cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
good riddance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡʊd ˈɹɪd(ə)n(t)s/
ipa: /ˌɡʊd ˈɹɪdn̩(t)s/
Forms: form: good riddances
Etymology: From good + riddance (“act of ridding or removal; relief involving getting rid of something”), possibly influenced by the earlier obsolete terms fair riddance and gentle riddance.
Senses: examples: text: The fortification whereof he last advertised has required more time than he expected, "or in good riddance needed."
ref: 1597 August 13 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Thomas Burgh, 3rd Baron Burgh, “The Lord Deputy Burgh to Sir Robert Cecil”, in Ernest George Atkinson, editor, Calendar of the State Papers, Relating to Ireland, of the Reign of Elizabeth, 1596, July – 1597, December. […], volume [VI], Nendeln, Eschen, Leichtenstein: Kraus Reprint, Kraus-Thomson Organization, published 1974, →OCLC, paragraph 72, page 364:
text: Ther[sites]. I vvill ſee you hang'd like Clatpoles, ere I come any more to your tents, I vvill keepe vvhere there is vvit ſtirring, and leaue the faction of fooles. Exit. / Patro[clus]. A good riddance.
ref: c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], signature D, recto:
text: There's no Body ſo Happy in his Family and Friends, but that ſome of them vvhen they ſee him going, vvill vviſh for a good Riddance, and almoſt keep a Holy Day for his Death: […]
ref: 1701, Marcus Antoninus [i.e., Marcus Aurelius], “Book X”, in Jeremy Collier, transl., The Emperor Marcus Antoninus His Conversation with Himself. […], London: […] Richard Sare, […], →OCLC, paragraph XXXVI, page 200:
text: [T]o tell you my mind, Lucretia, I think it's a good riddance. I don't want any of your brazen faces here, myself!
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Mr. Dombey and the World”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 510:
text: Compeyson took it easy as a good riddance for both sides.
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in Great Expectations […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 50:
text: Lt. Saito and Bucktooth Kasuya left camp on October 12—good riddances. But Saito was back twelve days later and decided the barracks area of my chow section was not clean enough. Shiozawa had me sweep it up.
ref: 2003, Herbert Zincke, with Scott A. Mills, “Never Enough to Eat: January 1, 1944, to October 31, 1944”, in Mitsui Madhouse: Memoir of a U.S. Army Air Corps POW in World War II, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 105:
synonyms: fair riddance
gentle riddance
good riddings
glosses: A welcome departure or loss.
azinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azinic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic derivative of H₂N⁺O⁻OH, especially the alkylidene derivatives R₂C=N⁺O⁻OH - the nitronic acids.
azlactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azlactones
Etymology: From azo- + lactone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of organic compounds formed by the cyclization of N-acyl-α-amino acids; they are five-membered heterocycles containing both a nitrogen and oxygen atom in the ring, with the oxygen adjacent to a carbonyl.
joyriding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪdɪŋ
Forms: form: joyridings
Senses: glosses: An instance of somebody taking a joyride.
joyriding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪdɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of joyride
zao
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [t͡saʊ˦˨]
Etymology: From Hokkien 走 (cháu, “to run”), with Pinyin-based spelling.
Senses: examples: text: Time to zao already.
translation: We need to go now.
english: We need to go now.
bold_translation_offsets: 11
13
glosses: To leave hastily, to take off.
cyclization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: cyclizations
form: cyclisation
Etymology: From cyclize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The dehydrogenation reactions may involve isomerization and cyclization as well as the formation of olefins and unsaturated compounds generally.
ref: 1936, Aristid V. Grosse, "Dehydrogenation of Hydrocarbons", US Patent 2148129 http://www.google.com/patents?id=leFGAAAAEBAJ, page 1
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The process of cyclizing, of becoming or causing to become aromatic.
examples: text: It is convenient to run the cyclizations at a temperature between 25° C. and 100° C.
ref: 1962, Rudolph J. Angelo, "Linearly Fused Polycyclic Polymers and Process", US Patent 3245974 http://www.google.com/patents?id=CTplAAAAEBAJ, page 2 col. 5
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that results in the formation of a ring.
Derived terms: alkoxycyclization
autocyclization
Bergman cyclization
bromocyclization
carbocyclization
decyclization
dehydrocyclization
electrocyclization
halocyclization
heterocyclization
hydroxycyclization
iodocyclization
macrocyclization
mercuriocyclization
monocyclization
photocyclization
polycyclization
spirocyclization
tetracyclization
H-hour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: H-hours
form: H-Hour
Etymology: The H stands for hour; compare D-Day.
Senses: glosses: The hour at which any major event planned for the future is set to begin, as used in United States military.
Synonyms: zero hour
Coordinate terms: D-Day
X-Day
ambulophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From Latin ambulō (“I walk”) + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Fear of walking or standing.
motor vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motor vehicles
Senses: hypernyms: vehicle
conveyance#Noun
coordinate_terms: bicycle
pedicab
glosses: Any land-based means of transportation in the form of a machine that operates primarily through a motor to provide power to rotate the tires.
tires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)z/
ipa: /ˈtaɪ̯ɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of tire.
tires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)z/
ipa: /ˈtaɪ̯ɚz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tire
rupa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sanskrit रूप (rūpá, “form, shape, figure”).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: form, shape, outward appearance.
Related terms: skandha
crut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruts
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A cross-measure tunnel or drift.
crut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cruts
form: crutting
form: crutted
form: crutted
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: To work as a crutter.
Related terms: dook
steeps
crut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare French croûte (“crust”).
Senses: glosses: The rough, shaggy part of oak bark
crut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruts
Senses: glosses: A dwarf.
salo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian са́ло (sálo) or Ukrainian са́ло (sálo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sadlo.
Senses: examples: text: […] Mr. Castro waxed nostalgic, recounting the time he and Soviet comrades sat around a campfire in the forest eating salo, the cured pig fat that is a staple chaser of Russian vodka.
ref: 2009 January 31, Michael Schwirtz, “Russia and Cuba Take Steps to Revive a Bond”, in New York Times:
glosses: a type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in Central and Eastern Europe, usually seasoned
curbstoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curbstoners
Etymology: From curbstone + -er.
Senses: qualifier: auto
glosses: A freelancer used car dealer who places for-sale ads and meets a prospective buyer at a designated curbside address.
Stroh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Strohs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Stroh.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: An unincorporated community in LaGrange County, Indiana, United States.
cuticula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə
Forms: form: cuticulae
Etymology: From Latin cutīcula (“skin, cuticle”). Doublet of cuticle.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A tough protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants; cuticle.
Synonyms: cuticle
sloboda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slobodas
form: slobody
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian слобода́ (slobodá), which is related to a common Slavic word for “freedom”, in reference to such settlements' initial freedom from taxes and forced labor duties.
Senses: glosses: A kind of settlement, village, or suburb in the history of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
cutline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutlines
Etymology: From cut + line.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
journalism
media
glosses: In production, a hypothetical line that separates items that will be executed and publicized, versus items that will be cut.
topics: broadcasting
journalism
media
glosses: A caption under a photograph, or more narrowly just the explanatory text block under a photograph, excluding the title.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: In software testing, a hypothetical line that separates tests that will be performed from tests that may not be performed due to lack of time.
examples: text: If you stop and get out, you will see a cutline for line-of-sight surveying.
topics: geography
lifestyle
natural-sciences
surveying
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: A linear cleared area through undeveloped land.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
squash
glosses: A line on the front wall, above which the ball must hit for a serve
Related terms: make the cut
boomslang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbuːmˌslæŋ/
Forms: form: boomslang
form: boomslangs
form: boomslange
Etymology: From Afrikaans boomslang, from Dutch boomslang, composed of boom (“tree”) + slang (“snake”).
Senses: glosses: A highly venomous snake found in sub-Saharan Africa, Dispholidus typus.
extensometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extensometers
Senses: examples: text: For the ground, that means using three primary types of equipment:
■ Extensometers to look for ground heave - the upwards movement of soil, which can occur at any stage. It is essentially the opposite of erosion and is often associated with clay-type soils which swell when wet.
■ Inclinometers, which measure slope movements.
■ Piezometers to measure water levels.
ref: 2022 October 5, Tom Allett, “HS2's green screen to aid the environment”, in RAIL, number 967, page 35:
glosses: An electromechanical device for measuring changes in length of an object undergoing stress.
Derived terms: extensimetric
extensimetry
extensometry
zob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zobs
Etymology: Claimed by Swedish scholar Jan Ivarsson (quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang) to derive from French zob (“dick, cock”), itself from Arabic زُبّ (zubb).
Senses: examples: text: And the same thing goes for that crowd of crabs and snobs Down East, and next time you hear some zob from Yahooville-on-the-Hudson chewing the rag and bulling and trying to get your goat tell him that no two-fisted enterprising Westerner would have New York for a gift!
ref: 1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXXV, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, section III, pages 415–416:
synonyms: word: absolute zero
word: asswipe
word: badling
word: blatherskite
word: bugger
word: carrion
word: cipher
word: cockstain
word: crumb
word: custron
word: dandiprat
word: doink
word: fellow
word: fritlag
word: geek
word: good-for-naught
word: good-for-nothing
word: hoon
word: lidderon
word: losel
word: loser
word: louse
word: maggot
word: nonce
word: nowmun
word: ne'er-do-well
word: no-good
word: no-mark
word: nonentity
word: pelf
word: pig dog
word: pile of shit
word: pissant
word: punk
word: puny
word: quat
word: ramp
word: rinky-dink
word: roly-poly
word: scullion
word: slubberdegullion
word: sparrow-fart
word: streak of piss
word: toerag
word: truant
word: twerp
word: wankstain
word: waste of space
word: underperson
word: unworthy
glosses: A good-for-nothing person.
wikipedia: Green's Dictionary of Slang
Jan Ivarsson
Related terms: zod
dassiepis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans dassiepis.
Senses: glosses: hyraceum: the solidified urine of a dassie, used in folk medicine to treat epilepsy.
Related terms: dassie
DMM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DMMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of digital multimeter.
glosses: Initialism of Dynamic-maturational model of attachment and adaptation.
gord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɔː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: gords
form: gourd
Etymology: Perhaps hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.
Senses: examples: text: And thy dry bones can reach at nothing now, But gords or nine-pins
ref: c. 1613–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Scornful Lady, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.
gord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɔː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: gords
Etymology: From Proto-Slavic *gordъ. Doublet of yard and garth.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, typically a group of wooden houses surrounded by a wall of earth and wood, with a palisade running along the top of the bulwark.
dikkop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dikkops
Etymology: From Afrikaans dikkop, from dik (“thick”) + kop (“head”).
Senses: examples: Dikkops, family burhinidae. Plover like birds with large heads and eyes, long legs without a hind claw and tawny colouring. 1983 Newmans Birds of Southern Africa. Kennith Newman. MacMillan →ISBN.
synonyms: stone curlew
thick-knee
glosses: A bird of the family Burhinidae.
examples: text: Dik-kop in a Carriage Horse.— The day before I was called in the horse had been driven about twelve miles.
ref: 1901 April 12, “Veterinary Departmental Report for February, 1901”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 3, page 85:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: horse sickness
bluetongue
glosses: A viral infection of horses causing swelling of parts of the head.
Derived terms: spotted dikkop
Burhinus capensis
water dikkop
Burhinus vermiculatus
azomethine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azomethines
Etymology: From azo- + methine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: methylenimine
glosses: any of a class of organic compounds of general formula RN=CR'₂, especially the parent compound in which R' is H
Related terms: imine
azonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azonic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of organic compounds of general formula RN⁺(O⁻)(OH)₂
Related terms: phosphonic acid
azylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azylenes
Etymology: From azyl + -ene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A nitrene.
cutpurse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌtˌpɜːs/
ipa: /ˈkʌtˌpɝs/
enpr: kŭt′pûrs′
Forms: form: cutpurses
form: cut-purse
Etymology: From Middle English cutte-purs; equivalent to cut + purse: originally, purses were worn by a strap at the girdle, which the thief would cut.
Senses: examples: text: A cutpurse of the empire and the rule
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
text: The Gipsie snap & Pedro
are none of Toms Comradoes,
yͤ punck I skorne, & yͤ cutpurse sworn
& yͤ roring boyes brauadoes
ref: c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)
glosses: A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.
Synonyms: pickpocket
spurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spur
spurs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spur
Josie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -əʊsi
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.
Josie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -əʊsi
Forms: form: Jozi
Senses: glosses: Johannesburg.
Josephine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.zə.fiːn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.sə.fiːn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.sə.fiːn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.zə.fiːn/
Forms: form: Jo
form: Joe
Etymology: From French Joséphine, diminutive of Josèphe, feminine form of Joseph. Popularized in English by Josephine Bonaparte, the empress of Napoleonic France.
Senses: examples: text: "I hate my name, too, so sentimental! I wish every one would say Jo instead of Josephine. How did you make the boys stop calling you Dora?”
ref: 1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 3, in Little Women:
text: I'm going to call him Joseph
or Josephine if it's a girl.
Why?
Because it's a strong name,
Joe, Joseph.
ref: 1998, Steven Herrick, A Place Like This, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 86:
glosses: A female given name from French.
Derived terms: Josephine County
Josephine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.zə.fiːn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.sə.fiːn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.sə.fiːn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.zə.fiːn/
ipa: /ˈdʒəʊ.zə.fiːn/
ipa: /ˈdʒəʊ.zə.fʌɪn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.zə.fiːn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.sə.fiːn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.sə.fiːn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.zə.fiːn/
Forms: form: Jo
form: Joe
Etymology: From Joseph + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: In the 1780s however these were just a couple of strands in the mayhem of Josephine reform, with decrees streaming out of the Hofburg […] at an astounding rate.
ref: 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 266:
glosses: Pertaining to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Derived terms: Josephinism
box room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box rooms
Senses: glosses: A small storeroom in a house, often upstairs, typically used for storage of boxes and other items.
Aly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Alison, Alyssa, or Alexandra.
glosses: A male given name from Arabic, a variant spelling of the Muslim Ali.
Lexie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛksi/
rhymes: -ɛksi
Forms: form: Lexies
form: Lexi
form: Lexy
Etymology: Diminutives + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: And then a curious postscript: I share your dislike of the shortening of names but I must say that I'm not sure 'Alexandra' is entirely suitable for you. It seems to me that you require a name with rather more brio. I see you as a 'Lexie'. What do you think?
ref: 2010, Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine, Headline, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: A female nickname, diminutive of the given names Alexis, Alexia, Alexandra or Alexandria.
Chrissy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chrissie
form: Krissy
Etymology: From Chris + -y.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Christine or Christina.
Related terms: sense: diminutive of Christine or Christina
word: Chris
sense: diminutive of Christine or Christina
word: Christa
sense: diminutive of Christine or Christina
word: Christi
sense: diminutive of Christine or Christina
word: Christie
sense: diminutive of Christine or Christina
word: Christy
sense: diminutive of Christina
word: Ina
sense: diminutive of Christina
word: Tina
Chrissy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: “Sarah! It's me, your favorite nan. Merry Chrissy, love. You're invited to my Christmas cruise. Come along and bring anyone you want.”
ref: 2020 August 17, Michael Cusack, “A Very Extremely Very Yolo Christmas: Reloaded” (1:10 from the start), in YOLO: Crystal Fantasy, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Sarah's Nan (Michael Cusack):
glosses: Christmas
worn out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more worn out
form: most worn out
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of worn-out.
worn out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He has worn out his shoes.
glosses: past participle of wear out
Related terms: outworn
wear
wear away
wear down
wear off
wear thin
Tayto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Taytos
head_nr: 1
Etymology: From Tayto (Northern Ireland), a manufacturer of crisps and corn snacks; presumably from potato.
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: A potato crisp.
wikipedia: Tayto (Northern Ireland)
Celtic cross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Celtic crosses
Senses: glosses: A Christian symbol, common in Ireland, which combines the cross with a ring surrounding the intersection.
topics: cartomancy
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A spread commonly used by tarotists, usually comprising a six-card "circle" or "cross" on the left and a four-card "staff" on the right.
Related terms: 🕈
monomorphemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Etymology: From mono- + morphemic.
Senses: examples: text: While some have analyzed *nuráke of an *-ák-derivaton of a stem *nur-, which is supposedly found in Old Sardinian toponyms such as Nora, Nure, this analysis rests on formal similarity only […] As long as the semantic value of the element nur- cannot be established, it cannot be ruled out that *nurak- was monomorphemic.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 435:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: polymorphemic
glosses: Consisting of only one morpheme; not divisible into smaller parts.
Related terms: monomorpheme
jukskei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈjɵkskɛɪ]
Forms: form: jukskeis
Etymology: From Afrikaans juk (“yoke”) + skei (“yoke-pin”).
Senses: examples: a. 2003, unknown South African author, Jukskei
This project identified jukskei as one of seven indigenous games […] A Jukskei playing field consists of two playing areas juxtaposed […]
2002 May 9, press release from Maj. Gen. (Ret) Gert Opperman of the Voortrekker Monument Heritage Sitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20060925230826/http://www.voortrekkermon.org.za/Updates/MediaReleases/English/mediar_009.htm
To celebrate the establishment of a living Pioneer Museum as well as the construction of the ‘jukskei’ and ‘kennetjie’ courts which will indeed ensure that the Voortrekker Monument Heritage Site is a living heritage site, a ‘boeresport’ day is being organized for 24 August 2002. Several events, such as ‘jukskei’, bok-bok’, ‘skilpadtrek’, ‘haanskop’, ‘kennetjie’, egg tossing, ‘giffie’, ‘stoktrek’ and sack races have been planned.
glosses: A traditional game similar to quoits played by throwing the skei at the yoke.
glosses: One of the wooden pins thrown in the game of jukskei.
bibulousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bibulous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being bibulous.
crespine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crespines
Etymology: Old French
Senses: glosses: A headdress worn by both men and women, usually made of wire or knitted mesh worn on either side of the head, used to contain the long hair.
inchoation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inchoations
Etymology: From inchoate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: A beginning or origin.
dancing bologna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […]you will learn how to build functionality into your Java programs that can provide users with additional sensory feedback, and thus add real value. Oh, and by the way, you'll also be able to create some really neat dancing bologna.
ref: 1996, Flynn, Jim, Visual J++ Java Programming:
glosses: Generally useless animations and other dynamic content on a website.
downward spiral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downward spirals
Senses: antonyms: rebound
upward spiral
coordinate_terms: vicious circle
glosses: A series of thoughts or actions which feeds back into itself, causing a situation to become progressively worse.
Related terms: circle the drain
death spiral
tailspin
decumbent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈkʌmbənt/
ipa: /dɪˈkʊmbənt/
Etymology: From the present participle of Latin dēcumbō.
Senses: glosses: Lying down; reclining on the ground.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a plant, which lies on the ground with tips turned upwards.
Derived terms: decumbently
subdecumbent
deeky
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːki/
rhymes: -iːki
Forms: form: deekies
form: deekyin
form: deekied
form: deekied
Etymology: Perhaps deek + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deek; to look.
Related terms: word: deek
word: deeksies
word: look
diachronicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diachronicities
Etymology: By surface analysis, dia- + chron- + -icity; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.
Senses: glosses: The understanding or interpretation of events by the way they relate over time, rather than by their moment-by-moment significance.
Related terms: diachronic
digital brownshirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digital brownshirts
Etymology: From digital + brownshirt, coined by former U.S. vice president Al Gore in 2005.
Senses: glosses: A right-wing blogger.
directional stability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The ability of a vehicle to maintain its course, or remain under normal steering control, while subjected to directionally disturbing influences such as cross-winds, braking on irregular surfaces or turning.
distillation chaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distillation chasers
Senses: glosses: A substance used to force a distillate in a distillation, as it has a boiling point more than that of the substance to be extracted and less than that of the impurities. It is rarely used but mostly with fractional distillation when column packing is used. As it vaporises it heats the column packing and causes the trapped fluid to rise over.
doctrinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doctrinisms
Etymology: From doctrine + -ism.
Senses: glosses: doctrinal rigidity; using a doctrine without any criticism.
Related terms: doctrinalism
dogwash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dogwashes
Etymology: From dog + wash.
Senses: glosses: An establishment where one takes their canine pet to be cleaned and groomed.
Related terms: hydrobath
negotiator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tə/
ipa: /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tə/
ipa: /nɪˈɡəʊ.si.eɪ.tə/
ipa: /nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tɚ/
ipa: [nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪ.ɾɚ]
Forms: form: negotiators
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin negōtiātor (“merchant, banker”), equivalent to negotiate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who negotiates.
glosses: A diplomat, moderator.
Derived terms: hostage negotiator
negotiatress
negotiators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of negotiator
negotiates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of negotiate
donorcycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: donorcycles
Etymology: Blend of donor + motorcycle; see organ donor. The term apparently originates from emergency room personnel who often see motorcycle accident victims. It alludes to the high percentage of donated organs that come from motorcyclists.
Senses: examples: text: The donorcycles rev and nudge forward, the traffic-crossing man is red, I get an angry blast from a bus, but I leap to the far bank without bouncing off a bonnet.
ref: 2008 [2001], David Mitchell, number9dream, Hachette, →ISBN:
glosses: A motorcycle ridden by someone who is likely to die due to either recklessness or the inherent risk of riding a motorcycle.
dopester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dopesters
Etymology: From dope + -ster.
Senses: glosses: A member of a street gang who sells drugs.
qualifier: slightly dated
glosses: A person who collects information on, and forecasts the results of, sporting events, elections, etc.
pooka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːkə/
rhymes: -uːkə
Forms: form: pookas
form: phooka
Etymology: From Old Irish púca (“goblin, sprite”), perhaps from a (nearly) identical Old Irish form, ultimately from Old English pūca (“demon”). Doublet of bucca and puck.
Senses: examples: text: The pooka had befriended the kindly old man.
text: This is certain; Moggy was by no means so great a fool as Betty in respect of hobgoblins, witches, banshees, pookas, and the world of spirits in general. She eat heartily, and slept soundly, and as yet had never seen the devil.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
text: The Pooka is an animal of which, partly from the darkness of the night, and partly from the darkness that he carries about with him, the precise outline, especially of the head and neck, can never be distinguished.
ref: 1833 July, “Laurie on Grand Juries”, in The Westminster Review - Volume 19, page 88:
text: P-O-O-K-A. Pooka. From old Celtic mythology, a fairy spirit in animal form, always very large. The pooka appears here and there, now and then, to this one and that one. A benign but mischievous creature. Very fond of rumpots, crackpots, and how are you, Mr. Wilson?
ref: 1944, Mary Chase, Harvey (play):
glosses: A fairy that supposedly appears in animal form, often large.
pooka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːkə/
rhymes: -uːkə
Forms: form: pookas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian puka (“hole”).
Senses: glosses: A convenient storage location or hiding spot created by the arrangement or form of surrounding objects
playing cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playing card
shines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shine
shines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪnz
Senses: glosses: plural of shine
Boggabri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Gamilaraay bagaaybaraay (“having creeks”), from bagaay (“creek”) + -baraay (“having”).
Senses: glosses: A town in New South Wales.
banyak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banyaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baniak.
poly-theistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more poly-theistic
form: most poly-theistic
Senses: examples: text: The theistic religions may be further subdivided into those .that are mono-theistic, such as Judaism and Islam, and those that are poly-theistic as are many primitive religions.
ref: 1971, Robert H. Thouless, An Introduction to the Psychology of Religion, →ISBN, page 13:
text: If we look into that history of Buddhist iconography of the period, there is no doubt the behind the emergence of this poly-theistic foundation the direct contribution seems to have come from the Mahayanic form of religion.
ref: 1993, Anasua Sengupta, Buddhist art of Bengal:
text: The commentator concluded that the early Jews therefore were not mono-theistic (believing in One God) but were poly-theistic (believing in many gods).
ref: 2013, Kim Laliberte, The Call to Follow Jesus: Studies in the Gospel of Mark, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of polytheistic.
cubits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cubit, an ancient unit of measurement
camels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæməlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of camel
dwellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dweller
juga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuː.ɡə/
rhymes: -uːɡə
Senses: glosses: plural of jugum
Pan-Theist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pan-Theists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pantheist.
pan-theist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pan-theists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pantheist.
pan theism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pan theisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pantheism.
Pan-Theism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pantheism.
pan-theism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pan-theisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pantheism.
jalan-jalan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒalan ˌd͡ʒalan/
Forms: form: jalan jalan
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay jalan-jalan.
Senses: examples: text: […] he should know better than to go jalan jalan now.
ref: 2023, Agnes Chew, Eternal Summer of My Homeland, Epigram Books, →ISBN, page 25:
synonyms: word: gai gai
glosses: To take a walk, to go for a stroll.
nostra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: …beg our clerical friends to remember that quack medicines are of two kinds,… …with his poisonous nostra in the form of doctrines, upon those of whose…
ref: 1847–1848: [AUTHOR UNKNOWN], Annalist: A Record of Practical Medicine in the City of New York, p193
text: On the other hand, alchemists had arisen with their pertinacious search for the philosopher’s stone, which was to convert all metals into gold, and cure all diseases. In this search they gave their nostra extensive trial on sick and well.
ref: 1917, Torald Hermann Sollmann, A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology, page 71:
text: Much less shall we enter into a detail of the many nostra and patent medicines that have been, and still are, trumpeted round as sure and never-failing…
ref: 1928, Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Surgical Society, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, page 121:
text: …immunotherapy, Isselsism, thermotherapy, and all other nostra — are used faut de mieux, when the three bulwarks of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy have failed, or are prima facie useless.
ref: 1955: King Edward Memorial Hospital (Bombay, India), Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, p71
glosses: plural of nostrum
ceric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing cerium with valence four.
Derived terms: ceric ammonium nitrate
ceric ammonium sulfate
ceric ammonium sulphate
ceric fluoride
ceric oxide
ceric sulfate
ceric sulphate
Related terms: cerous
ceric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to wax.
Derived terms: ceric acid
lignoceric
cerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing cerium with valence three
glosses: Having a cere
Derived terms: ceroso-
cerous chloride
cerous oxide
cerous silicate
Related terms: ceric
benzenium ion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzenium ions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any arenium ion derived from benzene or its derivatives.
benzenonium ion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzenonium ions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A benzenium ion.
benzylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From benzyl + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: containing the benzyl (C₆H₅-CH₂-) radical or any of its derivatives
Derived terms: heterobenzylic
homobenzylic
betaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: betaines
Etymology: From New Latin, from Latin bēta (“beet”) + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sweet, crystalline compound (not an alkaloid), trimethylammoniumacetate, found in sugar beet and similar plants, sometimes used to treat muscular degeneracy; the zwitterion (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂COO⁻
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of this compound.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any similar compound, based on sulfur or phosphorus etc, having an onium ion with no hydrogen atom adjacent to the anionic atom.
Derived terms: arsenobetaine
cocamidopropyl betaine
polybetaine
sulfobetaine
onium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊniəm/
Forms: form: oniums
Etymology: From English ammonium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: cation
<
ion
glosses: Any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic derivative of these compounds.
Derived terms: hydronium
onium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊniəm/
ipa: /ˈɒniəm/
ipa: /ˈoʊniəm/
Forms: form: onia
Etymology: See Wikipedia at muonium § Nomenclature.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The bound pair of a particle and its antiparticle.
Derived terms: leptonium
-onium
ibu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪ.bjuː/
Forms: form: ibus
Etymology: Clipping of ibuprofen.
Senses: glosses: ibuprofen
pensil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pensils
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pencil.
glosses: Obsolete form of pencel.
arsonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent AsH₄⁺ cation, derived from arsine.
Derived terms: arsonium compound
bismuthonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bismuth + onium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent BiH₄⁺ cation, derived from bismuthane.
bromonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bromoniums
Senses: glosses: The univalent H₂Br⁺ cation, derived from bromane.
Derived terms: bromonium ion
chloronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the univalent H₂Cl⁺ cation, derived from chlorane
Derived terms: chloronium ion
fluoronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊniəm
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the univalent H₂F⁺ cation, derived from fluorane.
Derived terms: fluoronium ion
iodonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iodoniums
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent H₂I⁺ cation, derived from iodane
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic derivative of this cation
Derived terms: diaryliodonium
diphenyleneiodonium
iodonium ion
oxonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒkˈsəʊnɪ.əm/
rhymes: -əʊniəm
Forms: form: oxoniums
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any univalent oxygen cation derived from water, the simplest of which is the hydronium ion (H₃O⁺).
Derived terms: alkyloxonium
hydroxonium
oxonium ion
phenoxonium
selenonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From selenone + -ium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent H₃Se⁺ cation, derived from selane.
sulfonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfoniums
form: sulphonium
Etymology: From sulfo- + onium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the univalent H₃S⁺ cation, derived from sulfane
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any derivative of this cation in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by organic radicals
Derived terms: sulfonio-
sulfonio
telluronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊniəm
Forms: form: telluroniums
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent H₃Te⁺ cation, derived from tellane.
phosphonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊniəm
Forms: form: phosphoniums
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the tetravalent positively-charged phosphorus cation R₄P⁺
Derived terms: phosphonium iodide
tetraphenylphosphonium
stibonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the univalent H₄Sb⁺ cation, derived from stibane
betweenane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: betweenanes
Etymology: From between + -ane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any bicyclic alkene having a double bond, each trans position of which is joined by a chain of carbon atoms.
varactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varactors
form: varactor diode
Etymology: Blend of variable + reactor
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A solid-state diode whose capacitance varies with the applied voltage.
Synonyms: varicap
tuning diode
brb
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of BRB.
brb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of BRB.
Balinesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Balinese + -ian, probably influenced by Indonesian.
Senses: glosses: of Bali, Balinese
Balinesian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Balinesians
Etymology: From Balinese + -ian, probably influenced by Indonesian.
Senses: glosses: A Balinese person.
go bananas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes bananas
form: going bananas
form: went bananas
form: gone bananas
Etymology: From bananas (“crazy”).
Senses: examples: text: I just told her she couldn’t have any pudding until after dinner, and she went bananas!
glosses: To get angry; to go mad.
examples: text: The music was going bananas with immensity at this point.
ref: 1982 August, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3), London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 49:
text: As my colleague Glenn MacDonald, an economics professor at Washington University in St. Louis, told me when I asked him if all these tech companies had gone bananas, “It all depends on how you think about risk aversion.”
ref: 2023 June 6, Ian Bogost, “The Age of Goggles Has Arrived”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: To become silly or excited; to go crazy.
Synonyms: go ape
go nuts
hands up
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: hands up !
Senses: glosses: Put your hands up (if you wish to participate).
glosses: Surrender (by raising your hands)!
Synonyms: sense: surrender
word: reach for the sky
sense: surrender
word: stick 'em up
Related terms: hensopper
hands up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hand up
hard as nails
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪlz
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very unsympathetic; callous
qualifier: simile
glosses: Able to endure difficulties; tough
Related terms: hard nail
tough as nails
you knows it
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: This phrase was popularised by The GLC from Newport, Wales, but has had currency in US Afro-American vernacular English and possibly elsewhere since no later than the 1960s.
Senses: examples: text: What he did to her was wrong. —You knows it, sister!
text: Mose would ha rallied, ef eed a been in our ward — ha ! ha ! ha ! — you knows it, Mass Richard !
ref: 1861, Frederick Law Olmsted, The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller's Observations on Cotton and Slavery, page 187:
text: Buster: (impressed) You'se a cool dude, Butch. / Butch: Hey, you knows it, baby.
ref: 1984, Brian Richard Mori, Dreams of Flight, page 20:
text: We welcome you, you knows it. Didn't even need to ask, but it fine all right you did.
ref: 2002, Lorian Hemingway, A World Turned Over: A Killer Tornado and the Lives It Changed Forever, page 112:
glosses: Indicates agreement, approval, encouragement.
Related terms: you know it
hit it off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits it off
form: hitting it off
form: hit it off
form: hit it off
Senses: examples: text: I really hit it off with Jack, and hired him without needing an interview.
text: Those two are really hitting it off. I wouldn't be surprised if they started dating soon.
text: “My profile said ‘Australian tennis player’ so I think Savannah had visions of me at Wimbledon,” he laughs. “In reality, I was paying for the opportunity to play at an academy.” Even so, they soon hit it off.
ref: 2023 February 6, Lizzie Cernik, “How we met: ‘He sent 40 Valentine’s cards with all the different things he loved about me’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter.
Synonyms: hit it up
make friends with
befriend
Related terms: get along
get on like a house on fire
hot under the collar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hotter under the collar
form: hottest under the collar
Senses: examples: text: "Oh, cut it," said Steve wearily. " . . . I don't want to listen to drivel like that."
"Drivel?" repeated the other, puzzled. " . . . I don't see why you need to get so hot under the collar.
ref: 1914, Ralph Henry Barbour, chapter 21, in Left End Edwards:
text: "What do you mean, sir?" cried the old boy, getting purple. . . .
"Now don't get hot under the collar. I'm only asking. I've a right to know."
ref: 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, “Jeeves and the Hard Boiled Egg”, in My Man Jeeves:
text: The Tennessee Football fans who couldn't buy Sugar Bowl tickets were furious, but it's a toss-up whether they were any hotter under the collar than some of those who got them.
ref: 1951 December 21, “Poor People! Seats In The End Zone”, in Kentucky New Era, retrieved 30 Sep 2010, page 9:
text: A controversial history textbook has IFP members hot under the collar and has resulted in two protest marches being scheduled for KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.
ref: 2008 May 14, “IFP angry at 'history distortion'”, in Independent Online, South Africa, retrieved 30 Sep 2010:
text: The prime minister had earlier sought to row back from the Savile claims on Thursday, saying “a lot of people have got very hot under the collar”.
ref: 2022 February 3, Heather Stewart, quoting Boris Johnson, “Boris Johnson’s policy chief quits over PM’s ‘scurrilous’ Savile remark”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Angry; agitated.
raw_tags: of a person
synonyms: hot and bothered
glosses: Sexually aroused.
raw_tags: of a person
how do you do
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: how-do-you-do
form: how-d'ye-do
form: how-de-do
Senses: examples: text: "How do you do?" began Pollyanna politely. "I'm from Miss Polly Harrington, and I'd like to see Mrs. Snow, please."
ref: 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 8, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:
glosses: A greeting used upon being introduced to someone. Alternatives are how are you, pleased to meet you, and nice to meet you. (Sometimes used as a rhetorical question among familiar parties, depending on the region).
Related terms: word: how are you doing
word: howdy