cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
snooty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnuːti/
ipa: /ˈsnuti/
ipa: [-ɾi]
rhymes: -uːti
Forms: form: snooties
Etymology: The adjective is derived from snoot (“(UK, dialectal, and slang) snout; nose”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’), probably referring to a snobbish person often having their nose in the air (that is, acting disdainfully towards others). Snoot is a dialectal variant of snout.
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: Well there was always cliques as far as that goes. You had your snooties and dooties, and people that were down to earth, and it's mixed.
ref: 1993, Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Madeline D. Davis, quoting D. J., “‘Maybe ’cause Things Were Harder … You Had to Be More Friendly’: Race and Class in the Lesbian Community of the 1950s”, in Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community, New York, N.Y.; London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 113:
text: Because you never hung around with the city snooties like I did, scooping up the council gossip.
ref: 2005 February, Tara K. Harper, chapter XVIII, in Wolf in Night (Tales of the Wolves; 7), New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 193:
text: I don't care a whole lot for the snooty people. […] Yup, the snooties are a pain in the—uh—rear end—but at least you know where they're coming from. The phonies are the actors. They play whatever role meets their own selfish needs.
ref: 2013, Stan Poel, chapter 3, in Of Souls and Patriots, Bloomington, Ind.: WestBow Press, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: Synonym of snoot (“an elitist or snobbish person”).
synonyms: word: snoot
extra: an elitist or snobbish person
snootier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of snooty: more snooty
snootiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of snooty: most snooty
infanteer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: infanteers
form: infantier
Etymology: From Spanish infante (“soldier”) + -eer.
Senses: examples: The appointment of an infanteer from The Highlanders as the Sovereign's Piper shows that the events following Culloden are no longer raw in the memory. official web site of the British Monarchy
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A soldier employed in any infantry role; an infantryman.
Derived terms: infanteering
infanteers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infanteer
brown goods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From their colour. Consumer electronics equipment formerly had a brown wooden veneer.
Senses: examples: text: Electronics capabilities led to the emergence of a distinction between "white goods" (the typically enamelled kitchen appliances such as fridges and cookers) and "brown goods" (such as wood- or bakelite-cased record players, radios, and TVs).
ref: 1999, Miles, Ian, "Home Informatics: New Consumer Technologies, in eds. William H. Dutton et al., Society on the Line: Information Politics in the Digital Age, page 107
glosses: consumer electronics equipment for entertainment, such as televisions and music centres
glosses: unbleached cotton textiles
examples: text: In the U.S., there has been a gradual shift from “brown goods” (darker colored drinks, such as whiskey and brandy) to “white goods” (lighter colored drinks, such as gin and vodka).
ref: 2012, Dwight B. Heath, “To every thing there is a season: When do people drink?”, in Drinking Occasions: Comparative Perspectives on Alcohol and Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 35:
qualifier: beverage industry
glosses: spirits which are brown in colour, such as whiskey
Coordinate terms: red goods
white goods
yellow goods
skort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: skorts
Etymology: Blend of skirt + shorts. First attested in the 1950s.
Senses: examples: text: Fashion has given the English language a new word to contend with: “skort,” a hybrid garment consisting of a mid-thigh-length pleated skirt with a matching pair of short bloomers attached underneath.
ref: [1957 June 10, “Snappy Skort, New for Sport”, in LIFE, Time:
text: All the major athletic apparel companies now offer skirts, or skorts. (What's the difference between a skort and a running skirt? Nothing, really, but I like the latter term better.)
ref: 2008 August, Sarah Bowen Shea, “Speedy, Sexy, Cool: What to look for if you're putting shorts behind”, in Runner's World, page 74:
text: Trina: I'm holding a pair of skorts.
Jen: (gasp) Trina, listen very carefully to me. Put the skorts down and back away slowly. BACK AWAY! Look for the nearest exit!
ref: 2010, Jen Hatmaker, Out of the Spin Cycle: Devotions to Lighten Your Mother Load, page 91:
text: Often erroneously confused with culottes (see also: culottes), the skort appears to be a skirt in the front (due to a clever little fabric flap) but reveals its essential shorts-ness from behind. The skort is typically short (often very short) and is designed for sporty activities such as tennis and hiking.
ref: 2011, Anna Lefler, The Chicktionary: From A-line to Z-snap, the words every woman should know, page 179:
text: Skorts—a hybrid garment that traditionally blends culotte-style shorts with a wrapover fabric at the front that resembles a skirt—have soared in popularity lately thanks to the rise of “tenniscore” fashion.
ref: 2025 August 16, Grace Cook, “The case for the skort on and off the court”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 5:
synonyms: scooter
scooter skirt
glosses: A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric.
wikipedia: Justine Henin
Related terms: culottes
skorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skort
wikipedia: Justine Henin
boggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: bŏ′-ɡē
ipa: /ˈbɑ.ɡi/
rhymes: -ɒɡi
Forms: form: boggier
form: boggiest
Etymology: From bog + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The edge of the woods led out onto a noisome, boggy fen, a paradise for mosquitos and small frogs.
text: Offer a bulky and boggy bun to the suspected individual just ten minutes before dinner. If this is eagerly accepted and devoured, the fact of youth is established.
ref: 1860, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The professor at the breakfast-table: with the story of Iris:
text: But the might-have-been is but boggy ground to build on.
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 4, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
text: As well as being a magnet for wildlife, Flow Country is also special for its valuable role in mitigating climate change, as the boggy ground provides a huge natural sink for carbon dioxide.
ref: 2021 November 3, Paul Stephen, “As far north as you can go... to Thurso”, in RAIL, number 943, page 49:
synonyms: word: marshy
word: swampy
word: boggish
word: boggy
word: fennish
word: fenny
word: marish
word: marshy
word: miry
word: moorish
word: moory
word: morassy
word: paludal
word: paludine
word: paludinous
word: palustral
word: palustrine
word: palustrous
word: poachy
word: quaggy
word: queachy
word: sloughy
word: slumpy
word: spewy
word: swaly
word: swampish
word: swampy
word: syrtic
word: uliginous
word: wiery
glosses: Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
Derived terms: boggily
bogginess
unboggy
boggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of boggy: more boggy
boggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of boggy: most boggy most boggy.
filetype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filetypes
Etymology: From file + type.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An identifier indicating the type of information contained in an electronic format.
filetype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: filetypes
form: filetyping
form: filetyped
form: filetyped
Etymology: From file + type.
Senses: examples: text: This software searches the directory and attempts to filetype all the files in it.
glosses: To assign a type to a file.
filetypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filetype
filetypes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of filetype
caracol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caracols
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of caracole.
caracol
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: caracols
form: caracolling
form: caracolled
form: caracolled
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of caracole.
trucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹʌkt/
rhymes: -ʌkt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of truck
trucked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹʌkt/
rhymes: -ʌkt
Senses: glosses: Transported by a truck.
Related terms: cattle trucked
flip flop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flip flops
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flip-flop.
flip flop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flip flops
form: flip flopping
form: flip flopped
form: flip flopped
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flip-flop.
trenchcoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trenchcoats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of trench coat.
adjoint
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɔɪnt/
Etymology: From French adjoindre (“to join”), from late 19th C; see also adjoin. Doublet of adjunct.
In the case of category theory (which brings together concepts from numerous fields), the term is often confounded with adjunct and the relationship is called an adjunction. The origin of any particular usage may therefore be uncertain.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Used in certain contexts, in each case involving a pair of transformations, one of which is, or is analogous to, conjugation (either inner automorphism or complex conjugation).
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That is related to another functor by an adjunction.
raw_tags: of a functor
examples: text: The sets A + A₀, B + B₀, together, form the complete intersection, with f = 0, of a composite adjoint curve of order m + k, consisting of the adjoint curve of order m through A + B, together with the non-adjoint curve ω = 0; and the set B + B₀ consists of p points, and lies on i + j adjoint φ-curves of f = 0.
ref: 1933, H. F. Baker, Principles of Geometry, volume 5, published 2010, page 103:
text: As we have stated before, a curve f' is adjoint to a curve f if it have at least the multiplicity r#95;i-1 at each point where f has the multiplicity r#95;i. A first polar #92;sum#95;iy#95;i#92;left(#92;partialf#47;#92;partialx#95;i#92;right)#61;0 is an example of an adjoint curve.
ref: 1963, Julian Lowell Coolidge, A History of Geometrical Methods, page 205:
text: This imposes n(n - 3)/2 conditions on the n-gon adjoint curve.
ref: 2016, Eugene Wachspress, Rational Bases and Generalized Barycentrics: Applications to Finite Elements and Graphics, page 216:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having a relationship of the nature of an adjoint (adjoint curve); sharing multiple points with.
raw_tags: of one curve to another curve
Synonyms: topics: mathematics
sciences
english: in certain contexts
translation: in certain contexts
word: adjunct
Derived terms: adjointable
adjoint action
adjoint curve
adjoint endomorphism
adjoint functor
adjointly
adjoint matrix
adjointness
adjoint operator
adjoint representation
left adjoint functor
nonadjoint
right adjoint functor
Related terms: word: adjunction
word: coadjoint
word: self-adjoint
word: sub-adjoint
adjoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɔɪnt/
Forms: form: adjoints
Etymology: From French adjoindre (“to join”), from late 19th C; see also adjoin. Doublet of adjunct.
In the case of category theory (which brings together concepts from numerous fields), the term is often confounded with adjunct and the relationship is called an adjunction. The origin of any particular usage may therefore be uncertain.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The transpose of the cofactor matrix of a given square matrix.
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Transpose conjugate.
raw_tags: of a matrix
topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Hermitian conjugate.
raw_tags: of an operator
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A functor related to another functor by an adjunction.
topics: algebraic-geometry
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A curve A such that any point of a given curve C of multiplicity r has multiplicity at least r–1 on A. Sometimes the multiple points of C are required to be ordinary, and if this condition is not satisfied the term sub-adjoint is used.
examples: text: . Nominated the citizens Fayolles, captain of infantry, and Favery of the Engineers to be my adjoints, and dispatched the letters of nomination to the Minister at War, so now I am fairly afloat.
ref: 1798, Theobald Wolfe Tone, The Writings of Theobald Wolfe Tone 1763-98, Volume 3:
text: Even as it is, by the reckless aggregation of machine-workers and their adjoints in the great cities and the manufacturing districts, it has kept down life amongst us, and keeps it down to a miserably low standard; so low that any standpoint for improvement is hard to think of even.
ref: 1884, William Morris, Art and Socialism:
text: The chef and his adjoints are seen by this code as part of the military, subject to military jurisdiction despite their obligation to execute the orders of the administrative council and of the justice of the peace.
ref: 1975, Elizabeth L. Saxe, Sidney Wilfred Mintz, Working Papers in Haitian Society and Culture, page 60:
glosses: An assistant to someone who holds a position in the military or civil service.
examples: text: A vigorous, aggressive, and ambitious mayor will not rely overmuch upon his adjoints, but a mayor of the more passive type will lean heavily upon them.
ref: 1929, Chester Collins Maxey, Urban Democracy, page 89:
text: Mayors and their adjoints were often simple cultivateurs like the majority of the community.
ref: 1989, Alan Forrest, Conscripts and Deserters, →ISBN:
glosses: An assistant mayor of a French commune.
Derived terms: biadjoint
sub-adjoint
white goods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, etc. that were traditionally white in color.
examples: text: At one time major appliances (white goods), washer, dryer, and refrigerator stores would last more than 20 years.
ref: 2005, Donald F. Blumberg, Introduction to Management of Reverse Logistics and Closed Loop Supply Chain Processes, page 121:
text: Fridges contain gases that can cause serious environmental damage and are among the most toxic white goods if not disposed of correctly, along with freezers and air conditioning units.
ref: 2019 August 6, Stephen Burgen, “Man caught fly-tipping fridge in ravine fined and made to drag it back”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The large household appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, washing machines and driers as a group.
examples: text: In the U.S., there has been a gradual shift from “brown goods” (darker colored drinks, such as whiskey and brandy) to “white goods” (lighter colored drinks, such as gin and vodka).
ref: 2012, Dwight B. Heath, Drinking Occasions: Comparative Perspectives on Alcohol and Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 35:
qualifier: beverage industry
glosses: Colorless spirits, such as gin and vodka.
Synonyms: sense: domestic textiles, linens
word: dry goods
sense: appliances
word: large appliance
Hyponyms: sense: appliances
word: white appliance
Coordinate terms: brown goods
red goods
yellow goods
washing soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Sodium carbonate used as a laundry aid.
club soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: club sodas
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: (broadly synonymous) carbonated water, seltzer water, seltzer, soda water, fizzy water
hypernyms: soda#Noun
fizzy drink
<
soft drink
<
drink#Noun
beverage#Noun
glosses: A carbonated beverage consisting mainly of carbonated water, with or without a few other minor ingredients such as potassium citrate.
Related terms: club fender
club sandwich
cream soda
tonic water
parure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈɹʊə/
rhymes: -ʊə
Forms: form: parures
Etymology: Old French pareure, parure. See French parure below.
Senses: examples: text: “… among the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted.[…]”
ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “Who Stole the Black Diamonds ?”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
text: Why, then, was she not in Bond Street, as advertised, scribbling her signature on Travellers' Cheques and scooping up emerald parures and things?
ref: 1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol, Penguin, published 2001, page 202:
glosses: A set of jewellery to be worn together.
Related terms: demie parure
cream soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹiːm ˌsəʊdə/
ipa: /ˈkɹim ˌsoʊdə/
Forms: form: cream sodas
form: creme soda
form: crème soda
Senses: synonyms: creaming soda
glosses: Soda water that is flavored with vanilla, etc.
Related terms: club soda
ice-cream soda
ice-cream soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice-cream sodas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ice cream soda.
soda jerk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda jerks
Senses: examples: text: Looking at it, serenely topping that crazy-quilt house, I had the impression of its being an outrageously squashed cherry topping, the whipped cream of as madly a concocted sundae that a soda jerk ever made. A pleasant impression.
ref: 1943 January, John York Cabot, “Rats in the Belfry”, in Amazing Stories:
glosses: A person who works at a soda fountain.
Synonyms: soda jerker
excursus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛkˈskɝsəs/
ipa: /ɛkˈskɜːsəs/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səs
Forms: form: excursuses
form: excursus
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin excursus (“excursion”). Doublet of excurse.
Senses: glosses: A fuller treatment (in a separate section) of a particular part of the text of a book, especially a classic.
examples: text: Here is what us scholars call an excursus. If you are an honest man the following page or two can be of no possible interest to you.
ref: 1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol, Penguin, published 2001, page 204:
text: In his excursus on the Jewish people at the opening of the fifth book of his Histories [...], Tacitus was at a loss to uncover any deep cause for the war that broke out in 66.
ref: 2007, Glen Bowersock, “Provocateur”, in London Review of Books, 29:4, p. 16:
glosses: A narrative digression, especially to discuss a particular issue.
Related terms: excursion
soda jerker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda jerkers
Senses: examples: text: Dear kindly social worker / They say go earn a buck / Like be a soda jerker / Which means like be a schmuck.
ref: 1961, "Gee, Officer Krupke" (song in the stage version of West Side Story)
glosses: A soda jerk.
soda fountain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda fountains
Senses: examples: text: Suddenly, looking at him enjoying his sundae at a soda fountain, it dawned on me.
ref: 2022, Hernan Diaz, Trust, Picador (2023), pages 325-326:
glosses: A counter in a shop, at which sodas, ice creams, etc. are prepared and served.
glosses: An apparatus for dispensing carbonated soft drinks.
glosses: An apparatus for dispensing soda water.
Derived terms: fountain drink
soda fountain chair
Related terms: ice cream soda
soda jerk
soda jerker
soda pop
soda siphon
soda syphon
soda water
suprême
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suprêmes
Etymology: Borrowed from French suprême.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Alternative form of supreme.
Related terms: suprême de volaille à la Kiev
suprême de volaille à la Kyiv
babooning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From baboon + -ing: in the sense of caning, because of the bright red buttocks (like those of a baboon) that result.
Senses: glosses: Caning the backside profusely, an abusive initiation ritual to which trainee soldiers are subjected.
topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
glosses: An obscene sexual act by which the rectum of a person prolapses due to excessive anal sex.
babooning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From baboon + -ing: in the sense of caning, because of the bright red buttocks (like those of a baboon) that result.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of baboon
nail clippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nail clipper
form: nail-clipper
form: nailclipper
form: nail-clippers
form: nailclippers
Senses: examples: text: After their argument, Sprewell showed enormous restraint and presence of mind by not whipping out a pair of nail clippers and trimming his coach’s fingernails – an act for which he could have been seriously punished.
ref: 1998 March 6, Donna Britt, “High Time for a Major Reality Check”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2017:
text: You know how you get those little fuzz balls on new carpet? With an instrument that looked like a normal-sized shaving razor this woman was rubbing the carpet to pull up the fuzz balls. This is a huge hotel, with lots of carpet. That’s like mowing three football fields with a pair of nail clippers.
ref: 2008 August 12, Gary Hall Jr., “Live from Beijing”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2025:
text: Anyway, I grabbed a nail clipper (or is it a pair of nail clippers or is nailclipper one word?) I applied the clippers to the offending alpha-keratin and squeezed.
ref: 2018 February 23, Bill Clarke, “Rules we should live by”, in Tim Jaques, editor, The Tribune, Campbellton, N.B.: Brunswick News, →OCLC, page A9, column 3:
text: You’ll definitely need a pair of nail clippers, a cuticle pusher and a nail file; depending on how thorough you want to get, you’ll also need a dry foot file, exfoliating scrub and moisturizer. If you really want to treat yourself, have a foot basin filled with warm water ready. Don’t skimp when it comes to the nail clippers and cuticle pusher.
ref: 2020 June 27, Adriana Balsamo, “Give Yourself the Perfect Summer Pedicure”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2020:
glosses: A mechanical device used to trim fingernails and toenails.
glosses: A mechanical device used to trim animals' claws.
Synonyms: nail cutter
nail trimmer
Related terms: nail scissors
nail clippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nail clipper
form: nail-clipper
form: nailclipper
form: nail-clippers
form: nailclippers
Senses: glosses: plural of nail clipper
nail trimmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nail trimmers
form: nail-trimmer
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nail clippers.
synonyms: word: nail clippers
troppo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɒpəʊ/
Etymology: From tropical + -o (diminutive suffix). First used by Australian troops in tropical regions during WWII, in the sense “affected by war service in the tropics.”
Senses: examples: text: Barry′s gone troppo and married that sheila he′s only known for two weeks.
text: After three months by himself on his ‘dream’ tropical island he went troppo and smashed all the equipment.
text: ‘[…]She calls these rehearsals my singing lessons - but at least I don′t have people rushing in thinking I′ve gone troppo . . .’
‘Except me.’ Violet′s smile lingered as she gazed at him.
ref: 1989, Rosie Boycott, All for Love, page 163:
text: For a lone Digger gone troppo, as Joe is deemed to have done, it is a realistic scenario.
ref: 2009, Paul Tapp, Disquiet - the Justifiable Homicide of an Australian Vietnam Veteran, page 121:
text: "[The Northern Territory has] got the same sort of flavour to it, probably a bit more frontier. Overall, it's the tropics and they go troppo. The beer's cold and the weather's hot and they drink too much.
ref: 2016 March 15, David Dale, “John Jarratt talks new show Territory Cops and a murderous return in Wolf Creek”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:
glosses: Crazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as attributed to hot weather.
raw_tags: with go
Synonyms: bonkers
doolally
doolally tap
soda-acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda acid
Senses: glosses: Used attributively to describe a fire extinguisher that generates a stream of water powered by carbon dioxide generated by reacting sulfuric acid with sodium bicarbonate
soda acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of soda-acid.
soda ash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, such as saltwort, especially Soda inermis (syns. Salsola soda, Kali soda).
Senses: glosses: Industrial-grade sodium carbonate.
soda biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda biscuits
Senses: glosses: a biscuit (cookie), having a breadlike consistency, leavened with soda and buttermilk
Synonyms: soda cracker
soda cracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda crackers
Senses: glosses: A saltine; a soda biscuit.
soda cellulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda celluloses
Senses: glosses: A product obtained by reacting plant fibres with caustic soda; it is used in the production of viscose fibres.
soda counter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda counters
Senses: glosses: the counter of a soda fountain
soda glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda glasses
Senses: glosses: the glass in which drinks are served in a soda fountain
glosses: glass manufactured using soda ash
sodaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From soda + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Adults who find no difficulty in swallowing pills, may employ the following with equal benefit, in doses of three or four pills every second night and morning, using an occasional sodaic powder during the day […]
ref: 1842, Thomas Andrew, A cyclopedia of domestic medicine and surgery, page 172:
glosses: Of, relating to, or containing soda.
soda lake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda lakes
Senses: glosses: A lake, fed by alkaline springs, that has no outlet.
Synonyms: alkaline lake
soda-lime glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: glass made from silica and a mixture of soda and lime
warrant card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warrant cards
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: A police identification card, sometimes accompanied by a badge.
superannuation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈs(j)ʉːpəˌɹænjʉːˈæɪʃn̩/
Forms: form: superannuations
Etymology: From superannuate + -ion, from superannuated.
Senses: examples: text: One of the principal objections to it was, that the period of service, after which superannuations were granted, was too limited,[…].
ref: 1823, Edmund Burke, editor, Annual Register: 1822, volume 64, page 137:
text: I think it would be harsh to deprive them of their superannuations without a knowledge of the circumstances under which they are proposed.
ref: 1840, John Henry Barrow, editor, The Mirror of Parliament, volume 4, page 2867:
text: A person must not discriminate by failing to supply superannuation or insurance, or in the terms on which, or in the way in which superannuation or insurance is supplied.
ref: 1991, John Godwin, Michael Costa, Julie Hamblin, Mark Duffy, David Patterson, Australian HIV/AIDS Legal Guide, page 465:
text: If an entity employs temporary residents who are eligible for the superannuation guarantee, then the entity is required to make superannuation contributions for them.
ref: 2010, Stephen J Marsden, Australian Master Bookkeepers Guide [2009/10], 3rd edition, page 578:
glosses: A retirement benefit fund, an accumulation of regular deductions from one′s wage or salary while employed and similar regular contributions from the employer, usually administered by an independent entity; a pension.
examples: text: Those words appearing to be merely the ravings of superannuation, they were not regarded; but when no other traces of Mary could be found, old Andrew went up to consult this crazy dame once more, but he was not able to bring any such thing to her recollection.
ref: 1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet:
glosses: The condition or of being superannuated; old age or obsolescence.
Synonyms: sense: retirement fund
word: pension
sense: retirement fund
word: super
sense: act of being superannuated
word: retirement
enquire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˈkwaɪə/
ipa: /ɪn-/
ipa: /ɛnˈkwaɪɹ/
ipa: /ɪn-/
ipa: /ɪŋ-/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: enquires
form: enquiring
form: enquired
form: enquired
Etymology: From Old French enquerre, from en- + querre (“to search, to look for”), from Latin quaerere, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”).
Senses: examples: text: He enquired about the availability of rental bicycles in the town.
text: Having thus at length enquired the truth concerning Law and dispense.
ref: 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
text: Thus prompts his accents and his actions still, / And all obey and few enquire his will; / To such, brief answer and contemptuous eye / Convey reproof, nor further deign reply.
ref: 1814, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in The Corsair, a Tale, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza II, page 5, lines 79–82:
glosses: British English form of inquire.
Derived terms: enquire after
enquire of
enquirer
unenquired
Related terms: enquiry
inquires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inquire
enquired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enquire
gamekeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamekeepers
Etymology: From game + keeper.
Senses: related: word: game keeper
word: game-keeper
hypernyms: keeper[Appendix:Glossary#elliptically|elliptically]] synonymous>
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person#Noun
coordinate_terms: game warden
glosses: A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.
Derived terms: poacher turned gamekeeper
undergamekeeper
Related terms: gameland
gamekeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gamekeeper
gatepost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gateposts
Etymology: From gate + post.
Senses: examples: text: A cuckoo sat on a gate-post singing his broken June tune[.]
ref: 1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill, London: Penguin Books, published 1994, page 9:
glosses: a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.
gateposts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gatepost
bow wow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bow wows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bow-wow.
malt whisky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malt whiskies
form: malt whiskey
Senses: glosses: Whisky made only from malted barley.
Related terms: grain whisky
single malt whisky
grain whisky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grain whiskies
Senses: glosses: Whisky made from unmalted barley mixed with maize or rye.
Related terms: malt whisky
single malt whisky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single malt whiskies
Senses: glosses: Whisky made only from the malted barley of a single distillery, unblended with other whiskies.
single malt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single malts
Senses: glosses: A liquor made only from the malted barley of a single distillery, unblended with other liquors; a single malt whisky or single malt scotch.
Coordinate terms: single-distilled
double malt
double-distilled
triple malt
triple-distilled
crone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹoʊn/
ipa: /kɹəʊn/
rhymes: -əʊn
homophone: crosne
Forms: form: crones
Etymology: From Middle English crone, from Anglo-Norman carogne (compare central Old French charogne (a term of abuse, literally “carrion, carcass, old sheep, hag”), whence modern French charogne). Doublet of carrion.
Senses: examples: text: But still the crone was constant to her note.
ref: 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Wife of Bathe’s Tale. As it was Written by Geffrey Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: word: old woman
word: babushka
word: bag
word: bat
word: beldame
word: biddy
word: bluehair
word: bubbe
raw_tags: in Jewish contexts
word: carline
word: carlin
word: crone
word: gammer
word: geezer
word: gogo
word: grandam
word: granny
word: grimalkin
word: hag
word: maum
word: old lady
word: old maid
word: prune
word: spinster
word: tabby
word: trot
word: trout
word: witch
glosses: An old woman.
examples: text: “And what is your name, crispy, old, wizened crone?” “Oh, my name's Helen.” “Hel-- Oh, just Helen. That's it. Just Helen?” “Helen the Magic Woman.” “And you can help me rid myself of this disgusting hex?” “Yes.”
ref: 2023 August 17, Jeremy Levick & Rajat Suresh, “Hybrid Creatures” (7:01 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 7, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):
glosses: An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
examples: text: With black unseeing eyes the old woman, the crone, stares at him and through him. Over and over she mutters a word that he cannot quite catch, something like Toomderoom.
ref: 2005, J. M. Coetzee, “Six”, in Slow Man, New York: Viking, →ISBN, page 36:
text: “Let's welcome the most beautiful girl I know and I've ever met. My good lady wife Nadja. Come on.” “Oh, she's right here. I've got her.” “I'm here.” “Quiet, crone! Hello, everyone. Thank you all so much for coming.”
ref: 2023 July 20, Jake Bender & Zach Dunn, “Pride Parade” (22:07 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 3, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):
glosses: An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
examples: text: In traveling homeward, buy forty good crones, and fat up the bodies of those seely bones
ref: 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
glosses: An old ewe.
examples: text: The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, in the midst of a small patch of potatoes and Indian corn, which his master had given him on setting him free.
ref: 1822 May 21, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Haunted House”, in Bracebridge Hall, or The Humourists. A Medley. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 210:
text: A few old battered crones of office.
ref: 1844, Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby:
glosses: An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
Derived terms: cronehood
cronelike
croning
bega
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: begas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bigha (“unit of area”).
soul patch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soul patches
Senses: synonyms: word: jazz dot
word: flavour saver
word: mouche
english: especially historically
translation: especially historically
glosses: A narrow beard descending from the lower lip, above the chin.
soul patches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soul patch
bidone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Bidone.
texta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textas
Etymology: By trademark erosion from Texta, a registered trademark of Australian stationery company Jasco Pty Ltd. Presumably from text. Usage of the word began from the 1970s, when primary school children in Australia used the brand of felt-tip markers with bright, colourful packaging, prominently displaying the name "TEXTA".
Senses: examples: text: Here is what a wombat burrow may look like. Using coloured pencils or textas, colour in the wombat burrows.
ref: 2003, Mark Fox, Discovering Australian Animals, page 34:
text: He pencilled a map of India onto a piece of chipboard, and then went over the outline with a texta. He went over the texta outline with a razorblade and then, with a knife, he cut away the excess chipboard.
ref: 2008, Ghristopher Cyrill, “The Ganges and Its Tributaries”, in Alice Pung, editor, Growing Up Asian in Australia, page 40:
text: 2009, Colin McLaren, Infiltration: The True Story of the Man Who Cracked the Mafia, Melbourne University Press, page 53,
Minute weighing scales sat on top of desks, glass syringe kits lay idle, mug shots were pinned here and there, some with a dart in the forehead, or ′caught′ written in texta.
glosses: A coloured felt-tip pen, usually wide-tipped for use by children.
Related terms: alt: Jasco website
urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20060614175746/http://www.texta.com.au/
word: The Original Texta
IFF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: file format
glosses: Initialism of Interchange File Format, a file format standard developed for Amiga computers.
glosses: Initialism of International Flavors & Fragrances
IFF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Another red alert last night. Lasted only five minutes, Possibly just a friendly plane with its IFF turned off.
ref: 1944 August 7, Charles A. Lindbergh, The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1970, page 898:
text: IFF confirmed. Contact is Pelican Dropship Kilo 23. Over.
ref: 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Sierra 117:
glosses: Initialism of identification friend or foe.
bon vivant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɑn vɪvˈɑnt/
ipa: /ˌbɑn viˈvɑnt/
ipa: /ˌbɔ̃ viˈvɑ̃/
ipa: /ˌbɒ̃ viːˈvɒ̃/
ipa: /ˌbɔ̃ viˈvɑ̃/
rhymes: -ɒnt
Forms: form: bon vivants
form: bons vivants
form: bon-vivant
Etymology: Borrowed from French bon vivant (literally “one who lives well, good ‘liver’ (living person)”), from bon (“good”) + vivant (“person who is living”), agent noun of vivre (“to live”).
Senses: synonyms: word: bon viveur
word: hedonist
word: bon viveur
word: epicure
word: epicurean
word: hedonist
word: high-stepper
word: lapling
word: lotus-eater
word: pleasure seeker
word: pleasurist
word: sensualist
word: softling
word: sybarite
word: voluptuarian
word: voluptuary
glosses: A man who enjoys luxurious things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town.
Related terms: word: joie de vivre
word: bonne vivante
word: boulevardier
word: dandy
word: man about town
biscotto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈskɒtəʊ/
ipa: /bɪˈskɑtoʊ/
rhymes: -ɒtəʊ
Forms: form: biscotti
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian biscotto. Doublet of biscuit.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biscotti.
saltine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɔlˈtin/
Forms: form: saltines
Etymology: Originally a US brand name in the late 1800s, presumably salt + -ine.
Senses: glosses: A thin, crisp, salted, customarily white-colored cracker; a soda cracker; a soda biscuit.
glosses: A euphemism for cracker ("white person").
sanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæŋə/
rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sangers
Etymology: Abbreviation of sandwich (pronounced "sangwich") + -er (colloquialising suffix). Australian from 1960s.
Senses: examples: text: […]I popped the last of the strawberry sangers into my mouth, craned my neck over the bureaucrat′s gelati-hued shoulder and feasted my eyes.
ref: 1996, Shane Maloney, The Brush-Off, published 2006, page 140:
text: […]Allison did most of the talking telling Sara of her victory, of meeting Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova—who won the Family Circle Open—of rubbing the elbows with the Australian elite, and making sangers (sandwiches) for broken families in Brisbane.
ref: 2005, R. T. Stone, The Journals: Into the Gulf, Book 2, page 459:
text: Eat Rock oysters, rock lobsters, yabbies and prawns; also Turkish bread ‘sangers’ and Tim Tam shooters
ref: 2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 94:
text: Winning pub-grub at this enduring pub boozer: steak sangers, veggie lasagne, lamb-shank pie, king-prawn salad and blueberry pancakes.
ref: 2009, Central Australia: Adelaide to Darwin, page 59:
glosses: A sandwich.
Synonyms: word: sambo
word: sammie
word: sammo
word: sango
word: sarnie
sanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæŋə/
rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sangers
Senses: examples: text: The enemy had a line of sangers along the far edge of nullah right across the valley, with sangers at intervals up the steep mountains on either side into the snows, and occupied, as far as we could guess, by some 2,000 men.
ref: 1895, United States Cavalry Association, Journal of the United States Cavalry Association, volume 8, page 223:
text: At 4.30 a.m., under cover of a mist in the donga, the Boers made a very severe attack on the north and west of my position, the brunt of the attack fell on two sangers held by the Durham Company of Artillery; the Boers broke through the wire and got to within 20 yards of those sangers, but they both gallantly held their own and I, with the aid of the Maxim, was able to repulse the attack.
ref: 1902, House of Commons, Sessional Papers, volume 69, Great Britain, page 64:
text: […]the Boer marksmen leaned over their sangers and fired on the helmeted heads below them.
ref: 1976, Byron Farwell, The Great Boer War, page 93:
glosses: Alternative form of sangar.
conjurer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌnd͡ʒəɹə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: conjurers
form: conjuror
form: conjurour
Etymology: From Middle English conjurer, from Anglo-Norman conjurour (“conjurer, conspirator”). Equivalent to conjure + -er.
Senses: examples: text: July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/
With his crude potato-sack mask and fear-inducing toxins, The Scarecrow, a “psychopharmacologist” at an insane asylum, acts as a conjurer of nightmares, capable of turning his patients’ most terrifying anxieties against them.
text: His incivility confirms no less. Good Doctor Pinch, you are a conjurer; Establish him in his true sense again, And I will please you what you will demand.
ref: c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
glosses: One who conjures, a magician.
examples: 1893 The man is by trade a conjurer and performer, going round the canteens after nightfall, and giving a little entertainment at each. — Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Crooked Man".
glosses: One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.
glosses: One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.
examples: text: Some would be apt to say, he is a Conjurer; for he has found, That a Republick[…] is composed of Men only, and not of Horses
ref: 1709 April 23 – 1710 January 13 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], The Tatler, number 17; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
glosses: One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.
glosses: A cooking appliance comprising a pot (large or small) with a gridiron wielded beneath it, like a brazier, used for cooking methods such as broiling.
jammed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The window is jammed shut.
text: How to treat a jammed finger or toe.
text: The printer is still jammed. Make sure that all the jammed paper is removed.
text: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
glosses: Stuck.
examples: text: Certain routes of the city are heavily jammed.
text: These roads are hopelessly jammed with cars and mobile homes during holidays.
text: A jammed Oktoberfest beer tent.
synonyms: jam-packed
jam rammed
packed#Adjective
packed to the gills
rammed#Adjective
hypernyms: busy
crowded
glosses: Overcrowded; congested.
examples: text: All their broadcasts are jammed.
text: The jammed programming is being distributed on USB sticks instead.
glosses: Rendered unusable by intentional interference.
raw_tags: of radio signals
Derived terms: unjammed
Related terms: jammed up
jammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jam
thinner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɪnə(ɹ)/
enpr: thĭnʹər
ipa: /ˈθɪnɚ/
rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)
Etymology: From thin + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of thin: more thin
thinner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɪnə(ɹ)/
enpr: thĭnʹər
ipa: /ˈθɪnɚ/
rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: thinners
Etymology: From thin + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Turpentine or mineral spirits can be used as a thinner for oil-based paints.
glosses: A liquid substance used to thin the consistency of another liquid.
examples: text: Pomegranate juice and exercise are great natural blood thinners.
text: The new type of mechanical thinner allowed thinning of peach blossoms to be completed earlier.
text: A solid mane thinner is indispensable in finishing the looks of your horse.
glosses: Something that thins or thins out (another thing).
Derived terms: blood thinner
paint thinner
running backs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of running back
surfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surfer
strut one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: struts one's stuff
form: strutting one's stuff
form: strutted one's stuff
form: strutted one's stuff
Senses: examples: text: When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff / Yeah, and I'm so strung out / I'm high as a kite, I just might / Stop to check you out
ref: 1983, Gordon Gano, “Blister in the Sun”, in Violent Femmes, performed by Violent Femmes:
glosses: To behave or perform in a showy or ostentatious manner, as if to impress others; to show off.
ilea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ileum (Compare ilia)
lila
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit लीला (līlā).
Senses: examples: text: His face shone with joy when he read good books, thought new thoughts, heard news about the country's welfare, or when God's lila filled his mind.
ref: 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 11
glosses: The play of god’s spirit manifested in the universe; divine play, creative spiritual energy.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: malanga lila
drageoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹæˈʒwɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: drageoirs
Etymology: Borrowed from French drageoir. Compare dredge.
Senses: examples: text: Wordlessly, Johanna handed me two E capsules from a little gold drageoir.
ref: 1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol, Penguin, published 2001, page 237:
glosses: A box for sweets.
Related terms: dragée