cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
buy and pay for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buys and pays for
form: buying and paying for
form: bought and paid for
form: bought and paid for
Etymology: In the sense "bribe, corrupt", the verb is much rarer than and is probably a back-formation from the adjective bought and paid for.
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see buy, pay, for.
examples: text: I presume that the lobbyists of those interests who can afford to buy and pay for special privileges, will read with a great deal of glee that this is now the order of the day.
ref: 1952 October 12, Joseph M. Barr, “Letters to the Editor”, in The Pittsburgh Press:
text: The problem was, C.C. had a way of surrounding himself with people he'd bought and paid for, so I suppose you can't really blame him for being a bit confused.
ref: 2002, David L. Dukes, The First Black President Blues, →ISBN, page 87:
text: "The Constitution has been eviscerated while Democrats have stood by with nary a whimper. It is gutless, unprincipled party, bought and paid for by the same interests that buy and pay for the Republican Party," wrote Anderson to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, denouncing his affiliation with the party.
ref: 2012 October 23, Gail Russell Chaddock, “The 'other' presidential debate: Third-party candidates make their cases”, in Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: To bribe or corrupt with money from special interests; to obtain by bribery.
mind candy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ændi
Senses: examples: text: I read Mysteries (in which I include all the sub-classes of police dramas, detective novels and old-style who-dun-its) because, like good food and drink, I damn well like them; they pass the time pleasantly; they are mind-candy;
ref: 2008, Cate Garrison, Choice Cuts of Lamb, →ISBN, page 119:
text: The world will offer you eye candy, ear candy, mind candy. . . any and all diversion to keep you from initializing the Covenant with the Source
ref: 2009, Nicholas Karapondo, The Pen: A Sonata and Fugue on the Eternal State of Being, →ISBN, page 581:
text: Ray was her fantasy, her mind-candy, as were her plans for his seduction.
ref: 2010, Alison Kent, Bound to Happen, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: Pleasurable diversions; entertainment that serves no higher purpose.
Synonyms: brain candy
Related terms: ear candy
eye candy
nose candy
immatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immature
owe someone one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: owes someone one
form: owing someone one
form: owed someone one
form: owed someone one
Senses: examples: text: You still owe me one as far as I'm concerned.
ref: 2010, Ed Fralian, Wrong Place Wrong Time, →ISBN, page 228:
text: When I say to a friend, "I owe you one," it's a way of saying thank you.
ref: 2008, Courtney Cowart, American Awakening, →ISBN, page 170:
text: On the credibility scale, “We owe you one,” is right up there with, “The check is in the mail.”
ref: 2008, Ken Lloyd, Jerks at Work: How to Deal With People Problems and Problem People., →ISBN, page 275:
glosses: To be indebted to someone.
AIDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ESA
NASA
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of Asteroid Impact & Deflection Mission.
AIDA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: Initialism of attention, interest, desire, action.
ESRIN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ESA
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of European Space Research Institute.
degradant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: degradants
Etymology: From degrade + -ant.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The product of the process of degradation.
degradants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of degradant
understandible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of understandable.
chouser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chousers
Etymology: From chouse + -er.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:chouser.
glosses: Agent noun of chouse: one who chouses.
skapri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skapris
Etymology: Blend of skirt + capri pants. Compare skort.
Senses: examples: text: The "skapri" (AAAAHHHHHH worst term ever) is essentially the skirted swimsuit of the running world. It says, "I want to wear fitted capris, but my thighs are too large to be inflicted upon the world without being covered."
ref: 2010 September 28, “A few things...”, in Go Tracy Go:
text: 2013, April 17 Center Court Catwalk Amy Turek "What the heck is a skapri?"
Behold: The “Skapri.” That’s right, the “skapri.” For those of us familiar with tennis skirts, we know that many of them come with shorts built in underneath. But these…oh no. These come with cropped leggings underneath.
glosses: An exercise garment combining leggings with a short skirt
Banzhaf power index
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Banzhaf power indexes
Etymology: Named after John F. Banzhaf III.
Senses: topics: government
mathematics
politics
sciences
glosses: An index defined by the probability of changing an outcome of a vote where voting rights are not necessarily equally divided among the voters or shareholders.
wikipedia: John F. Banzhaf III
stuff you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used in place of fuck you.
A and E
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: A&E
form: A & E
Senses: examples: text: Emergency services in the field can communicate directly with A and E department staff.
ref: 1996, Andrew Stevens, James Raftery, “Introduction”, in Health Care Needs Assessment: The Epidemiologically Based Needs Assessment Reviews., Radcliffe Publishing, page 8:
text: Martin remembered being in the A and E there, his mother had scalded her hand while on a rare visit to him.
ref: 2006, Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Doubleday, page 49 (US paperback):
glosses: Alternative form of A&E.
caliphdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caliphdoms
Etymology: From caliph + -dom.
Senses: glosses: A nation having as supreme ruler a Caliph and/or Calipha.
Caliph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Caliphs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of caliph.
Calipha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Caliphas
Senses: glosses: Caliphess
Caliphess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Caliphesses
form: caliphess
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of caliphess (“wife of a caliph”).
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of caliphess (“female caliph”).
Caliphesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Caliphess
Chaoush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Chaoush.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of chaoush; obsolete spelling of chiaus.
bodycams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bodycam
chaoush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaoushes
Senses: examples: text: […]the chaoush informed us, in a solemn and important manner, that we were now approaching to the places where the Turcomans generally lie in wait for caravans,[…]
ref: 1824, James J. Morier, The adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, 2nd edition, volume 1, London: Murray, →OCLC, page 17:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of chiaus.
Enus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A surname.
Seinfeldian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Seinfeldian
form: most Seinfeldian
Etymology: From Seinfeld + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Seinfeldish
glosses: Of or relating to Seinfeld, an American television sitcom of the late 20th century, typically driven by humor interspersed with superficial conflict and characters with peculiar dispositions.
Squeenix
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwiːnɪks/
rhymes: -iːnɪks
Forms: form: Squenix
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Square Enix, a Japanese video game development company.
Related terms: Bamco
working set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛt
Forms: form: working sets
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The amount of memory required by a process in a given time interval.
working sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of working set
Pavarottian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pavarottian
form: most Pavarottian
Etymology: From Italian Pavarotti + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Luciano Pavarotti (1935–2007), celebrated Italian operatic tenor.
post-Gregg
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + Gregg.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Subsequent to Gregg v. Georgia, a 1976 legal case that reaffirmed the United States Supreme Court's acceptance of the use of the death penalty in the United States.
Related terms: pre-Furman
pre-Furman
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + Furman.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Prior to Furman v. Georgia, a 1972 legal case that ruled on the requirement for a degree of consistency in the application of the death penalty, leading to a de facto moratorium on capital punishment throughout the United States until 1976.
Related terms: post-Gregg
swim-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swim-ins
Etymology: From swim + -in, modeled after sit-in.
Senses: examples: text: What was the goal of the "swim-ins" held in St. Augustine? In 1964, black Americans were eager to desegregate Florida beaches. They targeted St. Augustine during the city's 300th year celebration.
ref: 2005, James J. Raciti, Ask about Florida, page 86:
glosses: A peaceful form of protest in which people enter a swimming pool and refuse to leave.
Derived terms: swim-inner
swim-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swim-in
facewash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facewashes
Etymology: From face + wash.
Senses: glosses: A lotion or soap to be applied to the face.
facewashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facewash
handwashings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handwashing
restream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restreams
form: restreaming
form: restreamed
form: restreamed
Etymology: From re- + stream.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to the Web server not having to restream the same data over and over to the clients, the database is also spared excessive connections and queries.
ref: 2002, Hank Meyne, Scott Davis, Developing Web Applications with ASP.NET and C#, page 405:
glosses: To stream again or differently (in various senses).
restreamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of restream
restreams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of restream
restreaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of restream
prehospitalization
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + hospitalization.
Senses: glosses: Prior to hospitalization.
counterspiral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterspirals
Etymology: From counter- + spiral.
Senses: examples: text: Every turn, every spiral, every extension eventually has to be tempered by a counterturn, a counterspiral, or a flexion; sometimes strong, sometimes subtle.
ref: 2010, Richard Freeman, The Mirror of Yoga:
glosses: A spiral running in the opposite direction to another spiral.
counterspirals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterspiral
Chalmettian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chalmettians
Etymology: From Chalmette + -ian.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Chalmettian.
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Chalmette, Louisiana, in the United States of America.
Chalmette
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ʃæl.mɛt/
/ʃɛl.mɛt/
Etymology: Named for its founder, Louis-Xavier Martin de Lino de Chalmette, from French.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place, the parish seat of St. Bernard Parish, in southeastern Louisiana, United States.
Derived terms: word: Chalmettian
Chalmettians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chalmettian
Chauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Of the other Iemoglans some come to the Chauses; who go on Embassies, execute Commandements, […]
ref: 1615, John F. Stanford, quoting George Sandys, edited by Charles A. M. Fennell, A relation of a journey begun An: Dom: 1610. Fovre bookes. containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt of the Holy Land, of the remote parts of Italy, and ilands adioyning, quoted in "chiaus, chaus(e), chouse, chaoush", The Stanford dictionary of anglicised words and phrases, Cambridge: Cambridge, University Press, published 1892, →OCLC, page 238:
glosses: plural of Chaus
chiaous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiaouses
Etymology: Spelling variation of chiaoux, from French chiaoux.
Senses: examples: text: […]the chaoûsh informed us, in a solemn and important manner, that we were now approaching to the places where the Turcomans generally lie in wait for caravans,[…]
ref: 1824, James J. Morier, The adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, 2nd edition, volume 1, London: Murray, →OCLC, page 17:
glosses: Obsolete form of chouse.
adularescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more adularescent
form: most adularescent
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting adularescence.
Chiaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] he appointed some Chiaux to go to demand Peace of the Emperor, the King of Poland, and the Republick of Venice, but not upon Terms so advantageous as those offered by the Sultan his Brother, who was deposed.
ref: 1739, anonymous author, The Life and military actions of His Royal Highness Prince Eugene, of Savoy: with an account of his death and funeral, London: Printed and sold by the Booksellers in town and country, page 94:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of chiaux; obsolete spelling of chiaus.
CTCSS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: Initialism of continuous tone-coded squelch system.
SSTV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of slow-scan television: a technique for transmitting pictures over radio.
multinationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multinationalisms
Etymology: From multinational + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Yet, the relative success of devolution in the British case points to the underlying role of another factor in the politics of multinationalism: political culture.
ref: 2003, Alain Gagnon, The Conditions of Diversity in Multinational Democracies:
glosses: The practice or policy of being multinational.
game of two halves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: games of two halves
Etymology: From football (soccer) commentary in the late 1980s.
Senses: examples: text: In a few minutes they would be reporting their performances for Vijay's spreadsheet, and Doug would be almost certain to say it had been a game of two halves. Well, it had been for him at least. Nick had been losing all night, but looking across the table it seemed that Doug was back where he'd started.
ref: 2011, Tom Campbell, Fold, →ISBN, page 105:
text: The Conservative century was therefore a game of two halves with regard to the procedures for defining parliamentary constituencies.
ref: 2011, David Gilbert, David Matless, Brian Short, Geographies of British Modernity: Space and Society in the Twentieth Century, →ISBN:
text: We also understand why Dracula is a game of two halves: the first half (the attack) takes us from the Natural to the Unnatural path; the second half takes us back.
ref: 2001, Fred Botting, The Gothic, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: Something that makes a major turnaround over the course of its lifespan.
games of two halves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of game of two halves
hoppus foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoppus feet
Etymology: Named after Edward Hoppus, an 18th-century English surveyor.
Senses: glosses: A unit of measurement for the volume of timber in the round, with a value equal to 1.27 cubic feet, where the cross-sectional area is taken as the square of one quarter of the circumference of the round.
hoppus feet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoppus foot
forebook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forebooks
form: fore-book
Etymology: From fore- + book.
Senses: examples: text: Could it be that for the writer everything happens in a forebook whose end he cannot see, whose end is in his book?
ref: 2001, Martin McQuillan, Deconstruction:
text: At Wisconsin, Galpin also wrote a "forebook" to what was to be an eight-book series on rural life [...]
ref: 2010, Julie N. Zimmerman, Olaf F. Larson, Opening Windows Onto Hidden Lives:
glosses: A prelude to a book or series of books; a preface.
forebooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forebook
hassler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hasslers
Etymology: From hassle + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who hassles.
hasslers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hassler
nutmeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nutmeals
form: nut meal
Etymology: From nut + meal.
Senses: glosses: Meal made by the crushing or grinding of nuts.
spaceframe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spaceframes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of space frame.
spaceframes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaceframe
nut-brown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nut-brown
form: most nut-brown
Etymology: From Middle English nute-brun, equivalent to nut + brown.
Senses: examples: text: I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow; a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man; his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulders of his soiled blue coat; his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails; and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white.
ref: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, (1883), Chapter 1
glosses: Brown as a ripe and dried nut.
nutling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nutlings
Etymology: From nut + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: Seed is very hard to get; the carpels fall while yet green, and you have to quest around each clump to detect the green nutlings lurking here and there in the chinks of the shingle; and then the catching them becomes an agitating business, [...]
ref: 1917, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, volume 42, page 64:
glosses: A small or juvenile nut; a nutlet.
nutlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutling
nutbreaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nutbreakers
Etymology: From nut + breaker.
Senses: glosses: The nuthatch.
glosses: The nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes).
nutbreakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutbreaker
chiaused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: What think you?—Chiaus'd by a scholar!
ref: 1659, James Shirley, “Honoria and Mammon”, in William Gifford, Alexander Dyce, editors, The dramatic works and poems of James Shirley, volume 6, London: Murray, published 1833, →OCLC, page 28:
glosses: simple past and past participle of chiaus
nuthacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuthackers
Etymology: From nut + hacker.
Senses: examples: text: The common names nuthatch and nuthacker refer to the way the bird takes a nut in its claws and hacks at it with its bill or wedges it in the bark of a tree and hacks it with hard strokes to break it open.
ref: 2013, George Adams, George Martin Adams, Gardening for the Birds: How to Create a Bird-friendly Backyard - Page 346:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The nuthatch.
Related terms: nuthack
nuthatch
nuthack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuthacks
Etymology: From Middle English nuthake, nuttehake, nothak, equivalent to nut + hack. Compare nuthatch and nutcracker.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nuthatch.
laughing all the way to the bank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of laugh all the way to the bank
state's evidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Court testimony from a person involved in a criminal activity case, implicating other people in crimes, usually given in exchange for leniency from the prosecutor.
Related terms: turn queen's evidence
turn king's evidence
Oenus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Oenūs, Ancient Greek Οἰνοῦς (Oinoûs).
Senses: glosses: A river in Laconia which flows into the Eurotas, now Kelefina
scarcen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɛːsən/
ipa: /ˈskɛɚsən/
Forms: form: scarcens
form: scarcening
form: scarcened
form: scarcened
Etymology: From scarce + -en.
Senses: glosses: to become scarce
examples: text: "Cap'n Ben says that the steamboats and launches are beginning to scarcen the mackerel and that they are not so plentiful this year as usual."
ref: 1909, Amy Ella Blanchard, Wit's End, page 233:
glosses: to make scarce, meager, or lean
scarcens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scarcen
scarcening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scarcen
scarcened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of scarcen
agrions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrion
wood nettles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wood nettle
builder's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He got a custard danish that had sat around too long and a cup of builder's, ate the cake while he waited on hold for the bank.
ref: 2001, Nicholas Blincoe, Matt Thorne, All Hail the New Puritans:
text: More often it's the simple rituals of drinking that give the most pleasure: the rhythm of the morning cup of tea, whether a mug of builder's or a calming lemon-balm infusion, that helps you out of bed to start the day
ref: 2011, Victoria Moore, How To Drink, Granta Books, →ISBN:
text: 'Just a decent cup of builder's with milk would do me. And a biscuit or two.'
ref: 2014, Fanny Blake, With A Friend Like You, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
glosses: Abbreviation of builder's tea.
Related terms: builder
builders'
builders
break the silence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks the silence
form: breaking the silence
form: broke the silence
form: broken the silence
Senses: examples: text: Both men waited for the captain to make a decision. Finally, Dean broke the silence. “We need to know what to do, Captain! Before we sink!”
text: Words, like violence, / Break the silence / Come crashing in, / Into my little world
ref: 1990, Depeche Mode, “Enjoy the Silence”, in Violator:
glosses: To start talking in a conversation after a period where nobody speaks.
examples: text: The Free Tibet campaign is calling on world leaders to break the silence, claiming they "continue to refrain from publicly speaking out for Tibet".
ref: 2012 June 19, Julian Baggini, “Why it's not the Dalai Lama's job to break the silence on Tibet”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To state an opinion on a subject that has been taboo for a period of time.
Egyptophile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Egypto- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: Having a love for Egypt.
Egyptophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Egyptophiles
Etymology: From Egypto- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: One who loves Egypt.
Egyptophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Egyptophile
deaccelerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deaccelerates
form: deaccelerating
form: deaccelerated
form: deaccelerated
Etymology: From de- + accelerate.
Senses: examples: text: This impact deaccelerates the abrasive blocks and then immediately accelerates abrasive blocks in a rebound direction as the vibration reverses.
ref: 2017, Shengqiang Yang, Surface Finishing Theory and New Technology, page 84:
glosses: Synonym of decelerate.
synonyms: word: decelerate
sophoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈso.fɔɪ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφοί (sophoí, “wise”, adjective).
Senses: examples: text: […] since sophos means “wise,” sophia generally means “wisdom,” and sophoi denotes “wise men” of any kind and in any field […]. As a consequence, he regards Thales as having been the first of the sophoi and the profession as having begun with the seven sophoi of the oracle at Delphi […]. Given this understanding, the sophoi stood in close relation to religious ritual as well as to linguistic, musical, and dramatic performance, and philosophy itself becomes first of all an advanced form of poetic discourse still submerged in mythical images […]
ref: 2005, Christian J. Emden, Nietzsche on language, consciousness, and the body, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 16:
text: […] many who are now classified separately as poets, philosophers, sophists, or historians, but whom the Greeks would have grouped together under the term sophoi—“wise men.”
ref: 2007, Michael Gagarin, Paul Woodruff, “Early Greek legal thought”, in Fred D. Miller, Jr., Carrie-Ann Biondi, editors, A treatise of legal philosophy and general jurisprudence, volume 6, Dordrecht: Springer, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: plural of sophos (“sage, wise man”)
Synonyms: sages
wise men
K-turn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: K-turns
Etymology: Seen from above, the vehicle's motion would resemble the letter K.
Senses: glosses: A three-point turn.
Related terms: U-turn
sportos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sporto
take the wrong way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the wrong way
form: taking the wrong way
form: took the wrong way
form: taken the wrong way
Senses: examples: text: "[N]ow you do see what I mean, don't you, now? And you won't take it the wrong way? No, I was sure you wouldn't. There, now, we'll shake 'ands over it, and be as good friends as ever."
ref: 1906, George Gissing, “The Salt of the Earth”, in The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories:
text: Mr. Feeney said that it was all just a joke, and that he hoped nobody took it the wrong way. "I apologize to the extent that my remarks offended anyone," he said.
ref: 2000 December 15, “A Pledge to Change How Floridians Vote”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Apr 2015:
text: Colbert asked him about his three failed attempts to climb Mount Everest. Colbert: "Don't take this the wrong way, but doesn't that make you a quitter?"
ref: 2006 February 12, Marc Peyser, “The Truthiness Teller”, in Newsweek, retrieved 14 Apr 2015:
qualifier: set phrase
glosses: To misunderstand (something), especially in a case of mistakenly regarding someone's behavior or remarks as offensive or hostile.
Related terms: rub the wrong way
rum deals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rum deal
Zambese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Zambezi.
Zambeze
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zambezi
dot release
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dot releases
Etymology: From dot (the decimal point in a version number) + release.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Synonym of point release.
synonyms: word: point release
posh wank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posh wanks
Senses: examples: text: Mark bought a packet of condoms so that he could have a posh wank.
glosses: An act of male masturbation with a condom placed over the penis.
Related terms: posh nosh
Camões
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Camoes
form: Camoens
form: Camoëns
Etymology: From Portuguese Camões, from a Galician habitational surname originating in Camos (spelled Camões and Camones in Medieval Galician), a parish in southern Galicia.
Senses: glosses: The Portuguese poet Luís Vaz de Camões.
wikipedia: gl:Camos, Nigrán
Camoes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Camões.
Camoens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Camões.
Camoëns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Camões.
choush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: choush
ipa: /t͡ʃaʊʃ/
rhymes: -aʊʃ
Forms: form: choushes
Senses: examples: text: The other bodies were those of the choush that had fallen by my side, and the soldier who had been shot on the parapet.
ref: 1874, Samuel W. Baker, Ismailïa: a narrative of the expedition to Central Africa for the suppression of the slave trade: organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, volume 2, London: Macmillan, →OCLC, page 299:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of chiaus.
Bergen op Zoom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɜɹɡən ɑp ˈzoʊm/
ipa: /ˌbɛɹɡ-/
ipa: /ˌbɜɹx-/
ipa: /ˌbɛɹx-/
ipa: /-ə -/
ipa: /ˌbɜːɡən ɒp ˈzəʊm/
ipa: /ˌbɛəɡ-/
ipa: /ˌbɜːx-/
ipa: /ˌbɛəx-/
Etymology: From Dutch Bergen op Zoom.
Senses: glosses: A city in North Brabant, Netherlands.
glosses: A municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
silver carp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver carps
form: silver carp
Senses: examples: text: The main fish species in freshwater ponds in China are silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp, common carp, crucian carp, black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella), etc. According to their live habitat, they can be divided relatively into pelagic and benthic fish.
ref: 2023 April 4, Shuang-Lin Dong, Xiang-Li Tian, Qin-Feng Gao, Yun-Wei Dong, Aquaculture Ecology, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 342:
glosses: A fish of the species Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, native to East Asia, cultivated as a food fish.
Synonyms: sense: Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
word: flying carp
flying carp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying carps
Etymology: The fish leaps high out of the water when frightened.
Senses: glosses: A fish of the species Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, native to east Asia, cultivated as a food fish, highly invasive in US, also known as a silver carp.
Synonyms: sense: Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
word: silver carp
overjoyous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overjoyous
form: most overjoyous
form: over-joyous
form: over joyous
Etymology: From over- + joyous.
Senses: examples: text: Now and then a note from the bugle of some overjoyous youths as he entered the forest, brought a frown upon the brow of old Congo.
ref: 1834, William Alexander Caruthers, The Cavaliers of Virginia, page 146:
text: Sir John when he heard it was over-joyous.
ref: 1848, George Payne Rainsford James, Beauchamp: Or, The Error, Volume 3, page 209:
text: I, Aurora Leigh, was born
To make my father sadder, and myself
Not overjoyous, truly.
ref: 1857, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, First Book:
text: Sometimes there was a celebration. One or two members of the little community were inclined to become a trifle over joyous too often for their health.
ref: 1900, Stewart Edward White, chapter 19, in The Westerners:
glosses: Extremely happy or celebratory; overjoyed.
over-joyous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more over-joyous
form: most over-joyous
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of overjoyous.
over joyous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more over joyous
form: most over joyous
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of overjoyous.
blue cohoshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue cohosh
Rollermania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From roller + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: Everyone remembers Beatlemania. The Fab Four created a fan frenzy wherever they appeared. Yet a decade after their 1960s' peak, an equally hysterical teenage phenomenon gripped Britain. It was called Rollermania.
ref: 2014 May 3, Dominic Midgley, “Rocked by Rollermania: The Fab Four and their fame frenzy”, in Daily Express:
glosses: A 1970s phenomenon of extreme or hysterical adulation for the Scottish boy band Bay City Rollers.
hoppus ton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoppus tons
Etymology: Named after Edward Hoppus, an 18th-century English surveyor.
Senses: glosses: A unit of measurement for the volume of timber in the round, with a value equal to 50 hoppus feet or 1.8027 cubic metres.
hoppus tons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoppus ton
mainswear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mainswears
form: mainswearing
form: mainswore
form: mainsworn
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of manswear.
Hasaean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From al-Hasâ, the name of the northeastern part of the Saudi Arabian Eastern Province.
Senses: examples: text: The South Semitic (or South West Semitic) group brings together the ancient dialects of South Arabia: Sabaean, Minaean, and Qatabanian; the PreIslamic Northern Arabian languages of Thamudic, Lihyanite, Safaitic, and Hasaean, which is associated with central easter parts of the Arabian penninsula; and the Ethiopian languages of Ge' ez, Amharic, Tigrina, and Tigre.
ref: 2013, Andrew Rippin, The Islamic World, →ISBN:
glosses: A Semitic language used in inscriptions found mainly in the great oasis of al-Hasâ, written in a variety of the South Arabian scripts.
Hasaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From al-Hasâ, the name of the northeastern part of the Saudi Arabian Eastern Province.
Senses: examples: text: For the Hasaean civilization based on Thaj in eastern Arabia, but also taking into account the areas of present-day Ra's al-Zur, Dammam, and Abqaiq, Potts (1983) has proposed a chronological system divided into early, middle, and late phases.
ref: 1996, Flora E. S. Kaplan, Museums and the making of "ourselves": the role of objects in national identity:
glosses: Related to the civilization that left the Hasaean inscriptions, that is, to a pre-Islamic civilization that dates to the 8th century BCE in the northeastern part of the Saudi Arabian Eastern Province.
fiercen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪəsən/
ipa: /ˈfɪəɹsən/
Forms: form: fiercens
form: fiercening
form: fiercened
form: fiercened
Etymology: From fierce + -en.
Senses: glosses: To make fierce.
glosses: To make fierce.
To enliven.
glosses: To become or grow fierce.
Derived terms: fiercen up
fiercening
fiercening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fiercen
fiercening
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: becoming fiercer
fiercens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fiercen
fiercened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fiercen
bighead carp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bighead carps
form: bighead carp
Senses: glosses: Any of the species of genus Hypophthalmichthys, a genus of fish having a large, scaleless head, a large mouth, and eyes located very low on the head
glosses: Any of the species of genus Hypophthalmichthys, a genus of fish having a large, scaleless head, a large mouth, and eyes located very low on the head
especially Hypophthalmichthys nobilis, the species reaching the largest size, native to east Asia.
Synonyms: sense: Hypophthalmichthys
word: bigheaded carp
horse and hattock
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From the Scottish folk tradition that this is the cry that fairies make when they leave a place.
Senses: examples: text: ...but one of their number being, it seems, a little more bold and confident than his companion, said Horse and hattock with my top!' and immediately they all saw the top lifted up from the ground, but could not see which way it was carried, by reason of a cloud of dust which was raised at the same time.
ref: 1835, Fraser's magazine for town and country - Volume 11, page 219:
text: Archroy had noticed that his old Morris Minor, which his wife described as 'an eyesore', was no longer upon its blocks in the garage but seemed to have cried horse and hattock and been carried away by the fairies.
ref: 1992, Robert Rankin, The Antipope, →ISBN, page 18:
text: The Miscellanies of John Aubrey (1626-97) noted two cases involving the phrase "Horse and Hattock" and fairy levitation.
ref: 2001, Lizanne Henderson, Edward J. Cowan, Scottish Fairy Belief: A History, →ISBN, page 37:
glosses: A call that invokes the fairies to transport someone or something.
examples: text: I haid a little horse, and wold say, " Horse and Hattock, in the Divellis name !"
ref: 1833, Criminal Trials in Scotland: 1609-1624, page 604:
text: Isabel Gowdie of Auldearne in 1662[318] announced that she had two forms of words, one was "Horse and Hattock in the Devil's name"; the other was, "Horse and Hattock! Horse and go! Horse and Pellatis! Ho! Ho!"
ref: 2004, Margeret Alice Murray, The God of the Witches, →ISBN:
text: We would fly like straws when we please; wild-straws and com-straws will be horses to us, if we put them between our feet and say, 'Horse and Hattock, in the Devil's name!'
ref: 2011, Norman Cohn, Europe's Inner Demons, →ISBN, page 158:
text: “Give it commands,” Mike concluded, “with the formula 'Horse and Hattock,' and activate it by saying three times: Horse and Hattock, horse and go, Horse and Pellattis, ho, ho!”
ref: 2011, Anthony C. Gilbert, Farther Up and Farther In, →ISBN, page 45:
glosses: An incantation used in witchcraft in order to fly.
Hatten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune of Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, France.
glosses: A municipality of Oldenburg district, Lower Saxony, Germany.
chiause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: chä.o͞osʹ
ipa: /t͡ʃɑˈʊs/
Etymology: * See chiaus
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:chiause.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of chiaus .
examples: text: In addition to these characters, Simpleton (described in Variety as "a Country Chiause,")[…]
ref: 1649, John James Elson, quoting William Cavendish, “dramatis personae”, in The Varietie, quoted in "Humours of Monsieur Galliard (William, Duke of Newcastle)", The Wits, or, Sport upon sport, Cornell studies in English, v. 18, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, published 1932, →OCLC, page 204:
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:chiause.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of chouse.
carrucate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrucates
Etymology: From Medieval Latin carrūcāta (“ploughland”), from carrūca (“chariot; coach; wheeled plough”). Compare French charrue (“plough”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of carucate.
carrucates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carrucate
high-center
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: high-centers
form: high-centering
form: high-centered
form: high-centered
Senses: examples: text: What does he think, that we're setting him up, that he'll ease his truck along the dirt road, high-center it in a rut, and then get jumped and die defending his pizzas?
ref: 2010, Darrell Spencer, CAUTION Men in Trees, →ISBN, page 113:
text: I had to be careful driving toward the river so I wouldn't high-center the car on a boulder and break the crankcase.
ref: 2009, Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 83:
text: For example, positive obstacles such as fallen trees directly along the prescribed path would high-center the vehicle and negative obstacles such as culverts near certain intersections in the Urban course went undetected and became hazards for the XUV.
ref: 2006, Raj Madhavan, Elena R. Messina, James Sacra Albus, Intelligent Vehicle Systems: A 4D/RCS Approach, →ISBN, page 274:
glosses: To cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
glosses: To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
caruca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carucas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of carruca.
Joyceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Joycean
high-centre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: high-centres
form: high-centring
form: high-centred
form: high-centred
Senses: examples: text: I became worried about high-centring the car, so I pulled it off to the side and began walking.
ref: 2013, Daniel Baylis, The Traveller: Notes from an Imperfect Journey Around the World., →ISBN, page 390:
text: Trying to pull out, he high-centred the truck on a stump.
ref: 2009, David Carpenter, Welcome to Canada, →ISBN, page 64:
glosses: To cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
glosses: To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
underbury
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underburies
form: underburying
form: underburied
form: underburied
Etymology: From under- + bury.
Senses: examples: text: When the marriage act was mooted, Keith swore that he would revenge himself upon the bishops, by taking some acres of land for a burying-ground, and underburying them all.
ref: 1864, “July 24. [Mint, Savoy, and May-Fair Marriages.]”, in R[obert] Chambers, editor, The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, […], volume II, London; Edinburgh: W[illiam] & R[obert] Chambers, →OCLC, page 120, column 2:
text: The identification of faults, or fractures along which there has been movement is especially desirable, inasmuch as fractures of this type extend more deeply than others, and usually constitute the channels for the upward circulation of the original mineralized hot waters, volcanic vapors. etc., from the underburied igneous magmas, and for the descent of the impoverishing and enriching surface waters.
ref: 1907, Mining and Engineering World - Volume 26 - Page 531
text: [...] he married sixty-one couples and, vowing eternal vengeance on bishops, bought several acres of land for burials, threatening to underbury them all.
ref: 1977, Margaret Baker, Wedding customs and folklore - Page 48:
glosses: To bury beneath; bury under.
high center
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: high centers
form: high centering
form: high centered
form: high centered
Senses: examples: text: The banks on either side of the creek were high enough to high center the long trailer house.
ref: 2010, Stephen L. Wood, The Traveller: Notes from an Imperfect Journey Around the World., →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: To cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
examples: text: A high or sharp breakover tends to cause wheeled vehicles to high center (hang up on the frame midway between the axles).
ref: 2007, Ellis John, John W. Lee, Police Analysis and Planning for Homicide Bombings, →ISBN, page 196:
text: When snow gets high enough, it causes a vehicle to ride up on it and high center, with the weight on the undercarriage, not on the wheels.
ref: 2010, David Nazar, The Romantic Psychedelic Revolutionary, →ISBN, page 191:
glosses: To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
high centre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: high centres
form: high centring
form: high centred
form: high centred
Senses: glosses: To cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
examples: text: He was afraid to get in with the cat because there was nowhere to push the snow, and as there was no side to push it to, he was afraid of getting high centred.
ref: 1997, Ruth Oltmann, My Valley the Kananaskis, →ISBN, page 56:
glosses: To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
high-centres
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of high-centre
high-centring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of high-centre
high-centred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of high-centre
high-centred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: When found, the vehicle was stuck, high-centred as an apparent attempt had been made to drive it through a creek bed.
ref: 2010, T. M. Scotty Gardiner, In the Mind of a Mountie, →ISBN, page 422:
text: Somehow, we'd become high-centred on a big boulder at the creek crossing. One back wheel was spinning wildly.
ref: 2008, Bruce T. Batchelor, Nine Dog Winter, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: stranded with all wheels off the ground.
Nep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Neps
Senses: examples: text: Nepali job. Hundred and one per cent a Nep job. You've seen some of the crime they're responsible for. I tell you, these guys are fucking crazy. […] Ninety-nine per cent of this kind of crime, at least in Delhi, is done by Neps.
ref: 2013, Aatish Taseer, The Temple Goers:
glosses: Nepali
Neps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nep
high-centers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of high-center
high-centering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of high-center
high-centered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of high-center
high-centered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: stranded with all wheels off the ground.
high centers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of high center
high centering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of high center
high centered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of high center
high centered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: Of a vehicle
glosses: stranded with all wheels off the ground.
high centres
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of high centre
high centring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of high centre
standardish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more standardish
form: most standardish
Etymology: From standard + -ish.
Etymology tree
Old French estandartder.
English standard
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English standardish
Senses: examples: text: Cabernet Sauvignon The Private Reserve is a true showpiece wine, but the regular bottling has been rather standardish to date, with a couple of exuberant exceptions.
ref: 1985, E. Frank Henriques, The Signet Encyclopedia of Wine - Page 107:
text: Likewise, the basilectal phrase to make dirty (= 'to litter') is realigned as to make dirt, which is syntactically standardish without being a standard English idiom.
ref: 1995, Rajend Mesthrie, Language and Social History:
text: She unbuttoned her sweater and pulled it off, revealing her standardish white bra.
ref: 2002, Harold Robbins, Never Enough - Page 248:
text: “Standardish,” said Vivian, disappearing behind a partition wall to prepare for bed. M sat on her bunk, still dressed in her Fulbright suit.
ref: 2015, Jeffrey Salane, Justice:
glosses: Somewhat or nearly standard; approximating the norm; more or less regular.
Related terms: standardlike
high centred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of high centre
high centred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: stranded with all wheels off the ground.