cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lodgehouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lodgehouses
form: lodge house
form: lodge-house
Etymology: From lodge + house.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lodge (“type of building”).
synonyms: word: lodge
extra: type of building
lodgehouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lodgehouse
underfamily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underfamilies
Etymology: From under- + family.
Senses: glosses: A subfamily.
underfamilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underfamily
transputing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːtɪŋ
Senses: glosses: The use of transputers.
rakeoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rakeoffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rake-off.
rakeoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rakeoff
steak chips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: steak fries
steak-cut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of fries/chips: cut thickly into steak fries.
showboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showboys
Etymology: From show + boy.
Senses: examples: text: Rose elected to divide the casting of dancers, showgirls, and showboys about equally between professional performers and local amateurs.
ref: 1987, Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale, The year America discovered Texas: Centennial '36, page 222:
hypernyms: showperson#Noun
performer#Noun
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person#Noun
coordinate_terms: showgirl#Noun
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showman#Noun
showwoman#Noun
glosses: A male performer analogous to a showgirl.
showboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of showboy
speed order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speed orders
Senses: examples: text: We had a long 20 m.p.h. speed order of perhaps 7 miles' duration some 60 miles from Aulnoye and André told me to get some 8min in hand with our heavy train to offset this. [...] When we had passed the speed order, we were about 4min behind time, but we had regained nearly all the time by Creil.
ref: 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 147:
qualifier: An order to observe
glosses: a (temporary) speed restriction.
Stannah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
speed orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speed order
how's every little thing
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: TESSIO: Buon Natale, everybody. Buon Natale... (he smiles at Tom Hagen) Hi, Tom, how's every little thing?
HAGEN: (helping him with the presents) Wonderful, Sal.
ref: 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)
glosses: A greeting, asking about a person's life; how are you?
cloth cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æp
Forms: form: cloth caps
Senses: examples: text: Our relief at Paris was a mécanicien looking like a Darnall "Grinder" in his cloth cap with a button on top - and no goggles either.
ref: 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148:
text: Each operator (usually a young man bearing the PPE of the day - a cloth cap) would send the hook down, enabling the parcel-filled basket to be hauled up, then whisked overhead and above carriage-roof height.
ref: 2020 December 30, Tim Dunn, “The railway's mechanical marvels”, in Rail, page 55:
glosses: A man's flat woollen cap with a peak.
rubbishest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of rubbish: most rubbish
blackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blacker
cloth caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cloth cap
the nerve of
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: This store charged me twice the price for this item! The nerve of them!
glosses: Followed by a pronoun or personal name(s), expresses disapproval or anger about something done or said by the referred person(s).
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see the, nerve, of.
bad comes to worst
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bad comes to worst
form: most bad comes to worst
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of worst comes to worst.
bad comes to worse
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bad comes to worse
form: most bad comes to worse
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of worst comes to worst.
hemoptytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to hemoptysis.
cambox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camboxes
Etymology: From cam + box.
Senses: examples: text: André took off the cambox covers on a Chapelon and described in detail the action of the valves and the method of setting.
ref: 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149:
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A metal "box" that houses cams, in the same manner that a gearbox houses gears.
camboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cambox
right faces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of right face
left face
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: left faces
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The act of a person turning to the left.
Coordinate terms: word: left turn
ashipus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ashipu
head doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head doctors
Senses: glosses: A psychiatrist.
head doctors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of head doctor
English green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: English greens
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Brunswick green (“any of a range of dark greens”).
synonyms: word: Brunswick green
extra: any of a range of dark greens
Related terms: english: also any of a range of dark greens
translation: also any of a range of dark greens
word: British racing green
English greens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of English green
Chapelon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune of Loiret department, France.
glosses: A surname from French from French, notably that of André Chapelon.
Chapelon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chapelons
Senses: examples: text: By the time we backed on, André was wearing back to front the B.R. engineman's cap I had given him, which was hailed with delight by the crew of a La Chapelle Chapelon that had drawn up alongside us and was to follow us to Paris.
ref: 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 147:
glosses: A steam locomotive designed by André Chapelon.
walks off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of walk off
walking off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of walk off
walked off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of walk off
make noise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes noise
form: making noise
form: made noise
form: made noise
Senses: glosses: To make a noise.
examples: text: If you got short hair, make noise!
ref: 1999, “Be Faithful”, Isaac Freeman, Edmund Bini, Joseph Rizzo, Sean Combs, Schon Crawford, Clarence Emery, Bernard Edwards, Faith Evans, Ronald Lawrence, Nile Rodgers, James Alexander, Ben Cauley, Johnny Hammond, Allen Jones, William McLean, Andres Titus (music) (Compact Disc), performed by Fatman Scoop, United States: AV8:
glosses: To applaud or cheer; to display a loud appreciation for someone or something.
glosses: To scold, condemn, or criticize very harshly.
democratics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of democratic
Zawra'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /zaw.raːʔ/
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: the cities of Tehran (capital of Iran) and Ray (near Tehran).
Muzawwara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /muˈzaʊəɹə/
Forms: form: Muzawwarah
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مُزَوَّرَة (muzawwara).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The city of Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq.
Muzawwarah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مُزَوَّرَة (muzawwara).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Muzawwara.
ticket to ride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tickets to ride
Etymology: From the use of tickets to control access to various forms of transportation.
Senses: examples: text: The club's “partners” had made arrangements with the police, so employees were cop proof too. All this amounted to a ticket to ride for me. The party only stopped when I wanted it to.
ref: 2007, Doug "Ten" Rose, Fearless Puppy on American Road, page 100:
text: The plan was always to teach and at the college level. This required a graduate degree, the next ticket to ride.
ref: 2011, Kurt Fishback, Passion with Purpose, page 50:
text: I came across Bart on a week away, whoring and drinking mostly, heard his glib stories about where he worked, and there found my opportunity. His ego was my ticket to ride.
ref: 2015, Rob Thurman, Carniepunk: Painted Love:
glosses: Something that enables one to do something which would otherwise not be possible.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ticket, ride.
tickets to ride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ticket to ride
empts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of empt
empting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of empt
empted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of empt
Rinconada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Rinconada.
Senses: glosses: A ranchería in Tasquillo municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico.
joconde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jocondes
Etymology: Thought to be named after the Mona Lisa (French La Joconde).
Senses: examples: text: The sponge itself is not the conventional Victoria but a thin and sumptuous joconde.
ref: 2015 June 24, Anucyia Victor, quoting Brendan Lynch, “A dessert fit for the Queen! […]”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2025:
text: Flavours included a mandarin cake with a mandarin vanilla mousse and pineapple jam, and a pear cake with pear cardamom mousse with poached pear, pear jelly and almond joconde
ref: 2017 December 23, Anneta Konstantinides, “Packed with a sweet surprise! […]”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2025:
glosses: A light almond sponge cake.
Related terms: Giocondan
Joconde
neatrup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neatrups
Senses: glosses: Synonym of netop.
synonyms: word: netop
neatrups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neatrup
paddleballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paddleball
palaeogeology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palaeo- + geology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleogeology.
Related terms: palaeogeological
palaeogeologist
paleoproteome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleoproteomes
Etymology: From paleo- + proteome.
Senses: glosses: An ancient proteome
Related terms: paleoproteomic
paleoproteomics
paleoproteomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paleo- + proteomic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to paleoproteomes or to paleoproteomics
paleoproteomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paleo- + proteomics.
Senses: glosses: The study of paleoproteomes
Related terms: paleoproteomic
pancreactectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pancreatectomy.
pancreaduodenectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pancreaduodenectomies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pancreatoduodenectomy.
synonyms: word: pancreatoduodenectomy
pansporocyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pansporocysts
Etymology: From pan- + sporocyst.
Senses: glosses: An assemblage of several sporocysts
pansporocysts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pansporocyst
panterritorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + territorial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to most, if not all, relevant territories
papaverin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of papaverine.
parasitaphelenchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasitaphelenchids
Senses: glosses: Any nematode of the family Parasitaphelenchidae
parasitaphelenchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parasitaphelenchid
paravenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːnəs
Etymology: From para- + venous.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Close to a vein
pathoangiogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From patho- + angiogenesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation of diseased blood vessels
Filipinx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fɪ.ləˈpin.ɛks/
Forms: form: Filipinxs
Etymology: The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o of Filipina and Filipino, which are from Spanish filipina and Spanish filipino, both from Spanish Filipinas (“Philippines”), from Felipe II de España (“Philip II of Spain”), from Felipe (“Philip”).
Senses: glosses: A Filipina or Filipino (of any gender).
Synonyms: word: Filipin@
english: masculine form covering all genders
translation: masculine form covering all genders
word: Filipino
Related terms: Chicanx
Latinx
Filipinx
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /fɪ.ləˈpin.ɛks/
Etymology: The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o of Filipina and Filipino, which are from Spanish filipina and Spanish filipino, both from Spanish Filipinas (“Philippines”), from Felipe II de España (“Philip II of Spain”), from Felipe (“Philip”).
Senses: examples: text: I didn't want people knowing I was Filipinx, or Chinese, I didn't want them laughing at my culture, or my food, or asking me why my clothes always smelled like I had just come from a buffet.
ref: 2017 November 15, Robert Diaz, Marissa Largo, Fritz Pino, Diasporic Intimacies: Queer Filipinos and Canadian Imaginaries, Northwestern University Press, →ISBN:
text: […] was Filipinx American. As a nine-year-old who knew nothing of the world outside my German Canadian hometown, I identified with her.
ref: 2025 August 26, Jenny Heijun Wills, Everything and Nothing At All: Essays, Random House, →ISBN, page 23:
glosses: Filipina or Filipino (and any gender).
snitches get stitches and end up in ditches
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of snitches get stitches.
synonyms: word: snitches get stitches
mechanical stoker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mechanical stokers
Senses: examples: text: These boats maintain a speed of 21 knots and were built for coal firing, with mechanical stokers.
ref: 1939 June, G. W. Tripp, “The Modern Railway Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, pages 393, 395:
text: But let us say that No. U.1 is a 4-6-4 fitted with Walschaerts valve gear operating piston valves, and a four-cylinder compound, with coupled wheels of 6ft 7in diameter. The boiler is pressed at 290 lb/sq in, the grate is of 56 sq ft and, for the pleasure of the enginemen, there is an American "Standard" mechanical stoker.
ref: 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 150:
glosses: A device for moving coal, coke or anthracite into the firebox or furnace of a steam boiler, which was fitted to many large steam locomotives.
Related terms: stoker-fired
mechanical stokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mechanical stoker
firehole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fireholes
Etymology: From fire + hole.
Senses: examples: text: The way the glare from our engine firehole pulsated, reflecting continuously in the steam, combined with our achievement in keeping level with the lighter train until our metals parted at Wilton, provided another lasting memory.
ref: 1955 April, W. J. Alcock, “Unforgettable Moments”, in Railway Magazine, page 271:
text: A rolling grate in two sections is fitted; there are two injectors and an A.C.F.I. pump, and the usual firehole door.
ref: 1961 March, 'Balmore', “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 150:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: An opening fitted with a door, giving access to the firebox of a steam locomotive, through which coal can be shovelled and the fire tended.
fireholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firehole
steam chest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steam chests
form: steamchest
Senses: examples: text: One small tooth increase in regulator opening makes a minute increase in steam chest pressure reading and one can feel the clearly perceptible increase in the power output beneath one's feet.
ref: 1961 March, 'Balmore', “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 150:
synonyms: steam dome
glosses: A chamber in a steam engine or locomotive from which steam from the boiler is distributed to the cylinders.
steam chests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steam chest
suck out of one's thumb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sucks out of one's thumb
form: sucking out of one's thumb
form: sucked out of one's thumb
form: sucked out of one's thumb
Etymology: Calque of Afrikaans uit sy duim suig, from Dutch uit zijn duim zuigen.
Senses: examples: text: 1956, Debates of the House of Assembly (Hansard), Vol. 90/91/92, page 2185.
One cannot lay a charge, a charge which has simply been sucked out of one's thumb, and then say that the onus rests on the person against whom the charge has been made, to prove that it is not so.
glosses: To make up, to fabricate, to pull out of one's ass.
Related terms: pull out of one's ass
talk through one's hat
regexer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regexers
Etymology: From regex + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Someone who uses regular expressions.
regexers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regexer
XMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of XM
refreshment room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refreshment rooms
Senses: examples: text: But when his slender, big-wheeled engine had brought him as far as York, in a non-corridor compartment, his inside had begun to make urgent representations. So, to this day, the York refreshment room is extraordinary; the dining room is a regular banqueting hall.
ref: 1941 August, C.Hamilton Ellis, “The English Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 356:
text: While we were waiting, Eugène suggested a drink in the refreshment room; I assumed this would be more wine, but Eugène marched in and demanded two Cognacs.
ref: 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 147:
text: There were no waiting rooms. [...] But there were licensed refreshment rooms, provided by those pioneers of station dining Messrs Spiers and Pond.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, The Metropolitan Railway, pages 38–39:
text: Calling at Stalybridge, I cast one eye at the refreshment rooms and one eye at my watch, but 'beer o'clock' it isn't! Besides, I have a long way to travel!
ref: 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 58:
glosses: A room that was once common at larger railway stations in Britain and the British Commonwealth for the purpose of serving food and drink to travellers.
tiger tiger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally a brand name, presumably inspired by William Blake's 1794 poem The Tyger, which begins: "Tyger Tyger, burning bright".
Senses: examples: text: It was ice cream heaven. "I'd recommend Tiger, Tiger," he said. "It's the perfect taste for this kind of day."
ref: 1998, Arthur G. Slade, Draugr, page 87:
text: Tommy walked alone beside the river, ate a screaming-hot burrito from a truck in the park and then cooled his mouth with a tiger-tiger ice-cream cone from a fifties-style diner on Main Street.
ref: 2009, Anita Daher, On the Trail of the Bushman, page 22:
glosses: Synonym of tiger tail (“ice-cream flavor”).
synonyms: word: tiger tail
extra: ice-cream flavor
wikipedia: The Tyger
refreshment rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refreshment room
hillie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hillie
form: most hillie
Senses: examples: text: Upon a hillie banke her head shee cast, / On which the bowre of Vaine-Delight was built, […]
ref: 1610, Giles Fletcher, Christs Victory on Earth:
glosses: Obsolete form of hilly.
Miles' law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after its originator, US government administrator and author Rufus Miles.
Senses: glosses: An aphorism stating that "where you stand depends on where you sit", i.e. one's position in an organization dictates one's stance on an issue.
wikipedia: Rufus Miles
pedoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedoderms
Etymology: From pedo- (“soil”) + -derm.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A thin stratum of soil in contact with the air
pertusarialean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pertusarialeans
Senses: glosses: Any fungus of the order Pertusariales
pertusarialeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pertusarialean
sherlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sherlock
sherlocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sherlock
sherlocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sherlock
studio apartment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: studio apartments
Senses: synonyms: bachelor apartment
bedsit
efficiency
efficiency apartment
studio flat
hyponyms: bedsit
bedsitter
glosses: A small apartment that combines a number of rooms, often the living room, bedroom, and kitchen, into a single room.
studio apartments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of studio apartment
studio flat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: studio flats
Senses: glosses: studio apartment
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Hollywood flat
studio flats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of studio flat
petroplinthic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Composed of hardened material containing significant amounts of iron
petroplinthite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petroplinthites
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A petroplinthic soil, traditionally used to make bricks
Derived terms: petroplinthitic
petroplinthites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petroplinthite
pharmacometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pharmaco- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pharmacometrics
petroplinthitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From petroplinthite + -ic.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Of or relating to petroplinthite.
Postlethwaite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈpɒsl̩θweɪt/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
dressish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dressish
form: most dressish
Etymology: From dress + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: This lass, Nelly Long, she was dressish and dapper,
And, though our Dick was a good looked lad,
She snubb'd him, scop'd him, for she was a snapper,
And told him quite plumpish—she wan't to be had: […]
ref: 1829, Melodist, and Mirthful Olio:
text: Irish ladies have feet very pretty, / English ladies have their's ^([sic]) very small; / French ladies' are dressish and natty, / Chinese ladies have no feet at all.
ref: 1867, Joseph Edwards Carpenter, The Entertainers' Song Book, page 80:
glosses: dressy; fond of wearing fashionable clothing
sparringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sparringly
form: most sparringly
Etymology: From sparring + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: There was a tense, angry silence as they faced each other sparringly in Abbey's dimly lit lounge, then Dalene hissed accusingly, 'You just don't care, do you?'
ref: 1982, Yvonne Whittal, Bitter-Sweet Waters, page 144:
text: Woolf makes subjective even her statement that human affairs are subjective; Russell sparringly equates mathematics with divinity.
ref: 2015, Megan Quigley, Modernist Fiction and Vagueness: Philosophy, Form, and Language:
glosses: As if sparring; in a combative manner.
créquier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: créquiers
Etymology: From French créquier, from Old French crekere, derived from Old French creque, creke, borrowed from Middle Dutch crieke, related to Middle High German kreke (whence German Krieche (“damson plum”)).
Senses: examples: text: 83, the arms of the Créquy family are the créquier gules on a field or; see the picture.
ref: 1882, Notes and Queries, page 419:
text: Gules, a créquier argent, are the arms of LE JOSNE (now LE JEUNE) Marquis DE CONTOY. Argent , a nut tree eradicated vert, is borne by NOZIER, and NOGARET in France, and by FACCHINETTI in Italy.
ref: 1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 335:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
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glosses: A highly stylized tree of seven (less commonly, five) symmetrical branches, typically also depicted fruited, typically identified in English and French heraldic works as a wild cherry or wild plum.
Toton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement and former village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5034).
cryostreamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryostreamer
estuarially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From estuarial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: On or relating to an estuary.
Castle Donington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village, small market town, and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid reference SK4427).
phycologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From phycological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of phycology.
Willington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪlɪŋtən/
Senses: glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1049).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5366).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2928).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village in Greater Willington parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ1935).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Maidstone, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7853).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village in North Tyneside borough, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3167).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village in Barcheston parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2639).
glosses: A town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in McCormick County, South Carolina, United States.
Derived terms: Greater Willington
Willington Quay
Willington Square
Willington Worthenbury
out for a duck
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From the use of duck to mean a batsman's score of 0 in cricket.
Senses: examples: text: The inevitable happened - I was out for a duck and was furious when I got back to the dressing room.
ref: 2012, Andrew Flintoff, Ashes to Ashes: One Test After Another:
text: The batsman out first ball is out for a duck, no matter how fervently and frequently he replays the awful moment in his mind's eye; a missed catch is a drop, however intricate and extenuating the context; and wickets claimed in the post-match bar do not count, even if the bowler believes them "deserved".
ref: 2013, Robert Winder, The Little Wonder: The Remarkable History of Wisden:
text: Shaw's five victims included Australian skipper, David Gregory, out for a duck.
ref: 2014, Philip Barker, Lord's Firsts: 200 Years of Making History at Lord’s Cricket Ground, page 98:
topics: ball-games
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glosses: Having batted no hits for the entire game.
Related terms: break one's duck
glottographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glottography
chungus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃʌŋ.ɡəs/
rhymes: -ʌŋɡəs
Forms: form: chunguses
form: chungi
Etymology: From chunk. Compare humongous (“extremely large”, adjective) or dingus (“any object or thing; a foolish person”, noun), and chonk. James Stephanie Sterling was credited with coining the term Big Chungus in 2012, though "chungus" did not see wide usage until around 2018. Big Chungus itself is derived from the Looney Tunes episode Wabbit Twouble.
Senses: examples: text: He’s a big chungus / He’s a big chunky boy / Such a big bun, yes / We are so overjoyed
ref: 2018, CG5, “Big Chungus”:
text: Meanwhile, memes about "Chungus" have been circulating on their own subreddit for over a year, and "Big Chungus" since Fall 2018.
ref: 2019 January 9, Joey Cosco, “Big Chungus”, in Digg:
text: Close to a hundred Magnite and 30 Hollomite in these two chunguses
ref: 2019 October 13, HattedSandwich, “Deep Rock Galactic”, in Reddit:
text: These New Pokémon Plushes Are Certified Big Chungi The Pokémon Center just released huge plush versions of Gigantamax Pikachu and Meowth, with a giant price tag to match.
ref: 2020 April 30, Rachel Gonzalez, “These New Pokémon Plushes Are Certified Big Chungi”, in The Gamer:
glosses: Any tangible object or thing, especially one that is short and thick.
examples: text: Why did i even open my disgusting chungus eyes this morning
ref: 2024 April 4, @midsmoker34, Twitter:
text: Im a fat disgusting unloveable chungus piece of shit
ref: 2024 April 26, @noctisphile, Twitter:
text: I thought it couldn't get any more chungus. I was wrong.
ref: 2024 May 18, @cabby, Twitter:
text: my final straw. goodbye. fuck my stupid chungus life.
ref: 2024 May 24, @legotrillermoth, Twitter:
glosses: A nonsense word or placeholder, often used incongruously in self-deprecating or doomer-like speech.
examples: text: Media Literates™ replying to this and proving the point. Fascism is apparently anything that's not CHUNGUS DEMOCRACY.
ref: 2024 April 8, @GcRevenge, Twitter:
text: "Trad Chungus Russia is going to save America and Europe!"
ref: 2024 April 30, @NewModelRight, Twitter:
text: I swear "Hitler as wholesome chungus ethno-pluralist" is the lamest historical revision ever.
ref: 2024 May 11, @WolfgangHutter2, Twitter:
glosses: Something that is correct, agreeable to consensus, or without fault, as part of a straw man.
exceptions that prove rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exception that proves the rule
exceptions that prove the rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exception that proves the rule
go on the scout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes on the scout
form: going on the scout
form: went on the scout
form: been on the scout
Etymology: From scout, meaning an act of scouting or reconnoitering.
Senses: examples: text: Foster wanted Hateher to go on another scout and he told the Lieutenant that if he would pay back his money that he had paid out for the State, so he could get some blankets—as the weather was getting bad—that he would go on the scout.
ref: 1908, John M. Elkins, Life on the Texas Frontier, page 98:
text: Slocum went on the scout early the next morning. He saddled up Oro in the freezing cold and rode north toward the wild place that had been designated a national park in 1875, Yellowstone.
ref: 2004, Jake Logan, Slocum and the Teton Temptress:
text: Bloody Feet will choose two warriors and go on the scout to the Iowa nation.
ref: 2013, Gary Dallmann, White Fox: Dakota Warrior, page 80:
text: The men liked him, respected his knowledge, and his lack of desire to impress. “Chancel,” Major Devereaux said, “I want you to go on the scout.”
ref: 2005, Louis L'Amour, Under the Sweetwater Rim: A Novel:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, scout.; to go on a scouting mission.
examples: text: Killed a man and hauled him off a mile and a half and threw him over at that place, and went on the scout, and never told anybody about it ?
ref: 1893, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court:
text: The word from Tuxie Miller, who had seen Zeke after he returned home with Becca, was that Zeke was so apprehensive about the arrival of the white law that he planned to go on the scout the very next day.
ref: 2010, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, Zeke and Ned, page 172:
text: Work like this here's the reason I went on the scout in the first place.
ref: 2012, Loren D. Estleman, Whiskey River:
glosses: To go into hiding.
goes on the scout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go on the scout
going on the scout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go on the scout
went on the scout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go on the scout
been on the scout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go on the scout
overgain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overgains
form: overgaining
form: overgained
form: overgained
Etymology: From over- + gain.
Senses: examples: to overgain weight during pregnancy
glosses: To gain too much.
examples: text: Second, the practitioner must be careful to avoid overgaining the spectral display, which can cause indistinct envelopes.
ref: 2008, Hugh D. Allen, Moss and Adams' Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 7th edition:
glosses: To apply too much gain to (a signal).
overgain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + gain.
Senses: glosses: Excessive gain.
overgaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overgain
overgained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overgain
undergain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undergains
form: undergaining
form: undergained
form: undergained
Etymology: From under- + gain.
Senses: examples: to undergain weight during bodybuilding
glosses: To gain too much.
glosses: To apply too little gain to (a signal).
undergain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + gain.
Senses: glosses: Insufficient gain.
overgains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overgain
undergained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undergain
undergains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undergain
undergaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undergain
baby coach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby coaches
Senses: examples: text: And when you come to a woman pushing a baby coach, that is the test that you must measure her by.
ref: 1921, Pennsylvania. Superior Court, Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports - Volume 41, page 356:
text: Asbury Park held what was the earliest baby parade in New Jersey on July 22, 1890, with a band accompanying the marchers, Queen Titania and her court as judges, and a grand prize of a deluxe baby coach.
ref: 2009, Fred Miller, Susan Miller -, Ocean City Baby Parade, page 11:
text: I taught the girls to hit the toy rattles that I tied over the hood of Juney's baby coach, so he heard the noise and tried to see what it was.
ref: 2011, Alice Reinert, From Pennsylvania Dutch Farm to Queen of the Funnel Cakes, page 71:
glosses: Synonym of baby carriage.
synonyms: word: baby carriage
baby coaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby coach
CIRA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Continuity Irish Republican Army.
Chaddesden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Derby in Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3737).
whole wide world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the whole wide world
Senses: examples: text: How could one doubt these things, when Pope and priest and scholar and King were all united in believing them, with no single voice of question in the whole wide world?
ref: 1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel:
text: No one in the whole wide world is going to give a shit. Not one single person. And they won't even know anyway. Tomorrow you'll be in Syria or Egypt or Guantanamo Bay, even. We do things differently now.
ref: 2014, Lee Child, Personal, page 386:
glosses: The entire world; everybody, everywhere.
give someone the arm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives someone the arm
form: giving someone the arm
form: gave someone the arm
form: given someone the arm
Senses: examples: text: Pentangeli walks out of the restaurant; there's a little tension between the bodyguards of the two factions.
ROSATO (O.S.) Hey, Five-Angels...
He gives him the arm.
Frankie's face turns red, like he wants to have it out here and now; but Willy Cicci calms his down, and they all make their move out.
ref: 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)
glosses: To direct the bras d'honneur (obscene gesture) at someone.
Italian salute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian salutes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bras d'honneur (“obscene gesture”).
synonyms: word: bras d'honneur
extra: obscene gesture
Iberian slap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iberian slaps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bras d'honneur (“obscene gesture”).
synonyms: word: bras d'honneur
extra: obscene gesture
Iberian slaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Iberian slap
Italian salutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Italian salute
fiery minivet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fiery minivets
Senses: glosses: The bird Pericrocotus igneus.
fiery minivets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fiery minivet
key frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: key frames
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keyframe.
key frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of key frame
modularistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more modularistic
form: most modularistic
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to modularism.
modularist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modularists
Etymology: From modular + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of modularism.
modularists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modularist
modularism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From modular + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The belief that some system, such as the brain or the ability to process language, operates as a group of interconnected but separate modules.
dinor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinors
Senses: examples: text: This is the first example of a dinor-carotenoid to be reported.
ref: 1989, Robert George Ackman, Marine Biogenic Lipids, Fats & Oils - Volume 1:
text: Cullen et al. also measured urinary output on day 14 of TxB₂, and the 11-dehydro-metabolites of TxB₂, as an indication of COX-1 inhibition in vivo and urinary 6-keto-PGF_(1α) and its 2,3 dinor metabolite, as a marker of COX-2 inhibition in vivo.
ref: 2005, K. D. Rainsford, Nimesulide - Actions and Uses, page 160:
text: Metabolized to 1,2-dinor metabolite and 1,2,3,4-tetranor metabolite.
ref: 2011, Arthur H. Jeske, Mosby's Dental Drug Reference, page 756:
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glosses: A taraxastane from which two methyl groups have been removed.
examples: text: It seems that dinors are unique to northwestern Pennsylvania: Erie's 1958 city directory lists 19 dinors compared to two diners
ref: 1989, Pittsburgh History, page 111:
text: The immediate Erie area still has five dinors—Girard, Haggerty's, Park, Peninsula, and Russ's.
ref: 1999, Brian Butko, Kevin Joseph Patrick, Diners of Pennsylvania, page G-200:
text: It has been said in these areas that when you go out to eat, you are a “diner,” but you eat in a “dinor.”
ref: 2008, Michael Engle, Mario Monti, Diners of New York:
text: The Northwest Corner may have plenty of regional specialties, but the only one I found was bumbleberry pie, a pie we saw at any number of dinors—that's not a typo, that's how "diner" is spelled in the Erie corner.
ref: 2010, Lew Bryson -, Pennsylvania Breweries, page 272:
glosses: A diner (small restaurant modeled after a dining car) in northwest Pennsylvania.
dinors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinor
taraxastane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taraxastanes
Senses: glosses: A type of triterpene that is similar to ursane but with a different configuration of carbon atoms.
taraxastanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taraxastane
scarlet minivet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarlet minivets
Senses: glosses: The bird Pericrocotus speciosus.
scarlet minivets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarlet minivet
rosy minivet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rosy minivets
Senses: glosses: The bird Pericrocotus roseus.
rosy minivets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosy minivet
small minivet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: small minivets
Senses: glosses: The bird Pericrocotus cinnamomeus.
small minivets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of small minivet
little minivet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little minivets
Senses: synonyms: Flores minivet
glosses: The bird Pericrocotus lansbergei.
Flores minivet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Flores minivets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of little minivet.
synonyms: word: little minivet
little minivets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little minivet
Flores minivets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Flores minivet
Swinhoe's minivet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swinhoe's minivets
Senses: synonyms: brown-rumped minivet
glosses: The bird Pericrocotus cantonensis.
Swinhoe's minivets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Swinhoe's minivet
brown-rumped minivet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brown-rumped minivets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Swinhoe's minivet; the bird Pericrocotus cantonensis.
synonyms: word: Swinhoe's minivet
extra: the bird Pericrocotus cantonensis
brown-rumped minivets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brown-rumped minivet
PEKEKK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of polyetherketoneetherketoneketone.
chugwagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chugwagons
Senses: examples: text: And if you don't back your chugwagon off a few yards your friends will be mourning for you.
ref: 1906, Happy Days: A Paper for Young and Old - Issues 586-611, page 6:
text: I wonder if people were any safer years ago before the invention of steam and electric railway trains, chugwagons, flying machines, “improved” machinery, electric currents and the like.
ref: 1913, The Adjuster - Volume 47, page 213:
text: It may be noted that Mrs. Grundy was not unduly suspicious of the automobile when it was called the “chugwagon" in the days when it went gayly out in the morning to be towed humbly home behind a peddler's wagon at night.
ref: 1923, The Continent - Volume 54, page 857:
text: I had a pot full of money and I thought, well, other guys that ain't got as much dough as I got put on a front, so why shouldn't I? Sure, I could buy and sell guys that's got three homes and a couple of chugwagons.
ref: 2006, John T. Irwin, Unless the Threat of Death is Behind Them, page 107:
glosses: Alternative form of chug-wagon.
chugwagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chugwagon
chug-wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chug-wagons
form: chug-chug wagon
form: chug wagon
form: chugwagon
Etymology: From chug + wagon, from the sound of the motor.
Senses: examples: text: While the “chug-wagon” business is good, it is not probable that farm wagons, trucks, etc., will assume a very heavy demand until harvest time.
ref: 1913, The Spokesman and Harness World - Volume 29, page 275:
text: As they become more familiar with mechanical power thro the automobile and the small tractor, the chances are that farmers will utilize also the many advantages of the motor truck as fast as they can raise the price and see their way to keep the chug-wagons busy.
ref: 1915, Farm Engineering - Volume 3, page 91:
text: Maybe it was just the spectre of a romance that doesn't exist in this age of chug-wagons, that have no whip to wrap the lines around, no bosky dells untainted by gasoline where the old mare would stop of her own accord and two hearts could lay their secrets bare and learn the meanings of life without saying a word.
ref: 1922, Point of View, page 25:
glosses: An early motorized vehicle for driving on land (such as an automobile, truck, or tractor), especially a car; horseless carriage.
chug-wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chug-wagon
signal boosts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of signal boost
signal boosts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of signal boost
signal boosted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of signal boost
signal boosting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of signal boost
boostings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boosting