortunes:
glosses: promiscuously (indiscriminately or wantonly choosing one's sexual partners)
Synonyms: sense: promiscuous person
word: fornicator
word: rakehell
word: promiscuous man and Thesaurus:promiscuous woman
sense: lacking order
word: rowdily
word: disorderly
sense: promiscuous
word: promiscuous
wag-wantons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wag-wanton
wagge-wanton
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wagge-wanton
form: most wagge-wanton
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of wag-wanton (“promiscuously”).
chase vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chase vehicles
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A non-competing vehicle that follows a competing vehicle to assist with repairs.
topics: ballooning
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A motor vehicle that follows below the balloon, to assist with its eventual landing and carrying the equipment away from the landing site.
spotted spurge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Spotted spurge can grow well in slightly dry, gravelly, or sandy soils. It doesn't grow in shade; therefore, the dense canopy of an intensively planted garden bed helps inhibit growth of any spotted spurge that germinates later in the season.
ref: 2001 January 1, Jill Jesiolowski Cebenko, Deborah L. Martin, “Spotted Spurge (Euphorbia maculata)”, in Insect, Disease & Weed I.D. Guide: Find-it-fast Organic Solutions for Your Garden, Rodale, →ISBN, page 227:
synonyms: prostrate spurge
spotted sandmat
glosses: A prostrate, annual spurge, native to North America and an invasive species throughout the rest of the world, of species Euphorbia maculata.
examples: text: One always thinks of the plant as a companion of the pursley, but pursley can be eaten by man, and hogs thrive on it. Nothing eats spotted spurge. The spurges are all poisonous to a greater or less degree, and this one is fit only to hoe into the ground where it soon mixes forever with the elements, and where the cultivated plants soon send their roots abroad to pierce its mould.
ref: 2013 July 24, Edwin R. Spencer, All About Weeds, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 149:
synonyms: nodding spurge
milk purslane
glosses: An erect, annual spurge, native to North and Central America and an invasive species in Europe, Japan, and New Zealand, of species Euphorbia nutans.
Hypernyms: spurge
euphorbia
malvid
fabid
rosid
eudicot
angiosperm
tracheophyte
plant
proc-gen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Syllabic abbreviation of procedural generation.
Darwinean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Darwinean
form: most Darwinean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Darwinian.
preconnect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹiː.kəˈnɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: preconnects
form: preconnecting
form: preconnected
form: preconnected
Etymology: From pre- + connect.
Senses: examples: text: The 34 electrodes including reference channel and ground are preconnected to the amplifier using a preconfigured set of electrode positions.
ref: 2015 June 8, Felip Miralles et al., “Brain Computer Interface on Track to Home”, in The Scientific World Journal, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: To connect in advance.
preconnect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹiː.kəˈnɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: preconnects
Etymology: From pre- + connect.
Senses: examples: text: It is impractical to calculate rate of flow at the time of the fire. If the fire compartment is larger than two standard preconnects can extinguish, or if the fuel load will create a fire situation beyond the control […]
ref: 2020, Bernard "Ben" J. Klaene, Thomas C. Lakamp, Structural Firefighting (page 84)
topics: firefighting
government
glosses: A hose with one end ready connected to a pump outlet.
preconnecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preconnect
preconnects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preconnect
preconnects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preconnect
preconnection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preconnections
Senses: glosses: The act or result of preconnecting; connection made in advance.
preconnections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preconnection
unconnectible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unconnectible
form: most unconnectible
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unconnectable.
bejumpered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From be- + jumper + -ed.
Senses: synonyms: jumpered
glosses: Wearing a jumper (pullover/sweater).
Rapinoe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /rəˈpiːnoʊ/
Etymology: From Italian Rapino.
Senses: examples: text: While Rapinoe has acknowledged her white privilege, said Allison, the sociology professor, she received outsize attention for her racial activism without experiencing the harsh consequences that Black athletes historically receive for protests.
ref: 2023 August 6, Jeré Longman, “For Megan Rapinoe, an Ending Not Even She Could Have Imagined”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2023:
glosses: A surname from Italian.
project fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: project fires
Senses: glosses: A large fire requiring special firefighting measures.
project fires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of project fire
fire bike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire bikes
Senses: glosses: A motorcycle equipped for firefighting.
fire bikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire bike
fire train
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire trains
Senses: glosses: A railroad train equipped for firefighting.
kadiasker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kadiaskers
Etymology: A reduced form of Ottoman Turkish قاضی العسكر (kadilasker), see kazasker for more.
Senses: examples: text: The chiefs of the legal order were, in the time of Mahomet II., the two kadiaskers, who respectively presided over the judicial establishments of Europe and Asia.
ref: 1854, E.S. CREASY, HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN TURKS: FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR EMPIRE TO THE PRESENT TIME, volume I, London: RICHARD BENTLEY, page 158:
text: From the ulema were drawn two kadiaskers, the Religous establishment's only direct representation in government in Suleiman’s time.
ref: 1994, The Middle East Today, 6 edition, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, page 58:
glosses: Synonym of kazasker.
synonyms: word: kazasker
kadiaskers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kadiasker
sarsahi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarsahis
Senses: coordinate_terms: marla
glosses: A unit of area used in the Indian subcontinent, of varying size.
sarsahis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarsahi
changkul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: changkuls
Senses: glosses: A kind of hoe (digging implement).
changkuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of changkul
Bethell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Bethell process
chap-ji-kee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chap-ji-ki.
chap-ji-ki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chap-jee-kee
form: chap-ji-kee
Senses: glosses: A kind of illegal lottery formerly popular in Singapore, based on Chinese playing-cards.
Chingay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An annual street parade held in Malaysia and Singapore as part of the Chinese New Year festivities.
chap-jee-kee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chap-ji-ki.
five-foot way
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: five-foot ways
Etymology: From its typical width.
Senses: glosses: A roofed continuous walkway commonly found in front of shops and sometimes used for commercial activity.
ha gow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of har gow.
ha kao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of har gow.
har gau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of har gow.
hau kau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of har gow.
subsidy publisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsidy publishers
Senses: glosses: A vanity press.
subsidy publishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsidy publisher
Zablotney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
in-cabin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of an accommodation or conveyance, in a cabin class.
MDS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of myelodysplastic syndrome.
cabin class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabin classes
Senses: examples: text: Alternately, the company may identify the need for the creation of a new cabin class of full-fare economy business travelers to more specifically address their needs that differ from leisure travelers.
ref: 2012, Hugh Davidson, Offensive Marketing, page 222:
text: Though the file encodes the cabin class as an integer, it is really shorthand for a category. Cabin classes do not behave like numbers, e.g., a first class cabin plus a second class cabin does not equal a third class cabin.
ref: 2016, John V. Guttag, Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python, page 425:
text: To what extent do actual long-haul fares and yields for each cabin class broadly reflect a^([sic]) 841:455:140 and 100 cost relationship between the four cabins?
ref: 2019, Rigas Doganis, Flying Off Course: Airline Economics and Marketing, page 266:
glosses: The class of seating or accommodation one can choose on an airplane, ship, or train.
examples: text: Navymen in pay grades E-7, E-6, E-5, and E-4s who have more than four years' service are entitled to cabin class accommodations if they are traveling with their dependents.
ref: 1956, All Hands - Issues 467-479, page 12:
text: The reduction may be granted only to servants accompanying their employers and travelling first class, or cabin class when when cabin class is the top class of the vessel.
ref: 1961, United States. Congress. House, Hearings - Volume 3, page 719:
text: Located in the stern of the ship, cabin class was less spacious than first, but definitely not cheap.
ref: 2013, Steven Ujifusa, A Man and His Ship, page 257:
text: While first class was mostly situated on the upper decks, cabin class was literally “in between” the two other classes, and tourist class was either forward or aft and mostly on the lower decks.
ref: 2020, Birgit Braasch, Claudia Müller, Off Shore, page 169:
glosses: On a passenger ship, a specific class of accommodation, usually less expensive than first class but more expensive than the lowest category.
examples: text: In the shops also ia a boat for the 25-foot cabin class of the Massachusetts Yacht Racing Association for Com modore Chesterton of the Winthrop Club , who will try to lower the colors of the successful Flirt of last season .
ref: 1901, Thomas Fleming Day, The Rudder - Volume 12, page 275:
text: He is the father of the 21-foot cabin class, made famous by the Lipton cup contests, and the whole Chicago fleet race every summer for his cups .
ref: 1908, Power Boating - Volume 4, page 367:
text: Balthazar, owned by DePass and Walker, won in the 21-foot cabin class, defeating Quakeress III, owned by Commodore J. M. Kinabrew.
ref: 1986, Flora K. Scheib, History of the Southern Yacht Club, page 180:
glosses: The classification of a boat based on its size.
Related terms: in-cabin
Milwaukee shoulder syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rare rheumatological condition similar to pseudogout.
cabin classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabin class
irritable male syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: IMS
glosses: An annual behaviour pattern in male Soay sheep and other mammals with a strictly seasonal breeding pattern, where falling testosterone levels after the mating season lead to nervous, withdrawn behaviour.
diabetic stiff hand syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: diabetic cheiroarthropathy
glosses: A cutaneous condition characterized by waxy, thickened skin and limited joint mobility of the hands and fingers, associated with diabetes mellitus.
13q deletion syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rare genetic disease caused by the deletion of some or all of the large arm of human chromosome 13, with varying physical and mental manifestations.
9q34 deletion syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rare genetic disorder associated with childhood hypotonia, a distinctive facial appearance, and developmental disability.
kena sai
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkənɑ ˈsaɪ˦˨/
ipa: /ˈkɑ-/
ipa: [ˈk˭ə˧na˦ ˈsaɪ˦˨]
Forms: form: kenasai
form: kanasai
Etymology: From Malay kena (“to incur”) + Hokkien 屎 (sái, “shit”). By surface analysis, kena (“to be affected by (something negative)”) + sai (“shit”).
Senses: head_nr: 2
glosses: To get into trouble, to be in deep shit.
kena sai
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkənɑ ˈsaɪ˦˨/
ipa: /ˈkɑ-/
ipa: [ˈk˭ə˧na˦ ˈsaɪ˦˨]
Forms: form: kenasai
form: kanasai
Etymology: From Malay kena (“to incur”) + Hokkien 屎 (sái, “shit”). By surface analysis, kena (“to be affected by (something negative)”) + sai (“shit”).
Senses: glosses: Expression of anger and frustration.
LPHS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of loin pain hematuria syndrome.
chao ta
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈtʃʰaʊ˦˨ ˈt˭ɑː˦˨]
ipa: [- ˈt˭ɑː˦]
Forms: form: more chao ta
form: most chao ta
form: chow ta
form: chao tah
form: chow tah
form: chao tar
form: chow tar
Etymology: From Hokkien 臭焦 (chhàu-ta).
Senses: examples: text: The 'chao ta' (burnt) portions of the bak kwa indicate that the meat has been exposed to extremely high temperatures.
ref: 2015 February 18, Andrea Seet, quoting Dr Wong Seng Weng, “How many floors to walk up to burn off that bak kwa? A guide to post-CNY exercise”, in The New Paper, Singapore:
glosses: Burnt and charred (e.g., from overcooking).
chao tah
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chao tah
form: most chao tah
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chao ta.
chow tah
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chow tah
form: most chow tah
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chao ta.
chow ta
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chow ta
form: most chow ta
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chao ta.
chao tar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chao tar
form: most chao tar
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chao ta.
chow tar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chow tar
form: most chow tar
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chao ta.
I like turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /aj laɪk ˈtɜːtl̩z/
ipa: /aj laɪk ˈtɝtl̩z/
Etymology: Originated from a viral video in 2007 in which a boy with zombie face paint gets asked by an interviewer, "Jonathon just got an awesome face paint job. What do you think?", to which he responds with "I like turtles."
Senses: examples: text: But what impressed me were the signs I saw people carrying. It was a sea of plucky disaffection: "This is a sign"; "One sign to rule them all"; "I want more tortillas when I order fajitas at a restaurant"; "I have a PhD in horribleness"; "I Like Turtles"; "Eat Some Sushi"; "My president is black and this sign is blue"; and "I already regret carrying this sign around all day."
ref: 2010 December 10, J.D., “Rallying to restore God”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2020:
text: Many [signs] like one that said “The Dinosaurs Never Saw That Asteroid Coming. What’s Our Excuse?”, addressed the need for action on climate change. Others were more political: “Keep Your Tiny Hands Off The EPA.” One simply read: “I like turtles.”
ref: 2017 April 24, Sharon Guynup, “The March for Science makes its stand: ‘There is no Planet B’”, in Mongabay, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2017:
text: ok that’s cool but I like turtles
ref: 2022 May 9, @communisturtle6, Twitter, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2024:
text: [Replying to a CNN news article] I like turtles
ref: 2023 July 19, @cliftonaduncan, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2024:
text: Your honor. I like turtles, I rest my case
ref: 2024 September 24, @MaineAntifa, Twitter, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2024:
glosses: Used as a non sequitur to express indifference or ignorance towards a topic.
bangs a uey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bang a uey
banging a uey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bang a uey
banged a uey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bang a uey
hangs a uey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hang a uey
hanging a uey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hang a uey
hung a uey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hang a uey
Amraiwadi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Amraivadi
Etymology: Transliteration of Gujarati અમરાઈવાડી (amrāīvāḍī).
Senses: glosses: An eastern suburb of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Yewtree
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Operation Yewtree, an investigation by British police forces into historic sex offences primarily linked to Jimmy Saville. The name Yewtree (from yew tree) was randomly selected from a list of neutral terms.
Senses: glosses: Operation Yewtree
Yewtree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Yewtrees
form: Yewtreeing
form: Yewtreed
form: Yewtreed
Etymology: From Operation Yewtree, an investigation by British police forces into historic sex offences primarily linked to Jimmy Saville. The name Yewtree (from yew tree) was randomly selected from a list of neutral terms.
Senses: examples: text: Having been born in the late 80s, I remember Saturday night TV through a child’s eyes. Unfortunately, most of the people who were on it have now either died, been Yewtreed, or gone nuts.
ref: 2013 May 28, Bradley Steptoe, “I Tracked Down Mr Blobby’s Lair”, in VICE:
text: Anyway, this is the last Yewtreed edition of the show until we get to Christmas, when both end-of-year specials are scuppered by their hosts, which is a bit inconvenient.
ref: 2016 January 6, Steve Binnie, Feeling Like a Number One, Lulu.com, →ISBN, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2024, page 197:
text: There was a brief return to Dubai after an Operation Yewtreeing that came to nothing, but Jim’s next gig of any note was the 2014 series of Celebrity Big Brother.
ref: 2018 November 22, Marina Hyde, “Jim Davidson gets stuck in an eco protest and bags his biggest audience for years”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To investigate historic sexual offences as part of Operation Yewtree, or otherwise reveal or allege someone (especially a celebrity active in the 1970s and 1980s) to be a paedophile or abuser.
Yewtree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Yewtree
form: most Yewtree
Etymology: From Operation Yewtree, an investigation by British police forces into historic sex offences primarily linked to Jimmy Saville. The name Yewtree (from yew tree) was randomly selected from a list of neutral terms.
Senses: glosses: A paedophile, specifically one revealed by Operation Yewtree or a similar investigation.
triphthongization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: diphthongization
monophthongization
glosses: A process in which a monophthong is converted into a triphthong.
Related terms: triphthongize
Yewtrees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Yewtree
Yewtreeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Yewtree
Yewtreed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Yewtree
enterographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enterographic
form: most enterographic
Etymology: From entero- + -graphic.
Senses: examples: text: As a result CT and MR imaging—particularly when coupled with the enteroclysis or enterographic techniques – have become the preferred choice for diagnostic imaging of the small intestine.
ref: 2014, Arumugam Rajesh, Rakesh Sinha, Crohn's Disease: Current Concepts, page 75:
text: However, since that analysis, a prospective, randomized study showed a similar diagnostic sensitivity for MRE versus MR enteroclysis (88% versus 88%), and recommended enterographic examinations for follow-up of established CD [3].
ref: 2015, Richard Kozarek, Jonathan A. Leighton, Endoscopy in Small Bowel Disorders, page 67:
text: However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).
ref: 2024, Jennifer Davidson, Beth Shepherd, Sunderarajan Jayaraman, Practice Long Cases for the Part B Final FRCR Examination:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to enterography.
Derived terms: gastroenterographic
emydine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emydines
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any turtle in the subfamily Emydinae.
deirochelyine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deirochelyines
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any turtle in the subfamily Deirochelyinae.
geoemydine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geoemydines
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any turtle in the subfamily Geoemydinae.
language change
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The process of alteration in the features of a single language, or of languages in general, across a period of time.
Related terms: historical linguistics
sound change
half feet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half foot
sepaloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sepaloid
eyepin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyepins
Etymology: From eye + pin.
Senses: glosses: A component used in making jewelry, similar to a headpin but with a loop at the end.
eyepins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyepin
Ch'ao-hsien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 朝鮮 /朝鲜 Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻao-hsien.
Senses: examples: text: The period of the Lo-lang Province and the Three Hans, which followed the Ancient Ch’ao-hsien Kingdoms, goes back some 2,000 years. To be exact, it was in 108 B.C. that Wu-ti, the famous Emperor of Han, defeated Wei You-ch’ü, a grandson of Wei Man, captured the Korean Peninsula and governed it by dividing it into four provinces.
ref: 1963, “Periods”, in A Short History of Korea, →OCLC, page 1:
text: According to an ancient legend, immediately after the fall of the Shang-Yin Dynasty in 1122 b.c., one of its members, Prince Ch’i Tz’ǔ, fled to the east and afterwards founded there the new state of Ch’ao-hsien (Choson—Korea).
ref: 1965, A. P. Okladnikov, “From Stone to Metal”, in Henry N. Michael, editor, The Soviet Far East in Antiquity: An Archaeological and Historical Study of the Maritime Region of the U.S.S.R., University of Toronto Press, →OCLC, page 161:
text: In 109–108 b.c. two expeditions were sent against Ch’ao-hsien (in the present Korea), and four commanderies were founded there in 108; at the same time Han forces had been penetrating more deeply into the southwest, where I-chou commandery was established in 109.
ref: 1974, Michael Loewe, edited by Frank A. Kierman, Jr. and John K. Fairbank, Chinese Ways in Warfare, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 74:
text: ⁹⁵For Ch’ao-hsien, "Cheng-yi" says, "K’uo-ti chih 括地志 says, 'Kao-li's 高麗 P’ing-jang 平壤 City, originally the governing site/city of Chien 儉, the Prince of Yüeh-lang 樂浪 Prefecture of the Han. It was ancient Ch’ao-hsien.'"
ref: 2006 [145–86 BCE], Ssu-ma Ch’ien, translated by Zhenjun Zhang, “Hereditary House 8”, in William Nienhauser, editor, The Grand Scribe's Records, volume V.1, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 276:
glosses: Alternative form of Chaoxian.
griseorhodin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: griseorhodins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of marine-derived rubromycins.
griseorhodins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of griseorhodin
throngy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɹɒŋi/
ipa: /ˈθɹɔŋi/
rhymes: -ɒŋi
Forms: form: more throngy
form: most throngy
Etymology: From throng + -y.
Senses: examples: text: […] Or drive, like Jehu, thro' each throngy road, / To reach, in time, some temporal abode; […]
ref: 1896, James Woodhouse, Reginald Illingsworth Woodhouse, The Life and Poetical Works of James Woodhouse (1735-1820) (page 215)
text: There was still a buzz of chatter, but people quietened down to watch the episode, and the throngs crushing in around us got less throngy.
ref: 2023, Jodi McAlister, Can I Steal You for a Second?:
glosses: Crowded.
dancing manias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dancing mania
e-company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-companies
Etymology: From e- + company.
Senses: glosses: A company that operates via the Internet.
e-worksheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-worksheets
Etymology: From e- + worksheet.
Senses: glosses: A worksheet in electronic form, to be completed using a computer.
e-companies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-company
e-worksheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-worksheet
tap, rack, bang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "Still," Suit echoed. "The way she handles the gun jamming." Suit shook their head in admiration. "Tap, rack, bang, without hesitation. That's extraordinary retention."
ref: 2015 March 25, thedeadlymoose, “The Seed of an Idea”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2024:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A technique for clearing a jam or misfire, consisting of applying pressure to the floor plate of the magazine to properly seat the magazine, manually cycling the action to eject an unfired round, and aiming and attempting to fire again.
Synonyms: TRB
tap, rack, go
TRG
tap, rack, bang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: To use the tap, rack, bang technique of clearing a jam or misfire.
kwassa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kwassas
Senses: glosses: A small fishing boat used in parts of Africa.
Related terms: kwassa kwassa
kwassas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kwassa
Cattermolean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cattermolean
form: most Cattermolean
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to George Cattermole (1800–1868), British painter and illustrator.
tamperable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tamperable
form: most tamperable
Etymology: From tamper + -able.
Senses: glosses: Susceptible to tampering.
tap, rack, go
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tap, rack, bang.
synonyms: word: tap
word: rack
word: bang
Synonyms: TRG
TRG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of tap, rack, go.
Tenbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England.
glosses: Ellipsis of Tenbury Wells: a market town in Tenbury parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5968).
cupboard-man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cupboard-men
Senses: glosses: One of an order of disputants in the Inns of Court.
cupboard-men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cupboard-man
the cupboard is bare
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: There is little to no food or money.
Alpine republics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alpine republic
all fur and no knickers
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of all fur coat and no knickers.
synonyms: word: all fur coat and no knickers
Allgovia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Allgäu.
synonyms: word: Allgäu
renal crises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of renal crisis
systemic sclerosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: systemic scleroses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of scleroderma.
synonyms: word: scleroderma
systemic scleroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of systemic sclerosis
unbequested
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbequested
form: most unbequested
Etymology: From un- + bequested.
Senses: glosses: Unbequeathed.
cadmium cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The biogeochemical cycle of deposition and dispersion of cadmium through the atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere.
biogeochemical cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biogeochemical cycles
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The movement and transformation of chemical elements and compounds through the atmosphere, biosphere, and crust.
biogeochemical cycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biogeochemical cycle
germ theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of germ theory of disease.
synonyms: word: germ theory of disease
reproductive cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reproductive cells
Senses: glosses: Synonym of germ cell.
synonyms: word: germ cell
reproductive cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reproductive cell
beast-gate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beast-gates
Senses: examples: text: Alſo, you are to queſtion him concerning his Paſtures, as well thoſe in ſeuerall, as the Paſtures in common, what every Beaſt-gate is worth by the yeare in euery of them ſeuerally; whereof you may otherwiſe alſo informe your ſelfe,leſt you be deceiued.
ref: 1585, John Blagrave, chapter X, in The Mathematical Iewel, London: […] Walter Venge, page 211:
glosses: A meadow.
beast-gates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beast-gate
leechless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From leech + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without leeches.
beechless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From beech + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without beech trees.
pull-down resistors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pull-down resistor
Scandinavists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scandinavist
Yearsett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A locality in Linton parish, (Bromyard Bringsty ward) in eastern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO7053).
left, right, goodnights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of left, right, goodnight
substantiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more substantiously
form: most substantiously
Etymology: From substantious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Substantially.
phone-box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phone-boxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of phone box.
phone-boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phone-box
superspend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: superspends
form: superspending
form: superspended
form: superspended
Etymology: From super- + spend. Doublet of superexpend.
Senses: glosses: To spend excessively; to overspend.
kyawthuite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kyawthuites
Etymology: Named for Burmese mineralogist Kyaw Thu.
Senses: glosses: An extremely rare bismuth antimonate gem, chemical formula Bi³⁺Sb⁵+O₄.
kyawthuites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kyawthuite
Suckley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7251).
Knightwick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7355).
Strutynski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
dog in the fight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dogs in the fight
Etymology: In reference to dogfighting and its spectators.
Senses: examples: text: Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight.
Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it.
Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin’-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.
ref: 2006 October 1, Dennis Lehane, “Refugees” (00:32:06), in The Wire, season 4, episode 4:
text: What is the perfect Premier League season for football fans without a dog in the fight?
ref: 2024, Max Rushden in The Guardian newspaper, Sat 17 Aug 2024
qualifier: usually in the phrase 'have a dog in the fight'
glosses: A personal stake in an issue.
raw_tags: in the negative
Synonyms: dog in the race
Arceism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arceus + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Beyond those holidays, Arceism should be celebrated by one's own interpretation.
ref: 2013 July 31, MrLaughter, Reddit:
text: Arceus is ironically worshipped within the Pokémon community, as in the Facebook Page “Arceism” naming a fictional religion centered around it [6].
ref: 2023, Suraj Sood, “The Augmented Cognition of Religion and Spirituality in Media”, in Augmented Cognition:
text: In mainstream Arceism, Arceus is regarded as the creator of all Pokemon, Ghost-types included.
ref: 2024 November 28, ElSquibbonator, Reddit:
topics: anime
broadcasting
comics
film
lifestyle
literature
manga
media
publishing
television
video-games
glosses: A parody religion or new religious movement based on the Pokémon franchise, centered on the veneration of Arceus, a creator deity in the canon of the series.
wikipedia: List of generation IV Pokémon#Arceus
better known
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of well known: more well known
best known
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of well known: most well known
least known
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of little known: most little known
littlest known
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of little known: most little known
less known
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of little known: more little known
lesser known
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of little known: more little known
littler known
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of little known: more little known
southern drawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: southern drawls
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Southern drawl.
Southern brawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Southern brawls
Senses: glosses: Eggcorn of Southern drawl.
southern brawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: southern brawls
Senses: glosses: Eggcorn of Southern drawl.
pentaphthongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentaphthong
green stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green stamps
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A type of trading stamp.
glosses: A speeding ticket.
glosses: Money; currency.
green stamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green stamp
cabin-class
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cabin class.
short drink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short drinks
Senses: glosses: An alcoholic beverage served in a small glass and typically containing less mixer than a long drink.
tall drink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tall drinks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of long drink.
synonyms: word: long drink
medium drink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medium drinks
Senses: coordinate_terms: short drink
long drink
glosses: An alcoholic beverage that is typically between 11.5% and 13.5% alcohol by volume.
medium drinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medium drink
customer success manager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: customer success managers
Senses: topics: business
marketing
synonyms: word: CSM
glosses: A professional who assists a customer achieve the maximum value from a product or service after its sale.
customer success managers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of customer success manager
short drinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short drink
tall drinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tall drink
pamper-packer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pamper-packers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pamper packer.
pamper-packing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pamper packing.