cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sitspot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sitspots
Etymology: From sit + spot.
Senses: examples: text: Shortly it is to be shorn of its standardization, its monotony of same acts and faces and same whangs on the sitspot. Vaudeville has cleaned house. The old order changeth. It is in new and capable hands.
ref: 1929, Life, page 26:
text: He knew she was close to releasing so he gave her one very hard smack to each sitspot.
ref: Kate Bullis, Finding Kacie (page 139)
text: Another strike across her ass, then another a little below, and then he landed the last at the most sensitive point, her sitspot, the place where her ass curved into her thighs.
ref: 2017, Jennifer Bene, Tying the Knot:
glosses: The central part of each buttock on which a person rests while sitting.
sitspots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sitspot
Poisson spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Poisson spots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Arago spot.
synonyms: word: Arago spot
Fresnel spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fresnel spots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Arago spot.
synonyms: word: Arago spot
Poisson spots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Poisson spot
Fresnel spots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fresnel spot
Arago spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arago spots
Etymology: Named after Dominique-François-Jean Arago, who performed an experiment demonstrating the spot's existence.
Senses: examples: text: The Arago spot played an important role in the discovery of the wave nature of light and is a common way to demonstrate that light behaves as a wave.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: Fresnel spot
Poisson spot
glosses: A bright point that appears at the centre of a circular object's shadow due to Fresnel diffraction.
Arago spots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arago spot
Fresnel number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fresnel numbers
Etymology: Named after the physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A dimensionless quantity (denoted F), such that for an electromagnetic wave passing through an aperture and hitting a screen, F=(a²)/(Lλ) where a is the characteristic size (e.g. radius) of the aperture, L is the distance of the screen from the aperture, and λ is the incident wavelength.
wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel
Fresnel numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fresnel number
rolloff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹol.ɔf/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.lɔf/
rhymes: -ɔːf
Etymology: Deverbal from roll off.
Senses: examples: text: rolloff dumpster
related: word: roll-off#Adjective
glosses: Able to be rolled off (and later, rolled back onto) the bed of a flatbed truck (flatbed lorry) in a motorized way, using a winch and cable.
raw_tags: of a dumpster
Related terms: roll-on
roll-on roll-off
rolloff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹol.ɔf/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.lɔf/
rhymes: -ɔːf
Forms: form: rolloffs
Etymology: Deverbal from roll off.
Senses: examples: text: The Learjet does not possess sufficient inherent prestall buffet characteristics at low speeds to provide the pilot with a clear warning that the aircraft is stalled before it enters a flight condition from which a normal recovery cannot be accomplished. Therefore, the aircraft is equipped with an artificial stall warning system which incorporates a stickshaker and stickpusher to provide a prestall warning in order to prevent an abrupt wing rolloff. The system includes a stall vane on each side of the nose of the aircraft, two angle of attack indicators, two stall warning lights, and a computer.
ref: 1982, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.16.2 Aircraft Characteristics”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Sky Train Air, Inc., Gates Learjet 24, N44CJ, Felt, Oklahoma, October 1, 1981, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2021, pages 11–12:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
related: word: roll-off#Noun
glosses: A sudden large uncommanded roll to the left or right experienced by an aircraft entering a stall, resulting from one wing stalling slightly before the other and exacerbated by the reduction in aileron control authority at high angles of attack.
examples: text: There's so much junk to be removed that we ordered a rolloff.
related: word: roll-off#Noun
glosses: A rolloff dumpster.
Related terms: rollabout
rolldown
roll-on
roll-on roll-off
roll-up
dumpster
dump truck
dumptruck
parking light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parking lights
Senses: synonyms: park light
glosses: The light under the headlight of a vehicle.
Related terms: high-beam
dipped headlight
low-beam
hazard light
debutantism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From debutante + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: She was enjoying her return to society, but she had no desire to try a rebirth of debutantism.
ref: 1982, Alexandra Ripley, Charleston, page 465:
text: Her voice became cultivated, her walk poised, and her clothes had that choice air of debutantism.
ref: 2011, Curtis Harnack, We Have All Gone Away, page 177:
glosses: The status or behaviour of a debutante.
roll off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹol ˈɔf/
Forms: form: rolls off
form: rolling off
form: rolled off
form: rolled off
Senses: examples: text: In addition to the large decrease in lift caused by the stall itself, further performance degradation can be expected as the airplane rolls off, as the spoilers on the high wing deploy in an attempt to fight the plane's sudden rolling motion.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To spontaneously roll suddenly and rapidly to one side or the other upon entering a stall (due to one wing stalling slightly before the other does, combined with the reduced effectiveness of ailerons for roll control at high angles of attack).
raw_tags: of an aircraft
examples: text: My pen rolled off the table.
text: I can't believe that that skateboarder just rolled right off that ledge like the six-foot drop was nothing!
text: Dawn mist rolling off the adjacent North Downs creates a sepia effect over the river with no need for digital enhancement.
ref: 2021 July 14, “Modern Images”, in RAIL, number 935, page 37, photo caption:
glosses: To come off (something) with a rolling motion.
examples: text: The truck driver rolled off a fresh dumpster and left it sitting at the curb to be filled tomorrow.
antonyms: roll on#Verb
glosses: To take (something) off (i.e., remove it) via a rolling motion.
examples: text: rolled off the line
text: A total of 1.67m cars rolled off UK production lines in 2017, down 3% compared with 2016 as demand for British-made cars dropped both at home and abroad, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
ref: 2018 January 31, Angela Monaghan, “UK car production falls for first time since 2009 as Brexit fears hit sales”, in The Guardian:
text: Last Boeing 747 rolls off line after half a century of production [title]
ref: 2022 December 8, Associated Press, “Last Boeing 747 rolls off line after half a century of production”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To come from an assembly line.
examples: text: rolled-off highs
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To show reduced response at the upper or lower limits of a frequency range.
Derived terms: rolloff
roll-off
roll-on roll-off
rolled off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roll off
rolling off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roll off
rolls off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roll off
hazard light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hazard lights
Senses: synonyms: word: hazard warning light
word: hazards
glosses: Any of multiple lights fitted to the front and rear of a vehicle, used to warn other drivers of a dangerous situation, typically when the vehicle is not working properly.
Related terms: park light
parking light
dipped headlight
low-beam
high-beam
rolloffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rolloff
laughs one's head off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of laugh one's head off
laughing one's head off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of laugh one's head off
laughed one's head off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of laugh one's head off
preemptorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From preemptory + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a preemptory manner.
preemptorally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of preemptorily.
glosses: Misspelling of peremptorily.
glosses: Misconstruction of preemptively.
preen oils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preen oil
Balmain bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Balmain bugs
Senses: glosses: Ibacus peronii, a species of slipper lobster.
Balmain bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Balmain bug
welding bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: welding bugs
Senses: glosses: A semi-automatic welding machine.
welding bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welding bug
bust-out man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bust-out men
Senses: examples: text: Now it is reasonable to assume that some of those winners were professional dice-hustlers and "bust-out" men, the latter term meaning one proficient in switching misspotted dice in and out of a game.
ref: 1956, Clyde Brion Davis, Something for Nothing, page 88:
text: They started out dealing craps in my uncle's joint and I've used both of them as bust-out men in my joint and I know he got beat.
ref: 1969, Bruce Jackson, A Thief's Primer, page 165:
text: Many rug and carpet joints in Nevada and elsewhere have, at one time or another, been cheated out of vast sums of money by bust-out men. In 1967, a top casino on the Las Vegas Strip was taken for $350,000 in several plays by dice cheats.
ref: 1978, John Scarne, Scarne's Guide to Casino Gambling, page 173:
topics: gambling
games
glosses: A cheat who surreptitiously exchanges normal dice with crooked ones such as "busters".
bust-out men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bust-out man
Woburn Sands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Formerly named Hogsty End, renamed in the 19th century after Woburn nearby in neighbouring Bedfordshire. "Sands" refers to the sandy local soil.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9236).
peer pressuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of peer pressure
peer pressures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peer pressure
peer pressures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peer pressure
peer pressured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peer pressure
read over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reads over
form: reading over
form: read over
form: read over
Senses: coordinate_terms: look over#Verb
peruse#Verb
skim#Verb
read through#Verb
glosses: To read (a document, book, etc.) through, though not necessarily thoroughly.
examples: text: [H]e read over the changeling the following spell: Receive, O earth! O virgin earth!
ref: 1866, William P. Nimmo, Nimmo's Popular Tales, volume 3, page 252:
text: "He could read over and cure all sorts of ailments and sprains, stop bleeding, melt lead, and tell of stolen goods; and to tell the truth, he knew also a little about witchcraft, and could afflict people with evil."
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 121:
glosses: In superstitious belief, to read from the Bible out loud physically over something so as to confer some magical relief or power.
grind joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grind joints
Senses: examples: text: Keep away from out-of-the-way casinos. Keep away from grind joints. The Flamingo Capri, for example, is a sleeping giant. It will earn a mint of money. It's on the Strip but it isn't for you. It's a grind joint.
ref: 1984, Lyle Stuart, Casino Gambling for the Winner, page 168:
topics: gambling
games
glosses: A low-end casino where games are played for small stakes.
grind joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grind joint
groaning board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groaning boards
Senses: glosses: A platter of food traditionally given to the mother of a household around the time of childbirth.
Related terms: groaning cheese
groaning boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groaning board
sandhogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandhoggers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sandhog (“person employed to dig tunnels etc.”).
synonyms: word: sandhog
extra: (“person employed to dig tunnels etc.”).
sandhoggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandhogger
phil.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of philosophy.
glosses: Abbreviation of philology.
Derived terms: D.Phil
Bonanza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.
Chiloquin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Klamath-Modoc [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.
try it out on the dog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tries it out on the dog
form: trying it out on the dog
form: tried it out on the dog
form: tried it out on the dog
Senses: glosses: Synonym of try it on the dog.
synonyms: word: try it on the dog
try it on the dog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tries it on the dog
form: trying it on the dog
form: tried it on the dog
form: tried it on the dog
form: try it out on the dog
Senses: examples: text: They had feared to make the venture with it at the California theatre in San Francisco where they had been favorites, so they brought it to Salt Lake to "try it on the dog."
ref: 1905, John Shanks Lindsay, The Mormons and the Theatre, page 129:
glosses: To try something (especially a theatrical play) on a less important audience to gauge the likelihood of success before committing to general release or approval.
Related terms: dog town
scud running
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scud run
Phill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Phills
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Phillip or Phillipp, variant of Phil.
Plush
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, Oregon, United States.
Silver Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, Oregon, United States.
glosses: A village and lake in Summit County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A neighborhood and former village, now in Salem Lakes, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A reservoir in Los Angeles, California, United States.
glosses: A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States, surrounding the reservoir.
Zelazny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zelaznys
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Żelazny, from żelazny (“iron”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
splashable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From splash + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be splashed.
splash-and-dashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splash-and-dash
splash and dashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splash and dash
splash-dashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splash-dash
syncategoremic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more syncategoremic
form: most syncategoremic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of syncategorematic.
Sherwoodian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sherwoodian
form: most Sherwoodian
Etymology: From Sherwood + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Worshiped by the original inhabitants of North and South America, corn just has to be included in your Sherwoodian diet.
ref: 1974, Bill Kaysing, The Robin Hood Handbook, page 69:
glosses: Of or relating to Sherwood Forest.
string show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: string shows
Senses: antonyms: single-O
glosses: A carnival sideshow featuring a number of different performers and acts.
string shows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of string show
change the subject
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: changes the subject
form: changing the subject
form: changed the subject
form: changed the subject
Senses: synonyms: change the channel
glosses: To talk about something else, especially to avoid issues that are too delicate or difficult.
Related terms: sweep something under the rug
single-O
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single-Os
Senses: antonyms: string show
glosses: A carnival sideshow featuring only one performer or attraction.
single-Os
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of single-O
gooched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gooch
gooching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gooch
gouches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gouch
aintchas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aintcha
push wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pushes wood
form: pushing wood
form: pushed wood
form: pushed wood
Etymology: From the pushing (moving) of (wooden) chess pieces on a (wooden) chessboard.
Senses: glosses: To play chess.
Related terms: woodpusher
pushes wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of push wood
pushing wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of push wood
pushed wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of push wood
toad-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toad-eaters
Senses: examples: text: It is very hard that a pretty Woman is never to be told she is so by any one of her own Sex, without that person's being suspected to be either her determined Enemy, or her professed Toad-eater.
ref: 1793, Jane Austen, Lesley Castle:
text: This sort of toadies are arrant loafers, and are like the locusts of the scriptures, with this difference, that whereas clouds of locusts were necessary to do any serious damage a few or even one hungry toady has been known to fasten upon a man of limited means and devour his substance utterly, so as to reduce him to the same negative condition of prosperity as the toad-eater himself.
ref: 1853 April 23, “Concerning Toadies”, in Pen and Pencil, volume 1, number 17, page 532:
text: Indeed, as to the dowager, she seems to have no greater joys than E.O. and a toad-eater can give her.
ref: 1873, John Doran, A Lady of the Last Century (Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu), page 53:
text: Wolff, my dear, is the toad-eater. In the old days every great man kept a toad-eater; sometimes his functions were highly paid— Wolff's are, I fancy.
ref: 1891, Charles James Wills, The Pit Town Coronet: A Family Mystery, page 70:
glosses: Alternative form of toadeater.
toad-eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toad-eater
toad eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toad eaters
Senses: examples: text: A toad eater, a led captain, an humble companion, are appellations which no man, who has a real sense of honour, would chuse to possess; but these are the best names bestowed upon men who spend their lives in courting the great by all arts, but those of virtue and truth.
ref: 1781, V. Knox, “On Associating with Equals for the True Pleasure of Friendship”, in Winter Evenings or Lucubrations:
text: On this my first tour, I was grasping for great parts, but from timidity, and not having time to be perfect, my prospect was not the most favourable —Miss Bradshaw's secret account, (a toad eater, the spawn of Adulation,) did not lead Mr. Garrick to any favourable expectations.
ref: 1790, Tate Wilkinson, Memoirs of His Own Life, page 142:
text: A viceroy of Ireland asked one of his guests at a public dinner why there were no toads in Ireland? to which he replied, “because there are so many toad eaters."
ref: 1881, Adam Woolbever, Treasury of Wisdom, Wit and Humor, Odd Comparisons and Proverbs, page 464:
text: I thank you, my lord, although many would call you a toad eater for such fine words.
ref: 2011, Marsha Altman, The Road to Pemberley:
glosses: Alternative form of toadeater.
toad eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toad eater
slopshoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slopshoots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slop shoot.
slopshoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slopshoot
sand timers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand timer
angeliferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪnd͡ʒəˈlɪfəɹəs/
rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more angeliferous
form: most angeliferous
Etymology: From angel + -iferous.
Senses: glosses: Angelic, angel-like.
ladies' special
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladies' specials
Senses: glosses: A train, bus or tram for the use of female commuters only.
ladies' specials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladies' special
snottie's nurse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of snotty's nurse.
snotty's nurse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A lieutenant who supervises a midshipman.
wedelned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wedeln
wedelns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wedeln
wedelns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wedeln
wedelning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wedeln
aftwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From aft + -wards.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aftward.
proofmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proofmarks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proof mark.
proofmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proofmark
prooflessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From proofless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without proof.
misendow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misendows
form: misendowing
form: misendowed
form: misendowed
Etymology: From mis- + endow.
Senses: examples: text: Given the interactive character of genes and environment, one now must ask, "Are there certain specific genetic mechanisms or processes, pathological or otherwise, that determine that certain individuals so endowed (or misendowed) will be unable to live up to social and cultural expectations of performance and capability?
ref: 1970, Donald J. Mulvihill, Melvin Marvin Tumin, Lynn A. Curtis, Crimes of Violence, page 419:
text: Nostromo's fate demonstrates that even possession of what has been figuratively misendowed with essential reality does not mitigate that desire responsible for the genesis of the fetishistic process itself.
ref: 1982, David Simpson, Fetishism and Imagination: Dickens, Melville, Conrad, page 96:
text: Joan, who was wearing nothing but rag-bag clothes, had a lumpy, broken nose above a brandy-glass chin, an extremely high forehead and, in spite of the fact that she was only in her early thirties or so, a radical case of fallen eyelids, which, ptychotically ugly, to use one of your big words, E², not only ruined anything like prettiness in her but made her seem older and sadly misendowed her with a perpetual scowl, the angry look of a flammulated owl.
ref: 2007, Alexander Theroux, Laura Warholic: Or, The Sexual Intellectual, page 296:
text: This only served to make racial encounters more cruel and generously misendowed with a legacy of hatred and denigration endemic to the culture.
ref: 2013, William B. McClain, “Foreward”, in J. Phillips Noble, editor, Beyond the Burning Bus, page 10:
glosses: To provide or endow with something that is not a benefit.
raw_tags: followed by "with"
misendows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misendow
misendowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misendow
misendowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misendow
misendowment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misendowments
Senses: glosses: A bad or wrong endowment.
misendowments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misendowment
tucute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːkjuːt/
Forms: form: tucutes
Etymology: Clipping of too cute to be cisgender. Coined in May 2014 on Tumblr. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:tucute.
Senses: examples: text: McConnell said that because of this, people who do have gender dysphoria and wish to take those same hormones or have the surgery have less access to these resources as "tucutes" have already used some of them.
ref: 2018 December 14, Natalie Cerf, “How The Media And The LGBTQ+ Community Interact”, in Redwood Bark, Redwood High School, Larkspur, CA, page 14:
text: Generally, tucutes are defined by their belief that gender dysphoria isn’t necessary to be transgender.
ref: 2019, Jessica Rae Fisher, "Transgender Digital Embodiments: Questions Of The Transgender Body In The 21st Century", thesis submitted to Kennesaw State University (May 2019), page 38
text: I personally fall closer to the transmedicalist end of the transmed/tucute political spectrum; but, my position does not give me, or any other person in the transmed or tucute community, the right to belittle other people.
ref: 2019, Olliver Benton, "'I'm Not Afraid of My Name Anymore'", Aerial (Atherton High School, Louisville, KY), Volume 94, Issue 4, Summer 2019, page 33
antonyms: transmedicalist
transmed
truscum
glosses: A person who believes that gender dysphoria is not an essential requirement for being transgender.
tucutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tucute
tokden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tokdens
Senses: glosses: A Tibetan yogi who retires from everyday life in order to meditate.
tokdens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tokden
Ticonderoga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtaɪ.kɒn.dəˈroʊ.ɡə/
Etymology: From Mohawk tekontaró:ken, meaning "it is at the junction of two waterways".
Senses: glosses: A town in New York, United States.
glosses: A hamlet and census-designated place within that town.
glosses: A fortification within that town: Fort Ticonderoga.
glosses: The Battle of Ticonderoga: any of several battles that happened there.
Derived terms: Ticonderogan
talent community
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talent communities
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A pool of potential employees maintained by a company for future recruitment.
talent communities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talent community
Ticonderogan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ticonderogan
form: most Ticonderogan
Etymology: From Ticonderoga + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Ticonderoga.
Ticonderogan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ticonderogans
Etymology: From Ticonderoga + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Ticonderoga.
Ticonderogans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ticonderogan
catfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of tomatoes: having the catface deformity.
catfacing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The development of the catface deformity in tomatoes.
cock womble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cock wombles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cockwomble.
cock wombles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cock womble
crosscurricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crosscurricular
form: most crosscurricular
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cross-curricular.
cross-curricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cross-curricular
form: most cross-curricular
form: crosscurricular
Etymology: From cross- + curricular.
Senses: glosses: Spanning more than one curriculum.
conditional unconditional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conditional unconditionals
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An offer of a place at a particular university for a student, regardless of their performance in examinations, on the condition that they agree to choose that university over any other.
conditional unconditionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conditional unconditional
unconditionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unconditional
matrix clause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matrix clauses
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A clause that has another (subordinate) clause embedded within it.
matrix clauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matrix clause
model minority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: model minorities
Senses: glosses: A minority demographic whose members are perceived as achieving greater socioeconomic success than the population average.
model minorities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of model minority
mabouya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mabouyas
Senses: glosses: Any of various skinks of the genus Eutropis.
Related terms: Mabuya
mabouyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mabouya
mashrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mashraps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meshrep.
meshreps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meshrep
mashraps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mashrap
murderate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: murderates
form: murderating
form: murderated
form: murderated
Etymology: From murder + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: I've been hacked, dismembered, or otherwise murderated by a huge Minotaur alongside several of my closest secret-life friends and a snotty brat of a model (don't mind her).
ref: 2014, Michael R. Underwood, Attack the Geek: A Ree Reyes Side-Quest:
text: Samir had been toying with me. Wiping my own floor with me, if I was honest. I didn't want to be honest. I wanted to commit some serious murderating for real.
ref: 2017, Annie Bellet, Boss Fight: Heartache; Thicker Than Blood; Magic to the Bone, page 30:
glosses: To murder.
murderated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of murderate
murderates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of murderate
murderating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of murderate
Uyghurness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Uyghur + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality, state or characteristic of being Uyghur.
Jezero
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈjɛzəɹoʊ/
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian језеро / jezero (“lake”).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Jezero Crater: a crater in Syrtis Major, Mars.
Napoleonfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The humphead wrasse.
neopastoralism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neopastoral + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A neopastoral style or approach.
postphenomenologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postphenomenology
postphenomenologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From postphenomenological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a postphenomenological manner.
Nuna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Columbia (supercontinent)
synonyms: word: Columbia
extra: supercontinent
zombie tag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A variant of the game of tag in which tagged players become "zombies" and join the pursuit.
zombie debts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zombie debt
phantom debts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phantom debt
Acidalia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Acidalia Planitia: a plain in Mare Acidalium, Mars.
glosses: A hamlet in Fremont, Fremont, Sullivan, New York, United States.
verticut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: verticuts
form: verticutting
form: verticut
form: verticut
Senses: glosses: To mow (grass) vertically, to remove thatch buildup.
Related terms: cut
vertical
verticutting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of verticut
verticutting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: verticuttings
Senses: glosses: An instance of mowing grass vertically, to remove thatch buildup.
verticuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of verticut
verticuttings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verticutting
vacuum bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vacuum bottles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vacuum flask.
synonyms: word: vacuum flask
vacuum bottles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vacuum bottle
Vernetta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Perhaps related to Laverne.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
thimble-rigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thimble-riggers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thimblerigger.
thimble-riggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thimble-rigger
version control
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A system responsible for managing modifications and additions to digital works, giving each revision a time-stamp and showing its difference to the previous revision.
Related terms: VCS
DVCS
find time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: finds time
form: finding time
form: found time
form: found time
Senses: synonyms: make time
glosses: To reserve a period of time to do something.
finds time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of find time
finding time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of find time
found time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of find time
posth.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of posth.
Kashing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Starting from Hangchow the canal goes by Kashing to Soochow, a distance of 100 miles, and thence by Wusih and Changchow through long straight stretches to Chinkiang, another 100 miles. It is here unlike our preconceived ideas of a canal—a current-less water-way barely wide enough to allow two streams of boats to pass each other—and has often a width of over a hundred feet between its sides, faced in many parts of its course with cut stone bunding.
ref: 1908, Hosea Ballou Morse, The Trade And Administration Of The Chinese Empire, Longmans, Green, and Co., pages 322–323:
text: The field investigation of farm management covering 4,312 peasant families in Kashing during the year 1935 was carried out under the auspices of the Agricultural College of Chekiang University, and it is from the result of this scientific work that the following report on agricultural animals has been compiled. Situated near the northern border of Chekiang, Kashing is the centre of a fertile agricultural region and is connected with Shanghai and Soochow by railways. The city of Kashing is at the apex of an equilateral triangle at the other two points of which are Shanghai and Soochow, and it is midway between these cities and Hangchow.
ref: 1937, Liu Tuan-sheng, “A Farm Management Study of 3,412 Peasant Families in Kashing”, in Quarterly Review of the Sun Yat-sen Institute, volume IV, number 2, Shanghai; reprinted as “Oxen and Buffaloes in Relation to the Size of Farms”, in Agrarian China: Selected Source Materials From Chinese Authors, London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1939, page 65:
text: After the Su-pao case Ao returned to Kashing, where he organized a debating society and an educational society which were to spread radical propaganda. Local officials closed the organizations almost immediately and Ao left town to travel in southeastern Chekiang. He was one of the Chekiangese revolutionaries who planned to support Huang Hsing’s rising in the fall of 1904. The next year he returned to Kashing to found the Wen-T’ai-Ch’u Guildhall, which was briefly the center of revolutionary activity in Chekiang.
ref: 1971, Mary Backus Rankin, “Development of the Revolutionary Movement in Chekiang I: Foundations”, in Early Chinese Revolutionaries Radical Intellectuals in Shanghai and Chekiang, 1902-1911, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 161:
text: The streets of Shanghai rattled with revolutionary tremors as Chiang's armies came closer and closer. They entered Chekiang, his home province, and on February 17, 1927, took Hangchow and advanced to Kashing and Sungkiang. They were less than twenty-five miles from Shanghai.
ref: 1983, Harrison E. Salisbury, China: 100 Years of Revolution, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 90:
glosses: Alternative form of Jiaxing.
brismak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brismaks
Etymology: Ultimately from Old Norse brosma, compare dialectal Norwegian bresma; ultimately related to English bream, which see for more.
Senses: examples: text: The Torsk it seems, from his account, or as it is called in the Shetlands, Tusk and Brismak, is a northern fish, which as yet has not been discovered lower to the southward than the Orknies, and is even rather scarce there.
ref: 1804, Edward Donovan, The Natural History of British Fishes: Including Scientific and General Descriptions of the Most Interesting Species and an Extensive Selection of Accurately Finished Coloured Plates, Taken Entirely from Original Drawings:
text: itt I wiz kummin hemm frae Ska, / whaar I wiz rowin dat simmer, / ee setterdey nycht wi a biudie o' / ling hedds an peerie brismaks, an / bruk o' dat kynd apo ma bak,
that I was coming home from / Ska, wheere I was fishing that / summer, one Saturday night with a creil [or basket] ling heads / and small tusk-fish, and scaps / of that kind upon my back,
ref: 1886, "A---d B---y", "Letter in the Dialct of the Shetland Isles", in George Laurence Gomme, Dialect, Proverbs and Word-lore: A Classified Collection of the Chief Contents of The Gentleman's Magazine from 1731-1868, page 31
text: Twa brismaks, a stäblin', an' four krooners [grey gurnards]!
ref: 1898 April 2, Shetland News:
glosses: A torsk, a tusk (fish).
brismaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brismak
postdeceased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of postdecease
postdeceasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of postdecease
postdeceases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of postdecease
F Lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A lock key that toggles the behaviour of the function keys between their traditional (application-defined) behaviours and a set of new commands.
unscriptedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unscripted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unscripted manner.
die roaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dies roaring
form: dying roaring
form: died roaring
form: died roaring
Senses: examples: text: May you die roaring like Doran's bull!
ref: 1910, Patrick Weston Joyce, “Comparisons”, in English as we speak it in Ireland, London: Longmans, Green, page 137:
text: "Did you ever see a fellow hanged?"
"I saw dozens of them," he assured me solemnly, "and they all died roaring."
ref: 1939 March, Frank O'Connor, “First Confession”, in Harper's Bazaar:
text: The genial, white-haired Malachy also enthralled the audience with grim jokes about how Henry VIII and Randolph Churchill died roaring from syphillis.
ref: 1997 September 13, “The court of Malachy”, in The Irish Times:
glosses: To die in agony, especially as divine punishment for a wicked life.
Related terms: die roaring for a priest
Turkicness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Turkic + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality, state or characteristic of being Turkic.
die roaring for a priest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dies roaring for a priest
form: dying roaring for a priest
form: died roaring for a priest
form: died roaring for a priest
form: die roaring for the priest
Etymology: Variation of die roaring; in Catholicism, without a priest a dying person cannot receive the sacraments of confession or extreme unction.
Senses: examples: text: “God’s curse down on you, Burke; may you never lie quiet in bed; may your children wither and die; may your rooftree fall; may your seed and breed in every generation from this day forward bring forth a thief or a murderer of his own kind; may brother rise against brother in every generation; may you never see the face of God; may you live to see the ruin of your family; may you die roaring for the priest and him far away—”
ref: 1973, Eilís Dillon, Across the Bitter Sea, page 436:
text: Suffice it to say that the barman physically hustled him towards the door, as Gus struggled and shouted, "I hope you die roaring for a priest."
ref: 1996, Marian Keyes, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Poolbeg, →ISBN, page 654:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: To repent too late of one's sins; (hence) be damned.
national socialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: national socialists
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of National Socialist.
national socialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more national socialist
form: most national socialist
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of National Socialist.
balao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balaos
Senses: glosses: The halfbeak.
Related terms: balao-balao
reads over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of read over
reading over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of read over
heteronationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteronationalisms
Etymology: From hetero- + nationalism.
Senses: examples: text: There is a vicious circle of escalating antagonism between the new homonationalism of LGBTQI communities and what can by analogy be called “heteronationalism”: the adoption of anti-LGBTQI attitudes as an expression of insurgent national, ethnic and/or religious identity.
ref: 2016 August 31, Peter Drucker, “Homonationalism, Heteronationalism and LGBTI Rights in the EU”, in Public Seminar:
text: The government also uses such state homophobia to divert public attention from domestic problems. Blaming the West for the struggling economy is currently one of the main strategies the government employs. In this situation, Russian homosexuals are presented as Western agents that are paid to destroy family values and national identity. The current Russian policy is to build the nation based on conservative heteronationalism characterized by stable gender norms, traditional family values, the aggressive rejection of non-normative sexuality, and opposition to the West.
ref: 2018 January 24, Nikita Sleptcov, “Political Homophobia as a State Strategy in Russia”, in Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective, volume 12, number 1, page 156:
text: Heteronationalism draws from homophobia to enforce the nations one masculine image by excluding homosexuals or effeminate masculinities from the nation—to demark both internal and external boundaries—and to claim the dominant position in the masculine hierarchy of nations.
ref: 2019 March 9, Koen Slootmaeckers, “Nationalism as competing masculinities: homophobia as a technology of othering for hetero- and homonationalism”, in Theory and Society, volume 48:
glosses: The association of a nationalist ideology with heterosexual ideals used against LGBTI people and as an antagonism of countries where LGBTI rights have been legislated.
Related terms: heteronational
heteronationalist
homonationalism
femonationalism
heteropatriarchy
Porcayo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Porcayos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Porcayo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Reicks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Reickses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Reicks.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Reickses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Reicks
Porcayos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Porcayo
Mittelman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mittelmans
Etymology: Variant of German Mittelmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
oncoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oncoids
Senses: glosses: A layered structure formed by cyanobacterial growth and making up part of an oncolite.
oncoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oncoid
Moilanens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Moilanen
Mittelmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mittelman
Neises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Neiseses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Neises.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Kister
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kisters
form: Kiester
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kister, an abbreviation of Christopher.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Kildays
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kilday
Neiseses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Neises
Kisters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kister
Kravets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kravetses
form: Kravec
form: Kravetz
form: Kravietz
form: Kravitz
form: Krawiec
form: Krawietz
form: Krawitz
Etymology: From Ukrainian кравець (kravecʹ, “tailor”), Belarusian кравец (kravjec, “tailor”), Slovak kravec (“tailor”), or Polish krawiec (“tailor”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kravьcь.
Senses: glosses: A surname from the Slavic languages.
Luhman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Luhmans
Etymology: Variant of German Luhmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Luhmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Luhman