cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
comatose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊ.məˌtoʊs/
ipa: /ˈkɒm.əˌtəʊs/
ipa: /ˈkoʊ.məˌtoʊs/
ipa: /ˈkɑm.əˌtoʊs/
Forms: form: comatoses
form: comatosing
form: comatosed
form: comatosed
Etymology: * perhaps from French comateux
* From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”) (genitive κώματος (kṓmatos)). Equivalent to coma + -ose (“full of”)
Senses: examples: text: killing everybody is a stupid idea, and comatosing everybody is equally so.
ref: 1998 February 8, rob, “Death Penalty”, in nz.general (Usenet):
text: [Liverpool is] #1 in the league for murdering and comatosing fans of othe rclubs.
ref: 2006 July 26, Mike Hunt, “Ranking. Nice.”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool (Usenet):
text: Then slipping on my silky dernier and tights, g-strings sculpted my voluptuous cheeks, brassiere comatosing my wobbly knockers.
ref: 2019 April 28, John Finnan, Mustang Bally, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 68:
glosses: To make comatose; to send into, or as if into, a coma.
avo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːvəʊ/
ipa: /ˈævəʉ/
rhymes: (UK) -ɑːvəʊ
Forms: form: avos
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese avo.
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.
avo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːvəʊ/
ipa: /ˈævəʉ/
rhymes: (UK) -ɑːvəʊ
Forms: form: avos
Etymology: Clipping of avocado.
Senses: examples: text: Given the challenges of trying to propagate avocados, one might wonder why we don't simply get hold of seeds and/or nursery starts and go that route – especially since avos tend to grow somewhat 'true to seed.'
ref: 2007, Ken Albertsen, Farmsteading in Thailand, page 68:
text: But what would my trip be if I didn’t Instagram my food? I upload a picture of the avo toast with the caption “✨✨✨one of the prettiest red velvet rose latte i’ve ever seen !!! ✨✨✨✨ , despite the fact I have only ever seen one red velvet rose latte in my life.
ref: 2017 December 15, Ruby Lott-Lavigna, “I Spent a Day Eating at the Most Instagrammable Restaurants of 2017”, in VICE:
glosses: Clipping of avocado.
break wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks wind
form: breaking wind
form: broke wind
form: broken wind
Etymology: First attested 1552. From break + wind (“flatulence”).
Senses: examples: text: I broke wind and excused myself afterwards.
glosses: To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart.
Synonyms: sense: expel gases through the anus
word: let off
sense: expel gases through the anus
word: let one rip
sense: expel gases through the anus
word: break ass
sense: expel gases through the anus
word: pass gas
sense: expel gases through the anus
word: pass wind
sense: expel gases through the anus
word: cut the cheese
sense: expel gases through the anus
word: fart
sense: expel gases through the anus
word: flatulate
sense: expel gases through the anus
word: toot
sense: expel gases through the anus
word: guff
Related terms: break wind backwards
break wind upwards
burp
bani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ban (currency)
bando
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandos
Etymology: Compare bandy.
Senses: glosses: A Welsh team sport related to hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy.
glosses: The curve-ended stick used in this game.
bando
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandos
form: bandoe
Etymology: Clipping of abandoned.
Senses: examples: text: She my trap queen, let her hit the bando / We be countin' up, watch how far them bands go
ref: 2014, “Trap Queen”, performed by Fetty Wap:
text: Still don’t give a fuck, shoot a nigga broad day / Care for trappin out the bandos in the hallways / Will I bang for the gang? Yeah, that’s always […] / I’m still in the trap, I’m still in the bando / I’m trying to get rich
ref: 2016 April 25, Migo Domingo, “Bankroll” (track 8, 1:38 and 1:58 from the start), in War Ready 2:
text: Man still money dance in the bando / L1 in the cut two rambos / I love skengs and peds, violence no meds / They say one-fifty but it's one-four-six, true there friend dem dead
ref: 2016 June 28, “Hazards”, Loski (lyrics)performed by Loski:
qualifier: regional African-American Vernacular
glosses: A drug lair, a trap house.
bando
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Burmese ဗန်တို (bantui).
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A traditional Burmese martial art.
coloring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌlə(ɹ)
homophone: culler
Forms: form: more coloring
form: most coloring
form: colouring
Senses: glosses: That colors something.
glosses: That conveys or imparts color.
coloring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌlə(ɹ)
homophone: culler
Forms: form: colorings
form: colouring
Senses: glosses: An act or process which applies color.
examples: text: Our cookies contain no artificial flavorings or colorings.
text: The Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday a series of measures to phase out eight artificial food dyes and colorings from America's food supply by the end of next year. […] The proposal also outlined a commitment for companies to supply food for school lunches that does not include artificial dyes or coloring.
ref: 2025 April 22, Sony Salzman, Cheyenne Haslett, Will McDuffie, and Mary Kekatos, “RFK Jr. unveils plan to phase out 8 artificial food dyes in the US”, in ABC News:
synonyms: pigment
glosses: Any substance used to give color.
examples: text: The Rolands, both U.S.-educated lawyers with faculty positions in the national law school, are olive skinned, with the coloring of some Italians or Sephardic Jews.
ref: 1983 December 24, Andrea Loewenstein, “"What's Freedom Without Food In Your Stomach?" — A Trip to Haiti”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 8:
synonyms: coloration
glosses: The appearance as to color.
glosses: A disguise or discoloration.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An assignment of a color to each vertex of a graph, usually such that no two vertices connected by an edge are given the same color.
coloring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌlə(ɹ)
homophone: culler
Forms: form: colouring
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of color
Hypernyms: distinction
mark
Hyponyms: dye
glow
haircolor
highlight
ink
paint
rust
shine
stain
tarnish
tint
verdigris
Derived terms: english: food coloring
translation: food coloring
word: food colouring
word: cocoloring
english: colouring book
translation: colouring book
word: coloring book
english: colouring pencil
translation: colouring pencil
word: coloring pencil
english: dead coloring
translation: dead coloring
word: dead colouring
word: overcoloring
word: precoloring
word: pseudocoloring
Related terms: colorable
coloration
colored
color guard
colorless
color line
colostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colostomies
Etymology: From colo- + -stomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An incision into the colon to allow for drainage; the opening produced in such incision.
Hypernyms: ostomy
stoma
Coordinate terms: colectomy
coloplasty
colotomy
Derived terms: colostomy bag
enterocolostomy
gastrocolostomy
jejunocolostomy
cryptospora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Cryptospora, of the flowering plant family Brassicaceae.
glosses: Any of a genus Cryptospora of fungi, of the family Gnomoniaceae, now genus Cryptosporella
insectoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From insect + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: Living beyond the Omega-4 mass relay in the Terminus Systems, the mysterious Collector species is glimpsed so rarely as to be taken for a myth by most in galactic society. In reality, Collectors are human-sized insectoid bipeds and can resemble massive winged beetles. They are a terrifying force in the galaxy, responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands.
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Collectors Codex entry:
glosses: Insect-like.
insectoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insectoids
Etymology: From insect + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: Two hundred Earth years earlier, a race of Insectoids discovered them as the Squishys were sending their first probes to other planets in their own star system.
ref: 2017, A.K. Brown, Humans on the Menu (Champagne Universe Series: Book 2), page 24:
topics: human-sciences
literature
media
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
publishing
science-fiction
sciences
ufology
glosses: An insect-like creature.
slipper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɪpə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈslɪpəɹ/
ipa: [ˈslɪpɚ]
rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more slipper
form: most slipper
Etymology: From Middle English slypper, equivalent to slip + -er.
Senses: examples: text: O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope / Of mortal men.
ref: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Nouember. Ægloga Vndecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:
glosses: slippery
slipper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɪpə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈslɪpəɹ/
ipa: [ˈslɪpɚ]
rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: slippers
form: slippering
form: slippered
form: slippered
Etymology: From Middle English slypper, equivalent to slip + -er.
Senses: examples: 1981, Andrew Loudon, Staffroom mole leaks secret of his school's beatings book, Daily Mail and General Trust, World Corporal Punishment Research
"One boy was slippered five times in four days for offences such as missing detention, fooling about and being out of bounds."
glosses: To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.
jeopardy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛpədi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛpɚdi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒepədi/
Forms: form: jeopardies
Etymology: From Middle English jupartie, jeopardie (“even chance”), from Old French jeu parti (“a divided game, i.e. an even game, an even chance”), from Medieval Latin iocus partītus (“an even chance, an alternative”), from Latin iocus (“jest, play, game”) + partītus, perfect passive participle of partiō (“divide”); see joke and party.
Senses: examples: text: The poor condition of the vehicle put its occupants in constant jeopardy.
text: Thus chaunce hath (by exchaunge) the flie ſo trapt, / That ſodainly he loſt his libertee: / The more he wrange, the faſter was he wrapt [in the spider's web] / And all to thencreaſe of his ieoberdee, […]
ref: 1556, John Heywood, “The Introduction to the Matter, Showing howe the Flie Chaunced to Fall into the Spiders Copweb”, in The Spider and the Flie. […], London: […] Tho[mas] Powell, →OCLC; republished as A[dolphus] W[illiam] Ward, editor, The Spider and the Flie. […] (Publications of the Spenser Society, New Series; 6), Manchester: […] [Charles E. Simms] for the Spenser Society, 1894, →OCLC, page 27:
text: It seemed to me I could do something in that vein with my characters: the ticking clock, dire jeopardy, quick changes of fortune, small acts having huge consequences.
ref: 2006, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Killer Smile, Introduction, p.4:
text: When Obinna was red carded shortly after for a ridiculous kick on Larsson it seemed as though West Ham's hopes of reaching Wembley, and in turn Grant's of keeping his job, lay in serious jeopardy.
ref: 2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 – 1 Birmingham”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: word: gamble
word: hazard
word: peril
word: risk
word: adventure
word: danger
word: distress
word: harm's way
word: peril
word: plight
word: jeopardy
word: risk
word: threat
word: menace
word: hazard
glosses: Danger of failure, harm, or loss.
Derived terms: double jeopardy
jeopard
jeopardize
jeopardy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛpədi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛpɚdi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒepədi/
Forms: form: jeopardies
form: jeopardying
form: jeopardied
form: jeopardied
Etymology: From Middle English jupartie, jeopardie (“even chance”), from Old French jeu parti (“a divided game, i.e. an even game, an even chance”), from Medieval Latin iocus partītus (“an even chance, an alternative”), from Latin iocus (“jest, play, game”) + partītus, perfect passive participle of partiō (“divide”); see joke and party.
Senses: glosses: To jeopardize; to endanger.
propagandist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒpəˈɡandɪst/
Forms: form: propagandists
Etymology: From propaganda + -ist, after French propagandiste.
Senses: examples: text: Every country has been officially invited by the Belgian Government to send delegates to the International Congress of Agricultural Associations, which will take pace at Brussels in September, 1910. In most countries propagandist committees have been formed in connection with this Congress.
ref: 1910, The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 14, page 31:
text: "Astroturfers and propagandists tend to attack and controversialize the news organizations, personalities and people surrounding an issue rather than sticking to the facts."
ref: 2015, Kevin Barry, Vaccine Whistleblower: Exposing Autism Research Fraud at the CDC:
text: It's Alexander the Great who everyone remembers and much of that is down to his and his propagandists' genius.
ref: 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 261:
glosses: A person who disseminates propaganda.
propagandist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒpəˈɡandɪst/
Forms: form: more propagandist
form: most propagandist
Etymology: From propaganda + -ist, after French propagandiste.
Senses: examples: text: Of course many of these accounts were propagandist in intention and designed for an unsophisticated audience.
ref: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 87:
text: In another comment from the audience, one woman raised what is perhaps the anti-pornography movement's strongest point. "There's a strain of pornography which is incredibly propagandist against women," she said.
ref: 1985 April 13, Sean Herhily, “Anti-Censorship Forum”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
synonyms: propagandistic
glosses: Consisting of or spreading propaganda.
exam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzæm/
ipa: /ɛɡˈzæm/
ipa: /ɛkˈsam/
ipa: [ɪɡˈzæm]
rhymes: -æm
Forms: form: exams
Senses: examples: text: Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]
ref: 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
glosses: Clipping of examination, especially when meaning “test” or in compound terms.
Derived terms: bar exam
blue book exam
challenge exam
clinical exam
cross-exam
direct exam
entrance exam
examless
exam paper
examsmanship
final exam
matriculation exam
mock exam
oral exam
physical exam
self-exam
transfer exam
exam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzæm/
ipa: /ɛɡˈzæm/
ipa: /ɛkˈsam/
ipa: [ɪɡˈzæm]
rhymes: -æm
Forms: form: exams
form: examing
form: examming
form: examed
form: examed
form: exammed
form: exammed
Senses: examples: text: Thin sections were stained with lead citrate and then examed using 1200EX electron microscope (JEOL, Tokyo, Japan).
ref: 2015 August 14, Hong-yan Ge, Zhong-jing Han, Pei Tian, Wen-jie Sun, Da-xi Xue, Yu Bi, Zhang-hui Yang, Ping Liu, PLoS One, volume 10, number 8, →DOI:
topics: sciences
glosses: Shortened form of examine
evidential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛ.vɪˈdən.t͡ʃəl/
Forms: form: more evidential
form: most evidential
Etymology: From Medieval Latin ēvidentiālis, from Latin ēvidentia + -ālis.
Senses: synonyms: evidentiary
glosses: Of or providing evidence.
Derived terms: evidentialism
evidentialist
evidentialistic
evidentiality
evidentially
nonevidential
unevidential
Related terms: evident
evidently
evidential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛ.vɪˈdən.t͡ʃəl/
Forms: form: evidentials
Etymology: From Medieval Latin ēvidentiālis, from Latin ēvidentia + -ālis.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A syntactic element (affix, clitic, or particle) that indicates evidentiality.
mariner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɹɪnə/
ipa: /ˈmæɹɪnɚ/
ipa: /ˈmɛɹɪnɚ/
ipa: /-ɹə-/
rhymes: -æɹɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: mariners
Etymology: From Middle English mariner, maryner, from Anglo-Norman mariner, marinier, from Old French marinier, maronnier, from marin and Medieval Latin marinellus and marinarius (“sailor”), from marīnus (“marine”), from mare (“sea”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”). Eclipsed Middle English marinel, marynell (“mariner, sailor”) from Old French marinel from the same sources. Equivalent to marine + -er.
Senses: examples: text: From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
ref: 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
glosses: Synonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.
synonyms: word: sailor
word: particularly one on a maritime vessel
Derived terms: marineress
marinership
master mariner
merchant mariner
debility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈbɪlɪti/
rhymes: -ɪlɪti
Forms: form: debilities
Etymology: From Middle English debylite, from Old French debilité (French débilité), from Latin dēbilitās (“weakness”), from dēbilis (“weak”), from dē- + habilis (“able”).
Senses: examples: text: As I was in a state of extreme debility, I resolved to sail directly towards the town, as a place where I could most easily procure nourishment.
[…]
I was ready to sink from fatigue and hunger, but being surrounded by a crowd, I thought it politic to rouse all my strength, that no physical debility might be construed into apprehension or conscious guilt.
ref: 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:
text: I was struck besides with the shocking expression of his face, with his remarkable combination of great muscular activity and great apparent debility of constitution
ref: 1886, Robert Louis Stephenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
text: At the mention of money Mrs Dibble was overcome with great debility, and wheezed, "I don't feel up to talking about money, matters just now, dearie. I think I better have a bit of a doze."
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 43:
glosses: A state of physical or mental weakness.
Related terms: debile
debilitate
debilitation
jackpot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/
rhymes: -ækpɒt
Forms: form: jackpots
Etymology: Attested as jack-pot (“big prize”), 1944; from sense "slot machine" (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) "antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better"; from jack (“playing card”) + pot.
Senses: examples: text: If no player picks all six numbers correctly, the jackpot is rolled over and added to the next week's jackpot; several weeks of rollovers can build up jackpots up to $350 million or more.
ref: 2000, Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, Choices, values, and frames:
glosses: A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
glosses: A large cash prize or money.
glosses: An unexpected windfall or reward.
examples: a juniper jackpot
topics: business
forestry
glosses: A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
qualifier: pinball
glosses: A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
Derived terms: bingpot
hit the jackpot
placepot
quadpot
Related terms: acepot
jackpot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/
rhymes: -ækpɒt
Forms: form: jackpots
form: jackpotting
form: jackpotted
form: jackpotted
Etymology: Attested as jack-pot (“big prize”), 1944; from sense "slot machine" (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) "antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better"; from jack (“playing card”) + pot.
Senses: examples: text: I went into the Las Vegas Casino and played $20 in a nickel slot, and it jackpotted for $300.
ref: 1999, Martha Shirk, J. Lawrence Aber, Neil G. Bennett, Lives on the Line: American Families and the Struggle to Make Ends Meet:
text: She sought out the machines along the aisles, the ones most frequently used, stuffed with tokens, especially likely to jackpot.
ref: 2013, Amber Dermont, Damage Control: Stories:
glosses: Of a slot machine, to issue a jackpot.
qualifier: crime
glosses: To fraudulently exploit an automatic teller machine so that it dispenses cash that has not been withdrawn from an account.
Derived terms: jackpotting
jackpot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/
rhymes: -ækpɒt
Etymology: Attested as jack-pot (“big prize”), 1944; from sense "slot machine" (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) "antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better"; from jack (“playing card”) + pot.
Senses: examples: text: As a little girl, I was something of a tomboy. I played jackpot in the mud at recess, and my Christmas wish lists consisted of baseball mitts and remote controlled cars.
ref: 2019 February 6, Amanda Zhang, “Amanda Zhang: There's no shame in liking "Twilight"”, in The Michigan Daily, Ann Arbor, M.I.: University of Michigan, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2023:
synonyms: 500
qualifier: playground games
glosses: A ball game in which a thrower calls out a point value and whether the ball must be caught "alive" (in the air) or "dead" (having touched the ground), and a group of catchers compete to catch the ball.
jackpot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/
rhymes: -ækpɒt
Forms: form: jackpots
Etymology: Unknown. Criminal slang usage as "trouble, especially an arrest" attested 1902.
Senses: examples: text: and if you are not next to the ways and customs, the first thing you know you are in a jackpot so big four one spots would not be openers. I don't know what that last expression means, but I heard a fellow use it, and he was talking about a fellow that was in a very bad fix.
ref: 1904, C. A. Boose, “letter”, in The Railway Conductor, volume XXI:
text: "I'm in a jackpot." Sympathy shone from those friendly eyes at once. "It's shore too bad for a lady to be in a jackpot," he answered me earnestly.
ref: 1941, Agnes Morley Cleaveland, No life for a lady, page 284:
text: You're already in a jackpot, he said. I'm tryin to get you out of it.
ref: 2005, Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men, page 86:
glosses: A difficult situation.
examples: text: It frequently happens that trees fall across one another, forming what is known as a jackpot. A number of trees may fall in a single jackpot. One of the tools with which appellant claims a bucker should be provided is an undercutter rigging. When trees are in a jackpot, the proper method of procedure is to first cut the lower tree, and then the upper one. This lessens the liability of an upper log rolling or falling upon the workman while he Is engaged in cutting the lower tree. The cut of the lower tree is ordinarily made by sawing it from the upper side, but, when its position produces a strain which pinches the saw, it is sawed from the under side by what is known as an undercut. To make an undercut, it is necessary to have some appliance to support the moving saw which is then operated teeth upward. The appliance which appellant contends Is ordinarily used is known as an undercutter rigging. Having no undercutter rigging, appellant requested respondent's foreman to provide one, complaining that his work in a jackpot of large trees without one was unsafe and dangerous.
ref: 1912 June 18, Supreme Court of Washington, “HENDRICKSON v. SIMPSON LOGGING CO.”, in The Pacific reporter, page 395:
glosses: A jumble of felled timber.
pita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪtə/
ipa: /ˈpiːtə/
ipa: /ˈpiːtə/
rhymes: -ɪtə
rhymes: -iːtə
homophone: pitter (non-rhotic)
homophone: PETA (US)
homophone: Peter
homophone: peter (non-rhotic)
homophone: PITA
Forms: form: pitas
form: pites
form: pitta
form: pita bread
form: pitta bread
Etymology: From Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”), more at pizza. Doublet of pide and pizza.
Senses: examples: text: There is a wide variety of pites, small triangles of butter laden crispy filo dough, voluptuously filled with cheeses, vegetables or spiced meats.
ref: 1991, Georgia Lyras, Rita Lazarakis, “Filo”, in Yes You Can Cook Greek! Elegant But Easy Greek Cooking, Olathe, Kan.: Cookbook Publishers, →ISBN, page vi:
text: A sweet smell of cheese and milk pites permeates the air of the homes of Greek housewives who prepare the pites according to the tradition of their forefathers.
ref: 1995, Vefa Alexiadou, “Cuisine and Greek Tradition”, in Greek Cuisine, 3rd edition, Thessaloniki: Vefa Alexiadou, →ISBN, page 4:
text: Most often pites are made with filo dough, but certainly not always. They can be filled with anything and everything, and they are.
ref: 2002 February, Richard Sterling, Georgia Dacakis, Kate Reeves, “Psomi (Bread)”, in Greece (World Food), Footscray, Vic.: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, “Staples & Specialities” section, page 30:
text: They served pita, my old nemesis. I ordered one, and it arrived oozing with hummus and studded with bright green falafel. It was horribly delicious.
ref: 2017, Juli Berwald, “In Medusa’s Blood”, in Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone, New York, N.Y.: Riverhead Books, →ISBN, “Medusa” section, page 278:
glosses: A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
Derived terms: pita peach
Related terms: fanouropita
spanakopita
tiropita
pita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪtə/
ipa: /ˈpiːtə/
ipa: /ˈpiːtə/
rhymes: -ɪtə
rhymes: -iːtə
homophone: pitter (non-rhotic)
homophone: PETA (US)
homophone: Peter
homophone: peter (non-rhotic)
homophone: PITA
Forms: form: pitas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pita (“century plant”).
Senses: glosses: A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
synonyms: century plant
maguey
American aloe
glosses: The plant which yields the fiber.
you-uns
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːʌnz/
ipa: /ˈjuənz/
ipa: /ˈjʌnz/
note: originally unstressed
ipa: [jɪ̈nz]
rhymes: -ʌnz
rhymes: -ɪ̈nz
Forms: form: you'uns
form: you'ns
form: youuns
form: youns
form: youins
form: you'ins
form: y'ins
form: y'uns
form: yunz
form: yuns
form: yinz
form: you'nes
Etymology: Eye dialect of you ones.
Senses: examples: text: Guthrie turned upon him a face aglow with gratification. ‘That's what makes me like you-uns, stranger,’ he said, cordially.
ref: 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country (Nebraska 2005), page 122
glosses: You (plural, as subject or object).
Synonyms: the list of other second-person pronouns in you
Related terms: we-uns
they-uns
basto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæstəʊ/
rhymes: -æstəʊ
Forms: form: bastos
Etymology: From Spanish basto.
Senses: examples: text: Spadillio first, unconquerable Lord ! / Let off two captive trumps, and swept the board. / As many more Manillio forc'd to yield, / And march'd a victor from the verdant field. / Him Basto follow'd, but his fate more hard / Gain'd but one trump and one Plebeian card[…]
ref: 1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto:
glosses: A card of the suit clubs in Spanish-suited playing cards
bati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of batty (“buttocks, anus; homosexual man”).
bedo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /bəˈdu(ː)/
Forms: form: bedoes
form: bedoing
form: bedid
form: bedone
Etymology: From Middle English bedon, from Old English bedōn (“to shut”), equivalent to be- + do.
Senses: glosses: To shut; make or put to.
glosses: To befoul; defile with ordure.
glosses: To adorn; ornament; garnish.
smörgåsbord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smörgåsbords
Senses: examples: text: “ … Of course, we have nothing to equal your wonderful smörgåsbords here in England. Food is scarce, except for the army which provides bountiously. Speaking of smörgåsbord reminds me that we have not had a songfest for ages.[…]”
ref: 1944, Bulletin of the American Institute of Swedish Arts, Literature, and Science:
text: Swedish smörgåsbords, Italian spaghetti with Chianti and garlic Vienna bread, Wiener Schnitzel. It all depends upon where one goes to eat.
ref: 1958, John J. Murray, editor, The Heritage of the Middle West, Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, page 19:
text: […]which stands out more – the wooden sculptures and verdant garden or the fresh oysters and piled-up smörgåsbords, which go down great with a sampler of ice-cold vodka and aquavit shots.
ref: 2004, Buenos Aires, 2nd edition, Time Out; Penguin Travel, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 113, column 1:
text: Swedes are known to eat smörgåsbords.[…]Smörgåsbords are placed on a table.
ref: 2015, Julie Murray, “Life in Sweden”, in Sweden (Explore the Countries), Minneapolis, Minn.: Big Buddy Books, Abdo Publishing, →ISBN, pages 26–27:
glosses: Alternative form of smorgasbord.
tung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tungs
form: tongue
Etymology: From Middle English tonge, from Old English tung, tunge (“tongue, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (“tongue”); along with Dutch tong, German Zunge, Swedish tunga, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Senses: examples: text: I am of this opinion that our own tung shold be written cleane and pure, unmixt and unmangeled with borowing of other tunges, …
ref: 1557 July 16, John Cheke, “"Inkhorn" terms: Sir John Cheke”, in Univ of Victoria, Canada, retrieved 29 Sep 2012:
text: … ever exposed to their envy, and the tung of slander …
ref: 1790, Noah Webster, “The Founders' Constitution Vol 1, Chap 15, Doc 44”, in Univ. of Chicago, retrieved 29 Sep 2012:
text: Our common orthography is incorrect; the true spelling is tung.
ref: 1832, Noah Webster, Edmund Henry Barker, A Dictionary of the English Language, Digitized edition, Black and Young, published 2010, page 542:
text: … words to be spoken with the understanding, that I may teach others also, than myriads of words, in a tung. ... In the law, it hath been written, That, with other tungs and other lips I will speak to this people, and then they will not hear ...
ref: 1848, Jonathan Morgan, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Digitized edition, SH Colesworthy, published 2008, page 215:
text: If they've got anything to say which they want you to hear, let 'em say it out; if not, hold their tungs.
ref: 1872, Hugh Rowley, Sage stuffing for green goslings; or, Saws for the goose and saws, Digitized edition, published 2006, page 159:
text: English has strength, simplicity, conciseness, capacity for taking words freely from other tungs, and best of all has the greatest literature the world has yet produced.
ref: 2002 Fall, Richard Whelan, quoting Melvil Dewey, “The American Spelling Reform Movement”, in Verbatim, The Language Quarterly, volume XXVII, number 4, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of tongue, both as language and as part of the body.
tung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tungs
form: tongue
Etymology: From Chinese 桐 (tóng).
Senses: glosses: A tung tree.
Derived terms: tung oil
tung oil tree
sten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stens
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Sten
borg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔːɡ/
ipa: /bɔɹɡ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ
Forms: form: borgs
Etymology: Clipping of cyborg, a contraction of cybernetic organism.
Senses: examples: text: You'll also have to put together a team or Force of borgs that you won from winning battles. Before battle you assemble your Force within the GF Energy Limit. Each borg has a cost attached to them and this GF Energy Limit is kind of like your budget.
ref: 2003, Dalos Gaymer, “Gotcha Force Review for GameCube”, GameFAQs
glosses: Synonym of cyborg.
synonyms: word: cyborg
borg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔːɡ/
ipa: /bɔɹɡ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ
Forms: form: borgs
form: borging
form: borged
form: borged
Etymology: Clipping of cyborg, a contraction of cybernetic organism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Borg.
borg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔːɡ/
ipa: /bɔɹɡ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ
Forms: form: borgs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of BORG.
tribadism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪbədɪz(ə)m/
Etymology: From tribade + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Things changed when Théophile Gautier made tribadism a fashionable feature of French decadence, and Baudelaire reminded the world that it all started on Lesbos.
ref: 2004 February 2, Emily Wilson, “Lady of Lesbos”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Lesbianism.
examples: text: The Lesbian is the analogue among women of Persian love among men, and this perversion takes place in two ways, either by friction of the two female bodies, known as tribadism, or by the tongue, designated as cunnilinguism.
ref: 1908, Medical Council: Volume 13, page 12:
text: In Bali[…] homosexuality is almost as common among women as among men, though it is more secretly exercised; the methods of gratification adopted are either digital or lingual, or else by bringing the parts together (tribadism).
ref: 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, 3rd edition, volume 2:
synonyms: trib
tribbing
scissoring
glosses: A sexual act in which two women rub their vulvas together.
Related terms: tribade
tribadic
homogenitality
ginger root
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ginger roots
Senses: synonyms: race ginger
glosses: Ginger, the underground stem, or rhizome, of the plant Zingiber officinale.
stereopticon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereopticons
Etymology: From stereo- (“three-dimensional”) + Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós, “visual”).
Senses: examples: text: The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: Certain unscrupulous individuals grow rich through the manufacture and distribution of suggestive postcards, obscene steriopticon views, and inexcusable books and typewritten pamphlets.
ref: 1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 200:
glosses: A magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views or combinations of images.
Related terms: balopticon
biopticon
panopticon
radiopticon
sciopticon
stereoptician
virulent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪɹ(j)ʊl(ə)nt/
ipa: /-ɹ(j)ə-/
ipa: /ˈvɪɹ(j)ələnt/
Forms: form: more virulent
form: most virulent
Etymology: PIE word
 *wisós
From Middle English virulent (“leaking or seeping pus, purulent; (of putrefaction) extremely severe (sense uncertain)”) [and other forms], borrowed from Latin vīrulentus (“poisonous”), from vīrus (“poison; venom; slime, slimy liquid; stinking smell; nasty taste”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison; slime; fluidity”)) + -ulentus (suffix meaning ‘abounding in, full of’, forming adjectives).
Sense 4 (“of a pathogen: replicating within its host cell, then immediately causing it to undergo lysis”) is derived from French virulent, which was first used in this sense by the French biologist François Jacob (1920–2013) and his co-authors in a 1953 article.
Senses: antonyms: harmless
nonvirulent
glosses: Of animals, plants, or substances: extremely venomous or poisonous.
examples: text: The politicians were virulent in their hatred of the president.
text: More venemous and much more virulent / Then any poyſoned tode, or any ſerpent.
ref: c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.
text: It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “The Well House”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 105:
glosses: Extremely hostile or malicious; intensely acrimonious.
topics: medicine
sciences
antonyms: benign
nonvirulent
glosses: Of a disease or disease-causing agent: malignant, able to cause damage to the host.
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a pathogen: replicating within its host cell, then immediately causing it to undergo lysis.
Derived terms: avirulent
cardiovirulent
enterovirulent
hepatovirulent
hypervirulent
hypovirulent
neurovirulent
nonvirulent
supervirulent
urovirulent
virulently
virulentness
Related terms: word: virulence
word: virulency
word: virus
word: pathogenic
dismantle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈmæntəl/
ipa: [dɪsˈmæntʰəɫ]
ipa: [dɪsˈmænʔəɫ]
ipa: [dɪsˈmæ̃nɾɫ̩]
ipa: [dɪsˈmæ̃nɫ̩]
rhymes: -æntəl
Forms: form: dismantles
form: dismantling
form: dismantled
form: dismantled
Etymology: From Middle French desmanteler, itself from des- (“dis-”), mantel (“coat”) + -er (verbal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax.
ref: 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
glosses: To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
examples: text: If we can dismantle hate rhetoric and explain why it is, in fact, illogical, is the language no longer dangerous?
ref: 2001, Jeffrey Morgan, “The Rhetoric of Hate”, in Learning for Justice, number 20:
glosses: To disprove a discourse, claim or argument.
examples: text: This is most ſtrange, that ſhe, who even but now
 Was your beſt object, the argument of your praiſe,
 Balme of your age, moſt beſt, moſt deereſt,
 Should in this trice of time commit a thing
 So monſtrous, to diſmantell ſo many foulds of fauour, […]
ref: c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
qualifier: originally
glosses: To divest, strip of dress or covering.
glosses: To remove fittings or furnishings from.
Derived terms: dismantlability
dismantlable
dismantleable
dismantlement
dismantler
undismantled
use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house
places
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpleɪsɪz/
rhymes: -eɪsɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of place
places
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpleɪsɪz/
rhymes: -eɪsɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of place
without prejudice
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: In the present writer's opinion there was no greater and more successful locomotive engineer in the country, during the first quarter-century, than George Jackson Churchward of the Great Western Railway. This statement is made without prejudice, for I was brought up on the other line extending from Waterloo to Padstow, and between Swindon and Eastleigh there was a great gulf fixed.
ref: 1957 July 24, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Six Decades of Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 471:
glosses: Not affecting nor considering other possibly related issues.
topics: law
glosses: Without affecting a legal interest.
examples: text: resolving that a sea snake should be cooked before eating, without prejudice as to whether or not a sea snake will be considered a 'fish'
glosses: Without binding future decisions or requiring a certain position to be taken in the future; (law) used to allow a statement or proposal in communications, while allowing the party to return to their original position without being impeded by the described statement or proposal.
Related terms: terminate with extreme prejudice
longer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/
ipa: /ˈlæŋ.ɡæ/
ipa: /ˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/
ipa: /ˈlɑŋ.ɡɚ/
note: Ireland (rural)
ipa: [ˈlɑŋ.əɾ]
rhymes: -ɒŋɡə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”).
Senses: glosses: comparative form of long: more long
longer
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/
ipa: /ˈlæŋ.ɡæ/
ipa: /ˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/
ipa: /ˈlɑŋ.ɡɚ/
note: Ireland (rural)
ipa: [ˈlɑŋ.əɾ]
rhymes: -ɒŋɡə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”).
Senses: glosses: comparative form of long: more long
Derived terms: any longer
no longer
longer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/
ipa: /ˈlæŋ.ɡæ/
ipa: /ˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/
ipa: /ˈlɑŋ.ɡɚ/
note: Ireland (rural)
ipa: [ˈlɑŋ.əɾ]
rhymes: -ɒŋɡə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈlɒŋ.ə/
ipa: /ˈlɔŋ.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈlɑŋ.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɒŋə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/
ipa: /ˈlæŋ.ɡæ/
ipa: /ˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/
ipa: /ˈlɑŋ.ɡɚ/
note: Ireland (rural)
ipa: [ˈlɑŋ.əɾ]
rhymes: -ɒŋɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: longers
Etymology: From long (“yearn”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The slayer also lay,
The terrible earth-drake deprived of life,
Oppressed by bale: the ring-hoard longer
The twisted worm, might not control.
ref: 1887, Albert H[arris] Tolman, The Style of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, page 15:
glosses: One who longs or yearns for something.
jpg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jpgs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of JPG.
pl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of plural.
pl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of plural.
glosses: Abbreviation of place.
glosses: Abbreviation of plates, often used to indicate the number of plate-based illustrations in a book.
forces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.sɪz/
ipa: /ˈfɔː.sɪz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈfo(ː)ɹ.sɪz/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈfoə.sɪz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪz
rhymes: (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oːɹsɪz
rhymes: (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oəsɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of force
forces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.sɪz/
ipa: /ˈfɔː.sɪz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈfo(ː)ɹ.sɪz/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈfoə.sɪz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪz
rhymes: (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oːɹsɪz
rhymes: (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oəsɪz
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Troops.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The orchestral instrumentation (and voices) used in a musical production.
Derived terms: armed forces
ground forces
Israel Defence Forces
Israel Destruction Forces
Israeli Destruction Forces
Israeli Diaper Forces
Israel Occupation Forces
join forces
packaged forces
parallelogram of forces
polygon of forces
productive forces
security forces
special forces
forces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.sɪz/
ipa: /ˈfɔː.sɪz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈfo(ː)ɹ.sɪz/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈfoə.sɪz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪz
rhymes: (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oːɹsɪz
rhymes: (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oəsɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of force
cribbage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪbɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: cribbages
Etymology: From crib + -age. Named from the "crib" consisting of certain cards laid aside by each player.
Senses: examples: text: His solicitude for Sir Horace, his brother-in-law, was extreme, and he passed hours in the sick youth’s chamber, playing at cribbage, or dominos, or indulging the young baronet’s remarkable turn for cutting out trees, animals, or birds with tiny scissors on delicate paper.
ref: 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter V, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 105:
text: How much more real this dream was than that they should go back to the house where the sleeping children lay and where Stanley and Beryl played cribbage.
ref: 1918, Katherine Mansfield, Prelude, Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, page 114
text: "No one remembers cribbage now," […]
ref: 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 31
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic.
glosses: A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular number must then immediately pocket the companion ball that brings the number to 15.
glosses: A point scored in this variety of pocket billiards.
Synonyms: crib
Derived terms: cribbage board
cribbage-faced
crib board
gin rummy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: What is your latest foible? / Is gin rummy more exquisite? / Is skiing more enjoyable?
ref: 1943, “I'm A Stranger Here Myself”, Ogden Nash (lyrics), Kurt Weill (music):
text: That's what I was thinking, but then I remembered he'd never been to sea, that I'd only started calling him The Captain because he wore a captain's hat during a game of gin rummy at his grandmother's apartment one time while she was out of town.
ref: 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 118:
topics: card-games
games
synonyms: gin
glosses: A card-holding game and variant of rummy.
Go Fish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A children's card game in which players ask each other for cards of a particular rank, requiring them to "fish" in a pool of additional cards if they do not have the requested card.