cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
BORG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BORGs
form: Borg
form: borg
Senses: glosses: Acronym of blackout rage gallon (“A cheap cocktail made for college partying, typically brightly colored and made with a full bottle of hard liquor (fifth to 750mL to 1L to 1qt), 2L to 2qt of water, water flavoring (such as Kool-Aid, Hawaiian Tropic, Mio Energy Drops), and caffeine drink powder, mixed in a gallon plastic milk jug, with electrolyte drink making the remainder of the gallon”).
BORGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BORG
Toward
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village south of Dunoon, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS1367).
glosses: A surname, apparently taken from the place name.
Dunoon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town on the Firth of Clyde, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS1776).
glosses: A township in the City of Cape Town, Western Cape province, South Africa.
glosses: A village in the City of Lismore, Northern Rivers region, New South Wales, Australia.
Hamburger steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hamburger steaks
Senses: examples: text: Prof. A. S. Mitchell of Wisconsin testifies before the Pure Food Commission that butchers embalm scraps of meat for use in Hamburger steaks.
ref: 1900, “Chronological, (1899)”, in Frederic Heath, editor, Social Democracy Red Book, Terre Haute, Ind.: Debs Publishing Company, page 119:
text: Dr. [H. C.] Stiefel then illustrated his sensational statement by exhibiting samples of food stuffs turned in for analysis, together with the quantities of preservative, flavoring and coloring matter extracted from them. The exhibit is far from reassuring, and goes a long way, he said, toward explaining why Americans are becoming a race of dyspeptics. […] The same man may sit at supper or breakfast with a Hamburger steak containing sulphite of soda, or sausages treated with borax.
ref: 1902 May 1, “Pure Food vs. Pure Soap”, in The American Soap Journal & Manufacturing Chemist. A Monthly Journal of the Manufacturing Chemical Industries., volume XII, number 9, Milwaukee, Wis.: Dr. Henry Gathmann, […], page 276, column 1:
text: Fair guests and their escorts near by listened expectantly for the “order” from the distinguished looking man of affairs. It would be a $2 order at least. With becoming hauteur and dignity, and a slowness which suggested a tip of size to garcon, there came these startling words: “Waiter, bring me a Hamburger steak and a glass of beer.”
ref: 1912 July, The Coast Review, number 589; volume 84, number one, San Francisco, Calif., page 341, column 2:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of hamburger steak.
Hamburger steaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hamburger steak
Ercoline
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ercolines
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Basses-Alpes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Basses-Alpes.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Related terms: Basses-Pyrénées
egg in a hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eggs in a hole
form: egg-in-a-hole
form: egg-in-the-hole
Senses: examples: text: One day while I was fooling around, I made a hole in a piece of toast and then cooked an egg in the hole. I thought I had created something fantastic. My friend offered another perspective. “Big deal,” he said. “It’s an egg in a hole.”
ref: 1993, Michel Richard, Judy Zeidler, Jan Weimer, Michel Richard’s Home Cooking with a French Accent, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 70:
text: […] Padma Lakshmi prevents hangovers with an “egg in a hole” before bed; […]
ref: 2012, Alyssa Shelasky, Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 220:
text: Archie had an egg in a hole with two cups of tea for breakfast.
ref: 2016, Alex W MacLeod, chapter 8, in The Tracks: A Refuge, →ISBN, page 119:
text: Believe it or not, I had never eaten an “egg in a hole” until much later in life—like, in-my-thirties later.
ref: 2019, Waylynn Lucas, Sunny-Side Up: More Than 100 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes from the Essential Egg to the Perfect Pastry, New York, N.Y.: Rodale Books, →ISBN, page 37:
text: There aren’t many classic breakfast dishes that can be described as whimsical. Even fewer that are also easy to make. Behold: Eggs in a Hole!
ref: 2019, America’s Test Kitchen, The Complete Baby and Toddler Cookbook: The Very Best Purees, Finger Foods, and Toddler Meals for Happy Families, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, →ISBN, page 197:
text: For the young people at home, eggs in a hole will certainly appeal but for me it is the ease of preparing this beautiful breakfast that makes it a favourite.
ref: 2021, Sreeja Jayaram, Happy Breakfasts, BlueRose Publishers, →ISBN, page 31:
glosses: An egg fried in a hole in a slice of bread.
Synonyms: bird in a nest
bullseye
egg in a basket
egg in a nest
egg in the basket
framed egg
gashouse egg
hobo egg
one-eyed jack
Rocky Mountain toast
sunshine toast
toad in the hole
eggs in a hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egg in a hole
egg-in-a-hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eggs-in-a-hole
Senses: examples: text: The following morning each patrol built its own fire and cooked breakfast, making bacon and eggs-in-a-hole in skillets and on grills made by the girls.
ref: 1954 May 4, “New Girl Scout Leaders To Begin Basic Training”, in St. Petersburg Times, page 20, column 2:
text: She showed them all how to make an Egg-in-a-Hole.
ref: 1986, Kit Pearson, The Daring Game, Viking Kestrel, →ISBN, page 193:
text: “Have you ever had an egg-in-a-hole?” I ask.
ref: 2014, Hugh Howey, The Shell Collector: A Story of the Seven Seas, →ISBN, page 146:
text: Find a dozen fun ways to make an egg-in-a-hole on page 59.
ref: 2015 April, Food Network Magazine, page 11:
text: She usually made us an egg-in-a-hole, with the toast cutout shaped like a heart.
ref: 2016, Danielle Walker, Danielle Walker’s Against All Grain Celebrations: A Year of Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, and Paleo Recipes for Every Occasion, Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 65:
text: If you’ve ever made an egg-in-a-hole for breakfast, you’re familiar with the concept of offsetting (sorry, you might have to Google that one).
ref: 2018, Kip Hanson, Fabricating For Dummies®, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 117:
text: You don’t really need a recipe for this, but I wanted to remind you that an egg-in-a-hole (or egg-in-a-nest, egg-in-a-basket, or my favorite, a hole in one) is easy to make and eat.
ref: 2021, Dawn Perry, Ready, Set, Cook: How to Make Good Food with What’s on Hand (No Fancy Skills, Fancy Equipment, or Fancy Budget Required), Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 147:
glosses: Alternative form of egg in a hole.
eggs-in-a-hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egg-in-a-hole
Lismore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Irish lios mór and Scottish Gaelic Lios Mòr.
Senses: glosses: A town in County Waterford, Ireland (Irish grid ref X 0498).
glosses: An island in Loch Linnhe, north of Oban, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM84).
glosses: A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A minor city and township in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States, named after the Irish town.
glosses: A city and local government area in the Northern Rivers region, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A town in the Shire of Corangamite, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A rural locality near the Hinds River, south Canterbury, New Zealand.
flagship species
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keystone species
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A highly recognizable and widely appreciated species that may serve to raise support a broader conservation effort.
Related terms: keystone species
Jamaica coalition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jamaica coalitions
Etymology: Calque of German Jamaika-Koalition. The symbolic colors of the three parties correspond to the colors of the flag of Jamaica: black for the CDU, yellow for the FDP, and green for the Greens.
Senses: examples: text: Actually, the most likely government, a so-called Jamaica coalition of chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats with the FDP and Greens, could bring some good news for the eurozone.
ref: 2017 September 29, Guntram Wolff, “A Jamaican Germany is good for Europe”, in Financial Times:
text: Despite pressure on the CDU’s Armin Laschet to relinquish his claim to a place in government after the party returned its historically worst ever result, he is forging ahead in his attempts to woo both the Greens and the pro-business FDP to form a CDU-led Jamaica coalition, so-called due to yellow, black and green colours of the three parties matching those of Jamaica’s flag.
ref: 2021 October 5, Kate Connolly, “Germany’s Greens and CDU report ‘constructive’ coalition talks”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A German governing coalition among the parties of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the Greens.
wikipedia: Alliance 90/The Greens
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Free Democratic Party (Germany)
flag of Jamaica
Eurocritical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Eurocritical
form: most Eurocritical
form: Euro-critical
form: eurocritical
form: euro-critical
Etymology: From Euro- + critical.
Senses: examples: text: Many observers worry that an unstable coalition, or too much power to the liberal but increasingly euro-critical Free Democrats, could be dangerous for the EU and the eurozone.
ref: 2017 September 29, Guntram Wolff, “A Jamaican Germany is good for Europe”, in Financial Times:
text: “My view is that somewhere between a quarter and a third of seats in the European parliament are going to be Eurosceptic and Euro-critical,” he said.
ref: 2018 July 29, Mark Townsend, “Farage: Bannon plan could help populists to EU election victory”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Critical of the European Union.
Related terms: Eurosceptic
Loch Linnhe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Linnhe is apparently from Scottish Gaelic linne.
Senses: glosses: A sea loch in Argyll and Bute council area and Highland council area, Scotland, with its head at Fort William.
spinystar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinystars
Senses: glosses: A spherical cactus of Western North America, Escobaria vivipara
2MF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: silvan
sylvan
5MF
5-MF
5-methylfuran
5-methylfurane
2-MF
2-methylfuran
2-methylfurane
alpha-MF
alpha-methylfuran
alpha-methylfurane
αMF
α-MF
α-methylfuran
α-methylfurane
hypernyms: MF
methylfuran
methylfurane
glosses: Initialism of 2-methylfuran.
glosses: Initialism of 2-methyl-3-furanthiol.
BFMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BFM
bges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bge
bhagwaans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bhagwaan
bhavacakras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bhavacakra
BHBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BHB
Biak whistlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Biak whistler
bianthrones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bianthrone
biarcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biarc
Persification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Persifications
Etymology: From Persian + -fication.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of making Persian or more Persian-like.
Corangamite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kəˈɹæŋɡəmaɪt/
Senses: glosses: A lake in Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A local government area in south-west Victoria, Australia, named after Lake Corangamite; in full, the Shire of Corangamite.
glosses: An electoral division in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
kopieva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kopievas
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Bulbine of succulents, principally of southern Africa.
wirelettuce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wirelettuces
Senses: glosses: Stephanomeria, a stalky plant of the Americas.
tansymustard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tansymustards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tansy mustard.
Dovecot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An eastern suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4191).
safety first
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Make sure to wear a hard hat! Safety first!
glosses: Used to remind listeners to take appropriate health and safety precautions.
Related terms: come first
health and safety
occupational health and safety
occupational safety and health
ITER
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Iter
Etymology: (experimental reactor): originally an acronym, now explained as derived from Latin iter (“way, path”).
Senses: qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: Acronym of International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.
link-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: link-ups
Senses: examples: text: The council is changing the layout of the bus station. We will have a better link-up with the ferries, with the hovercraft, with the buses and, of course, the railway.
ref: 2023 March 22, Paul Clifton, “Island Line to reopen to Ryde Pier in June... possibly”, in RAIL, number 979, page 24:
glosses: Alternative form of linkup.
link-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of link-up.
levy en masse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levies en masse
form: levée en masse
form: levy in mass
Etymology: Partial calque of French levée en masse (literally “mass levy”).
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.
levies en masse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of levy en masse
murder rap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murder raps
Senses: examples: text: He informed me cheerfully that he had strangled one man in Europe for raping his sister, stabbed another to death in a gambling fracas, and was now beating it from the States because of a third murder rap.
ref: 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “If You Can’t Make Money”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 3 (1928–1935: The Big Apple), page 189:
glosses: A murder charge.
HEDP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of high energy density physics.
HEDLA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: HEDLA still has limits; not all astrophysical phenomena can be studied in the laboratory.
ref: 2023 January 3, Adam Frank, “The Universe Is More in Our Hands Than Ever Before”, in The Atlantic:
topics: astrophysics
coordinate_terms: HEDP
glosses: Acronym of high-energy density laboratory astrophysics.
preteendom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From preteen + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: His music videos were lurid and memorable, set in the familiar worlds of movie dates, photobooths, street parties, basketball courts, clubs – typically adult settings that made preteendom look and feel like an unruly, insular universe of its own.
ref: 2022 November 6, Emma Garland, “Aaron Carter was the millennium’s bubblegum bad boy – and the victim of a rapacious music industry”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: teendom
glosses: Preadolescence.
murdah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murdahs
Senses: examples: text: Everyone I've met today has been harping on murder.” “Murdah, murdah, murdah.” His voice rose to a girly falsetto.
ref: 2012, Jeanne Matthews, Bones of Contention, Sourcebooks, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of murder.
Sherrilyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sherrilyns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sherrilynn.
Scandinoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scandinoirs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Scandi-noir.
Scandinoirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scandinoir
joistwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
synonyms: joisting
glosses: An arrangement of joists.
joistings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joisting
Djudezmo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Judezmo.
Dzudezmo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Judezmo.
juvabione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The methyl ester of todomatuic acid.
Derived terms: dehydrojuvabione
punch hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punch holes
form: punch-hole
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
synonyms: word: cigarette burn
glosses: A marker on a frame of film, originally a hole literally punched through the film, signalling to the projectionist that the reel is due to be changed.
qualifier: footwear
glosses: A small, round hole created in the shoe, typically on the vamp or quarter, used for decorative purposes or to enhance ventilation.
punch holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punch hole
cigarette burn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cigarette burns
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Synonym of punch hole (“marker indicating that the reel is due to be changed”).
synonyms: word: punch hole
extra: marker indicating that the reel is due to be changed
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cigarette, burn. (a burn caused by a cigarette)
cigarette burns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cigarette burn
loserest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Team captains took money on the side, so even the loserest ball player could pitch an inning.
ref: 2007, Chuck Palahniuk, Rant: The Oral History of Buster Casey, page 52:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of losingest (“losing the most games, votes, etc.”).
synonyms: word: losingest
extra: (“losing the most games, votes, etc.”).
examples: text: With that, he hastened out of the room as if his pants were on fire, leaving poor Gabriella to marinate in her embarrassment, feeling like the loserest of losers, after having been completely shunned by a man.
ref: 2016, Jenny Gardiner, It's Getting Hot in Heir:
glosses: Most like a loser; most pathetic or worthless.
strained courtesy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strain courtesy
strains courtesy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strain courtesy
straining courtesy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strain courtesy
JHA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JHAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of juvenile hormone analog.
JHAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of JHA
paper factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paper factors
Etymology: The substance was originally discovered in American paper products.
Senses: glosses: Former name of juvabione.
paper factors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paper factor
Shefferian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shefferian
form: most Shefferian
Etymology: From Sheffer + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Henry M. Sheffer (1882–1964), American logician.
officially known as
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Used to introduce an official name.
Synonyms: oka
o.k.a.
o/k/a
OKA
woo girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woo girls
Etymology: Imitative of somebody shouting in excitement; see woo, woohoo.
Senses: examples: text: Clusters of woo-girls, each wearing the same uniform black dress, crammed into the bar. I counted five bachelorette parties.
ref: 2013, David Hopkins, Nancy Myers, The Wild and Wayward Tales of Tammi True, page 122:
text: I'm wedged in between a couple of squealing woo girls who are guzzling margs like it's last call […]
ref: 2022, Jennifer Bonds, Catching Quinn:
text: Our mouths open as we whoop it up like a “woo girl” at a One Direction concert.
ref: 2022, Kylie Hillman, Amnesia:
glosses: A young woman who behaves in a loud, exhibitionistic manner in public.
woo girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woo girl
a-Santa-ist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: a-Santa-ists
Senses: examples: text: "He's not on our time system," said one little girl brought almost to tears by the relentless challenge to her beliefs by a staunch a-Santa-ist.
ref: 2007 October 15, Paul Pearsall, Awe: The Delights and Dangers of Our Eleventh Emotion, Health Communications, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: Alternative spelling of asantaist.
reverse Turing test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverse Turing tests
Etymology: Named after English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer Alan Turing (1912–1954).
Senses: qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: A Turing test in which the aim is to verify the remote participant as human, rather than focusing on whether they are a machine.
reverse Turing tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reverse Turing test
main dishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of main dish
main guards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of main guard
mail-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mail-out
magpie moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magpie moth
main menus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of main menu
mia nois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mia noi
bomb diggety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bomb diggity.
dibenzalacetones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dibenzalacetone
Sannikov Land
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A phantom island in the Arctic Ocean, reported by Yakov Sannikov and Matvei Gedenschtrom during an 1809–1810 cartographic expedition to the New Siberian Islands.
glass delusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glass delusion
yesterdayness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yesterday + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps his splendid ability to employ film gesture in still-photography dusts off that quaint aura of death, that yesterdayness associated with photography.
ref: 1999, Flash Art, numbers 207-209, page 101:
text: […] that what we know and feel under this name pleasure or enjoyment and as present pleasure is then, into the bargain and as soon as possible, determined as past, affected with past, with yesterdayness.
ref: 2017, Jacques Derrida, The Beast and the Sovereign, volume II, page 52:
glosses: The property of being, or seeming to be, in the past.
todayness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From today + -ness.
Senses: coordinate_terms: tomorrowness
yesterdayness
glosses: The property of being, or seeming to be, in the present.
fresh country egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fresh country eggs
Senses: glosses: singular of fresh country eggs
ladder lacing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The fastening of laces (of a shoe, boot, corset, etc.) so that they run horizontally across rather than overlapping diagonally.
Related terms: ladder-laced
ladder-laced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a shoe, boot, corset, etc.: fastened so that the laces run horizontally across rather than overlapping diagonally.
Related terms: ladder lacing
whittle down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whittles down
form: whittling down
form: whittled down
form: whittled down
Senses: examples: text: To Ukraine, it has become an important line to hold, both to whittle down Russia’s forces and to deprive them of a victory.
ref: 2023 March 30, Carlotta Gall, “Ukrainians in a Hidden Command Post See Bakhmut Going Their Way”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To reduce gradually by removing pieces.
Derived terms: whittle down to size
grolly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grollies
Senses: examples: text: It seems we no longer need to be informed that hacking up a grolly and spreading it around is not really acceptable behaviour in polite company.
ref: 2012, Drew McAdam, Drew's Views, page 96:
text: “Here Don, I bet you can't hit both rails with a grolly each before I do.”
“You're fucking on,” Don said. He walked towards the platform edge and hacked up, launching a ball of sputum at the train track.
ref: 2012, Marcus Blakeston, Punk Faction:
text: Simon Farrant, Driven to Murder
He said nothing more, and instead made a gross noise as he summoned a grolly.
glosses: Synonym of greenie (“blob of nasal mucus”).
synonyms: word: greenie
extra: blob of nasal mucus
grollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grolly
Xiju
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shēʹjüʹ
Forms: form: Sijyu
form: Hsichu
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 西莒 (Xījǔ).
Senses: examples: text: This is the southernmost inhabited island in the Matsu archipelago, actually consisting of two islands, Dongju and Xiju.[…]Xijyu^([sic]) is a little more lively, but you'll likely be the main attraction, given the island's lack of actual tourist sights.
ref: 2011, Phil Macdonald, “Strait Islands”, in Taiwan, 3rd edition (Travel), National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 206, column 1:
text: Three ferries per day sail from Nangan to Xiju’s Qingfan Port and Dongju’s Mengao Harbour (departs 🕘︎ 07.00, 11.00 & 14.30; takes 50mins; NTD200 one-way). These boats sometimes stop at Dongju before Xiju; confirm the first destination when buying your ticket. Sailing time between Xiju and Dongju is 15 minutes. Ferries return to Nangan right away.
ref: 2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 328:
text: The islands of Jyuguang Township (莒光鄉; Jǔguāng xiāng), Dongju (東莒; Dōngjǔ; Tongchu) and Xiju (西莒; Xījǔ; Hsichu), are the most southerly of Matsu’s islands. Both are remote and sparsely inhabited, but there's some pretty scenery.
ref: 2017 May, Piera Chen, Dinah Gardner, “Taiwan's Islands”, in Lonely Planet Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 10th edition (Travel), Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 299:
text: In the past, stowaways often used intermediaries at sea to pick them up and take them to Nangan (南竿) or Xiju (西莒) islands to wait for an opportunity to sneak into Taiwan proper, she said.
ref: 2019 June 19, “Matsu authorities aim to crack down on smuggling”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2019, Taiwan News, page 2:
text: In addition to daily flights often disrupted by fog between March and May from and to Taiwan proper, ferries are the main means of transportation between Taiwan and Matsu and between islands in Matsu, including services from Nangan to Jyuguang Township two main islands -- Dongju and Xiju.
ref: 2023 March 6, Joseph Yeh, “Taiwan military plane taking meat to frontline troops amid supply shortage”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2023, Politics:
glosses: An island of Juguang, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.
gyppo loggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyppo logger
hauled off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of haul off
hauls off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of haul off
hauling off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of haul off
Easdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small island and settlement in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM7317).
glosses: A ghost town in Ellis County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: A surname.
heave-o
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of heave-ho.
heave-o
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heave-os
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of heave-ho.
heave-os
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heave-o
hash-heesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of hashish.
Western blot analyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Western blot analysis
GBTQ
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of gay, bi, trans, queer/questioning; less common variation of LGBT.
Derived terms: sense: gay, bi-, trans-, queer
word: GBTQ+
GBTQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GBTQs
Senses: glosses: A member of the GBTQ community.
hidden the salami
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of hide the salami
hides the salami
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hide the salami
hiding the salami
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hide the salami
hid the salami
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of hide the salami
GBTQ+
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of gay, bi, trans, queer/questioning, plus; less common variation of LGBT.
Related terms: sense: gay, bi-, trans-, queer, plus
word: GBTQ
high-hatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of high-hat
high-hatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of high-hat
hilljack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hilljacks
Senses: glosses: A hillbilly or redneck.
hilljacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hilljack
Ponglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Polish + English
Senses: glosses: An informal variety of the English language spoken by Polish people, incorporating Polish words and constructions.
hot poop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Then the Seventh moved to Fort Ord and practiced—although without full equipment—amphibious landings. The hot poop of the rumor mongers became, “Southwest Pacific for us, fellows.” But when the convoy sailed from San Francisco on April twenty-fourth, the ships turned north.
ref: 1947, Murray Morgan, Bridge To Russia: Those Amazing Aleutians, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, page 161:
text: Maybe Colonel Fang's going to give us the hot poop regarding this midnight mission.
ref: 1986, United States. Air Force. Military Airlift Command, The MAC Flyer, volume 33, page 22:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The latest news or gossip.
Related terms: hot shit
Iddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iddies
Senses: examples: text: Everyone knows it is so typical for an Iddy: he always wants to sniff out, to catch a wind of everything, […]
ref: quoted in 2016, Katarzyna Kornacka-Sareło, Waldemar Szczerbiński, Jews in Eastern Europe: Ways of Assimilation (page 72)
glosses: Alternative form of Yid (“a Jew”).
Iddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Iddy
Jewish flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jewish flags
Etymology: Sense 2 alludes to the stereotype of Jews as money-grubbing.
Senses: examples: text: Jews in Palestine have appealed for the right to form a separate Jewish Army under a Jewish flag. This community, built up by the toil and sacrifice of decades is now in mortal danger and, as freemen everywhere, have not only the[…]
ref: 1944, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs, Jewish National Home in Palestine: Hearings Before the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Seventy-Eighth Congress, Second Session, page 339:
text: The combination of blue and white as the colors of the Jewish flag was derived from an 1860 poem (“Judah's Colors”) by Austrian Ludwig August Frankl, which explained that the blue symbolized “the splendors of the firmament,” and the[…]
ref: 2010 January 1, Ronald L. Eisenberg, Jewish Traditions: A JPS Guide, Jewish Publication Society, →ISBN, page 577:
text: As American Jews grappled with the questions of patriotism, Communism, and Zionism after the war, the blue Jewish flag would also be translated into dramatic representations of the Jewish struggle against oppression.
ref: 2021 May 4, Avinoam Patt, The Jewish Heroes of Warsaw: The Afterlife of the Revolt, Wayne State University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Jewish, flag.
examples: text: Four Jewish flags I blow, four lovely bucks.
ref: 1921, Adventure, volume 28, numbers 1-3, page 129:
glosses: A dollar bill.
Jewish flags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jewish flag
Wontrobas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wontroba
arse-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arse-ups
Senses: glosses: A mistake or blunder; a cock-up.
arse-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arse-up
bald-headed hermit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bald-headed hermits
Senses: examples: text: You better remember denying me later when you're trying to hide the bald-headed hermit.
ref: 2011, Saranna DeWylde, How to Lose a Demon in 10 Days:
glosses: The penis.
bald-headed hermits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bald-headed hermit
paleleaf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pale + leaf.
Senses: glosses: Used to describe various plants with pale leaves.
Derived terms: paleleaf barberry
paleleaf hoptree
paleleaf sunflower
paleleaf woodland sunflower
palamino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaminos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of palomino.
palaminos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palamino
Bishkekian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bishkekians
Etymology: From Bishkek + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The chief of the oblast UVD [administration of internal affairs]—People’s Deputy M. Abdyldayev—is a native Bishkekian, and several chiefs of oblast administrations come from Narynsk and Chu Oblasts, and so on.
ref: 1994 March 2, Zhumagul Saadanbekov, quotee, “Saadanbekov Details Political Views, Activities [SLOVO KYRGYZSTANA 25 Dec]”, in FBIS Report: Central Eurasia, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, FBIS-USR-94-019, pages 69–70:
text: In this article, I want to move beyond dissecting the nostalgic discourses of loss and deprivation among established Bishkekians (Bishkekchany) or simply juxtaposing these with the opposite claims of rural newcomers about their well-deserved belonging to this city.
ref: 2017, Philipp Schröder, “Avoidance and appropriation in Bishkek: dealing with time, space and urbanity in Kyrgyzstan's capital”, in Philipp Schröder, editor, Urban Spaces and Lifestyles in Central Asia and Beyond, Abingdon: Routledge, →ISBN, page 75:
synonyms: Bishkeker
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
paired up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pair up
pairs up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pair up
pairing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pair up
Bishkekians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bishkekian
paints the town
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of paint the town
painting the town
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of paint the town
painted the town
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of paint the town
paints the tape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of paint the tape
painted the tape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of paint the tape
paint box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paint boxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paintbox.
paint boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paint box
painted partridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: painted partridges
Senses: glosses: Synonym of painted francolin.
synonyms: word: painted francolin
painted partridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of painted partridge
painted francolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: painted francolins
Senses: synonyms: painted partridge
glosses: Francolinus pictus, a francolin of the grasslands of India and Sri Lanka.
painted francolins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of painted francolin
ovhd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovhds
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of overhead.
ovhd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of overhead.
ovhds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovhd
oversteepen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oversteepens
form: oversteepening
form: oversteepened
form: oversteepened
Etymology: From over- + steepen.
Senses: glosses: To make excessively steep.
oversteepens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oversteepen
oversteepening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oversteepen
overornate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overornate
form: most overornate
Etymology: From over- + ornate.
Senses: glosses: Excessively ornate.
overintricate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overintricate
form: most overintricate
Etymology: From over- + intricate.
Senses: glosses: Excessively intricate.
overesteem
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overesteems
form: overesteeming
form: overesteemed
form: overesteemed
Etymology: From over- + esteem.
Senses: glosses: To esteem too much.
overesteem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + esteem.
Senses: glosses: Excessive esteem.
overesteems
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overesteem
overesteeming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overesteem
overesteemed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overesteem
oval of Cassini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovals of Cassini
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Cassini oval.
synonyms: word: Cassini oval
ovals of Cassini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oval of Cassini
outsweepings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outsweeping
outsurge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outsurges
form: outsurging
form: outsurged
form: outsurged
Etymology: From out- + surge.
Senses: glosses: To surge outward.
outsurges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outsurge
outsurging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outsurge
outsurged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outsurge
Osirism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Osiris + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The worship of Osiris.
orphaned negatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orphaned negative
Orinoco crocodile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Orinoco crocodiles
Senses: glosses: A South American crocodile of species Crocodylus intermedius.
Orinoco crocodiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Orinoco crocodile
oprichnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oprichniks
Etymology: From Russian опри́чник (opríčnik).
Senses: glosses: A member of the bodyguard corps established by Tsar Ivan the Terrible to govern a division of Russia from 1565 to 1572.
Related terms: oprichnina
oprichniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oprichnik
operationistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more operationistic
form: most operationistic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to operationism.
oologize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oologizes
form: oologizing
form: oologized
form: oologized
Etymology: From oology + -ize.
Senses: coordinate_terms: botanize
glosses: To go hunting for eggs.
oologized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oologize
oologizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oologize
oologizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oologize
falls on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fall on
falling on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fall on
fell on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall on
fallen on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fall on
New Windsor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places:
A village in Rivoli township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States, officially the Village of Windsor.
glosses: A number of places:
A town with historic district in Carroll County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A number of places:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Orange County, New York, United States.
glosses: A number of places:
A small suburb in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8298).
glosses: A number of places:
A suburb near New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.
ofcr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ofcrs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of officer.
ofcrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ofcr
ofcl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of official.
Odd Fellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Odd Fellows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Oddfellow.
obscuringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obscuringly
form: most obscuringly
Etymology: From obscuring + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to obscure something.
obloquial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more obloquial
form: most obloquial
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to obloquy.
nunnywatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nunnywatches
Senses: examples: text: What a nunnywatch we were in, to be sure, when we heard they weren’t married.
ref: 1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, page 126:
glosses: A fuss; a mess.
Grantha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil கிரந்தம் (kirantam) or Malayalam ഗ്രന്ഥം (granthaṁ), from Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha).
Senses: glosses: A South Indian script found particularly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
wkg
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of working.
Eversley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English eofores, genitive of eofor (“boar”) + lēah (“clearing”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England.
winklepicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winklepickers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of winkle-picker.
winklepickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winklepicker
windbeaten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more windbeaten
form: most windbeaten
Etymology: From wind + beaten.
Senses: glosses: Blasted or buffeted by the wind.
Sheppey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Sċēapīeġ, equivalent to sċēap (“sheep”) + īeġ (“island”).
Senses: glosses: Isle of Sheppey, an island off the northern coast of Kent, England.
glosses: River Sheppey, a river in Somerset, England.
Wiltshire cure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wiltshire cures
Senses: glosses: A traditional English technique for curing bacon and ham, originally by applying dry salt and more recently by soaking in brine.
Wiltshire cures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wiltshire cure
Wimshurst machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wimshurst machines
Etymology: Developed between 1880 and 1883 by British inventor James Wimshurst (1832–1903).
Senses: glosses: An electrostatic generator with two large contra-rotating discs mounted in a vertical plane, two crossed bars with metallic brushes, and a spark gap formed by two metal spheres.
Wimshurst machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wimshurst machine
Boghossian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boghossians
Etymology: From Armenian Պողոսյան (Poġosyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Paulson
Pluckrose
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pluckroses
Senses: glosses: A surname
Weston cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Weston cells
Etymology: Invented by Edward Weston in 1893.
Senses: synonyms: Weston standard cell
glosses: A wet cell that produces a highly stable voltage suitable as a laboratory standard for calibration of voltmeters.
Weston cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Weston cell
Ackton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A variant spelling of Acton.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in the county of West Yorkshire, England.
wet bargain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wet bargains
Senses: glosses: A bargain that is concluded by the drinking of alcohol together.
wet bargains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet bargain
slingload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slingloads
form: sling load
Etymology: From sling + load.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A load suspended from an aircraft, usually a helicopter, and carried to a new location.
Derived terms: cut slingload
slingloading
slingloads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slingload
Aldford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English ald (“old”) + ford.
Senses: glosses: A village in Aldford and Saighton parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4159).
Welsh terrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Welsh terriers
Senses: glosses: A sturdy, compact kind of terrier from Wales, with tan head, legs and underbelly and a black or sometimes grizzle saddle; females are sometimes a simple darker tan all over.
Welsh terriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Welsh terrier
Welsbach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Welsbachs
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Welsbach mantle.
Derived terms: Welsbach burner
Welsbachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Welsbach
welfare stater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: welfare staters
Etymology: From welfare state + -er.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of the idea of a welfare state.
welfare statism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From welfare state + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Support for the idea of a welfare state.
welfare staters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welfare stater