cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
chimo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃi.moʊ/
rhymes: -iːməʊ
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃaɪ.moʊ/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃi.moʊ/
rhymes: -iːməʊ
Forms: form: chimos
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Oh no, did I end up in Hell because I was atheist my whole life?
No, people don't go to Hell for being atheist, you chi-mo.
ref: 2010 March 26, Ryan Hudson, “There'll Be Hell to Pay”, in ChannelATE:
text: I can spot a chimo before he gets the chance to do harm.
ref: 2011, S. Beth Lucchese, Vamp in the Mirror: Vampire Romance and Adventure:
text: In prison, a chimo—slang for child molester—was the lowest of the low.
ref: 2015, Lis Wiehl, The Mia Quinn Collection:
glosses: A child molester.
Canucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Canuck
glosses: The Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team.
allophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allophone
hydros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydro
glosses: transliteration of Greek ὕδρος, "water snake"
smokejumpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smokejumper
ookpik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ookpiks
Etymology: From Inuktitut ookpik (“snowy owl”).
Senses: glosses: A handicraft stuffed toy owl, often made from wolf fur, sealskin, or similar materials.
inuksuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inukshuk
Synonyms: inukshuks
housecoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housecoats
form: house-coat
Etymology: From house + coat.
Senses: glosses: A bathrobe or dressing gown.
examples: text: They went downstairs in their gay cotton house-coats and found Mrs Dibble in the kitchen, doddering over a lunch that required no preparation, being merely a section of ham sausage and a few pickled onions.
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 15:
text: Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.
ref: 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 12:
glosses: A longish dress-like garment of one piece, fastening down the front, worn about the house.
Derived terms: housecoated
housecoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of housecoat
parkade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parkades
Etymology: Blend of park + arcade.
Senses: glosses: A multilevel parking garage.
parkades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parkade
toonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toonie
loonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loonie
glosses: plural of loony
Grits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Grit
Grits
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Grits
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The Liberal Party of Canada.
Coordinate terms: Tories
smokejumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smokejumpers
form: smoke jumper
Etymology: From smoke + jumper.
Senses: glosses: A firefighter who parachutes into a remote area to combat wildfires and set up firebreaks.
Coordinate terms: hotshot
tamal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tamales
form: tamals
Etymology: From Spanish tamal, from Nahuatl tamalli (“wrapped”).
Senses: examples: text: I fully recognize the excellence of the tamal of the gringos. It is a superb standby for picknickers, prospectors, camping-outers, school children, and factory lunches.
ref: 1911, Coffee and Tea Industries and the Flavor Field, volume 34, page 497:
text: Someone from Campeche may brag about a tamal made there with a salsa of guajillo chiles, axiote (a regional spice), jitomate...
ref: 2000, Bruce Geddes, Mexico, page 43:
text: Ask for Salvadoran crema to accompany whichever you choose; it's thick and somewhat akin to sour cream, and you'll get that much more pleasure from your tamal.
ref: 2007, Robin S. Goldstein, Fearless Critic Houston Restaurant Guide: Brutally Honest Undercover Chefs and Food Writers Rate More Than 400 Places to Eat, page 314:
text: For example, tamales have been around Knoxville for so long that they’re considered a local food, even though the tamal is an ancient Mayan idea.
ref: 2018, John Tullock, “What You Will Find in This Book”, in Appalachian Cooking: New & Traditional Recipes, New York, N.Y.: The Countryman Press, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of tamale (Mexican food dish).
Synonyms: tamale
Newfie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuːfi/
ipa: /ˈnɪu̯fi/
rhymes: -uːfi
Forms: form: Newfies
Etymology: From Newfoundlander + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
raw_tags: construed as pejorative
Derived terms: Newfie joke
Newfie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuːfi/
ipa: /ˈnɪu̯fi/
rhymes: -uːfi
Etymology: From Newfoundlander + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the island of Newfoundland.
Newfoundlander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Newfoundlanders
Etymology: From Newfoundland + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] but so close lay the boats that even single hooks snarled, and Harvey found himself in hot argument with a gentle, hairy Newfoundlander on one side and a howling Portuguese on the other.
ref: 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Related terms: Newfie
Newfoundlanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Newfoundlander
Newfies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Newfie
snarkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of snarky: more snarky
snarkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of snarky: most snarky
hastae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin hastae.
Senses: qualifier: handwriting
glosses: plural of hasta
monovalence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + valence.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The state of being univalent.
examples: text: The mystical shell of Hegelian dialectics is ontological monovalence, manifest inter alia in the absence of the concept of determinate absence.
ref: 1998, Margaret Archer, Andrew Collier, Critical Realism: Essential Readings, page xxii:
text: Yet, if the critique of Dialectic is to be followed then these positive aspects of Hegel are swallowed up by his monovalence.
ref: 2003, Justin Cruickshank, Critical Realism: the difference it makes, page 34:
text: The Movement's profound embrace of “Common Sense” philosophy, with its conviction of the monovalence of truth, led to the assumption that all properly thinking people think alike.
ref: 2005, Douglas A. Foster, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), page 627:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The view, dating from Parmenides, that whatever exists must always have existed and cannot ever change or cease to exist.
repêchage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repêchages
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of repechage.
ngana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is perhaps an exaggeration to say that we know now no more about tsetse-flies than we did when Bruce discovered that Gl. morsitans transmitted the trypanosome (T. brucei) of ngana[…]
ref: 1908 March 12, John William Watson Stephens, “Sleeping Sickness”, in Nature, volume 77, pages 440–442:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of nagana.
Benedictus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Benedictuses
Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus (“blessed, praised”), from benedīcō (“I speak well (of)”).
Senses: topics: Christianity
Western-Christianity
glosses: The Gospel canticle of Zechariah (Luke 1:68–79), with the incipit Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel (“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel”).
topics: Christianity
Western-Christianity
glosses: The second part of the Sanctus, beginning, Benedictus qui venit in nomine domini (“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord”), and historically often sung as a separate piece of music.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The music that accompanies either of the above.
semata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seme
Lena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛ.nə/
/ˈli.na/
Etymology: The female name is from the Scandinavian, German and Russian pet form of Helena, Magdalena and Yelena (also spelled Elena).
The river in Yakutia is from Russian Лена (Lena), from Evenki Елюенэ (Jeljujenə, “the Large River”). Compare to Yakut Өлүөнэ (Ölüöne).
(Norwegian river): Probably related to Old Norse leir (“clay”) (see the references).
(Town in Toten): From Old Norse lein.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
glosses: A major river in Russia, flowing 2,734 miles from the mountains by the lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean.
glosses: A municipality in Asturias, Spain.
glosses: A river in Trøndelag, Norway.
glosses: A town in Toten, Norway.
Derived terms: word: Leaping Lena
word: Pola de Lena
suckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sucker
petto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Only used in in petto
Related terms: voce di petto
Kensington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛn.zɪŋ.tən/
rhymes: -ɛnzɪŋtən
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Cynesige + -ing- + -ton (“Estate associated with Cynesige”).
The town in Prince Edward Island is named after the borough in London.
Senses: glosses: An affluent area of west London in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London; South Kensington contains several major museums.
glosses: A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3690).
synonyms: Barretts Cross
glosses: A town in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in San Diego County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in the town of Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Chicago, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Smith County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Montgomery County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Douglas County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio.
examples: text: “There are over 150 channels dedicated to Kensington and all the things that take place here,” said Sarah Laurel, founder of Savage Sisters, a non-profit in Kensington supporting those affected by substance disorders.
ref: 2023 December 17, Olivia Empson, quoting Sarah Laurel, “‘Tranq tourism’: alarm in Philadelphia as TikTokers travel to film drug users”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A suburb of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.
glosses: A suburb of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.
glosses: A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Derived terms: english: London Borough
translation: London Borough
word: Kensington and Chelsea
word: North Kensington
word: South Kensington
word: West Kensington
Kensington
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛn.zɪŋ.tən/
rhymes: -ɛnzɪŋtən
Forms: form: Kensingtons
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Cynesige + -ing- + -ton (“Estate associated with Cynesige”).
The town in Prince Edward Island is named after the borough in London.
Senses: examples: text: She wished Kate had not told her of the weekly sewing club, of the matinee-parties, the afternoon Kensingtons, the times down town when they had met, and Elsie had been, according to Kate's glowing account, "the life of the crowd."
ref: 1910 May, Josephine Spencer, “To Keep.”, in Young Woman's Journal, volume 21, number 5, Salt Lake City: Organ of Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations, →OCLC, page 251:
text: Besides the usual social affairs given in the usual ways, Iota chapter is giving a series of Pre-Holiday Kensingtons and teas entertaining forty different girls, the majority of whom are to be non-sorority girls, each afternoon. The guests are invited to bring their Holiday sewing and the affairs are to be very informal.
ref: 1915 February, “Delta Zeta”, in The Key — Kappa Kappa Gamma, volume 32, number 1, Menasha: George Banta Pub. Co., page 97:
text: The second in a series of delightful knitting Kensingtons was given Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. E. A. Wall at her handsome home.
ref: 1917 December 1, Goodwin's Weekly, Salt Lake City, →OCLC, page 9:
text: We have all-day Kensingtons, then we serve dinner and supper to the carmen. We also sew and do fancy work, which we sell for the benefit of the lodge.
ref: 1922 November, “Loyal Star Department: Cedar Rapids, Iowa”, in Railway Carmen's Journal, volume 27, number 11, Kansas City: Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, →OCLC, page 706:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of kensington (“sewing circle”).
Betsy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the clipping of Elizabeth + -sy (hypocoristic suffix).
Senses: examples: text: No one ever called Elizabeth Tannenbaum stunning, but most men found her attractive. Hardly anyone called her Elizabeth, either. An "Elizabeth" was regal, cool, an eyecatching beauty. A "Betsy" was pleasant to look at, a tiny bit overweight, capable, but still fun to be with. Betsy suited her just fine.
ref: 1993, Phillip Margolin, Gone But Not Forgotten, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 25:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.
Derived terms: heavens to Betsy
Provence
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈvɒns/
ipa: /pɹəˈvɒ̃s/
rhymes: -ɒns
Etymology: Borrowed from French Provence.
Senses: glosses: A maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Derived terms: Provence rose
Related terms: Aix-en-Provence
herbes de Provence
Provençal
Old Saxon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: OS
form: OS.
Senses: glosses: A west Germanic language historically tied to Anglo-Saxon and Old Low Franconian.
Related terms: Old Low Franconian
Plattdeutsch
Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Saxon terms
bemusing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈmjuːzɪŋ/
Forms: form: more bemusing
form: most bemusing
Senses: glosses: Wryly perplexing.
Derived terms: bemusingly
bemusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈmjuːzɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bemuse
orant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orants
Etymology: From Latin orans, orant-, noun use of the present participle of Latin orare (“pray”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orans.
bloodsport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloodsports
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blood sport.
pellicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pellicles
Etymology: From Latin pellicula, from pellis (“skin”). Doublet of pellicule.
Senses: glosses: A thin skin or film.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A skin or coating of proteins on the surface of meat to be smoked, improving the surface adhesion.
glosses: Cuticle, the hard protective outer layer of certain life forms.
glosses: The skin of a mushroom cap.
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The outermost layer of a mushroom, often used only for a surface that is viscid and easily peels off.
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A thin layer supporting the cell membrane in various protozoa.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The growth on the surface of a liquid culture.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: The photosensitive emulsion of photographic film.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A thin plastic membrane used as a beam splitter or protective cover.
Related terms: pelisse
pell
pellage
pellagra
pelt
peltry
pellage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛlɪd͡ʒ/
homophone: pelage
Etymology: From French pellage, from Latin pellicula, from pellis (“a skin”). By surface analysis, pell + -age.
Senses: glosses: The duty on hides, furs and skins.
Related terms: pelt
pelisse
pell
pellagra
pellicle
peltry
nullity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nullities
Etymology: From Middle French nullité and its etymon Medieval Latin nūllitās, from Latin nūllus. By surface analysis, null + -ity.
Senses: examples: nullity of marriage
glosses: The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
topics: law
glosses: A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The dimension of the kernel of a linear transformation; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.
Derived terms: decree of nullity
rank-nullity theorem
foot-pound-second
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a measurement system that uses the foot as a measure of distance, the pound as a measure of force, and the second as a measure of time. Abbreviations: ft-lb-s, fps, f.p.s.
Synonyms: sense: of measurement system
word: imperial
foot-pound-second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foot-pound-seconds
Senses: glosses: A unit of mechanical power, equal to that required to raise one pound through a distance of one foot in one second.
Related terms: cgs
Fab Four
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Fab Four
Senses: examples: text: First, Mr. McCartney was often blamed for breaking up the Fab Four, and it took a long time for people to forgive him.
ref: 1976 May 16, John Rockwell, “McCartney—The Beatle With the Charm Is Back”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The Beatles.
examples: text: Given the rumours of rancour and rift, the unexpected show of unity between the one-time “Fab Four” of William, Kate, Harry and Meghan has been a masterstroke in ensuring the focus over the coming days of national mourning remains firmly fixed on the late Queen Elizabeth II and the new King Charles III.
ref: 2022 September 11, Caroline Davies, “William, Kate, Harry and Meghan put Firm above their differences”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: William, Kate, Harry and Meghan
0-2-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 0-2-2s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.
Synonyms: A1
muirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muir
bagasse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈɡæs/
Forms: form: bagasses
Etymology: From French bagasse, from Spanish bagazo, from baga (“berry”).
Senses: glosses: The residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted.
Synonyms: word: megass
word: megasse
Derived terms: bagassosis
trailing wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trailing wheels
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: word: training wheel
glosses: On a steam locomotive, an unpowered wheel or axle located behind the driving wheels.
Related terms: leading wheel
leading wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leading wheels
Senses: glosses: On a steam locomotive, an unpowered wheel located in front of the driving wheels.
Related terms: leading axle
leading truck
trailing axle
trailing wheel
Steele
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /stiːl/
rhymes: -iːl
Etymology: From Middle English stele (“steel”); either a metal worker or a person considered to be as hard as steel.
Senses: glosses: An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in St. Clair County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Conway County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Daviess County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Rowan County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Kidder County, North Dakota.
glosses: A suburb of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Derived terms: Steele County
Willoughby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Willoughbys
Etymology: From Old English weliġ (“willow”) and Old Norse byr (“settlement”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
A village in Willoughby with Sloothby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4771).
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP5167).
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
A city in Lake County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
A local government area in New South Wales, Australia, named after the suburb within it; in full, the City of Willoughby.
glosses: A habitational surname.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
segno
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: segnos
form: segni
Etymology: From Italian segno, from Latin signum. Doublet of sign.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The sign 𝄋, indicating the start of a passage of music to be repeated.
Newf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Newfs
Etymology: Clipping of Newfoundlander.
Senses: glosses: Newfie, Newfoundlander (person)
glosses: Newfoundland (dog)
Newfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Newf
2-2-0
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 2-2-0s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has one unpowered leading axle and one powered driving axle.
4-2-4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4-2-4s
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A popular football formation with 4 defenders, 2 midfielders and 4 strikers
glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has a four-wheel leading truck, one powered driving axle and a four-wheel unpowered trailing truck.
2-8-8-8-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 2-8-8-8-2s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, three sets of eight driving wheels, and a two trailing wheels.
calcium channel blocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calcium channel blockers
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A class of drug used to treat hypertension and also angina and arrhythmia.
Related terms: dihydropyridine
nondihydropyridine
alpha blocker
beta blocker
dépanneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dépanneurs
form: depanneur
Etymology: From Canadian French dépanneur.
Senses: qualifier: rarely New Brunswick and Ontario
glosses: A convenience store, especially one that sells alcohol.
Derived terms: word: dep
word: dép
segni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of segno
Colton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /koʊl.tən/
ipa: [ˈkʰoʊ̯l.tʰ(ə)n]
ipa: [ˈkʰoʊ̯l.ʔn̩]
rhymes: -oʊltən
Forms: form: Coltons
Etymology: From Old English cola (“coal”) + tun (“settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A number of places in England:
A civil parish and small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3186).
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in England:
A village in Marlingford and Colton parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG1009).
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish (served by Bolton Percy, Colton and Steeton parish council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5444).
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, north of Rugeley, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0520).
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in England:
A locality in Great Barton parish, West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8766).
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in England:
An eastern suburb of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3632).
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in San Bernardino County, California.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cheyenne County, Nebraska.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in St. Lawrence County, New York.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Henry County, Ohio.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Utah County, Utah.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Whitman County, Washington.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in Elliston district council area, South Australia, named after John Colton (politician).
glosses: An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English derived from any of these places in Britain.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Marlingford and Colton
Related terms: Coalton
Coaltown
Coal Town
garburator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garburators
form: garbarator
form: garberator
form: Garberator
Etymology: Blend of garbage + incinerator. First use appears c. 1947 in the Winnipeg Tribune.
Senses: examples: text: ‘[…] She burped and tried to jam the bottle into the waste-hole of the waste-disposal thing, the thingummy.’
‘Garburator,’ said Pigs Trotter. ‘I think they’re called Garburators.’
‘Garburator, that’s it. She tried to jam the bottle down the Garburator.[…]’
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section III, page 28:
glosses: Synonym of garbage disposal.
synonyms: word: garbage disposal
wikipedia: Winnipeg Tribune
Derived terms: garburate
garburators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garburator
mantelshelf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mantelshelves
Etymology: From mantel + shelf.
Senses: examples: text: Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: A shelf above a fireplace.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of mantel (“type of maneuver to surmount a ledge”).
synonyms: word: mantel
extra: type of maneuver to surmount a ledge
Related terms: mantelpiece
whole milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whole milks
Senses: glosses: Milk from which none of its constituents (e.g. fat) have been removed.
Synonyms: word: full cream milk
Related terms: homogenized milk
homo milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊ.moʊ ˌmɪlk/
Forms: form: homo milks
Etymology: Clipping of homogenized milk.
Senses: glosses: Homogenized whole milk.
bluenose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluenoses
Etymology: From blue + nose.
Senses: glosses: A prude.
glosses: A person from Nova Scotia, Canada.
examples: text: That summer the Clipper detoured north on its way to Norway so that cadets could be initiated as bluenoses. She passed between the Shetland and Orkney islands on her way to cross the Arctic Circle at Greenwich.
ref: 2005, Stephen J. Curley, Aggies By The Sea: Texas A & M University At Galveston, page 213:
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: A person who has crossed the Arctic Circle.
glosses: A variety of potato from Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A follower of Everton Football Club.
glosses: A follower of Birmingham City Football Club.
glosses: A trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis)
glosses: Antarctic butterfish (Hyperoglyphe antarctica)
glosses: blue-throated wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus)
maholla
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Blend of mahalo + holla.
Senses: examples: text: Maholla, want to hit the beach?
glosses: A greeting.
alcool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæl.kuːl/
Etymology: Borrowed from French alcool (“alcohol”). Doublet of alcohol and kohl.
Senses: glosses: grain alcohol, everclear
double-double
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-doubles
form: double double
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of double double.
double-doubles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-double
chocolate bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chocolate bars
Senses: synonyms: bar of chocolate
block of chocolate
candy bar
choco bar
glosses: A flat slab of chocolate, usually oblong in shape, which can be broken into smaller segments when being eaten, either solid or with a filling such as nuts or caramel.
chocolate bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chocolate bar
two-fours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of two-four
bourbon cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bourbon creams
Senses: glosses: A chocolate-flavoured biscuit consisting of two baked halves filled with chocolate icing.
bourbon creams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bourbon cream
corner store
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corner stores
form: cornerstore
Senses: glosses: A convenience store, whether or not it is on a corner.
Related terms: word: corner shop
word: milk bar
corner stores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corner store
poor box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poor boxes
form: poor's box
Senses: examples: text: It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during “God save the King” than of stealing from a poor box.
ref: 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:
glosses: A locked box with a slot for depositing coins into, usually placed in churches to accept donations for the needy.
Related terms: collection plate
court poor box
gurges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɝd͡ʒiz/
ipa: /ˈɡɜːd͡ʒiːz/
Forms: form: gurges
form: gurgeses
form: gurge
Etymology: From Middle English gurges, from Latin gurges. Doublet of gorge and gour.
Senses: examples: text: It was early—only ten p.m.—but already gurgeses of light and gales of sound frothed in unison to a familiar relentless heartbeat.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Wilyem Clark, Edgewise, Wilyem Clark, page 72:
glosses: A whirlpool.
examples: text: Argent, a gurges azure, is borne by GORGES, of Langford, Wilts., created a Baronet 1612. As the gurges (like the fountain) represents water, argent and azure are its proper tinctures.
ref: 1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 153:
text: A shield of arms of early shape : three gurgeses (or roundles charged with a central pellet and two annulets concentric), two and one.
ref: 1894, British Museum. Department of Manuscripts, Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, page 294:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: gorges
glosses: A series of typically four to six concentric annulets (in early heraldry, from at least the 1200s), or a spiralling line from the centre to the edge of the shield (in late heraldry); a stylized whirlpool.
gurges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɝd͡ʒiz/
ipa: /ˈɡɜːd͡ʒiːz/
Etymology: From gurge + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of gurge
track pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Active apparel is no longer limited to track pants and basketball shorts.
ref: 2008, Janet Engle, How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Fashion Design Business, Atlantic Publishing, page 57:
text: The defence alleged that Benji had a pistol down inside his track pants, the weapon that Gatto finally killed him with. If the gun had been in Benji′s track pants or briefs there would be oil, dust and gunshot residue on the inside of the fabric.
ref: 2010, Adam Shand, Big Shots: Inside Melbourne′s Gangland Wars, Revised edition, page 319:
text: A pair of grey, flannel track pants outlined the lad′s bottom very nicely indeed.
ref: 2011, Ken Smith, Run Naked, Run Free, page 66:
glosses: Sweatpants.
Synonyms: word: trackie daks
Related terms: tracksuit
icing sugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: icing sugars
Senses: examples: text: The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: Powdered sugar.
Synonyms: word: confectioner's sugar
explorator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: explorators
Etymology: From Middle English exploratour (“scout or spy”), from Middle French explorateur and its etymon Latin explōrātor.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of explorer.
synonyms: word: explorer
examples: text: Thus did the explorators of the land of Canaan terrifie the Iewes: thus did Caleb and Ioſhua comfort their bretheren.
ref: 1616, T. G. [sometimes attributed to Thomas Gainsford], “Inuections”, in The Rich Cabinet Furnished with Varietie of Excellent Discriptions, Exquisite Charracters, Witty Discourses, and Delightfull Histories, Deuine and Morrall. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Roger Iackson […], →OCLC, folio 68, verso:
text: There is nothing ſo empty and neceſſitous as thou who imbraceſt the Univerſe, thou art the Explorator without Knowledge, the Magiſtrate without Juriſdiction; and after all, the Fool in the Play.
ref: 1685, Michael Seigneur de Montaigne, translated by Charles Cotton, “Of Vanity”, in Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne. […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Basset […] and M[atthew] Gilliflower and W[illiam] Hensman […], →OCLC, page 370:
text: Camden, and Horſley explain the inſcription in this manner, Duplares Numeri Exploratorum Bremenii Aram inſtituerunt, as if certain unknown Bands of explorators erected the altar at Bremenium, that is, here at Riecheſter.
ref: 1799, Thomas Reynolds, Iter Britanniarum; or That Part of the Itinerary of Antoninus Which Relates to Britain, with a New Comment, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] J[ohn] Burges printer to the University; and sold by J[ohn] Deighton, […] Cadell and Davies, […] and Mr. Cooke, […], →OCLC, page 157:
text: Num. Exploratorum, stationed by the Notitia at Lavatræ or Bowes; and there is a band or troop of explorators belonging to the fourth cohort of the Gauls mentioned on two inscriptions at Risingham, and a numerus of the same kind on an altar at Bremenium. […] The station of the explorators on the western limit of the empire in Africa was “Exploratio at Mercurios,” about 200 miles south of Tingi, or Tangiers.
ref: 1840, John Hodgson, History of Northumberland, part II, volume III, Newcastle upon Tyne: […] J[ohn] Blackwell and Co., →OCLC, page 313, column 2:
glosses: Synonym of scout /spy.
synonyms: word: scout /spy
Derived terms: exploratress
cursus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cursuses
form: cursus
form: cursūs
form: cursi
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cursus. Doublet of course and cour.
Senses: examples: text: His cursus from Fréjus to Paris turned into a triumphal march, with whole towns and villages staging ceremonial entrées for him and cheering his passage.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 574:
glosses: A course; a journey or progression.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A long ditch or trench of unknown function, constructed in Neolithic Britain and Ireland.
glosses: A racecourse.
glosses: An academic curriculum.
glosses: A form of daily prayer or service.
manzanilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manzanillas
Etymology: Probably named for the town near Seville.
Senses: glosses: A pale, dry fino sherry.
examples: text: Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos.
text: Prices for the two main types of Spanish style green olives - manzanillas and queens - vary according to the size of the crop of each. In some years queens will be more expensive than manzanillas […]
ref: 1984, United States International Trade Commission, Bottled green olives from Spain (page A-24)
glosses: A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a somewhat bitter taste.
custos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌ.stɒs/
ipa: /ˈkʌˌstɑs/
ipa: /-ˌstoʊs/
Forms: form: custodes
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin custōs.
Senses: examples: text: […] they were commytted to prison & put out of theyr offyces & the Constable of the Towre made custos of the citye.
ref: c. 1530, John Rastell, The Pastyme of People: The Cronycles of Dyuers Realmys, London:
text: Mr. Tharp, the Custos of the parish, and several other gentlement, accompanied the corps.
ref: 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 5, p. 148:
glosses: A warden.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a custody of the order.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: In older forms of musical notation, an indication, at the end of a line of music, of the first note of the next line.
Derived terms: custos regni
custos rotulorum
2-8-8-8-4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 2-8-8-8-4s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, three sets of eight driving wheels, and four trailing wheels.
motus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motu
Pelosi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /pəˈloʊsi/
Forms: form: Pelosis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pelosi, from peloso (“hairy”), from Latin pilōsus.
Senses: examples: text: Nancy Pelosi used some colorful language to cajole her fellow House Democrats into accepting the compromise budget deal. As first reported by Politico, she told them to "embrace the suck."
ref: 2013 December 13, Ben Zimmer, “Nancy Pelosi Told House Democrats to "Embrace the Suck." Where Did That Phrase Come From?”, in Slate:
text: Representative Nancy Pelosi, our California congresswoman, has affirmed that the United States stands “unwaveringly” by Israel as it conducts its defense[…]
ref: 2023 October 18, “We’re anti-Zionist Jews and we see genocide unfolding in Gaza”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A surname from Italian.
Derived terms: Nasty Pelosi
Pelosian
-ino
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːnəʊ/
ipa: /ˈinoʊ/
Etymology: From Italian -ino (“-ine, -o: forming diminutives”), from the dative form of Latin -īnus. In its use in physics, originally after the model of earlier neutrino, coined by Enrico Fermi in 1933. Internet slang usages gained currency in the second half of the 2010s.
Senses: examples: text: The supersymmetric partner of the photon is a photino.
text: In supersymmetry theory, all bosons have fermionic counterparts, known as bosinos.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The fermionic supersymmetric partner of a boson (a bosino), symbolized by a tilde over the nonsupersymmetric particle symbol.
examples: text: pupper + -ino → pupperino
glosses: A diminutive or endearing suffix.
examples: text: How dare you motherfuckers suggest not to eat species known to carry pathogens able to infect humans NOOOOOO NOT THE HECKIN BAT SOUPERINOS!!!!!!
ref: 2020 January 31, @Styx666Official, Twitter:
text: Reddit: NOOO NOT THE HECKIN LIVES THAT MATTERINO! THIS IS LIKE THE HECKIN TRAYVON MARTINORINO! WHAT ABOUT THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIALARINO! EVERYONE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCEAROO!
ref: 2020 April 2, u/BasicallyADoctor, “Not the doggos”, in Reddit:
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: Used to mock progressives through association with DoggoLingo.
Coordinate terms: topics: physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: s-
2-2-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uː
Forms: form: 2-2-2s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, two driving wheels and two trailing wheels.
2-2-4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 2-2-4s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels.
4-2-0
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4-2-0s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has a four-wheel leading truck followed by a single driving axle.
4-2-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4-2-2s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, two driving wheels and two trailing wheels.
6-2-0
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 6-2-0s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has an unpowered three-axle leading truck followed by a single powered driving axle.
green about the gills
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: green around the gills
form: green at the gills
form: green in the gills
Senses: examples: text: "You're looking rather green about the gills, old chap."
"I feel a little chippy to-day."
"That's the worst of these cheap champagnes."
ref: 1899, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 6, in A Duet:
text: Although he boarded his ship with wristbands and pills intended to ward off any possible queasiness, he did not turn green about the gills.
ref: 2007 February 25, Christopher Elliott, “Strategies to Make More Passengers Maiden Voyagers”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Sep 2013:
glosses: Ill or unwell, especially as indicated by one's appearance.
Synonyms: diseased
rhesus monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhesus monkeys
Senses: glosses: The rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta
Related terms: Rh
RhD
Rhesus factor
Rhesus system
keeners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keener
Arab street
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Arab street
Etymology: Calque of Arabic شَارِع عَرَبِيّ (šāriʕ ʕarabiyy).
Senses: examples: text: 2005, http://neo-neocon.blogspot.com/2005/11/arab-street-speaks.html
The well-known "Arab street" has spoken recently, and it seems to be angry at al-Zarqawi.
text: Analyst Abdul Wahab Badrakhan described Turkey's policies as a new lifeline for the so-called "Arab Street".
ref: 2010, Sydney Morning Herald:
glosses: Public opinion in Arab nations.
â
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An element of the digraph âr, a dictionary transcription for the SQUARE vowel
î
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An orthographic ⟨i⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the FLEECE vowel, as in the word "machine".
topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An element of the digraph îr, a dictionary transcription for the NEAR vowel
acrylic fiber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acrylic fibers
form: acrylic fibre
Senses: glosses: Synthetic fibers made from a polymer.
cussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌsɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌsɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cuss
cussing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌsɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌsɪŋ
Forms: form: cussings
Senses: examples: text: […] the whining Yankee cussings, the spluttering Dutchman's swearings, and the imitative intonations of the Celestial.
ref: 1888, Hubert Howe Bancroft, California Inter Pocula:
glosses: The act of one who cusses, or uses bad language.
cussed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌst
enpr: kŭst
ipa: /kʌst/
homophone: cust
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cuss
cussed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌst
enpr: kŭs'ĭd
ipa: /ˈkʌsɪd/
Forms: form: more cussed
form: most cussed
Senses: glosses: Ill-tempered, nasty, obstinate.
examples: text: No one ever see him down on his luck till this cussed fever took him, Our rations was often short, but it was share and share alike down to the last pipe o' baccy.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 168:
glosses: Cursed, damned.
Derived terms: cussedness
cussed
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -ʌst
Senses: qualifier: degree
glosses: Very, cussedly, accursedly.
play for love
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays for love
form: playing for love
form: played for love
form: played for love
Senses: glosses: To play a game of cards without stakes.
car-house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: car-houses
Senses: examples: text: Jem picked up a rock and threw it jubilantly at the car-house
ref: 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
glosses: A garage or a building for a car, typically separate from a house.
rhesus macaque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhesus macaques
Senses: glosses: A monkey, Macaca mulatta, common throughout southern Asia, that is extensively used for medical research.
Synonyms: word: bandar
word: bhunder
word: boonder
word: bruh
word: rhesus monkey