cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
compage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compages
Etymology: From Latin compages, from com- + root of pangere ‘to fasten’.
Senses: examples: 1658: Common Tombs preserve not beyond powder: A firmer consistence and compage of parts might be expected from Arefaction, deep buriall or charcoal. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 31)
glosses: Compages; consistency, solid structure; the compaction of parts into a whole.
examples: text: The first note of the evovae—the prevailing or reciting note of the chant—and the final note of the antiphon give the tone of the chant. This word, or rather this compages of letters, has, of course, no connexion whatever with the Bacchic shout of Io or Evoe. I should not allude here to this silly story were it not that on several occasions I have heard it repeated by persons who noticed the presence of the evovae in one or other of the books exhibited, and who evidently believed in its truth.
ref: 1886 November, W[illiam] H[enry] James Weale, “Liturgical Books. (Without Musical Notation.)”, in Historical Music Loan Exhibition, Albert Hall, London. June–October, 1885: A Descriptive Catalogue of Rare Manuscripts & Printed Books, Chiefly Liturgical, […], London: Bernard Quaritch, […], →OCLC, footnote 3, page 31:
glosses: A compages; a unified complex whole formed from the compaction of parts.
arefaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /æɹɪˈfækʃən/
Forms: form: arefactions
Etymology: From Latin arefacere.
Senses: examples: text: Common Tombs preserve not beyond powder: A firmer consistence and compage of parts might be expected from Arefaction, deep buriall or charcoal.
ref: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, published 2005, page 31:
glosses: The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
barricaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of barricade
numbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more numbed
form: most numbed
Derived terms: numbedness
unnumbed
numbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of numb
thawed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɔːd/
ipa: /θɔd/
ipa: /θɑd/
rhymes: -ɔːd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thaw
revoked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of revoke
painkillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of painkiller
insuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of insure
averaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of average
averaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: replaced by an average value
raw_tags: of a set of numbers
Derived terms: unaveraged
fiddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fiddle
unhitched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unhitch
unhitched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhitched
form: most unhitched
Senses: glosses: Unattached.
glosses: Unmarried; single.
mowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English mowynge; equivalent to mow + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mow
mowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊɪŋ
Forms: form: mowings
Etymology: From Middle English mowynge; equivalent to mow + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: One gallon costs about $220, covers an acre and lasts through about two mowings.
ref: 2008 April 20, Jay Romano, “Got a Mess of Geese? Some Solutions”, in New York Times:
glosses: The activity by which something is mown.
glosses: Land from which grass is cut.
examples: text: You may advantageously use the mowings of the lawn as linings to the bed each time the lawn is mown.
ref: 1876, Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen:
glosses: The grass clippings resulting from mowing.
Derived terms: lawnmowing
violer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: violers
Etymology: From viol + -er.
Senses: glosses: A musician who plays the viol.
unreleased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + released.
Senses: examples: text: Fans were soon sharing the band's unreleased songs on the Internet.
text: The school run by self-discipline and repression is a whited sepulcher festering with unreleased sexuality.
ref: 1982 February 13, Michael Bronski, “Boys from Catholic School”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 7:
text: In 2022, hackers leaked unreleased footage from its next iteration of GTA.
ref: 2023 December 4, Ramishah Maruf, “GTA 6 leak: ‘Grand Theft Auto’ trailer reveals game’s release date”, in CNN:
glosses: Not released.
examples: text: Phonetically, in Malay, initial /t/ and /p/ are never aspirated; only /p, b, t, d, k, g/ occur as final stops and are usually unreleased and unaspirated[.]
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Of a stop consonant, remaining occluded when spoken.
unmixable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmixable
form: most unmixable
Etymology: From un- + mixable.
Senses: glosses: Not mixable, not able to mix
unmuscular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more unmuscular
form: most unmuscular
Etymology: From un- + muscular.
Senses: glosses: Not muscular; weak, puny, wimpy.
examples: text: [H]e kept saying, over and over: "I forgive him. He is still my brother. It is proper to forgive those who revile us," somewhat like an unmuscular Christian.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 413:
glosses: Not robust or strong.
unmuzzle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unmuzzles
form: unmuzzling
form: unmuzzled
form: unmuzzled
Etymology: From un- + muzzle.
Senses: glosses: To remove a muzzle from.
restring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restrings
form: restringing
form: restrung
form: restrung
Etymology: From re- + string.
Senses: examples: text: to restring a tennis racket
text: The balance of the day and evening was filled with preparation for a great hunt—spears were overhauled, quivers were replenished, bows were restrung; and all the while the village witch doctor passed through the busy throngs disposing of various charms and amulets designed to protect the possessor from hurt, or bring him good fortune in the morrow’s hunt.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 130:
glosses: To string again; to replace old strings with new strings.
redial
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈdaɪəl/
ipa: /ɹɪˈdaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: redials
form: redialing
form: redialling
form: redialed
form: redialed
form: redialled
form: redialled
Etymology: From re- + dial.
Senses: glosses: To dial again
redial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈdaɪəl/
ipa: /ɹɪˈdaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
ipa: /ˈɹiːdɪəl/
rhymes: -iːdɪəl
ipa: /ɹɪˈdaɪəl/
ipa: /ɹɪˈdaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Etymology: From redia + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or concerning a redia
redraw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redraws
form: redrawing
form: redrew
form: redrawn
Etymology: From re- + draw.
Senses: examples: text: The treaty proposed to redraw the border lines between the nations.
text: The party that holds the White House historically struggles in midterm elections, and Republicans are defending an especially narrow majority in the House. Those challenges have led Trump to pressure red states across the country to redraw their congressional district boundaries to give his party more of an advantage — a demand that has touched off a national partisan battle over redistricting.
ref: 2025 September 19, Patrick Svitek, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement, “Most Americans critical of Trump on crime, economy and other issues, poll finds”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2025:
glosses: To draw again.
redraw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redraws
Etymology: From re- + draw.
Senses: examples: text: Redraws need to be synchronised with the screen refresh to avoid a flickery display.
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An update to the screen display.
examples: text: Jack didn't like who was picked so he used his power to force a redraw. Remember that his power means ALL chips go back into the bag.
ref: 2019 July 20, Brian Smith, “POV Players Spoilers (7/20/2019)”, in alt.tv.big-brother (Usenet):
glosses: An act of drawing (selecting at random) again.
rehear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rehears
form: rehearing
form: reheard
form: reheard
Etymology: From re- + hear.
Senses: glosses: To hear again.
examples: text: The court will rehear the case on Monday.
glosses: To try (a lawsuit, etc.) again judicially.
repack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repacks
form: repacking
form: repacked
form: repacked
Etymology: From re- + pack.
Senses: glosses: To pack again or in a different way.
glosses: To clean the bearings and replace the grease on a wheel.
repack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repacks
Etymology: From re- + pack.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Synonym of repackaging.
synonyms: word: repackaging
restock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restocks
form: restocking
form: restocked
form: restocked
Etymology: From re- + stock.
Senses: hypernyms: stock up
glosses: To stock again; to resupply with a stock of goods.
restock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restocks
Etymology: From re- + stock.
Senses: examples: text: We will carry out a restock of the vending machine every Friday.
hypernyms: stock-up
glosses: The act of stocking again.
resurvey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resurveys
form: resurveying
form: resurveyed
form: resurveyed
Etymology: From re- + survey.
Senses: examples: text: with better heed / To re-survey them,
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], line 81:
glosses: To survey again; to perform another survey on.
resurvey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resurveys
Etymology: From re- + survey.
Senses: glosses: A second or renewed survey.
riverboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪvɚˌboʊt/
Forms: form: riverboats
form: river boat
Etymology: From river + boat.
Senses: glosses: A watercraft designed for operating on rivers.
Derived terms: riverboat queen
coffee table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffee tables
Etymology: From coffee + table.
Senses: examples: text: We were just settling ourselves around the coffee-table, when several friends from the parsonage arrived.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 26:
topics: furniture
lifestyle
synonyms: occasional table
hypernyms: table
glosses: A long, low table, often placed in front of a sofa or seating area in a living room.
topics: furniture
lifestyle
qualifier: originally
glosses: A table from which coffee is served.
Derived terms: coffee table book
coffee table book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒfi ˌteɪbəl ˈbʊk/
ipa: /ˈkɔfi ˌteɪbəl ˈbʊk/
Forms: form: coffee table books
form: coffee-table book
Etymology: ]
So called because it might be displayed on a coffee table in a person’s home.
Senses: examples: text: Nonbooks are of several kinds; but their differences notwithstanding, they all share two common features: they tend to be written for market rather than for intellectual reasons, and they are all means rather than ends. [...] Of all nonbooks, the most conspicuous example is the ‘coffee-table book’. The latter usually find their market by virtue of their decorative assets rather than from any literary or intellectual merit, or for that matter – since such works are often art books – by significantly serving important aesthetic or historical purposes.
ref: 1976, Robert Plant Armstrong, “The Qualities of a Book, the Wants of a Dissertation”, in Eleanor Harman, Ian Montagnes, editors, The Thesis and the Book, paperbound edition, Toronto, Ont.; Buffalo, N.Y.: University of Toronto Press, published 2002, →ISBN, pages 19–20:
text: The Family Book of Black America (Crown, $20), a photographic coffee table book, by Michael H. Cottman and Deborah Willis.
ref: 1996 November, “Ebony Bookshelf”, in Lerone Bennett Jr., editor, Ebony, volume LII, number 1, Chicago, Ill.: Johnson Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18B:
text: I am leery of coffee table books. They are often pretty but have little substance once you get under the surface.
ref: 2002, NAWCC Bulletin, volume 44, Columbus, Pa.: National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 1:
text: Mukulika Banerjee and Daniel Miller serenade the garment [the sari] in their remarkable coffee-table book The Sari. [...] Photographs build the warp and weft of coffee-table books. Words seldom rule and even if written by well-known writers, they have to take second place to the camera's five-colour dominance.
ref: 2003, “In a Timeless Wrap: The Sari is Serenaded as a Living Entity that Defines the Dreams of the Indian Woman”, in India Today, volume 28, New Delhi: Thomson Living Media India, →OCLC, page cxlix:
glosses: A large book, usually with lavish illustrations, typically displayed on a coffee table.
underfed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌndəɹˈfɛd/
Forms: form: more underfed
form: most underfed
Etymology: From under- + fed.
Senses: examples: text: [B]ut greater Bombay almost doubles the number of overworked, underhoused and underfed citizens.
ref: 1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 160:
glosses: Inadequately fed.
Coordinate terms: unfed
underfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌndəɹˈfɛd/
Etymology: From under- + fed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underfeed
unfertilized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfertilized
form: most unfertilized
Etymology: From un- + fertilized.
Senses: glosses: Not fertilized; uninseminated
unfilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈfɪld/
rhymes: -ɪld
Etymology: From un- + filled.
Senses: examples: text: [W]e stand today on the edge of a New Frontier -- the frontier of the 1960's, the frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, the frontier of unfilled hopes and unfilled threats.
ref: 1960 July 15, John F. Kennedy, Democratic National Convention Nomination Acceptance Address, American Rhetoric:
synonyms: word: empty
word: void
word: empty
word: empty as a pauper's purse
word: empty as the tomb on Easter
word: clean
word: leer
word: toom
word: unfilled
word: vacant
word: vacuumlike
word: vacuous
word: void
glosses: Not filled, especially occupational positions.
Related terms: vacant
unfilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈfɪld/
rhymes: -ɪld
Etymology: From unfill + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unfill
unframed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: unframed portraits
glosses: Not framed; not having a frame.
untrimmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untrimmed
form: most untrimmed
Etymology: From un- + trimmed.
Senses: examples: text: I'm so obsessed
My heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chest.
ref: 2009, Train, “Hey, Soul sister”:
synonyms: uncultivated
unfinished
unshaven
glosses: Not trimmed; not made tidy by cutting.
examples: text: The difference between the two classifications has always been intended to cover unblocked and untrimmed hat bodies, such as panamas, bangkoks, and leghorns, and other hats which are woven by the natives in South American and oriental countries where they are produced.
ref: 1918, Schedules M and N, free list, customs administration and income tax; subject index, page 1515:
synonyms: word: unembellished
word: unornamented
word: austere
word: bare
word: chaste
word: inornate
word: modest
word: plain
word: quiet
word: severe
word: simple
word: spartan
word: unadorned
word: unembellished
word: unextravagant
word: unornamented
word: undecked
word: ungarnished
word: untrimmed
word: unvarnished
glosses: Not adorned with trimmings.
throbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒbz
Senses: glosses: plural of throb
throbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒbz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throb
lunched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌnt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ʌntʃt
Forms: form: more lunched
form: most lunched
Derived terms: unlunched
lunched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌnt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ʌntʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lunch
insinuated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of insinuate
conceives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsiːvz/
rhymes: -iːvz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of conceive
excavations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excavation
blundered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blunder
despises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of despise
gardeners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gardener
sharpest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sharp: most sharp
booths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /buːðz/
ipa: /buːθs/
rhymes: -uːðz
rhymes: -uːθs
Senses: glosses: plural of booth
affirming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɚ.mɪŋ/
Etymology: From Middle English affermynge; equivalent to affirm + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of affirm
affirming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɚ.mɪŋ/
Forms: form: affirmings
Etymology: From Middle English affermynge; equivalent to affirm + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.
affirming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɚ.mɪŋ/
Forms: form: more affirming
form: most affirming
Etymology: From Middle English affermynge; equivalent to affirm + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: an affirming smile and approving nod
glosses: That affirms.
examples: text: We remain because we are not without hope that the liberating spirit of Christ will make itself known through our insistence upon sharing fully in the life of the church as lesbian and gay Christians. We also stay because of the vital experiences of community with other lesbian, gay, bisexual and affirming Christians — community made possible by our mutual willingness to become visible to, and vulnerable with, one another.
ref: 1992, William R. Johnson, “Protestantism and Gay and Lesbian Freedom”, in Betty Berzon, editor, Positively Gay: New Approaches to Gay and Lesbian Life, updated and expanded edition, Berkeley, California: Celestial Arts, →ISBN, page 150:
text: For Paul would readily admit that as a Christian who is gay he knows first-hand what it means to experience the grace of God, divine grace that is received in the context of a welcoming—but not automatically affirming—church.
ref: 1998, Stanley J. Grenz, Welcoming but Not Affirming: An Evangelical Response to Homosexuality, Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, →ISBN, page xii:
text: The majority of Episcopal churches that you’re visiting will be fairly affirming.
ref: 2018, Carol A. Shepherd, quoting Connor Gwyn, Bisexuality and the Western Christian Church: The Damage of Silence, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, page 245:
text: The Church of the Nazarene should be an affirming church because, as Wesleyans, we believe the Spirit shapes us and can even help us enter the process of reconciliation when we have been wrong.
ref: 2023, Katie A. Donaldson, “The Spirit Transforms”, in Thomas Jay Oord and Alexa Oord, editors, Why the Church of the Nazarene Should Be Fully LGBTQ+ Affirming, [United States]: SacraSage Press, →ISBN:
topics: Christianity
synonyms: open and affirming
glosses: Accepting of same-sex/same-gender sexual relationships – or, more broadly, the gender identities, sexual orientations, and sexual relationships of LGBTQ people – on the same terms as those of cisgender, heterosexual people.
Derived terms: affirmingly
gender-affirming surgery
neuro-affirming
neurodiversity-affirming
open and affirming
unaffirming
Related terms: Side A
helpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helper
lectured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lecture
doyley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doyleys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of doily.
metaphysicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaphysicists
Etymology: From metaphysic + -ist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A philosopher specializing in metaphysics. Alternative to metaphysician.
spicing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪsɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spice
come ons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of come on
feminin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Obsolete form of feminine.
Hindustanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hindustani
exited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of exit
whinmill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whinmills
Etymology: From whin + mill.
Senses: glosses: A mill for grinding gorse (whin) for use as feed for horses.
whin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wīn
ipa: /wɪn/
note: without the wine–whine merger
enpr: hwīn
ipa: /ʍɪn/
note: without the wine–whine merger
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: win (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: whins
Etymology: From Middle English whynne, from Old Norse hvein (“gorse, furze”) (compare Norwegian kvein (“bent grass”), Swedish ven (“bent grass”), dialectal hven (“swamp”)), apparently from hvein (“swampy land”), from Proto-Germanic *hwainō, *hwin- (“swamp; moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). Compare Latin caenum (“filth”), Latin inquīnō (“to sully; soil”).
Senses: examples: text: 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter, 1828, Thomas Park (editor), Works of the British Poets, Volume XX: The Poems of Robert Burns, page 65,
By this time he was cross the ford, / Whare in the snaw the chapman smoor'd; / And past the birks and meikle stane, / Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane; / And through the whins, and by the cairn, / Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn; / And near the thorn, aboon the well, / Whare Mungo's mither hang'd hersel.
text: And sometimes they clambered down […] and saw the whin bushes climb black the white hills beside them and far and away the blink of lights across the moors where folk lay happed and warm.
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, “Sunset Song”, in A Scots Quair, Canongate Books, published 1995, page 38:
glosses: Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.).
glosses: The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria).
Derived terms: word: Brockley Whins
taxonomic: Genista anglica
word: moor whin
taxonomic: Genista anglica
word: needle whin
taxonomic: Genista anglica
word: petty whin
word: whin bruiser
taxonomic: Saxicola rubetra
word: whinchat
taxonomic: Prunella modularis
word: whin sparrow
taxonomic: Turdus iliacus
word: whin thrush
whin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wīn
ipa: /wɪn/
note: without the wine–whine merger
enpr: hwīn
ipa: /ʍɪn/
note: without the wine–whine merger
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: win (wine–whine merger)
Senses: glosses: Whinstone.
nips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nip
nips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nip
nipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nip
nipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nippings
Senses: examples: text: Being, however, satisfied as to the position, I withdrew my hand, the pains still growing less frequent and weaker, but she lamented greatly the nippings and pinchings in her belly, which rather increased as the true labour pains decreased.
ref: 1789, Memoirs of the Medical Society of London:
text: Tickets are supposed to be nipped when passengers enter a platform, and if this could always be done the fraud could hardly take place; but the suburban rush is so great that the nipping of all tickets is impossible and a large number of unnipped tickets are always collected at destination.
ref: 1953 November, 'Erca', “Ticket frauds in the East”, in Railway Magazine, page 779:
text: Elephants may seem clumsy, but they not only are highly sophisticated in courtship, with large repertoires of provocative gestures, proddings, nippings and subtle erotic teasings with the trunk, but sometimes they complete actual copulation within 18 seconds.
ref: 1999, Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life:
glosses: The act or sensation of giving a nip.
nipping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Derived terms: nippingly
nipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nip
Derived terms: unnipped
big kahuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big kahunas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian word kahuna (“a shaman or wizard”).
Senses: examples: text: You'll have to talk with the big kahuna to get a decision on that.
glosses: A boss, leader, chieftain, or top-ranking person in an organization.
Synonyms: important person
big cheese
big enchilada
bigwig
big wheel
grand poobah
head honcho
kingpin
muckety muck
top banana
top dog
big wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big wheels
Etymology: (tricycle): Originally a brand name.
Senses: examples: text: She's a big wheel at IBM.
synonyms: word: big cheese
word: big enchilada
word: big kahuna
word: baron
word: big cheese
word: big enchilada
word: big gun
word: big kahuna
word: big man
word: big name
word: big noise
word: big shot
word: bigwig
word: big wheel
word: boss
word: grand poobah
word: head honcho
word: heavy hitter
word: heavyweight
word: high muckamuck
word: high muckety-muck
word: king of all one surveys
word: king of the castle
word: king of the hill
word: kingpin
word: macher
word: mayor
word: muckamuck
word: muckety muck
word: mugwump
word: numero uno
word: poobah
word: rooster
word: somebody
word: top banana
word: top cat
word: top dog
word: top gun
word: very important person
word: VIP
word: wheel
glosses: A person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
glosses: A Ferris wheel.
glosses: A low-riding tricycle with a large front wheel.
disquietude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈskwaɪə.tjuːd/
ipa: /dɪˈskwaɪ.ɪ.tjuːd/
ipa: /dɪˈskwaɪə.tud/
ipa: /dɪˈskwaɪ.ɪ.tjud/
Forms: form: disquietudes
Etymology: From dis- + quietude.
Senses: examples: text: One would think there should be something wonderfully pleasing in the Possession of Fame, that, notwithstanding all these mortifying Considerations, can engage a Man in so desperate a Pursuit; and yet if we consider the little Happiness that attends a great Character, and the Multitude of Disquietudes to which the Desire of it subjects an ambitious Mind, one would be still the more surprised to see so many restless Candidates for Glory.
ref: 1711 December 24, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, number 256:
text: […]but Mr Blifil said, he had received such positive and repeated orders from his uncle, never to keep any secret from him for fear of the disquietude which it might give him, that he durst not think of disobedience, whatever might be the consequence.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume V, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VIII:
text: He was at length called forth, and set apart by fasting and prayer to the ministerial office, which he executed with faithfulness and success during a long course of years; though frequently with the greatest trepidation and inward disquietude.
ref: 1795, "The Life of John Bunyan," in the Collins Clear-Type Press ed. of The Pilgrim's Progress, p. xiv
text: For with Rosilia, to the regret of the past and self-accusation, was added the contemplation of a dark futurity, seldom affording a gleam of hope to cheer and solace her disquietude.
ref: 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 182:
glosses: A state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.
examples: text: The cares and disquietudes of the marriage-state, quoth Mrs. Wadman, are very great.
ref: 1813, Laurence Sterne, The works of Laurence Sterne: with a life of the author, volume 2, page 347:
text: The lawyer stood awhile when Mr. Hyde had left him, the picture of disquietude.
ref: 1886, Robert Louis Stevensony, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
glosses: A fear or an instance of uneasiness.
polari
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polaris
form: polariing
form: polaried
form: polaried
Etymology: From Italian parlare (“to talk”), see Polari for more.
Senses: glosses: To speak or talk, particularly in slang or cant.
glosses: To speak or talk in such a manner.
ladies' auxiliary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladies' auxiliaries
Senses: glosses: A women's corps that operates within a service or fraternal organization.
carnous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːnəs/
Forms: form: more carnous
form: most carnous
Etymology: From Latin carnosus.
Senses: examples: 1658: It is no impossible Physiognomy to conjecture at fleshy appendencies; and after what shape the muscles and carnous parts might hang in their full consistences. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 31)
glosses: Fleshy.
tubbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tub
tubbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tubbings
Senses: glosses: The forming of a tub.
glosses: Collectively, materials for tubs.
glosses: A bath taken in a tub.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A lining of timber or metal around a mineshaft, which is watertight, used to safely penetrate quicksand, water, etc. It can be made of various materials, such as wood, concrete, or cast iron.
glosses: A hazing ritual in which the victim's head is held underwater.
glosses: The activity of rowing in crudely-made boats.
tubbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tub
exsuccous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɛksˈsʌkəs/
Forms: form: more exsuccous
form: most exsuccous
form: exuccous
Etymology: Latin exsuccus, from ex- + succus ‘juice’.
Senses: examples: 1658: For that tree seeming dead, will restore it self from the root, and its dry and exuccous leaves resume their verdure again — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 34)
glosses: Without juice or sap; completely dry.
exuccous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of exsuccous.
clamation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clamations
Etymology: From Latin clamationem.
Senses: examples: 1658: But their iterated clamations to excitate their dying or dead friends, or revoke them unto life again, was a vanity of affection — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 36)
glosses: An exclamation; a crying-out or call.
haematology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhiːməˈtɒlədʒi/
ipa: /ˌhiməˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: hæmatology
form: hematology
Etymology: From haemat- + -ology or hæmat- + -ology or haemato- + -logy.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Mr Carter, will you remind me again how long you’ve specialised in haematology?’
ref: 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 72:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.
Derived terms: immunohaematology
oncohaematology
Related terms: haematologist
tszuj
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tszujes
form: tszujing
form: tszujed
form: tszujed
Etymology: Originally borrowed from Polari zhoosh.
Senses: examples: text: When I worked at Ralph Lauren, whenever we were styling looks for runway shows or on models, Ralph and Jerry Lauren would turn to me and say, “Carson give that a little tszuj.” “Tszuj it” just means tweak it, finesse it, make it better, make it personal.
ref: 2004, Carson Kressley, Off the Cuff, The Art of the Tszuj:
text: I finish, I go get dressed, and head back into the bathroom to tszuj my hair and leave.
ref: 2008, Heath L. Buckmaster, Homo Sarcasmus — The Best of the Blog Volume 1.0, page 49:
text: As I tszuj my newly freed hair, I realise that the plait has left me with some sort of crimped effect. I run my hands over it, but I can feel how big and eighties it must be looking.
ref: 2019, Portia MacIntosh, Honeymoon For One:
glosses: Alternative spelling of zhoosh.
archimime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɑːkɪmaɪm/
Forms: form: archimimes
Etymology: From Latin archimimus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχίμῖμος (arkhímîmos).
Senses: examples: 1658: The Archimime or Jester attending the Funerall train, and imitating the speeches, gesture, and manners of the deceased, was too light for such solemnities — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 37)
glosses: The chief jester or mimic who would imitate the dead person as part of ancient Roman funeral processions.
suicide squeeze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suicide squeezes
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A play by the team at-bat where with a runner at third base, the batter puts down a sacrifice bunt with the aim of allowing the runner to score. In contrast to a safety squeeze, the runner sets off from third as soon as the pitch is made, allowing him or her to start running much earlier than on a safety squeeze.
Coordinate terms: safety squeeze
hit and run
ribbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪbi
Forms: form: ribbies
Etymology: From RBI + -ie.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of run batted in.
synonyms: word: run batted in
ribbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪbi
Forms: form: ribbies
Etymology: From RIB + -ie.
Senses: synonyms: RHIB
rhibbie
RIB
glosses: A rigid inflatable boat.
ribbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪbi
Forms: form: ribbies
Etymology: From rib + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: After these little ribbies are through with the skillet, we will put them in toaster and sizzle ’em and brown ’em and smoke ’em right in the fire.
ref: 1935, The Rural New-Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Rural Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 50:
text: “Where’s the best place for the tickle monster to get you—here?” the hunter heard his father’s voice ask. More giggles. “How ‘bout we count your little ribbies!” its father laughed, followed by even more giggles from the hunter.
ref: 2013, Jason P[eter] Stadtlander, chapter 8, in Steel Van Man, Mass.: Ashian Ink Publishing, →ISBN, part I (Overlap), page 72:
text: I’ma gonna lick the syrup off of that face and tickle those ribbies.
ref: 2024, Robert L. Slater, chapter 5, in No Man’s Land (Deserted Lands; 3), Bellingham, Wash.: Rocket Tears Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Diminutive of rib.
take sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: take signs
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sign from the third base coach, or whoever the batter receives signals from, telling the batter that no matter what he will not swing at the next pitch.
diuturnity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin diuturnitatem.
Senses: examples: text: What Prince can promise such diuturnity unto his Reliques […] Diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation
ref: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne Buriall, Anchor, published 1967, pages 279, 282:
glosses: Long duration; lastingness.
stolen base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stolen bases
Senses: examples: text: The catcher caught the wild pitch and threw the ball to second, just in time, preventing another stolen base.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: A play where a runner on any base runs to the next base, usually while the pitcher pitches to a batter. Such a runner is liable to be put out if tagged with the ball while not in contact with any base.
Synonyms: steal
Coordinate terms: caught stealing
when a runner is unsuccessful and is thrown out
defensive indifference
when the runner is not credited with a stolen base because the team playing the field did not try to stop the steal
okama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: okama
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese オカマ (okama).
Senses: glosses: A gay man, in the context of Japanese culture, especially one who is effeminate or cross-dresses.
okama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: okamek
Senses: glosses: A Native American leader
diners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diner
coasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coaster
decretory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɹiːtəɹi/
Forms: form: more decretory
form: most decretory
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin dēcrētōrius (“decisive”), from Latin dēcernō (“decide, determine”).
Senses: examples: text: If in the decretory term of the world we shall not all dye but be changed, according to received translation, the last day will make but few graves […]
ref: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, published 2005, page 50:
glosses: Pertaining to an authoritative decree or final judgement.
Derived terms: decretorily
Related terms: decree
cowie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowies
Senses: glosses: A pill, especially of the drug ecstasy.
glosses: A left-handed person.
Derived terms: cowie-handed
cowies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cowie
finalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finalisations
form: finalization
Senses: glosses: The act or process of finalising.
Related terms: postfinalisation
refinalisation
power play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power plays
form: powerplay
form: power-play
Senses: examples: text: Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
ref: 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:
glosses: Tactics used to magnify power or influence.
examples: text: This has become a power-play between England, Fifa and the Qatari leadership. England’s players have been very good on these issues.
ref: 2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A strategy or maneuver with a similar intention.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
coordinate_terms: penalty kill
glosses: A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A similar situation in other ball games, such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby, and cricket.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A play used to move the stones to the side of the sheet.
Derived terms: topics: sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: PP
Related terms: power move
powerplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powerplays
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of power play.
penalty kill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penalty kills
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
synonyms: PK
coordinate_terms: power play
penalty killing
glosses: An effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has one or more players in the penalty box.
houlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: houlets
form: howlet
Etymology: See howlet.
Senses: glosses: An owlet.
glosses: An owl.
howlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: howlets
form: hewlet
form: houlet
Etymology: From Middle English howlat, howlott etc, either borrowed from French hulotte or formed from Middle English howle (form of oule) + -et. Compare modern owlet.
Senses: examples: text: Will the night send a howlet or a bat? / I asked: when something on the dismal flat / Came to arrest my thoughts and change their train.
ref: 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XVIII:
glosses: An owl; an owlet.
houlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of houlet
howlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of howlet
owlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of owlet
spuggie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spuggies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of spuggy.
balonie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baloney (nonsense).
dysphemistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dysphemistic
form: most dysphemistic
Etymology: From dysphem(ism) + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
Derived terms: dysphemistically
yessum
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɛs(ə)m/
rhymes: -ɛsəm
Forms: form: yassum
form: yas'm
form: yes'm
Etymology: Contraction of yes, ma’am.
Senses: examples: text: "I would like to sit down in your shade beside you," said the Tall Man. "Yassum," said the Little Bit of a Girl. […] "Why do you have the crutch?" asked the Tall Man presently. "Yassum, the crutch, the doctor he gave it to me, yassum," said the Little Bit of a Girl.
ref: 1905 September, Harry Persons Taber, “The Crutch”, in William Elliott Lowes, editor, Book of the Royal Blue, volume VIII, number 12, Baltimore, Md.: Passenger Department, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, →OCLC, page 24, column 1:
text: "Yessum." Luster said. "We coming. You done played hell. Get up." He jerked my arm and I got up.
ref: 1929, William Faulkner, “April 7, 1928”, in “The Sound and the Fury”, in The Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying, New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, published 1946, →OCLC, page 74:
text: Little Chuck's face contracted and he said gently, "You mean him [a louse], ma'am? Yessum, he's alive. Did he scare you some way?" / Miss Caroline said desperately, "I was just walking by when it crawled out of his hair … just crawled out of his hair—"
ref: 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, part 1, page 32:
antonyms: no'm
coordinate_terms: yessir
yessuh
yessiree
yessirree
;
nosuh
nossuh
glosses: Used to express agreement with a woman (and, somewhat less commonly, a man): yes, ma'am.
glosses: Alternative form of yes.
truncated icosahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truncated icosahedron
truncated icosahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truncated icosahedron
chastised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chastised
form: most chastised
Senses: glosses: Having been severely scolded or punished; have received chastisement.
Derived terms: unchastised
chastised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chastise
muckraker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muckrakers
form: muck-raker
form: muck raker
Etymology: From muck + raker. Believed to have been coined following a 1906 speech by United States President Theodore Roosevelt, in which he likened the investigative journalist to ‘the Man with the Muck-rake’, a character in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
Senses: examples: text: The paper gave a start to the theater critic Hilton Als and the novelist Colson Whitehead, both recipients of the Pulitzer Prize. Its resident muckraker, Wayne Barrett, took aim at New York developers and politicians for nearly 40 years, and his obsessive work on Donald J. Trump has become a resource for reporters covering the president today.
ref: 2018 August 31, Tyler Pager, Jaclyn Peiser, “The Village Voice, a New York Icon, Closes”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2019:
synonyms: investigative journalist
glosses: One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons.
examples: text: "Oh, in many ways. There are two classes of people who are not welcomed on the Canal Zone—magazine writers and applicants for positions who have political influence back of them. The former are regarded as muckrakers, the latter as spies."
ref: 1911, Rex Beach, Ne'er-Do-Well:
text: "Lady," says he, "the goil's nutty! You got a bughouse patient on your bands! This here talk about the white-slave traffic, ma'am… it's all the work o' these magazine muckrakers!"
ref: 1912, Upton Sinclair, The Machine:
glosses: One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s).
hypernyms: sensation-monger
shitmonger
shit-stirrer
glosses: A sensationalist, scandalmongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles.
Derived terms: buckraker
muckrake
albe
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːlˈbiː/
Etymology: From all + be (it). More at albeit.
Senses: examples: text: Why ſhould not that dead carrion ſatisfie
 The guilt, which if he liued had thus long,
 His life for due reuenge ſhould deare abie ?
 The treſpaſſe ſtill doth liue, albe the perſon die.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Synonym of albeit.
synonyms: word: albeit
albe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːlˈbiː/
ipa: /ælb/
ipa: /ɔːlˈbiː/
Forms: form: albes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of alb.
carnassial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈnɑːsɪəl/
Forms: form: carnassials
Senses: glosses: One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar.
what the hey
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Hold the phone, folks! What the hey's going on? What happened to the Great Gonzales?!?
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Glitzville:
glosses: What the hell.