cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
show up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shows up
form: showing up
form: showed up
form: shown up
Senses: examples: text: Please come on time; don't just show up whenever you feel like it.
text: No matter how many I throw away, more copies always show up.
text: “We showed up. We showed up,” Mr. Biden said at a news conference at the United Nations summit on climate change, known as COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland. “The fact that China is trying to assert, understandably, a new role in the world as a world leader, not showing up? Huh. The single most important thing that’s gotten the attention of the world is climate.”
ref: 2021 November 2, Jim Tankersley, Katie Rogers, Lisa Friedman, quoting Joe Biden, “With Methane and Forest Deals, Climate Summit Offers Hope After Gloomy Start”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.
examples: text: Stains really show up on this white tablecloth.
glosses: To be easily visible; to be conspicuous.
examples: text: This bright light shows up the dust in the corners of the room.
text: I bet the Jayhawk fast break could show up the Nimrod's lack of speed.
glosses: To make visible; to expose.
examples: text: I finished in five minutes and she showed me up by finishing in three.
text: His team were not outclassed but, once again, England have reminded us of their habit of being shown up as soon as they face half-decent opposition and one or two authentic category-A footballers.
ref: 2014 June 20, Daniel Taylor, “World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark”, in guardian.co.uk:
glosses: To make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by outdoing, outperforming, or outcompeting another.
examples: text: A pleasing countenance showing above a suit of clothes is attractive and makes the suit show up well, while a face with a blank expression is likely to make a man say to himself, "Well if that man's clothes is going to make me look like that I don't want any of them."
ref: 1910 October, “For Artistic Effects”, in National Lithographer:
glosses: To produce an impression on observers; to come off.
Synonyms: sense: appear
word: turn up
Related terms: show off
show out
show off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shows off
form: showing off
form: showed off
form: shown off
Senses: examples: text: Grocery stores show off their produce by placing the most attractive specimens in front.
synonyms: parade
glosses: To exhibit the best attributes of something.
examples: text: She loves to show off her driving prowess.
text: She loves to show off when she gets behind the wheel of a car.
text: “Listen, my Oscar,” she said, resuming at once her tender voice, “you have a propensity to talk, and to tell all you know, and all that you don’t know; and you do it to show off, with the foolish vanity of a mere lad.[…]”
ref: a. 1897, Katharine Prescott Wormeley, transl., A Start in Life, translation of Un début dans la vie by Honoré de Balzac:
text: If you've just acquired a Google Glass headset for £1,000, don't show it off at the movies. UK cinemas are to ban the headsets over fears that the gadgets can be used to make pirate copies of Hollywood blockbusters.
ref: 2014 June 29, Adam Sherwin, “UK cinemas ban Google glasses over piracy risk”, in The Independent:
text: She told the press that the group had been for an evening out and that the driver has been showing off by driving fast.
ref: 2022 September 7, “Network News: High-speed car crash blocks Tube Line”, in RAIL, number 965, page 23:
synonyms: flaunt
strut
glosses: To attract attention to for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism; to demonstrate a skill, talent or property for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism.
Derived terms: word: show-off
word: showoff
show off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: show offs
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard spelling of show-off.
Related terms: show up
insipid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɪp.ɪd/
rhymes: -ɪpɪd
Forms: form: more insipid
form: most insipid
Etymology: From French insipide, from Latin īnsipidus (“tasteless”), from in- (“not”) + sapidus (“savory”). In some senses, perhaps influenced by insipient (“unwise, foolish, stupid”).
Senses: examples: text: The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.
text: There was no limit on drinks, and the guy next to me tucked away a few G and Ts. I confined myself to a pleasant Brewdog Ale and a glass of slightly insipid wine.
ref: 2025 June 11, Christian Wolmar, “First Class delights with an occasional pang of hunger”, in RAIL, number 1037, page 34:
synonyms: tasteless
bland
vapid
wearish
antonyms: savory
savorous
sapid
glosses: Unappetizingly flavorless.
examples: text: The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.
text: If the secret history of books could be written, and the author’s private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 42, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: “Look at this festive assembly. All of us, gathered here together, chuckling at jokes and silliness.” [laughter] “And jackanapery.” [rim shots] “I guess there's only one thing left to say. What is this shit?” [rim shot] [laughter] “[laughs] Very good.” “You call yourselves vampires? Bah. This entire evening has been nothing but a pageant of insipid nonsense.” “[laughing] Yes.” “Worshipping at the altar of your own mediocre frivolity. A jester's hollow dance. And who is laughing?” “Yeah! [whoops] [grunts]” “Vampires are supposed to have blood orgies and slaughter circles. Gah! You have all gone soft. You even invited humans to this asinine affair.”
ref: 2023 August 24, Sarah Naftalis & Lauren Wells, “The Roast” (8:36 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 8, spoken by Baron Afanas (Doug Jones):
synonyms: boring
vacuous
dull
bland
vapid
characterless
colourless
glosses: Flat; lacking character or definition.
Synonyms: word: bland
word: cardboard
word: flaggy
word: flavorless
word: ingustible
word: intastable
word: savorless
word: insipid
word: tame
word: gustless
word: sapidless
word: mawkish
word: smackless
word: tasteless
word: unsavory
word: untasteable
word: wallowish
word: watery
word: waugh
word: wearish
word: wersh
Hypernyms: word: imperceptible
Derived terms: insipidity
insipidly
insipidness
insipid schizotypal
uninsipid
Related terms: word: insipient
word: boring
word: weak
atto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Danish atten (“eighteen”), extending the idea to how femto- is derived from Danish femten (“fifteen”) and the fermi unit.
Senses: related: word: mul:a-
glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻¹⁸ (short scale quintillionth or long scale trillionth).
centi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛn.tə/
ipa: /ˈsɛn.ti/
Etymology: From French centi- and its etymon Latin centi-, from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of hecato- and hecto-.
Senses: glosses: one-hundredth
glosses: one-hundredth
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻². Symbol: c
examples: centimillionaire
synonyms: hecato-
hecto-
glosses: hundred
deca-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛkə-/
Forms: form: dec-
form: deka-
Etymology: Borrowed from French déca-, its etymon Late Latin decas (“(set of) ten”), and also their etymon Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás), from δέκα (déka, “ten”).
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Senses: examples: text: decagon
synonyms: deci-#Prefix
glosses: Ten.
glosses: In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10. Symbol: da
Related terms: number
deci-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛsɪ/
Etymology: From Latin decimus (“tenth”).
Senses: glosses: A tenth part.
glosses: In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻¹. Symbol: d
Derived terms: decibel
decigram
decigramme
decilitre
deciliter
decimetre
decimeter
Related terms: deca-
exa-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx, “six”), for the sixth order of 10³, analogous to tera-.
Senses: glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹⁸ (a short scale quintillion or long scale trillion). Symbol: E
Derived terms: exbi-
femto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Danish femten (“fifteen”), and the previous name of the femtometre, the fermi.
Senses: antonyms: peta-
glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻¹⁵ (short scale quadrillionth or long scale billiardth). Symbol: f.
giga-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪɡ.ə/
ipa: /ˈɡaɪ.ɡə/
ipa: /ˈɡɪɡ.ə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.ə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”); cognate to giant.
Senses: examples: text: giga- + watt → gigawatt ("one billion watts")
related: word: mul:G-
glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁹ (short scale billion or long scale milliard).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: gibi-
mul:Gi-
glosses: Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2³⁰ or 1,073,741,824.
examples: text: Wow, I am giga-jealous right now.
synonyms: super-
supra-
hyper-
ultra-
uber-
mega-
glosses: Augmenting an adjective; intensely, extremely, or to an exceptionally high degree.
examples: text: giga- + Chad → gigachad
text: giga- + Stacy → gigastacy
glosses: Used to augment nouns; denoting an invididual who is a paragon of something.
Derived terms: gibi-
gigabyte
gigaflop
gigahertz
gigajoule
gigawatt
Related terms: word: billion
sense: ISO prefixes
word: previous: mega-
word: next: tera-
hecto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: hect-
Etymology: From French hecto-, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”). Doublet of hecato- and centi-.
Senses: synonyms: centi-
hecato-
glosses: hundred
glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 100. Symbol: h
milli-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪlɪ/
Etymology: From Latin mille (“thousand”), via French.
Senses: examples: Example: milligram
antonyms: kilo-
glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, one-thousandth of the unit to which it is prefixed; that is, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻³. Symbol: m.
examples: Example: millipede
synonyms: chilia-
glosses: thousand
nano-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnænəʊ/
ipa: /ˈnænoʊ/
Etymology: From Latin nānus (“dwarf”), from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).
Senses: glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻⁹ (short scale billionth or long scale milliardth). Symbol: n
examples: text: nano- + biology → nanobiology
glosses: Derived from the nanotechnology industry.
examples: text: nano- + particle → nanoparticle
text: nano- + plankton → nanoplankton
glosses: Very small.
Synonyms: word: mini-
word: micro-
word: -ette
word: -ee
word: -y
word: -icle
word: -cule
word: -ule
word: -ole
Derived terms: nanothermite
peta-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtə/
Etymology: Based on penta- (“five”) (from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte)) with the middle letter removed, analogous to tera-.
Senses: glosses: In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹⁵ (a short scale quadrillion or long scale billiard). Symbol: P
Derived terms: pebi-
tera-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛ.ɹə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”). Also from Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares, “four”), by analogy with tetra- for being the fourth power of 10³. Doublet of terato-.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: T
text: a 2-terawatt increase
related: word: mul:T-
antonyms: pico-
coordinate_terms: see at Wikipedia > bit and byte prefixes
glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹² (short scale trillion or long scale billion).
examples: text: a 2-terabyte hard drive
related: word: mul:T-
synonyms: mul:Ti-
coordinate_terms: see at Wikipedia > bit and byte prefixes
qualifier: but still in common use
glosses: tebi- (2⁴⁰ = 1024⁴).
Derived terms: tebi-
terabyte
teraelectron volt
teraflare
teragram
terahertz
THz
terameter
terasecond
tera win
yocto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɑk.toʊ/
ipa: /ˈjɒk.təʊ/
Etymology: Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), for the eighth order of 10⁻³. The letter y was added, as the second term in a series running backwards through the alphabet.
Senses: related: word: mul:y-
glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻²⁴ short scale septillionth or long scale quadrillionth).
Derived terms: yoctoampere
yoctobecquerel
yoctocoloumb
yoctofarad
yoctogram
yoctogray
yoctohenry
yoctojoule
yoctometer
yoctometre
yoctosecond
yotta-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ˈjɒtə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), for the eighth order of 10³. The consonants ct are reduced to tt; the final a conforms to the finals vowel of the SI series from mega- upwards; the letter y was added, as the second term in a series running through the alphabet backwards (from zetta-).
Senses: glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10²⁴ (a short scale septillion or long scale quadrillion). Symbol: Y
Derived terms: yobi-
Related terms: sense: terms previously proposed to be the next prefix
alt: brontobyte
word: bronto-
sense: terms previously proposed to be the next prefix
word: hella-
sense: terms previously proposed to be the next prefix
word: xenna-
zepto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɛp.təʊ/
ipa: /ˈzɛp.toʊ/
Etymology: Greek (h)epta- (seven), for the seventh order of 10⁻³. The final o conforms to the finals vowel of the SI series from micro- downwards; the letter z was added, as a start in a series of terms running backwards through the alphabet.
Senses: glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻²¹ (short scale sextillionth or long scale trilliardth). Symbol: z
Derived terms: word: zeptoampere
word: zeptobecquerel
word: zeptobel
word: zeptocandela
word: zeptoelectronvolt
word: zeptofarad
word: zeptogram
word: zeptogray
word: zeptohenry
word: zeptojoule
word: zeptokelvin
word: zeptolux
alt: zeptometre
word: zeptometer
word: zeptomole
word: zeptosecond
word: zeptovolt
word: zeptovoltampere
word: zeptowatt
zetta-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ˈzɛtə/
Etymology: Coined with Latin septem and Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) in mind, for the seventh order of 10³. The consonants pt are reduced to tt; the initial z was chosen instead of s to avoid confusion with s for second.
Senses: glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10²¹ (a short scale sextillion or long scale trilliard). Symbol: Z
Derived terms: zebi-
hula hoop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhuːlə ˌhuːp/
Forms: form: hula hoops
Etymology: Coined by Australian model Joan Anderson. Former trademark of Wham-O, which introduced the product in 1958.
Senses: glosses: A toy in the form of a large hoop which is twirled around various parts of the body, especially the waist.
hula hoop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhuːlə ˌhuːp/
Forms: form: hula hoops
form: hula hooping
form: hula hooped
form: hula hooped
Etymology: Coined by Australian model Joan Anderson. Former trademark of Wham-O, which introduced the product in 1958.
Senses: glosses: To use a hula hoop.
Derived terms: hula hooper
nipple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪ.p(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɪpəl
Forms: form: nipples
form: neple
form: nypil
form: nyppell
form: neapel
form: neaple
form: neble
Etymology: From earlier neple, nypil, neble, believed to be a diminutive of nib, neb (“tip, point”), equivalent to nib + -le. Compare Old English nypel (“elephant trunk”), formed analogously as "a protuberance from one's neb" .
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: tit
word: nipples
word: blinkers
word: braille
word: bullets
word: bumps
word: chichis
word: circuit breakers
word: cookies
word: daggers
word: diamond cutters
word: dinner plates
word: glass cutters
word: high beams
word: headlights
word: horns
word: nertz
word: nips
word: nubbins
word: pancakes
word: paps
word: pimentos
word: pointers
word: points
word: raisins
word: silver dollars
word: teats
word: tits
word: thermometers
glosses: The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
glosses: The nipple (definition 1) and the areola together.
glosses: A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner.
synonyms: teat
glosses: An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants.
glosses: Any small physical protrusion, such as the lumps on the F and J keys on computer keyboards.
glosses: Any small physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a groove on another part.
examples: text: I could tell he didn't agree but he went to the corner and took up his squirrel gun, feeling the nipple for a percussion cap.
ref: 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 23:
glosses: A perforated segment that fits into part of the breech of a muzzle-loading gun, on which the percussion cap is fixed.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
plumbing
glosses: A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector.
examples: text: Turn the nipples on to the bicycle spokes only one turn, for each spoke on the new wheel all the way around until they are all snug, then check alignment.
text: These were first constructed by heading the spokes, threading them through a steel felloe or rim and inserting them into screwed nipples which were in their turn screwed into the flanges of the hub.
ref: 1921, W. F. Grew, The Cycle Industry, London, page 5:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A pointing stick.
Derived terms: Batnipples
grease nipple
lipple
micronipple
nip
Nipple Butte
nipple cactus
nipple clamp
nipple-confused
nipple confusion
nipple cripple
nippled
nipplefruit
nipplegasm
Nipplegate
nipple gong
nipple guard
nippleless
nipplelike
nipple mouse
nipple pastie
nipple pasty
nipple shield
nipplewort
nipple wrench
nippley
nipply
Paget's disease of the nipple
pepperoni nipple
scalp-ear-nipple syndrome
slippery nipple
spoke nipple
nipple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪ.p(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɪpəl
Forms: form: nipples
form: nippling
form: nippled
form: nippled
form: neple
form: nypil
form: nyppell
form: neapel
form: neaple
form: neble
Etymology: From earlier neple, nypil, neble, believed to be a diminutive of nib, neb (“tip, point”), equivalent to nib + -le. Compare Old English nypel (“elephant trunk”), formed analogously as "a protuberance from one's neb" .
Senses: glosses: To fit (a baby's bottle, etc.) with a nipple.
glosses: To give one's nipple to (a baby) to allow breastfeeding.
Related terms: smuggling raisins
wart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɔːt/
ipa: /wɔɹt/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: warts
Etymology: From Middle English warte, werte, from Old English wearte, from Proto-West Germanic *wartā, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. Cognate with Dutch wrat, German Warze, Hunsrik Waarz, Swedish vårta and Danish vorte.
Senses: examples: text: A wart has appeared on my toe.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
glosses: Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
examples: text: Things that look too good to be true usually are, and every company has some warts that need to be taken into account.
ref: 2011, Pat Dorsey, The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing:
glosses: Anything unsightly or undesirable; a blemish.
examples: text: Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat.
ref: 1998, Chris Ahlstrom, “Hungarian notation”, in microsoft.public.vc.language (Usenet):
text: Far easier to not use warts in the first place. Even if a wart is present, you still have to verify the variable's declaration anyway, if you're a diligent maintenance programmer.
ref: 2002, Linonut, “Computer Science”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.
Derived terms: fig-wart
fruit wart
genital wart
Peruvian wart
plantar wart
planter's wart
potato wart
prosector's wart
senile wart
soot wart
wall wart
wart-biter
warthog
warts and all
wart snake
warty
warty toad
water wart
woodwart
worrywart
Related terms: verruca
analogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ælədʒi
Forms: form: analogies
Etymology: From Latin analogia, from Ancient Greek ἀναλογίᾱ (analogíā), from ἀνα- (ana-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, reckoning”).
Senses: examples: text: Yet the systole and diastole of the heart are not without their analogy in the ebb and flow of love.
ref: 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, chapter 6, in Essays: First Series:
text: Is there any analogy, in certain constitutions, between keeping an umbrella up, and keeping the spirits up?
ref: 1869, Charles Dickens, chapter 18, in The Uncommercial Traveller:
text: The old analogy likening the human mind to an imperfect mirror, which modifies the images it reflects, occurred more than once to Odo.
ref: 1901, Edith Wharton, chapter 12, in The Valley of Decision:
text: Perhaps the easiest way to think of it is in terms of a simple analogy: hardware is to software as a television set is to the shows that appear on it.
ref: 1983 January 3, “How to Write Programs”, in Time:
text: A kid living on the street is a bit like — and please pardon the analogy here — a weed.
ref: 2002, Harlan Coben, Gone for Good, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The proportion or the equality of ratios.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.
Derived terms: analogal
analogist
analogize
counteranalogy
disanalogy
false analogy
nonanalogy
proportional analogy
violinist analogy
Related terms: analogue
metaphor
simile
example
homology
parable
parallelism
show-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: show-offs
form: showoff
Etymology: A deverbal from show off.
Senses: examples: text: Quit being such a show-off, before someone gets hurt.
text: “Don’t tell me what to do, you double-crossing little show-off!” he grated. “Here, stand aside there, and let a man pass.”
ref: 1959, Roger Barlow, Stormy Voyage, New York: Simon and Schuster:
text: He was still a tad disgruntled about being used as a work-horse, but he allowed this feeling to be repressed in favor of the pomp and circumstance of the parade. He was, after all, a bit of a show-off when he could get away with it. And that is a real understatement!
ref: 2003, Robert J. Evans, Chris Dulabone, Abducted to Oz:
text: Totally obsessive fans are a good measure of a ride’s popularity, but they’re kind of a pain in the ass, too. They lipsynch the soundtrack, cadge souvenirs and pester you with smarmy, show-off questions.
ref: 2003, Cory Doctorow, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Tor Books:
glosses: One who shows off; a person given to egotistically demonstrating their prowess or ability.
Derived terms: show-offery
sexual intercourse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sexual intercourses
Senses: examples: text: The yogi hopes to gain the universal feminine of Shakti by giving up sexual intercourse; he offers up his phallus in celibacy.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 129:
synonyms: word: aphrodisia
word: carnal knowledge
word: coitus
word: coition
word: commerce
word: commixtion
word: congress
word: conjunction
word: connection
word: consummation
word: conversation
word: copulation
word: coupling
word: intercourse
word: intimacy
word: intimate relations
word: intromission
word: joining
word: lovemaking
word: lustmaking
word: marital embrace
word: mating
word: mounting
raw_tags: for animals
word: pareunia
word: penetration
word: relations
word: sex
word: sexual congress
word: sexual intercourse
word: sexual relation
word: sexual union
word: swiving
word: union
word: the beast with two backs
word: the birds and the bees
word: boom-boom
word: chesterfield rugby
word: horizontal dancing
word: horizontal hula
word: horizontal jogging
word: horizontal mambo
word: horizontal refreshments
word: how's your father
word: love
word: Netflix and chill
word: physical love
word: roll in the hay
word: Ugandan affairs
word: Ugandan discussions
word: action
word: ass
word: bang
word: barney-mugging
word: beef injection
word: bonking
word: cuntfuck
word: fucking
word: frig
word: fucky-fucky
word: hot beef injection
word: hump
word: humpa humpa
word: jig-jig
word: jiggy-jiggy
word: lay
word: legover
word: meat injection
word: nookie
word: old hat
word: pipe
word: plow
word: plough
word: poon
word: poontang
word: punani
word: pussy
word: ride
word: root
word: rumpo
word: rumpy-pumpy
word: seeing-to
word: sexy time
word: sexy times
word: screw
word: screwing
word: shag
word: skin
word: snu snu
word: tang
word: trim
word: hanky-panky
word: funny business
word: making whoopee
word: jiggery-pokery
word: monkey business
word: fooling about
word: fooling around
word: playing around
glosses: Coitus or genital-genital sexual contact.
examples: text: Dating and courtship provide many examples of indirect communications. The young man may want sexual intercourse. The young woman may want marriage. In the initial stages of the dating game neither knows just what the other wants. Hence, they do not know precisely what game they are going to play. Moreover, in our culture direct communications about sexual interests and activities are still felt to be discouraged, even prohibited. Hinting and alluding thus become indispensable methods of communication.
ref: 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 8, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 139:
text: Mosher et al (2005), from the NSFG for 2002, reported on the percentage of each age group who had experienced oral sex but not sexual intercourse.
ref: 2009, John Bancroft, Human Sexuality and Its Problems, page 197:
synonyms: lovemaking
glosses: Sexual interaction, usually involving vaginal, anal, or oral penetration, between at least two organisms.
commonwealth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑmənˌwɛlθ/
ipa: /ˈkɔmənˌwɛlθ/
ipa: /ˈkɒmənˌwelθ/
ipa: /ˈkɒmənˌwɛlθ/
Forms: form: commonwealths
form: common-wealth
Etymology: From common (“public”) + wealth (“well-being”).
From c. 1450 as common wele (commonweal). In the form common-wealth (common welthe) from c. 1520, used by Tyndale in the sense "secular society" in particular, for which other authors preferred publike weal.
Also from the 1520s treated as a synonym or loan-translation of res publica (republic) (Rollison 2017:67f).
Senses: glosses: The well-being of a community.
examples: text: Remeber I saye yt ye were at that tyme wt oute Christ and were reputed aliantes from the comen welth [πολιτεία (politeía)] of Israel and were straugers fro the testamentes of promes and had no hope and were with out god in this worlde.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Ephesians ij:[12]:
text: I'th' commonwealth I would by contraries
Execute all things, for no kind of traffic
Would I admit; no name of magistrate[…]
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.
examples: 1649, Act of the Long Parliament
Be it declared and enacted by this present Parliament and by the Authoritie of the same That the People of England and of all the Dominions and Territoryes thereunto belonging are and shall be and are hereby constituted, made, established, and confirmed to be a Commonwealth and free State And shall from henceforth be Governed as a Commonwealth and Free State by the supreame Authoritie of this Nation, the Representatives of the People in Parliam[ent] and by such as they shall appoint and constitute as Officers and Ministers under them for the good of the People and that without any King or House of Lords.
glosses: Republic. Often capitalized, as Commonwealth.
Derived terms: commonwealthism
commonwealthman
Commonwealth of Australia
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Commonwealth of Virginia
commonwealthsman
Related terms: commonweal
Formosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːˈməʊ.sə/
ipa: /fɔɹˈmoʊ.sə/
ipa: /fɔɹˈmoʊ.zə/
rhymes: -əʊsə
Etymology: From Spanish Formosa, from Vuelta la Formosa and Vuelta Fermosa (“Beautiful Turn”) in reference to a bend in the Paraguay River near the city, from Old Spanish fermosa, from Latin formosa.
Senses: glosses: A city in northern Argentina.
glosses: A department of Argentina around the city.
glosses: A province of Argentina around the city.
Formosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːˈməʊ.sə/
ipa: /fɔɹˈmoʊ.sə/
ipa: /fɔɹˈmoʊ.zə/
rhymes: -əʊsə
Forms: form: Formosas
Etymology: Borrowed from Maltese Formosa.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Maltese.
turn down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns down
form: turning down
form: turned down
form: turned down
Senses: examples: text: He turned down all our offers of help.
text: A local doctor had bought one canvas and but for that lucky chance he would have been out of pocket. Now he was muttering grumpily at Edmund, "Have to get something better this trip, Edmund. Got to pull up somehow or buyers will be turnin' us down. Sales been gettin' worse and worse these last years."
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 17:
text: Govia Thameslink Railway declined to comment on the study and turned down our request for an interview to address the issues raised.
ref: 2022 August 24, Paul Clifton, “Many disabled passengers are excluded from using the route”, in RAIL, number 964, page 29:
antonyms: take up
glosses: To refuse, decline, or deny.
examples: text: Turn down the television so I can hear myself think.
text: When it starts to boil, turn down the heat to a simmer.
glosses: To reduce the power, etc. of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
examples: text: Turn down the blankets to let them air out.
glosses: To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction; to double or fold down.
Related terms: turn over
turn up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns up
form: turning up
form: turned up
form: turned up
Senses: examples: text: Is this your t-shirt that turned up in my drawer?
text: I don't like people turning up without an appointment.
text: Highly providential was the appearance on the scene of Corny Kelleher when Stephen was blissfully unconscious but for that man in the gap turning up at the eleventh hour the finis might have been that he might have been a candidate for the accident ward […]
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 16]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: I haven't booked, so I don't have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not. Supposedly, reservations are compulsory, but I want to find out what would happen if you just turn up.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
glosses: To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
examples: text: I spent hours in the archives, but couldn't turn up anything on the alleged criminal.
glosses: To cause to appear; to find by searching, etc.
examples: text: Turn up the radio and sing along.
text: Turn the rhythm up, don't you wanna just
Come along for the ride?
ref: 2023 May 25, Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, “Dance the Night”, in Barbie the Album, performed by Dua Lipa:
glosses: To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
examples: text: He turned up his collar against the cold.
glosses: To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc., upwards.
examples: text: Turn up the main halyard.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To belay or make fast (a line on a cleat or pin).
examples: text: We're going to turn up at the concert tonight.
glosses: To party hard, especially when involving alcohol or drugs.
examples: text: Thirty-six were cast for death, and only one was ‘topped’ (hanged), the very one that expected to be ‘turned up’ (acquitted) for highway robbery.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
glosses: To acquit.
Hypernyms: turn
Derived terms: a bad penny always turns up
turn it up
turnt up
turn up missing
turn up one's nose
turn up one's toes
turn up the heat
turn up the volume on
turn up trumps
turn up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turn ups
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of turn-up.
Derived terms: turn up for the book
soporific
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɒp.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌsəʊ.pəˈɹɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌsɑp.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌsoʊ.pəˈɹɪf.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Forms: form: soporifics
form: soporifick
Etymology: From French soporifique, from Latin sopor (“deep sleep”). Unrelated to stupor (distinct in Proto-Indo-European).
Senses: examples: text: The doctor prescribed a soporific to help the patient sleep.
text: And ancient soporifics—such as poisonous leaves and various opiate concoctions—were roughly as likely to kill you as they were to induce REM.
ref: 2022 January 27, Derek Thompson, “Can Medieval Sleeping Habits Fix America’s Insomnia?”, in The Atlantic:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Something inducing sleep, especially a drug.
glosses: Something boring or dull.
soporific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɒp.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌsəʊ.pəˈɹɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌsɑp.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌsoʊ.pəˈɹɪf.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Forms: form: more soporific
form: most soporific
form: soporifick
Etymology: From French soporifique, from Latin sopor (“deep sleep”). Unrelated to stupor (distinct in Proto-Indo-European).
Senses: examples: text: For we are not here to understand, as perhaps some have, that an author actually falls asleep while he is writing. It is true, that readers are too apt to be so overtaken; […]To say the truth, these soporific parts are so many scenes of serious artfully interwoven, in order to contrast and set off the rest;
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V:
text: It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is “soporific.” I have never felt sleepy after eating lettuces; but then I am not a rabbit. They certainly had a very soporific effect upon the Flopsy Bunnies!
ref: 1909, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies:
text: I should imagine that the smooth riding and the quietness of the diesel or electric cab, coupled with the effect on the eyes of endless successions of sleepers disappearing from sight immediately under the driver's eyes, might in time have a soporific effect, so that the company of a second man, who can assist in signal observations when he is not at work in the engine cab, seems highly desirable in such conditions.
ref: 1961 July, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 401:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Tending to induce sleep.
examples: text: The professor delivered a soporific lecture.
text: COP stands for conference of the parties under the UNFCCC, and the annual meetings have swung between fractious and soporific, interspersed with moments of high drama and the occasional triumph (the Paris agreement in 2015) and disaster (Copenhagen in 2009).
ref: 2019 December 2, Fiona Harvey, “Climate crisis: what is COP and can it save the world?”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: banal
word: beat
word: blah
word: bland
word: boring
word: cold
word: colourless
word: drab
word: dreich
word: drowsy
word: dull
word: dull as dishwater
word: flat
word: ho-hum
word: humdrum
word: insipid
word: lackluster
word: lame
word: languid
word: lifeless
word: longsome
word: monotonous
word: mundane
word: no fun at parties
word: plain
word: plodding
word: prosaic
word: prosy
word: pedantic
word: pedestrian
word: static
word: straightforward
word: snoozeworthy
word: soporific
word: tedious
word: uncool
word: wan
word: weaksauce
word: wooden
word: uninteresting
word: stodgy
word: vapid
word: vanilla
glosses: Boring, dull.
Synonyms: word: dormitive
word: hypnic
word: hypnotic
word: slumberous
word: somniferous
word: somnific
word: somnolent
word: soporiferous
word: soporific
word: soporous
word: stupefacient
word: stupefactive
word: tranquilizing
word: vapid
Hyponyms: word: wearisome
Related terms: word: sleep inducer
Coventry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒvəntɹi/
ipa: [ˈkʰɒvəntʃɹi]
ipa: /ˈkʌvəntɹi/
ipa: /ˈkɑvəntɹi/
ipa: [ˈkʰɑvəntʃɹi]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Coventre, from Old English Cofentrēo, Cofantrēo, of obscure origin. Believed to be derived from an Anglo-Saxon named Cofa, hence Cofantrēo (literally “Cofa's tree”).
Senses: examples: text: Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.
ref: 2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, “English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A cathedral city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, in central England, historically in Warwickshire.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Chenango County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Summit County, Ohio.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Kent County, Rhode Island.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Orleans County, Vermont.
glosses: A surname.
Synonyms: word: Cov
Derived terms: coventrate
Coventrian
coventrize
East Coventry
North Coventry
send to Coventry
sent to Coventry
South Coventry
if only
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: examples: text: It made me feel better, if only for a moment.
text: It won't be much fun if only guys turn up to the party.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see if, only.
examples: text: If only I could win the lottery.
text: My gambling ex could come to his senses, if only.
glosses: I wish that; would (that) (archaic). Signifies a wish or desire for the present or the future.
examples: text: If only I had listened to my parents.
text: We didn't have that luxury. If only!
glosses: I wish that; would (that) (archaic). Signifies a regret about an action in the past.
examples: text: I was pretty sure what I wanted, but I still tried on another if only to make sure.
glosses: Even if for no other reason than; only just.
examples: text: He could be a great student if only he got [or: if he only got] a little non-judgmental encouragement.
text: If you'd only quit interrupting me, I'll tell you!
glosses: Signifies a hypothetical or wishful precondition, or one which would be simple but is nonetheless unlikely, for a hypothetical, counterfactual, or future outcome.
West Midlands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌwɛst ˈmɪdləndz/
Forms: form: the West Midlands
Senses: glosses: A metropolitan county of England; the conurbation surrounding Birmingham including Wolverhampton, Coventry and Solihull.
glosses: One of nine administrative regions of England; the entire western half of the Midlands.
Related terms: Black Country
flux
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /flʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Forms: form: fluxes
form: fluxing
form: fluxed
form: fluxed
Etymology: From Old French flux, from Latin fluxus (“flow”).
Senses: examples: text: You have to flux the joint before soldering.
glosses: To use flux on.
glosses: To melt.
glosses: To flow as a liquid.
Related terms: fluxion
flux
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /flʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Etymology: From Old French flux, from Latin fluxus (“flow”).
Senses: examples: text: The flux nature of all things here.
ref: a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, "On Contentment", Sermon XL, in The Theological Works, Volume 2, Clarendon Press, 1818, page 375
glosses: Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
Related terms: fluxional
fluctuant
FOLDOC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
turnover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɝnoʊvɚ/
Forms: form: turnovers
Etymology: Deverbal from turn over.
Senses: examples: text: The company had an annual turnover of $500,000.
glosses: The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.
examples: text: High staff-turnover can lead to low morale amongst employees
text: Those apartments have a high turnover because they are so close to the railroad tracks.
text: In the case of pathological hypercoagulative conditions such as thrombosis and embolism, 4-hydroxycoumarin based oral anticoagulants, including warfarin as a well-known example, are administered to block the enzymatic function of VKORC1, effectively diminishing turnover of the vitamin K cycle.
ref: 2015 July 29, Carville G. Bevans et al., “Phylogeny of the Vitamin K 2,3-Epoxide Reductase (VKOR) Family and Evolutionary Relationship to the Disulfide Bond Formation Protein B (DsbB) Family”, in Nutrients, volume 7, →DOI:
glosses: The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers leave and are replaced, a property changes hands, etc.
examples: text: They only served me one apple turnover for breakfast.
hypernyms: hand pie
coordinate_terms: pasty#Noun_2
glosses: A semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (such as fruit).
examples: text: The Nimrods committed another dismaying turnover en route to another humiliating loss.
text: Australia’s 18 turnovers were a costly case of self-harm. So, too, were the two interception tries that ultimately wrecked any chance of Michael Cheika’s side ending their recent grim sequence against the Poms.
ref: 2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A loss of possession of the ball without scoring.
glosses: A measure of leg speed: the frequency with which one takes strides when running, typically given in strides per minute.
examples: a bad turnover in a carriage
glosses: The act or result of overturning something; an upset.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Synonym of runover.
synonyms: word: runover
glosses: An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.
Coordinate terms: sense: a pastry of a filling enclosed in a folded crust
word: fritter
sense: a pastry of a filling enclosed in a folded crust
word: rissole
Derived terms: apple turnover
Mexican turnover
turnover on downs
Related terms: overturn
turnaround
turnover
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɝnoʊvɚ/
Etymology: Deverbal from turn over.
Senses: examples: text: a turnover collar
text: Chamoisette glove samples for spring show some very swagger styles with gauntlet tops and turnover cuffs piped and embroidered with harmonious contrasts.
ref: 1922, Women's Wear, Toronto, volume 6, page 51:
glosses: Capable of being turned over; designed to be turned over.