cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
reggae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛɡeɪ/
rhymes: -ɛɡeɪ
Forms: form: reggay
Etymology: From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag; originally used in the 1960s to describe a Jamaican dance. Compare ragtime. Broader musical sense popularized by the 1968 Maytals song “Do the Reggay”.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: (earlier) bluebeat
text: I want to do the reggay with you / Come onto me, do the dance
ref: 1968, Toots Hibbert, “Do the Reggay”, performed by The Maytals:
text: I mean, the very name reggae. I mean, it wasn’t called reggae in the first place. It came from blue beat, just ska, you know? Ska and blue beat, the era, and then reggae. Because it was a dance, originally. And the DJs thought, “That’s a nice name,” and the kept saying “reggae music, reggae music” on the air all the time. “Reggae music, reggae music, the DJs on the radio. So everyone kept on saying “Reggae music”. They classed it as …(other Matumbi band members join in) Reggae.
ref: 1978, 05:35 from the start, in Wolfgang Büld, director, 'Reggae In a Babylon (film (documentary)), spoken by Dennis Bovell (as himself, a member of the band Matumbi):
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.
wikipedia: Do the Reggay
Toots and the Maytals
Derived terms: cod reggae
reggae fusion
reggaeish
reggae rock
reggaeton
rockers reggae
roots reggae
seggae
one drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-drop
Senses: examples: 1995: You have different intricate things that you do with your high hat while your bass drum and your snare might be playing the same beat, like the one drop, where the bass drum and the snare drum is playing identically. — drummer Nelson Miller interviewed by Carter Van Pelt in The Roots Is In The Rhythm
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A style of drumming, prevalent in reggae and attributed to Winston Grennan, in which the snare and bass play on the same beat.
Related terms: one-drop rule
one-drop rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the one-drop rule
Senses: examples: text: [T]he notorious historian William Estabrook Chancellor […] helped assemble a controversial biographical portrait accusing President Warren Harding of covering up his family’s “colored” past. […] Under the one-drop rule of American race relations, Chancellor claimed, the country had inadvertently elected its “first Negro president.”
ref: 2008 April 6, Beverly Gage, “Our First Black President?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2020, retrieved 08 Jan 2017:
text: It was the wadjelas that created the ‘one drop’ rule, that defined anybody with a single bla(c)k ancestor as black. They did that to separate people, to create a caste system, to protect the notion of whiteness, to protect whiteness from the merest ‘impurity’, from the merest influx of colour.
ref: 2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021:
glosses: The notion that one drop of black blood (i.e., any African ancestry at all) makes a person black.
Derived terms: reverse one-drop rule
Related terms: miscegenation
lipoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlai.poʊˈpɹoʊ.tiːn/
ipa: /ˌlai.pəʊˈpɹəʊ.tiːn/
Forms: form: lipoproteins
Etymology: From lipo- + protein.
Senses: glosses: Any of a large group of complexes of protein and lipid with many biochemical functions.
Derived terms: abetalipoproteinemia
apolipoprotein
beta-lipoprotein
glycolipoprotein
glycophospholipoprotein
high-density lipoprotein
lipoproteinase
lipoproteinemia
lipoprotein lipase
lipoproteinosis
low-density lipoprotein
nonlipoprotein
prelipoprotein
prolipoprotein
tongue-tied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʌŋtaɪd/
Etymology: From tongue + tied (“restricted”, adjective).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tongue-tie
high-density lipoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high-density lipoproteins
Senses: related: word: HDL
hypernyms: lipoprotein
coordinate_terms: ULDL
chylomicron
VLDL
LDL
low-density lipoprotein
IDL
glosses: Any of a class of lipoproteins that transport cholesterol to the liver from other tissue; high levels may decrease the risk of coronary heart disease.
low-density lipoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: low-density lipoproteins
Senses: related: word: LDL
synonyms: beta-lipoprotein
hypernyms: lipoprotein
coordinate_terms: ULDL
chylomicron
VLDL
IDL
HDL
high-density lipoprotein
glosses: Any of a class of lipoproteins that transport cholesterol around the bloodstream; high levels may increase the risk of coronary heart disease.
coronary heart disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CHD
Senses: topics: cardiology
medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease caused by the accumulation of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the myocardium.
Synonyms: coronary artery disease
Related terms: heart attack
myocardium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myocardiums
form: myocardia
Etymology: From New Latin myocardium, from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “muscle”) + καρδίᾱ (kardíā, “heart”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.
Synonyms: sense: muscular substance of the heart
word: cardiac muscle
sense: muscular substance of the heart
word: heart muscle
Hypernyms: topics: anatomy
word: muscular substance of the heart
Derived terms: endomyocardium
intramyocardium
midmyocardium
myocardiac
myocardial
myocardial infarction
myocarditis
Related terms: cardiomyopathy
endocardium
epicardium
pericardium
inexorably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈɛk.sə.ɹə.bli/
ipa: [ɪnˈɛɡ.zə.ɹə.bli]
Forms: form: more inexorably
form: most inexorably
Etymology: From inexorable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We watched as the storm clouds advanced inexorably closer to us.
text: One of his best stories was "Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life" (1914), of which there survives only an amusing still, showing poor Mabel Normand chained to the rails by two toughs, the moustached villain threatening her with a sledge-hammer, and an awful sense of that inexorably approaching express!
ref: 1958 February 24, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 87:
text: The strange group of villagers shuffled inexorably forward.
ref: 2000, Mark Gatiss, chapter 27, in Last of the Gaderene:
text: While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here.
ref: 2003, Matrix Reloaded, The Architect:
text: Later, they all felt guilty about having laughed, especially when it looked as if she might not be able to walk again. But she did, eventually—implacably, inexorably—with a slight limp, perhaps, although this was barely noticeable, not noticeable at all, really, unless you knew the story, unless you were watching for it.
ref: 2007, Scott Smith, The Ruins, page 136:
text: The fact that the juggernaut of Indian English rolls inexorably on, largely unconcerned by the academic arguments taking place about it, is in itself an indicator of an endonormative force in the variety, and this can be traced historically.
ref: 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 114:
text: This magnificent picture really stopped me in my tracks when I stumbled across it. I was drawn inexorably and immediately into the compelling detail discernible on this top-quality image.
ref: 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 36:
text: The creative commons of the internet has been gradually and inexorably enclosed, much as agricultural land was by parliamentary acts from 1600 onwards in England.
ref: 2024 May 4, John Naughton, “The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding”, in The Guardian:
glosses: In an inexorable manner; without the possibility of stopping or prevention.
Synonyms: sense: in an inexorable manner
word: relentlessly
sense: in an inexorable manner
word: unrelentingly
Related terms: inexorable
look into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: looks into
form: looking into
form: looked into
form: looked into
Senses: examples: text: If you are buying a new car, you might want to look into getting a hybrid or other high-efficiency vehicle.
glosses: To investigate, explore, or consider.
examples: text: He looked into her eyes.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: look into.
inexorability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inexorabilities
Etymology: From Latin inexorabilitas.
Senses: examples: text: The inexorability of global warming gave people a reason to reduce automobile use.
glosses: The quality or state of being inexorable.
size queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪz kwiːn/
Forms: form: size queens
Senses: examples: text: Our Size Queen took a second glance—And almost flipped a gasket. This fellow simply was too much: He showed a lovely basket.
ref: 1964 October 15, Gay, Toronto:
glosses: Someone who prefers sexual partners with large penises.
stinky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
homophone: Stinky
Forms: form: stinkier
form: more stinky
form: stinkiest
form: most stinky
form: stimky
form: stonky
Etymology: From Middle English stinky, stynky, equivalent to stink + -y. Compare Dutch stinkig (“stinky, foul, rotten”), German stinkig (“stinky”), Hunsrik stinkich.
Senses: examples: text: What is that stinky smell?
glosses: Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
examples: 1991, Theresa P. Gladden, Romancing Susan, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 37,
[…] she walked over to the table and switched off the Walkman as she sat down.
“Hey!” Nikki yelped. “That was a stinky thing to do. That was my favorite song.”
2003, Betty Levin, Shoddy Cove, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 151,
“School all year round.” The father groaned. “What a good idea.”
“Stupid, stinky idea,” a child remarked from across the room.
2007, Aletha V. Smithson, “Pacifier Breaking” (poem), in As He Was Known, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 172,
The binky drifted up and far away,
To the man in the moon, I heard them say;
A cute idea but a rotten stinky plan.
glosses: Bad, undesirable.
Derived terms: stinkily
stinkiness
stinky bean
stinky pinky
stinky squid
stinky stick
stinky tofu
unstinky
stinky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
homophone: Stinky
Forms: form: stinkies
form: stimky
form: stonky
Etymology: From Middle English stinky, stynky, equivalent to stink + -y. Compare Dutch stinkig (“stinky, foul, rotten”), German stinkig (“stinky”), Hunsrik stinkich.
Senses: synonyms: word: boo-boo
word: boom-boom
word: caca
word: cack
word: chocolate
word: chocolate hot dog
word: crap
word: crud
word: danna
word: dejection
word: dirt
word: do do
word: doo-doo
word: doody
word: dook
word: dookie
word: dooky
word: droppings
word: dump
word: dumplings
word: dung
word: Eartha
word: Eartha Kitt
word: excrement
word: faeces
word: faex
word: fecal matter
word: feces
word: flop
word: fudge
word: gong
word: guano
word: ish
word: jobby
word: log
word: merd
word: muck
word: nature
word: night soil
word: number two
word: ordure
word: poo
word: pooh
word: poop
word: poopie
word: poo-poo
word: poopy
word: pure
word: purging
word: scat
word: sharn
word: shit
word: shite
word: soil
word: stool
word: thost
word: tom tit
word: turd
word: waste
glosses: A bowel movement; feces or diarrhoea
get away with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets away with
form: getting away with
form: got away with
form: got away with
form: gotten away with
Senses: examples: text: The thieves got away with a million pounds' worth of jewellery.
glosses: To get away, or escape, taking (something) with one.
examples: text: Do you think we could get away with taking Dad’s car?
text: Not many people have gotten away with stealing that much money.
text: Our teacher's so strict, he'd never let us get away with anything in class.
text: The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable.
ref: 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:
glosses: To escape punishment for doing something objectionable.
examples: text: It's warm today, so you can probably get away with just wearing a short-sleeved shirt.
text: The vehicles resemble something out of Thunderbirds. They have to be squat, long and narrow to fit through the body of the TBM. They also have a cab at each end, as there's no getting away with a three-point turn in a tunnel!
ref: 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41:
text: But we still sought out the very best cleaners because they let you get away with using cheaper or gentler detergents, loading extra-crusty dishes, or running the quick cycle even with dishes that are pretty gnarly.
ref: 2022 May 27, Liam McCabe, Sarah Bogdan, “The Best Dishwashers”, in New York Times:
glosses: To avoid the consequences of doing something by an easier method.
Derived terms: get away with murder
Related terms: get off
pull off
scot-free
get into trouble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets into trouble
form: getting into trouble
form: got into trouble
form: got into trouble
form: gotten into trouble
Senses: glosses: To be punished or chastised for doing something prohibited.
examples: text: You'll get us all into trouble if you don't keep quiet.
glosses: To cause to be punished.
synonyms: run into trouble
run aground
glosses: To fall into difficulty.
glosses: Of a woman, especially a single or young woman:
To become pregnant.
examples: text: He got a girl into trouble and had to marry her.
glosses: Of a woman, especially a single or young woman:
To make pregnant.
felonious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: fə-lō'nē-əs
rhymes: -əʊniəs
Forms: form: more felonious
form: most felonious
Etymology: From Middle English *felonious (implied in feloniously; compare felonous); equivalent to felony + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: The defendant must show that any bail money he hopes to post did not come from the felonious means.
text: O thievish Night, / Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, / In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars?
ref: 1637, John Milton, Comus:
glosses: Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony.
examples: text: felonious homicide
text: First, as felony prosecutor, I prosecute high-level felonies including homicides; sexual assaults; child endangerings; shootings and other felonious assaults; and media cases.
ref: 2015, Kenneth J. Peak, Pamela M. Everett, Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process:
topics: law
glosses: Done with intent to commit a crime.
Synonyms: sense: Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony
word: malignant
sense: Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony
word: malicious
sense: Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony
word: villainous
sense: Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony
word: traitorous
sense: Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony
word: perfidious
Derived terms: feloniously
feloniousness
infelonious
nonfelonious
unfelonious
Related terms: felon
felonize
felonization
criminal
misdemeanourous
ID10T
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /aɪˈdiː.tɛnˈtiː/
Forms: form: ID10Ts
Senses: examples: text: Hoffman was one of his few friends, a fellow Net5 droid whose forté^([sic]) was telling the customers that their problem was beyond the company's scope of support, and they should call Microsoft and say that they had an ID10T error.
ref: 2002, Harold A Covington, The Stars in Their Path:
text: Another variation on the above is ID10T: "This guy has an ID-Ten-T on his system."
ref: 2005, J R Okin, The Internet revolution:
text: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and you'll experience dramatically fewer ID10T errors this way.
ref: 2009, Todd Lammle, CompTIA Network+ Study Guide:
text: ...leave any questions until we go—at the end of each lesson—to our informal Chat Room. Also be careful of ID10T Errors.
ref: 2010, James Borg, Body Language:
glosses: Leetspeak spelling of idiot used humorously to refer to computer errors (pronounced ID ten T) to indicate that the error is the result of the user's stupidity.
Related terms: PEBCAK
PEBKAC
salute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈl(j)uːt/
ipa: /səˈlut/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: salutes
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin salūtō (“to greet; to wish health to”), from salūs (“greeting, good health”), related to salvus (“safe”).
Senses: examples: text: The soldiers greeted the dignitaries with a crisp salute.
text: The Roman salute, in which the right arm was raised in a straight and perpendicular manner, had been adopted by D'Annunzio during his regency in Fiume. Like other rituals utilized by D'Annunzio, the salute became part of the rising fascist movement's symbolic patrimony and was inherited by Mussolini's government.
ref: 1997, Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi, Fascist Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini's Italy, page 110:
text: Like lines of perspective or the beams of searchlights at Nazi Party rallies that shone into the night sky where they met in an infinitely distant beyond, the arms and hands of those giving each other the Hitler salute forever approached each other but never joined.
ref: 2009, Tilman Allert, The Hitler Salute: On the Meaning of a Gesture, page 46:
text: And Kaszaat let out a shriek of pure anger, bursting forwards suddenly, flinging her hand up towards Drephos as though in salute.
ref: 2010, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Salute the Dark: Shadows of the Apt 4, unnumbered page:
glosses: An utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, (now especially) a formal, non-verbal gesture made with the arms or hands in any of various specific positions.
examples: text: [M]aking an apology which, not suspecting his intention, I did not understand, – he gave me a most ardent salute! I have seldom been more surprised. I had no idea of his taking such a freedom.
ref: 1775, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 8 May
glosses: A kiss, offered in salutation.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A discharge of cannon or similar arms, as a mark of honour or respect.
glosses: A pyrotechnic device primarily designed to produce a loud bang.
Derived terms: allergic salute
allergy salute
Aussie salute
Barcoo salute
Bellamy salute
bush salute
fly-by salute
hand salute
Harvey Smith salute
Hitler salute
international salute
Italian salute
Nazi salute
one finger salute
one-finger salute
Pierre Trudeau salute
Roman salute
sail-by salute
salute state
Sieg Heil salute
single-digit salute
take the salute
three-finger salute
Trudeau salute
Vulcan salute
workers' salute
parade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pə-rād'
ipa: /pəˈɹeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
ipa: /pəˈrɑd/
ipa: /pəˈrɑːd/
enpr: pə-rād'
ipa: /pəˈɹeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: parades
Etymology: From French parade (“a parry”), from parer (“to parry, to defend oneself”) + -ade, from Italian parata. Doublet of parry.
Senses: examples: text: ...in case the adversary after a finda, going to the parade, discover his brest to caveat...
ref: 1652, Thomas Urquhart, Ecscybalauron (Εκσκυβαλαυρον), p. 228
text: [The Tutor] should accustom him to make as much as is possible a true Judgment of Men by those Marks which serve best to shew what they are, and give a Prospect into their Inside, which often shews it self in little Things, especially when they are not in Parade, and upon their Guard.
ref: 1699, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, §94, p. 152:
glosses: Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses.
synonyms: word: parry in both its literal and figurative senses
throstle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɹɒsəl/
rhymes: -ɒsəl
Forms: form: throstles
form: throstell
Etymology: From Middle English throstle, throstel, from Old English þrostle, from Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā, possibly altered from or a diminutive of *þurstaz, related to *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.
Senses: examples: text: The Throstell, with shrill Sharps; as purposely he song / T’awake the lustlesse Sunne; or chyding, that so long
ref: 1612, Michael Drayton, “Song 13”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC, page 214:
text: The throstle is by some believed to be the finest singing bird in Britain, on account of the sweetness, variety, and continuance of its melody.
ref: 1804, Anthony Florian Madinger Willich, James Mease, The Domestic Encyclopaedia: or, A Dictionary of Facts and Useful Knowledge, page 115:
text: O Lady! in this wan and heartless mood / To other thoughts by yonder throstle woo'd
ref: 1802, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Dejection: An Ode, lines 25-26:
text: [T]hro' wild March the throstle calls, […]
ref: 1851 March, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “To the Queen”, in The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1884, →OCLC, page 1:
glosses: A song thrush.
examples: text: THE RING THROSTLE. / A Throstle under the above title has been recently introduced from America, the principal novel feature of which, is a substitute for the flyer and heavy spindle of the common throstle, and for the cone or cape, and the barrel tube of the Danforth throstle.
ref: 1836, James Montgomery, The Theory and Practice of Cotton Spinning, or, The Carding and Spinning Master’s Assistant, page 223:
glosses: A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous.
advanced traffic management
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ATM
Senses: synonyms: active traffic management
glosses: Technologies that monitor and manage traffic flow to improve transportation efficiency.
air suspension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air suspensions
Senses: glosses: Vehicle suspension in which compressed air is used as a spring.
mastermindful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mastermindful
form: most mastermindful
Etymology: From mastermind + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: That was a mastermindful scheme!
glosses: Characteristic of a mastermind.
polish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏl'ĭsh
ipa: /ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/
enpr: pä'lĭsh
ipa: /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/
Forms: form: polishes
Etymology: From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth.
Senses: examples: text: A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.
glosses: A substance used to polish.
examples: text: The floor was waxed to a high polish.
glosses: Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
examples: text: The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk.
glosses: Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
Synonyms: sense: substance
word: wax
sense: smoothness, shininess
word: finish
sense: smoothness, shininess
word: sheen
sense: smoothness, shininess
word: shine
sense: smoothness, shininess
word: shininess
sense: smoothness, shininess
word: smoothness
sense: cleanliness in performance or presentation
word: class
sense: cleanliness in performance or presentation
word: elegance
sense: cleanliness in performance or presentation
word: panache
sense: cleanliness in performance or presentation
word: refinement
sense: cleanliness in performance or presentation
word: style
Derived terms: apple-polish
depolish
electropolish
expolish
French polish
furniture polish
glacial polish
micropolish
nail polish
nanopolish
piano polish
polish remover
repolish
shoe polish
spit and polish
stove polish
ultrapolish
varnish polish
Related terms: polissoir
polish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏl'ĭsh
ipa: /ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/
enpr: pä'lĭsh
ipa: /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/
Forms: form: polishes
form: polishing
form: polished
form: polished
Etymology: From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth.
Senses: examples: text: He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.
glosses: To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
examples: text: The band has polished its performance since the last concert.
text: Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
ref: 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations:
glosses: To refine; remove imperfections from.
glosses: To apply shoe polish to shoes.
examples: text: Steel polishes well.
text: The other [gold], whether it will polish so well Wherein for the latter [brass] it is probable it will
ref: a. 1626, Francis Bacon, Inquisitions touching the compounding of metals:
glosses: To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
examples: text: Arts that polish Life.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
Synonyms: sense: to make smooth and shiny by rubbing
word: wax
sense: to make smooth and shiny by rubbing
word: shine
sense: to make smooth and shiny by rubbing
word: buff
sense: to make smooth and shiny by rubbing
word: furbish
sense: to make smooth and shiny by rubbing
word: burnish
sense: to make smooth and shiny by rubbing
word: smooth
sense: to make smooth and shiny by rubbing
word: bone
sense: refine
word: hone
sense: refine
word: perfect
sense: refine
word: refine
Derived terms: interpolish
overpolish
piano-polish
polishability
polishable
polish a turd
polished
polisher
polishing
polishment
polish off
polish one's rocket
polish the pearl
polish up
polish up on
polishure
repolish
unpolish
unpolished
you can't polish a turd
you can't polish shit
Related terms: polite
a
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: /æ/
/ɑː/
/eɪ/
/ə/
Forms: form: A
form: as
form: a's
Etymology: The letter name is from Middle English ā, from Old French, ultimately from Latin ā. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced the futhorc letter ᚪ (a) beginning in the 7th century, and partially also ᚫ (æ).
Senses: examples: text: This expression is zero, for we have replaced the column of a''''s by the column of bs and hence the determinant has two columns identical.
ref: 1917, John Wesley Young, Frank Millett Morgan, Elementary Mathematical Analysis, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 487:
text: Passmore. Capital P-a-double s-m-o-r-e.
ref: 1926, George Kelly, Craig's Wife, Act I, page 5:
text: Note that with 18-point type, fifteen capital A's, twenty-five lowercase a's, and twelve 1's are obtained with one font. With this information, it is possible to refer to Table 10-1 which gives the number of characters for each letter, punctuation mark, or figure.
ref: 1974, Ervin A. Dennis, John D. Jenkins, “A Font of Type”, in Comprehensive Graphic Arts, Indianapolis, I.N.: Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 26, column 2:
text: Across every sheet of paper were lines and lines of letters of the alphabet. A row of a's followed by a row of b's and so on, pages of them, like pages from a copy book, crudely formed as if from the hand of a young child.
ref: 2013, Margaret McPhee, Mistress to the Marquis, Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Historical, →ISBN, page 249:
text: In the seventh grade I admired a charismatic, witty girl who had a particular way of writing her lowercase a's. After some practice, I took to writing my lowercase a's in the same fashion.
ref: 2014 February 23, Rivka Galchen, “What's Become of the So-Called Literary Bad Boy?”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2014:
glosses: The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Derived terms: sense: Digraph sequences
word: ae
sense: Digraph sequences
word: ah
sense: Digraph sequences
word: ai
sense: Digraph sequences
word: au
sense: Digraph sequences
word: aw
sense: Digraph sequences
word: ay
sense: Digraph sequences
word: ea
sense: Digraph sequences
word: eau
sense: Digraph sequences
word: ia
sense: Digraph sequences
word: oa
sense: Digraph sequences
word: ua
Related terms: word: letter
word: A
word: a
word: B
word: b
word: C
word: c
word: D
word: d
word: E
word: e
word: F
word: f
word: G
word: g
word: H
word: h
word: I
word: i
word: J
word: j
word: K
word: k
word: L
word: l
word: M
word: m
word: N
word: n
word: O
word: o
word: P
word: p
word: Q
word: q
word: R
word: r
word: S
word: s
word: T
word: t
word: U
word: u
word: V
word: v
word: W
word: w
word: X
word: x
word: Y
word: y
word: Z
word: z
a
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: /æ/
/ɑː/
/eɪ/
/ə/
Forms: form: A
Etymology: The letter name is from Middle English ā, from Old French, ultimately from Latin ā. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced the futhorc letter ᚪ (a) beginning in the 7th century, and partially also ᚫ (æ).
Senses: glosses: The ordinal number first, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
a
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /æ/
/ɑː/
/eɪ/
/ə/
Forms: form: a's
form: aes
Etymology: The letter name is from Middle English ā, from Old French, ultimately from Latin ā. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced the futhorc letter ᚪ (a) beginning in the 7th century, and partially also ᚫ (æ).
Senses: examples: text: This piece somewhat resembles an a. On the left is a man seated on the ground, with a dog between his legs, and a large bird of prey in his hands, which appears to be biting his head.
ref: 1816, William Young Ottley, An Inquiry Into the Origin and Early History of Engraving […], volume II, London: […] John and Arthur Arch, […] by J. M'Creery, page 621:
text: But with some prelude of disparagement, / Read, mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, / Deep-chested music, and to this result.
ref: 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Epic”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 2:
text: Letters should be spelled as follows; aes, bees, cees, dees, ees, efs, gees, aitches, ies, jays, kays, els, ems, ens, oes, pees, ques, ars, esses, tees, ues, vees, ws or dubleyuz, exes, wyes, zees.
ref: [1906, Leigh H[adley] Irvine, “Abbreviations in General”, in The Magazine Style Code: A Manual For The Guidance Of Authors, Reporters And All Who Write, San Francisco, C.A.: Crown Publishing Company, pages 15–16:
text: St Lynas was chatting with a group of rebellious young college students one day, who decried the moral standards of the past. ¶ So St Lynas drew an 'a' on some paper, and asked them what it was. ¶ 'A' they said.
ref: 1993, Frank Pagden, “Teaching”, in The Gospel According to St. Lynas, Tunbridge Wells: Mitre, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
text: Compare Lydia's signature on some of the work orders with the warning notes. The loop through the lowercase a is similar. See what I mean?
ref: 2023, Amanda Stevens, Secret of Shutter Lake, Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Intrigue, →ISBN, page 237:
glosses: The name of the Latin script letter A / a.
Derived terms: A-okay
Related terms: word: letter
word: bee
word: cee
word: dee
word: e
word: ef
word: gee
word: aitch
word: i
word: jay
word: kay
word: el
word: em
word: en
word: o
word: pee
word: cue
word: ar
word: ess
word: tee
word: u
word: vee
word: double-u
word: ex
word: wye
word: zee
word: zed
a
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
Etymology: * From Middle English a, o, from Old English a-, an, on.
* Unstressed form of on.
Senses: examples: text: torn a pieces
glosses: To do with separation; In, into.
examples: text: I brush my teeth twice a day.
text: A Sundays
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
text: Patent requests for machine learning activities grew on average by 28 percent a year between 2013 and 2016, the study found.
ref: 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019:
glosses: To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. Often occurs between two nouns, where the first noun occurs at the end of a verbal phrase.
examples: text: To set the people a worke.
ref: King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
glosses: To do with status; In.
examples: text: stand a tiptoe
glosses: To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
examples: text: The times, they are a-changin'.
ref: 1964, Bob Dylan, “The Times They Are a-Changin'”:
glosses: To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
examples: text: It was a doing.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
text: Jacob, when he was a dying
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 11:21:
glosses: To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
glosses: To do with an action/movement; To, into.
examples: text: Stands here a purpose.
ref: c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
glosses: To do with method; In, with.
examples: text: a God’s name
glosses: To do with role or capacity; In.
Related terms: on
a-
a
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
Forms: form: 'a
form: 'a'
form: ha
form: ha'
Etymology: From Middle English a, ha contraction of have, or haven.
Senses: examples: text: I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
text: So would I a done, by yonder Sunne, / If thou hadſt not come to my bed.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell, published 1603, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], signature H2, recto:
text: "Well, I reckon it did, marm, for that shot would a gone a couple a inches deeper but for my old mammy's camphor bag," answered the cheerful philosopher.
ref: 1863 May 22 – 1863 June 26, L[ouisa] M[ay] Alcott, “A Day”, in Hospital Sketches, Boston, Mass.: James Redpath, […], published August 1863, →OCLC, page 36:
text: He dropped below me, with the current, and by-and-by he come a-swinging up shore in the easy water, and he went by so close I could a reached out the gun and touched him.
ref: 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 54:
text: Oi'd a gen im a clout, if oi'd been theer.
ref: [1886, Robert Hollan, “A, prep.”, in A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester (English Dialect Society; XVI), London: Trübner & Co.:
text: They live in the river bottom. Don't you know a thing? I thought you must a seen them, since they was here all winter, cutting at the woods and burning brush.
ref: 1964, John Ehle, The Land Breakers, New York, N.Y. […]: Harper & Row, Publishers, page 53:
text: 'I never told him, pleaded Liam. 'If I 'ad a done, he'd a taken the rifles, wouldn't he? Thing is, I wanted to fire a gun for real. See what it felt like. So I just borrowed it and went out on me own to have a go. But I didn't get the chance because I came across a patrol and I panicked and chucked the thing in a bin.'
ref: 2013, William Brodrick, The Discourtesy of Death, London: Little, Brown, →ISBN, page 247:
glosses: Have (auxiliary verb).
examples: text: I wisht you a seen 'im; fust he looked mighty gubious; then he begins ter laff. He'll git likened ter ridin' mighty briefly."
ref: 1887 October, Octave Thanet [pseudonym; Alice French], “The Mortgage on Jeffy”, in Scribner's Magazine, volume II, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 478, column 1:
glosses: had (auxiliary verb).
Derived terms: coulda
shoulda
woulda
a
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
Forms: form: 'a
Etymology: From Middle English a, a reduced form of he (“he”)/ha (“he”), heo (“she”)/ha (“she”), ha (“it”), and hie, hie (“they”).
Senses: examples: text: He've a got a great venture on hand, but what a [it] be he tell'th no man.
ref: 1855, Kingsley, W. Ho!, page 120 (edition of 1889)
text: Doctors, they knaws nowt, fur a [they] says what's nawways true.
ref: 1864, Tennyson, N. Farmer, Old Style, st. 2
qualifier: obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects
glosses: He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.
examples: text: a’ brushes his hat o’ mornings.
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
text: Well! in a come [in he came]—KING GEORGE to town, / With doust and zweat az netmeg brown, / The hosses all in smoke;
ref: 1795, Peter Pindar, The Royal Visit to Exeter, a Political Epistle: by John Ploughshare ... published by Peter Pindar, Esq, page 5:
text: A do veed amang th' lilies.
ref: 1860, Kite, Sng. Sol., ii, 16
text: "The amoighty's a taakin' o' you to 'issén, my friend," a said, […]
ref: 1864, Tennyson, N. Farmer, Old Style, st. 7, version of 1917, Raymond Macdonald Alden, Alfred Tennyson, how to Know Him, page 226
text: And, by your leave, for all the marvellous rich and sumptuous coat a weareth, he is very like a false jewel in a rich casing.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 8:
qualifier: obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects
glosses: He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.
He, the third-person singular nominative.
examples: text: A wanted me to go with her.
ref: 1790, Grose, MS. add. (M.)
text: Did a do it!
ref: 1876, Bound, Prov.
text: A's getting wambling on her pins [shaky on her legs].
ref: 1883, Hardy, Tover, page 124 (edition of 1895)
qualifier: obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects
glosses: He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.
She, the third-person singular nominative.
a
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
Forms: form: o'
form: o
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *ab
Old English æf
Old English of
Middle English of
English a
From Middle English of, with apocope of the final f and vowel reduction.
Senses: examples: text: The name of John a Gaunt.
text: What time a day is it?
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: It’s six a clock.
ref: 1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: Two bottles 'a whiskey for the way
ref: 1931, A. P. Carter, "When I'm Gone"
text: Isis rode my mug like she was on a ten-inch dick, and as soon as she nutted I tossed her ass off a me and flipped her on her back, then fucked the shit outta her cause it was payback time.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 152:
glosses: Of.
a
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /ɔ/
rhymes: -ɔ
ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
Forms: form: a'
Etymology: From Northern Middle English aw, alteration of all.
Senses: glosses: All.
a
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /ɔ/
rhymes: -ɔ
ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
Forms: form: a'
Etymology: From Northern Middle English aw, alteration of all.
Senses: glosses: All.
a
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /ɔ/
rhymes: -ɔ
Forms: form: 'a
Senses: examples: text: James was going with his mother to attend the ceremonies at which his oldest sister in the convent would make perpetual vows. Being asked where he was going, he answered, “I’m goin’ a see my sister make percapital vowels.”
ref: 1923 January, “The Sunshine of Childhood (Contributed)”, in Benedict Brown, editor, The Grail, volume 4, number 9, St. Meinrad, Ind.: The Abbey Press, page 284, column 2:
text: The man walks toward me. “I met that asshole. He’s tryin’ a sell us a bag a bullshit.”
ref: 2007, BK Loren, “Got Tape?”, in Barry Lopez, editor, The Future of Nature: Writing on a Human Ecology from Orion Magazine, Minneapolis, Minn.: Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 43:
text: Don’tcha try deny it, / ’Cause Hose knows you dyin’ a try it— […] Knows you out tryin’ a buy it, / But Hose only gives it free
ref: 2012 October 23, Tom Wolfe, Back to Blood: A Novel, Large Print edition, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 66:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of to.
Related terms: gonna
gotta
oughta
tryna
wanna
a
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /ɔ/
rhymes: -ɔ
Etymology: Contraction of gonna, itself a reduction of going to; see Etymology 8 above (“to”).
Senses: examples: text: I'm a go see what's going on out there.
text: "Sure, Billy, I'm a run downstairs to the machine and get me a pack of bigarettes," he said, taking off with his Melody.
ref: 2010, Todd Bridges, Killing Willis: From Diff'rent Strokes to the Mean Streets to the Life I Always Wanted, New York, N.Y.: Touchstone Books, →ISBN, page 146:
text: Ain't nothin' in the house to eat and now that we has Mr. Alex staying with us a few days I'm a need to buy some groceries so yous two can have the house to yo'self 'til I get back.
ref: 2012, Bertrand E. Brown, Sylvia's Dilemma: A Novel, →ISBN, page 95:
text: I'm a head out there now and take a look.
ref: 2018, Monica Jeremie, Married to a Dade County Bully 2, Urban Chapters Publications, →ISBN, page 85:
text: "The Glock 26 and the motherfucking, uh, the Hi-Point. I'm a try to get the both of them," another said.
ref: 2021, Ioan Grillo, Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels, New York, N.Y. […]: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 141:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Used to express a future action; going to.
Related terms: Imma
I'm 'onna
a
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /ɔ/
rhymes: -ɔ
Etymology: Contraction of and.
Senses: examples: text: By cock a pie and Mous-foot Dent bring's in, / Examples to express forbidden Sin:
ref: 1655, William Barton, Man's Monitor, or, the Free-school of Virtue; Holding Forth the Duties Required and Sins Forbidden in the Two Tables of the Law., London: W.D. for T. Underhill, unnumbered page; republished in Early English Books Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Text Creation Partnership, p. 2011:
text: Thee lace ma? Chem a laced well-a-fine aready.—Zey wone word more, and chell breſh tha, chell make thy boddize pilmee.
ref: 1746, “Exmoor Scolding: Or, a Devonſhire Dialogue:”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, volume XVI, London: Edw. Cave, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 353, column 2:
text: 4. as if. "I'll gi ye a dunt i' the hid 'a ye dew so no more." This is equivalent to the "an if" of some of our old writers.
ref: 1823, Edward Moor, Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms of that County, London: J. Loder, page 2:
glosses: Contraction of and.
Related terms: methera-a-dick
tethera-a-bumfit
tethera-a-dick
tyan-a-bumfit
tyan-a-dick
yan-a-bumfit
yan-a-dick
a
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /ɔ/
rhymes: -ɔ
Senses: glosses: Distance from leading edge to aerodynamic center.
glosses: specific absorption coefficient
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: specific rotation
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: allele (recessive)