cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Aussie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ŏz'-i
ipa: /ˈɔzi/
enpr: ŏ'-zi
enpr: ŏ'-si
ipa: /ˈɒzi/
ipa: /ˈɒsi/
enpr: ô'-zi
enpr: ô'-si
ipa: /ˈɔzi/
ipa: /ˈɔsi/
enpr: ŏ'-zi
enpr: ŏ'-si
ipa: /ˈɑzi/
ipa: /ˈɑsi/
rhymes: -ɒzi
rhymes: (US) -ɔːsi
homophone: Ozzie
homophone: Ozzy
Forms: form: Aussies
form: Ozzie
Etymology: From Aus + -sie.
Senses: examples: text: A blokart (say blow-cart) plays to the penchant that Kiwis and Aussies have for pushing the limits in search of fun. It’s a ground-hugging, tricyclelike combination of aluminum tubing and rubber wheels with a steering wheel and a sail.
ref: 2014 June 17, Tribune Newspapers, “Cruising Down Under”, in Chicago Tribune:
text: What we hope to achieve with our AAMI Decade of Driving Report, is to bring awareness to where, when and how accidents occur, so that Aussie drivers can be better informed and educated on how to drive more safely. - AAMI Motor Claims Manager Leah James
ref: (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: An Australian.
glosses: An Australian Shepherd dog.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Australian dollar (see also; Aussie dollar).
Derived terms: Oz
Aussie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ŏz'-i
ipa: /ˈɔzi/
enpr: ŏ'-zi
enpr: ŏ'-si
ipa: /ˈɒzi/
ipa: /ˈɒsi/
enpr: ô'-zi
enpr: ô'-si
ipa: /ˈɔzi/
ipa: /ˈɔsi/
enpr: ŏ'-zi
enpr: ŏ'-si
ipa: /ˈɑzi/
ipa: /ˈɑsi/
rhymes: -ɒzi
rhymes: (US) -ɔːsi
homophone: Ozzie
homophone: Ozzy
Etymology: From Aus + -sie.
Senses: glosses: Australia (now uncommon except in sporting chants and in New Zealand).
Aussie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ŏz'-i
ipa: /ˈɔzi/
enpr: ŏ'-zi
enpr: ŏ'-si
ipa: /ˈɒzi/
ipa: /ˈɒsi/
enpr: ô'-zi
enpr: ô'-si
ipa: /ˈɔzi/
ipa: /ˈɔsi/
enpr: ŏ'-zi
enpr: ŏ'-si
ipa: /ˈɑzi/
ipa: /ˈɑsi/
rhymes: -ɒzi
rhymes: (US) -ɔːsi
homophone: Ozzie
homophone: Ozzy
Forms: form: more Aussie
form: most Aussie
Etymology: From Aus + -sie.
Senses: examples: text: From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled gadget has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly.
ref: 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 5:
text: Most Aussie officers seemed this way to me; always cool, deliberate, and extremely rational in their decision making, a far cry from the American leadership I had seen during my first year in the army.
ref: 1998, Gordon L. Steinbrook, Allies and Mates: An American Soldier with the Australians and New Zealanders in Vietnam 1966-1967, page 63:
text: Here's something I learned the hard way: The very best time of year to start off with accounting software is the beginning of the financial year (1 July for most Aussie businesses, and 1 April for most Kiwi businesses).
ref: 2010, Veechi Curtis, Lynley Averis, Bookkeeping For Dummies, page 81:
text: For example, if you buy US dollars (USD) using Australian dollars (AUD) and the Aussie dollar falls, you can then sell your US dollars and you will have made money as you will have more Aussie dollars than you started with.
ref: 2011, Wiley Trading Guide, volume 2, John Wiley & Sons Inc, page 153:
text: They′re the ‘Almost Aussies’ who embrace their new culture with a vengeance – some becoming more Aussie than Aussies.
ref: 2008, Lois Nicholls, Aussie, Actually, page 111:
text: You couldn't get more Aussie than the cast he chose—or their cars. The goodies drive Holdens and the baddies cruise around in a big, grunting, chocolate-brown Monaro.
ref: 2008, Janet Fife-Yeomans, Heath: A Family's Tale, page 65:
text: ‘I'm a perfectionist, mate,’ he said, his accent becoming noticeably more Aussie, as it always did in private.
ref: 2010, Quintin Jardine, Screen Savers, unnumbered page:
text: 'Every fucking aussie. Go to Cronulla Beach Sunday for some Leb and wog bashing Aussie Pride ok.'
ref: 2015, Johnny Lieu, “Cronulla Riots: What happened on one of Australia's darkest days”, in Mashable:
glosses: Australian.
Derived terms: Aussie box
Aussie burger
Aussie cozzie
Aussie dollar
Aussie kiss
Aussie rules
Aussie salute
Related terms: Argie
Hongkie
Paki
Sinkie
banana bender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana benders
form: banana-bender
Senses: examples: text: “Not now, you banana bender! The Commencement Speech takes place at the dinner tonight.”
“Banana bender! I'm not from Queenland, I'll ‘ave you know. And I needs to test out the mike in advance. Always have trouble with those things.”
ref: 2003, Rosemary Patterson, Journey Great Barrier Reef: An Adventure Novel Set in Australia, page 17:
text: If Billy Lane hadn't given him such a firm handshake, Henry reckons he'd be wondering if all the Banana-benders shook like a girl.
ref: 2007, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 137:
text: In comparison with other Australians, they were considered an odder sort of people – the banana-benders of Banana-land – a heat-stroked and skin-cancered people, dogged, ‘unimaginably tough and undeniably brittle’.
ref: 2007, Raymond Evans, A History of Queensland, page 219:
text: Terry nodded. “Yes, you don't have too many cars to contend with here, and we banana benders are rather courteous, especially once we realize you're a tourist. Just be careful on the curves, especially where the road goes along the bluffs.”
ref: 2011, Reynold Conger, Chased Across Australia, page 180:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Queensland, Australia.
Synonyms: Queenslander
crow eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crow eaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of croweater.
sandgroper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandgropers
Etymology: From sand + groper. The sense “Western Australian” may originate either as a reference to the relatively large proportion of desert in the state or to gold mining during the rushes of the 19th Century.
Senses: examples: text: On both occasions the sandgropers downed the ‘big V’, as indeed they did in 1947 at Hobart when finishing second; the VFL′s only other defeat in 68 pre-state of origin carnival games came in 1911 against South Australia in Adelaide.
ref: 2008, John Devaney, Full Points Footy′s WA Football Companion, page 320:
text: Leonard not only accepted, he told the club he could help sign several West Australians. The Foreign Legion policy was born and, through Leonard′s personal contacts, South [Melbourne] signed Sandgropers Brighton Diggins and Bill Faul (both from Subiaco) and Gilbert Beard (South Fremantle).
ref: 2011, Ashley Browne, editor, The Grand Finals: 1897-1938, volume 1, page 370:
text: After the race, Damien Oliver added to an already magnificent occasion for David Mueller by spending some time with his fellow Sandgroper and giving Mueller the jockey′s trophy from the race as a memento.
ref: 2011, John Hunt, Princess: The Miss Andretti Story, page 288:
glosses: An inhabitant of Western Australia.
examples: text: The sandgroper is not unique to Western Australia, being found elsewhere in Australia and also in New Guinea,[…].
ref: 1980, Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Journal, page 53:
text: Most species are small, 4 to 15 mm in length, although some sandgropers (Cylindrachetidae) can reach the length of 40 mm.
ref: 2001, Simon A. Levin, Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, page 264:
text: Sandgropers remain under the soil surface and are only seen when soil is worked or dug.
ref: 2007, Peter T. Bailey, Pests of Field Crops and Pastures: Identification and Control, page 13:
glosses: Any species of the family Cylindrachetidae of subterranean insects, found in Australia, New Guinea and Argentina.
Taswegian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæzˈwiːd͡ʒən/
ipa: /tæzˈwiːd͡ʒiən/
Forms: form: Taswegians
Etymology: Blend of Tasmanian + Glaswegian. Royal Australian Navy slang from about 1930. Possibly a reference to the cold climate of Tasmania, comparing it to the cold climate of Glasgow.
Senses: topics: government
military
navy
politics
war
glosses: A Tasmanian seaman.
examples: text: The town is filled with lovely, lovely Taswegians, the kindest and most generous people I have ever met.
ref: 2005, Beverly Walton, Watermarks: A Tasmanian Journal, page 25:
text: The new year is also vigorously celebrated further south during the Hobart Summer Festival (p646), when Taswegians stuff themselves with food, wine and song.
ref: 2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 32:
text: That was when I learned that every Taswegian worth his salt carries an axe in his boot and, more often than not, two in case of axe-less friends.
ref: 2011, Teri Louise Kelly, Punktuation, page 57:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Tasmania.
Synonyms: sense: person from Tasmania
word: apple-eater
sense: person from Tasmania
word: Apple Islander
Territorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛɹɪˈtɔːɹi.ən/
Forms: form: Territorians
Etymology: From territory + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Territorians also could elect a representative to Federal Parliament (a right granted in 1923).
ref: 1967, Brian Hodge, Allen Whitehurst, Nation and People: An Introduction to Australia in a Changing World, page 258:
text: 1998 December, Minister for Health, Family and Community Services, Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, speech, quoted in 2008, Tess Lea, Bureaucrats and Bleeding Hearts: Indigenous Health in Northern Australia, page 25,
Put simply, Aboriginal Territorians have drastically poorer health across virtually all causes of disease. Life expectancy at birth for indigenous men in the Northern Territory is 57 years compared to 77 years for other male Territorians.
text: One of the ways he did this was by attending meetings of the Northern Territory Legislative Councul, the wind instrument created by the Chifley Labor Government in 1947 to give Territorians the illusion that they had democratic rights.
ref: 2011, Stephen Gray, The Protectors: A Journey Through Whitefella Past, ReadHowYouWant, page 138:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Northern Territory, Australia.
Related terms: Top End
kiwi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːwi/
rhymes: -iːwi
Forms: form: kiwi
form: kiwis
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori kiwi.
Senses: glosses: A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“person from New Zealand”).
glosses: A New Zealand dollar.
glosses: A kiwi fruit.
glosses: A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi fruit flesh (also called kiwi green).
examples: text: And as its role grew in importance, ground commanders, or kiwis as they were called, made many mistakes in judgment […]
ref: 1953, Air Force: Official Service Journal of the U.S. Army Air Forces:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A member of the air force who does not fly.
examples: text: Now Rex he was a Texan out of New Orleans and he travelled with the carnival shows
He ran bumper cars, sucked cheap cigars and he candied up his nose
He got wind of the big brown beaver so he thought he'd take himself a peek
But the beaver was quick and he grabbed him by the kiwis
And he ain't pissed for a week (and a half)
ref: 1995, “Wynona's Big Brown Beaver”, performed by Primus:
glosses: A testicle.
Synonyms: sense: flightless bird
word: apteryx
sense: kiwi fruit
word: Chinese gooseberry
sense: kiwi fruit
word: kiwi fruit
Derived terms: common kiwi
great spotted kiwi
hardy kiwi
kiwi berry
kiwirita
kiwitini
little spotted kiwi
North Island brown kiwi
Okarito brown kiwi
Okarito kiwi
southern brown kiwi
Related terms: Kiwi
roroa
rowi
tokoeka
kiwi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːwi/
rhymes: -iːwi
Etymology: Genericized trademark from the brand of shoe polish originating in Australia, from Maori kiwi.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Any kind of black shoe polish.
kiwi
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːwi/
rhymes: -iːwi
Forms: form: kiwis
form: kiwiing
form: kiwi-ing
form: kiwied
form: kiwied
Etymology: Genericized trademark from the brand of shoe polish originating in Australia, from Maori kiwi.
Senses: examples: text: Johari Salleh: Ya, ya. Better not waste time. Must prepare, tomorrow morning got inspection.
Teo Ah Beng: Ya lah, must kiwi the boots. Can borrow [lend] me your cloth?
Krishnamoorthy: Ya, no problem. You better kiwi quickly. 11 pm lights off. […]
ref: 1987, Michael Chiang, Army Daze, Landmark Books, →ISBN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To polish (boots) with black shoe polish.
pom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒm/
ipa: /pɑm/
ipa: /pɔm/
rhymes: -ɒm
Forms: form: poms
form: Pom
Etymology: A clipping of pomegranate. In reference to the British, first attested in Australia in 1912 as rhyming slang for immigrant with additional reference to the likelihood of sunburn turning their skin pomegranate red. As a cocktail, originally American.
Senses: examples: text: I could see more than mere humour in car stickers that read ‘Grow your own Dope: Plant a Pom’ ... ‘Keep Australia Beautiful: Shoot a Pom’.
ref: 1987, Linda Christmas, The Ribbon and the Ragged Square: An Australian Journey, page 27:
text: The prize for being Australia′s original pom goes to the enterprising pirate William Dampier, who made the first investigations ashore about 40 years after Tasman and nearly 100 years before Cook.
ref: 1989, Tony Wheeler, Australia: A Travel Survival Kit, Lonely Planet, page 10:
text: At one stage a group called British People Against Racial Discrimination complained to the Advertising Standards Board in Australia about an advert for Tooheys beer that claimed it was ‘cold enough to scare a Pom’.
ref: 2008, Lawrence Booth, Cricket, Lovely Cricket?, page 214:
glosses: An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.
qualifier: cocktail
glosses: A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.
Synonyms: sense: An Englishman or Briton
word: Briton and Englishman
Derived terms: Pomland
pommie
pommy
ten pound pom
Related terms: kiwi
pompom
Yank
pom-pom
pom-pom-pull-away
tiddly-om-pom-pom
pommy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒmi/
rhymes: -ɒmi
Forms: form: pommies
form: pommie
Etymology: From pom + -y (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912.
Senses: examples: text: Though Sir Oswald had taken on enough London veneer to be sneered at as a pommy in certain Australian circles, he had never acquired the high-class Englishman′s apparent equanimity or indifference before the prospect of cuckolding.
ref: 1931, Miles Franklin, Back to Bool Bool, page 140:
text: Rhona nodded her agreement. ‘That′s a very interesting answer from a new Aussie – and a Pommy into the bargain,’ she added.
ref: 2007, Tony Parsons, Silver in the Sun, unnumbered page:
text: During one of these acts of bravery by the English pilots I saw a great big tough Aussie with tears of frustration streaming down his face. He was shouting, ‘You magnificent, stupid Pommy bastard!’
ref: 2009, Robert Holman, On Paths of Ash: The Extraordinary Story of an Australian Prisoner of War, unnumbered page:
glosses: A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman.
Synonyms: word: limey
Derived terms: Pommyland
Related terms: pom
pommy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒmi/
rhymes: -ɒmi
Forms: form: pommie
Etymology: From pom + -y (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912.
Senses: examples: text: A gleam of humour, a moment of beautiful pommy arrogance.
ref: 1991, A Stranger's Trust, Emma Richmond:
text: That is, of course, until Australian movie stars like Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman proved that they could sell tickets in the West End so long as they could play at being what Rees calls a ‘movie siren’ with a convincing ‘fake pommy accent’.
ref: 2003, Susan Bradley Smith, “12: Rhetoric, reconciliation and other national pastimes: showcasing contemporary Australian theatre in London”, in Elizabeth Schafer, Susan Bradley Smith, editors, Playing Australia: Australian Theatre and the International Stage, page 201:
text: athol wrote:[…]> IIRC, "hood lining" is the more pommy terminology. :-)
ref: 2005 February 24, feral, “Hello, Hello”, in aus.cars (Usenet):
glosses: English; British.
Synonyms: word: limey
pommy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒmi/
rhymes: -ɒmi
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Alternative form of pommee (“having round shapes on the extremities”).
pommy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒmi/
rhymes: -ɒmi
Etymology: From pomme + -y.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:pommy.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Semé of (strewn with) pommes (roundels vert).
dry as a dead dingo's donger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: drier than a dead dingo's donger
form: dry as a dead dingo's donga
Senses: examples: text: ‘Not on a Sunday, mate. Town's as dry as a dead dingo′s donger. This is Queensland,’ explained one of the station hands.
ref: 2008, Di Morrissey, Heart of the Dreaming, page 376:
text: ‘It′s been an absolute bloody stinker today, hasn′t it?’ said the tanned octogenarian in an almost indecipherable Australian accent. ‘Dry as a dead dingo′s donger.’
ref: 2010, Jessica Rudd, Campaign Ruby, page 181:
text: 2010, Peter FitzSimons, Tobruk, eBook, unnumbered page,
Not a blade of anything seemed to grow in those parts; the whole place was as dry as a dead dingo′s donger, and yet, somehow, just, the local population seemed to hang on.
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very dry, extremely dry.
examples: text: ‘No worries,’ Frank said, paying for his drink. ‘Boy, I need this. I′m drier than a dead dingo′s donger.’
ref: 2001, David Franklin, Looking for Sarah Jane Smith, unnumbered page:
text: “Let′s have a bottle.” Tim leant across and whispered, “I′m as dry as a dead dingo′s donger.”
ref: 2005, Patrick Taylor, Now and in the Hour of Our Death, page 70:
text: ‘Christ, I need a beer,’ Brennan muttered. ‘I'm dry as a dead dingo′s donger.’
ref: 2010, Gabrielle Lord, The Sharp End, unnumbered page:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very thirsty.
Synonyms: dry as a nun's cunt
dry as a nun's nasty
Related terms: be dry as a dead dingo's donger
be dry as a nun's cunt
be dry as a nun's nasty
donger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒŋə/
rhymes: -ɒŋə
Forms: form: dongers
Etymology: From donga (“transportable cabin”).
Senses: examples: text: The first donger had one of its sliding windows open a crack, so I was able to get in there without leaving a sign.
ref: 2009, David Everett, Kingsley Flett, Shadow Warrior: From the SAS to Australia′s Most Wanted, unnumbered page:
glosses: A donga (transportable cabin or tourist accommodation).
brekkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛ.ki/
rhymes: -ɛki
Forms: form: brekkies
form: brekky
form: breakie
form: breaky
Etymology: Clipping of breakfast + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: What's for brekkie, Dad?
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:brekkie.
glosses: Diminutive of breakfast.
kangaroo bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kangaroo bars
Senses: examples: text: The kangaroo bar is attached to the car at five points. Two bottom tubes are fixed via big plate brackets running inside the grille, the two top ones attach to the insides of the wing “walls” and a central lower one looks like a conventional car′s starting handle tube which is welded to the very strong front cross-member.
ref: 1969, The Autocar: A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage, volume 130, page 38:
text: Being a Yank, it takes me a moment to realize that a kangaroo bar is the metal guard I noticed on the front of his truck.
ref: 1999, Tony Horwitz, One for the Road: An Outback Adventure, page 21:
text: I had four apples with me, and since they had to be destroyed before crossing the border I put two into the bin and ate the other two leaning on the kangaroo bar fitted to the front of the ute.
ref: 2008, Emilio Gabbrielli, Polenta and Goanna, page 154:
glosses: A metal bar or framework of bars on the front of a vehicle to protect it during collisions with kangaroos or cattle.
Synonyms: bull bar
roo bar
Related terms: cowcatcher
roo bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roo bars
form: 'roo bar
Etymology: Clipping of kangaroo bar
Senses: examples: text: Mr Giles has even, rather whimsically, helped design his preferred vehicle: roo bar for those late-night mercy dashes, roof rack for swags, red hand-print (‘my hand’) instead of red cross on the side.
ref: 2003, Nicholas Rothwell, “Aboriginal Portraits”, in Peter Craven, editor, The Best Australian Essays 2003, page 93:
text: lf you drive in the outback, be sure to bring plenty of water, your cell phone, and other safety supplies (have a roo-bar on the front of the car).
ref: 2006, Terri Morrison, Wayne A. Conaway, Kiss, Bow, Or Shake Hands: The Bestselling Guide to Doing Business in More Than 60 Countries, 2nd edition, page 21:
text: Her arm looped around the roo bar and she pulled herself into a more upright position, ignoring the sharp stab in her leg.
ref: 2010, Nikki Logan, The Soldier′s Untamed Heart, unnumbered page:
text: “Keeps those bloody roos from wrecking the bus,” he explained. Leather water bags, wet and shiny, dangled from the roo bars like a series of sad, drooping eyes.
ref: 2010, Ralph Alcock, Hidden Identity, page 32:
glosses: A metal bar or framework of metal bars on the front of a vehicle to protect it during collisions with kangaroos or cattle.
Synonyms: sense: protective bar on a vehicle
word: bull bar
sense: protective bar on a vehicle
word: kangaroo bar
topics: trains
railways
transport
sense: protective bar on a vehicle
word: cowcatcher
bull bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bull bars
form: bullbar
Senses: examples: text: 2003 October, Cliff Gromer (article editor), GreatStuff, Popular Mechanics, page 120,
Bull bars give your SUV a macho look, as well as add protection and versatility. ARB's bull bars for the Jeep Liberty offer all of the above, with added features that include Hi-Lift jacking points, auxiliary driving-light mounts, a provision for relocating the factory foglights and accommodation for Warn winches.
text: I got the job of buying the after-market products, such as the bull bar and tow bar, so Ruth and I set out for ARB, the 4X4 shop at Caboolture.
ref: 2010, Gary Hatcher, You Probably Have Parkinson Disease, page 129:
text: Front protection bars, known as bull bars, brush bars, roo bars, and even nerf or nudge bars are probably the most contentious piece of equipment that can be fitted to a car. In some countries they are banned outright.[…]In some countries where risk of damage is very high, bull bars are considered essential safety equipment.
ref: 2011, Ralph Hosier, Land Rover Discovery, Defender & Range Rover: How to Modify for High Performance & Serious Off-Road Action, page 61:
glosses: A welded framework of metal bars at a vehicle's front, designed to protect it during collisions with animals, but often purchased as a fashion accessory.
Synonyms: sense: protective framework at front of a vehicle
word: kangaroo bar
sense: protective framework at front of a vehicle
word: roo bar
sense: protective framework at front of a vehicle
word: nudge bar
sense: protective framework at front of a vehicle
word: grille guard
pavement pizza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pavement pizzas
Senses: examples: text: I think I'm about to deliver a pavement pizza.
text: Being drunk is one thing, but creating a pavement pizza on a train is clearly overstepping the mark.
ref: 2004, Andrew Holmes, Matthew Reeves, Pains on Trains: A Commuter′s Guide to the 50 Most Irritating Travel Companions, page 207:
text: I was so relieved at the end of the journey that if I had had anything left to throw up I would have made it a hat trick of pavement pizzas.
ref: 2009, Aaron Chynn, Memoirs of an Ordinary Man: A Yorkshireman's Tale, page 77:
text: 2010, Michael Powell, Matt Forbeck, Forbidden Knowledge College: 101 Things Not Every Student Should Know How To Do, Adams Media, UK, page 84,
This will make you gag and cough; keep going until your stomach starts heaving. Open your throat as if you were is about to swallow a sword; this sends another signal to your brain that a pavement pizza [is] about to be delivered.
synonyms: word: barf
word: bait
word: boke
word: boot
word: chunder
word: honk
word: pavement pizza
word: puke
word: purging
word: ralph
word: sick
word: spew
word: sprog
word: throwup
word: throw-up
word: upchuck
word: yak
word: liquid laugh
word: multicolour yawn
word: Technicolor yawn
word: vomit
word: vomitus
glosses: A patch of vomit on the pavement, road or ground.
examples: text: She would have been pavement pizza if she hadn′t been strapped in. As it was, she was hanging from the shoulder strap like a parachutist who hit a tree.
ref: 1998, Eileen Dreyer, Brain Dead, page 287:
text: He′d even heard of there having been a jumper once. Ended up as pavement-pizza, but astoundingly still alive, now simply existing in a semi-vegetable state, a crippled slobbering mess, physically and mentally incapacitated for the remainder of his sorry life.
ref: 2008, Christopher Nosnibor, The Plagiarist, page 107:
text: Fortunately, technology is in place to slow your descent before you become pavement-pizza.
ref: 2011, Bob Sehlinger, The Unofficial Guide to Britain′s Best Days Out, Theme Parks and Attractions, page 133:
glosses: The badly damaged bodily remains of a person who has jumped or fallen from a great height.
examples: text: That's so the little critters can go there and eat their little hearts out instead of getting them smashed out on the road as a part of a pavement pizza.
ref: 1995, Margaret Lawrence, “Cousin Cassie′s Cookin′”, in Annette J. Bruce, J. Stephen Brooks, editors, Sandspun: Florida Tales by Florida Tellers, page 43:
text: Had I been in an SUV, the kid would have been pavement pizza.
ref: 2004 September 13, Editorial Opinion, Philadelphia Daily News (PA):
text: If that schnauzer winds up pavement pizza, they′d love reporting me, they′d be checking my tires for fur in no time.
ref: 2005, Paul Frederick Kluge, Final Exam, page 21:
glosses: Roadkill.
liquid laugh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liquid laughs
Senses: examples: text: The Australian national passtime^([sic]) is drinking as much Foster's as possible and then spewing it up again (recently all over the net). This is followed by another round of drinking, another liquid laugh, more drinking, yet another rainbow smile, more drinking, and so on.
ref: 1990 May 19, Stephen King, “Trish and Social Responsibility - like chalk and cheese”, in alt.flame (Usenet):
text: My vote for stupidest TNG plot was 'the Royale'. This was the one where the crew visits the hotel that is right out of a shlocky crime pulp. The whole premise (not to mention execution) of this episode made me want to do a liquid laugh.
ref: 1994 June 3, K. Udo Weyer, “MY VOTE FOR THE STUPIDEST TNG EPI”, in rec.arts.startrek.current (Usenet):
text: Thankfully, I have avoided the liquid laugh thus far but ... Hooray! My chap's back with the meat pies! Here goes nothing ...
ref: 1998 December 3, Bastard Bear, “Yamaha slightly bonkers?”, in uk.rec.motorcycles (Usenet):
text: I've been flying for 20 years, and this one's the best I've seen for my friends who are prone to 'liquid laughs.'
ref: 2000 April 21, Daniel Daly, “Airsickness”, in rec.aviation.soaring (Usenet):
glosses: An act of vomiting; vomit.
Synonyms: word: multicolour yawn
word: pavement pizza
multicolour yawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multicolour yawns
Senses: examples: text: Consequently, to brighten up a shady spot in the front garden we have recently added ‘Harlequin’, its green foliage splashed generously with white, though hopefully not to be splashed generously with a multicolour yawn.
ref: 2006, Ian Shenton, The Trouble with Plants: Tales of Trivia and Tribulation from an English Garden, page 80:
synonyms: word: barf
word: bait
word: boke
word: boot
word: chunder
word: honk
word: pavement pizza
word: puke
word: purging
word: ralph
word: sick
word: spew
word: sprog
word: throwup
word: throw-up
word: upchuck
word: yak
word: liquid laugh
word: multicolour yawn
word: Technicolor yawn
word: vomit
word: vomitus
glosses: Vomit; an act of vomiting.
g'day
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈdeɪ/
ipa: /ɡəˈdæɪ/
ipa: /ˈɡɪdæɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: gidday
Etymology: Contraction of good day.
Senses: examples: text: "G'day, Missus," said he, with a jerk of his head, and he shifted from one leg to the other, and turned his hat over and over uneasily in his great brown hands.
[…]
"G'day," said 'Lizer, with a bright smile that revealed the prettiest of white teeth. The girl's mouth was as fresh as a rose.
[…]
"G'day, Missus, hope you're keepin' well, an' the Boss, an' the children. Got back sooner'n I expected; Well, how's my mate shapin?" said he.
[…]
It ain't no one's fault but mine," he said, generously. "G'day, Missus; I'm goin' ter find my mate, alive-or dead;" and he galloped away.
ref: 1901 December 14, Bushwoman, “Lizer o' th' Overshot”, in Australian Town and Country Journal:
text: G'day, Muck.
[…]
Ned
ref: 2012 February 20, Ned Latham, “Odd behaviour UPLOAD”, in aus.computers.linux (Usenet):
qualifier: Ottawa Valley
glosses: Hi, hello.
examples: text: Golf Golf Whiskey Golf, cleared the ILS approach runway one two, contact Sault Tower one one eight decimal eight, g'day.
qualifier: air traffic control
glosses: Denotes the end of a radio transmission.
unvaluable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unvaluable
form: most unvaluable
Etymology: From un- + valuable.
Senses: examples: 2024, Michael Ojugo, Clement Ojugo, Destined for Greatness
Because if they never think about you, that means you have never made yourself valuable or unvaluable. You have become a jack of too many trades. So you master nothing.
synonyms: nonvaluable
coordinate_terms: valueless
worthless
;
inexpensive
glosses: Not valuable; having little value.
examples: text: I kon him thanks that he hath had the hap to chuse, and knowledge to cull-out so worthy a worke, and a booke so fit to the purpose, therewith to make so unvaluable a present unto his Countrie.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 4, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: Invaluable; beyond price.
kiwi fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiwi fruit
form: kiwi fruits
form: kiwifruit
Etymology: Trade name used by exporters for one of several varieties selectively bred in New Zealand; named after the endemic New Zealand bird, the kiwi, because the fruit's fuzzy brown skin resembles the plumage of the bird. From Maori kiwi (“kiwi bird”).
Senses: examples: text: LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT? Unusual! Exotic! KIWI FRUITS · PRICKLY PEARS · POMEGRANATES
ref: 1968 October 2, “Kroger”, in The Salem News, volume 80, number 246, Salem, Oh., page 12, column 3:
text: Kiwi: Kiwi fruits are imported from New Zealand. Sometimes called Chinese gooseberries, these brown fuzzy-skinned fruits will be soft to the touch, like an avocado, when ripe. To serve this fruit, peel and slice.
ref: 1969, “Guide to Buying Fruit”, in “Buying, Storing, and Preparing”, in Better Homes and Gardens Salad Book, New York, N.Y.; Des Moines, Ia.: Better Homes and Gardens Books, published 1970 (2nd printing), page 146, column 1:
text: This particular program, he [Graham Kerr] told us, would be about the finest dish in the world—which turned out to be called Veal Cutlets Yerex. Natch. For this you apparently needed three kiwi fruits, but the idea infuriated him. “It’s not a kiwi fruit,” he told us. “That’s just the stupid, vulgar, idiotic, irresponsible name the New Zealand government has given it. It’s a Chinese gooseberry—obviously.”
ref: 1969 May 10, Cleveland Amory, “Review: The Galloping Gourmet”, in Merrill Panitt, editor, TV Guide, volume 17, number 19 (841 overall), Radnor, Pa.: Triangle Publications, Inc., →ISSN, page 32, columns 1–2:
text: Like you? You want me to see the world as you do? Pricks as bananas, twats as tacos, and tits as mangoes, kiwi fruits, and ten different kinds of melon?! At the aquarium, do you see fish? At the funhouse, do you have fun? Making love?—fruit salad!
ref: 1985, Samuel Shem [pseudonym; Stephen Joseph Bergman], chapter 8, in Fine: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s/Marek, →ISBN, page 76:
text: A small bottle of sparkling Rhineland wine was the centrepiece; beside it was a large marzipan pastry topped with strawberries. Kiwi fruits, grapes and pears were set around it.
ref: 1987, Christina Hardyment, “Picking up Gold and Silver”, in Heidi’s Alp: One Family’s Search for Storybook Europe, Book Club edition, New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press, →OCLC, page 100:
glosses: A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the kiwi fruit gold, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds, almost always varieties of Actinidia deliciosa.
Synonyms: sense: fruit
word: Chinese gooseberry
sense: fruit
word: kiwi
raw_tags: in New Zealand and Australia
sense: fruit
word: yangtao
Derived terms: kiwi
Related terms: kiwi fruit gold
yeast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: yēst
ipa: /jiːst/
enpr: yēst
ipa: /jist/
ipa: /iːst/
rhymes: -iːst
Forms: form: yeasts
form: yeasting
form: yeasted
form: yeasted
Etymology: From Middle English yest, yeest, gest, gist, from Old English ġist, ġyst, from Proto-West Germanic *jestu, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jääst (“yeast”), West Frisian gêst, gist (“yeast”), Dutch gist (“yeast”), German Low German Gest (“yeast”), German Gischt (“sea foam”), Swedish jäst (“yeast”), Norwegian jest (“yeast”), Icelandic jöstur (“yeast”).
Senses: glosses: To ferment.
glosses: To rise.
raw_tags: of something prepared with a yeasted dough
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To exaggerate.
yeasty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjiːsti/
rhymes: -iːsti
Forms: form: yeastier
form: yeastiest
Etymology: From yeast + -y.
Senses: glosses: Having or resembling yeast.
examples: text: The Ocean when its yeasty war is waging / Is awful to the vessel near the rock [...].
ref: 1821 August 8, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, Cantos III, IV, and V, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto III, stanza 58:
glosses: Foamy and frothy.
glosses: Emotionally bubbling over (as with exuberance)
examples: text: Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I
know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the
time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of
yeasty collection, which carries them through and
through the most profane and winnowed opinions
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: Trivial.
yegg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛɡ/
rhymes: -ɛɡ
Forms: form: yeggs
form: yeg
Etymology: Origin unknown.
Senses: examples: text: 1904, Edwin S. Porter (director), Capture of the ‘Yegg’ Bank Burglars
text: She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
ref: 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 2:
text: ‘These racketeers are a new type. We think about them the way we think about old time yeggs or needled-up punks.’
ref: 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 265:
qualifier: cant
glosses: A person who breaks open safes; a burglar.
Synonyms: safecracker
yeggman
yegg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛɡ/
rhymes: -ɛɡ
Forms: form: yeggs
form: yegging
form: yegged
form: yegged
form: yeg
Etymology: Origin unknown.
Senses: examples: text: The bookmakers were yegged as they left the track in the era of the hand-books.
ref: 1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 10, in Diamonds Are Forever:
glosses: To rob.
yanqui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjaŋkɪ/
ipa: /ˈjæŋki/
ipa: /ˈjɑŋki/
rhymes: -æŋki
Forms: form: yanquis
form: Yanqui
Etymology: From Spanish, in turn from English Yankee, from Dutch (see more at said entry). Dated to 1914.
Senses: glosses: A citizen of the United States of America, as opposed to a Latin American.
Related terms: Yankee
gringo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɪŋɡəʊ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ
Forms: form: gringos
form: gringoes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish gringo, from griego (“Greek”), used for anyone who spoke an unintelligible language. Doublet of Greek.
Senses: examples: text: Truly it is as Don José tells me; these gringos have come but to make trouble where all was peace.
ref: 2017, B. M. Bower, The Gringos: The Tale of the California Gold Rush Days:
glosses: A white person from an English-speaking country, particularly the United States.
Synonyms: white person
Derived terms: Gringoland
Gringolandia
Gringostan
Related terms: word: gringa
word: gringophobia
yeah
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛə/
ipa: /jɛ(ə)/
ipa: /jæ(ə)/
ipa: /jeː/
rhymes: -ɛə
rhymes: -ɛ
rhymes: -æ
Etymology: Colloquial form of yea or yes. Compare nah.
Senses: examples: text: —You wanna get pizza for dinner? —Yeah, all right.
synonyms: word: yes
word: yep
word: yup
word: aye
word: ya
word: yea
word: uh-huh
word: affirmative
word: ahuh
word: ar
word: arr
word: ay
word: aye
word: da
word: indeed
word: indeedy
word: ja
word: mhm
word: oui
word: uh-huh
word: ya
word: yah
word: yass
word: yassuh
word: yayuh
word: yea
word: yeah
word: yeh
word: yep
word: yepperoni
word: yeppers
word: yeppity
word: yer
word: yes
word: yesh
word: yessiree
word: yessum
word: yiss
word: yup
word: yuppers
word: yuppity
word: yus
glosses: Yes.
examples: text: —You wanna get pizza for dinner? —Yeah, I think I'm gonna have leftovers instead.
glosses: Used to express acknowledgment of what was previously said.
examples: text: I was walking down the road, yeah, and you know what I saw, yeah? A dog wearing a dress!
synonyms: eh
glosses: Used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
Derived terms: aww yeah
fuck yeah
heck yeah
hells yeah
hell yeah
I will yeah
oh yeah
shit yeah
yeah-huh
yeah-nah
yeah, no
yeah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛə/
ipa: /jɛ(ə)/
ipa: /jæ(ə)/
ipa: /jeː/
rhymes: -ɛə
rhymes: -ɛ
rhymes: -æ
Etymology: Colloquial form of yea or yes. Compare nah.
Senses: examples: text: Yeah! We did it!
glosses: Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.
Synonyms: hurrah
hurray
woohoo
yay
yippee
Derived terms: yeah right
Related terms: yes
yeah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛə/
ipa: /jɛ(ə)/
ipa: /jæ(ə)/
ipa: /jeː/
rhymes: -ɛə
rhymes: -ɛ
rhymes: -æ
Forms: form: yeahs
Etymology: See year.
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of year.
mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mĭl
ipa: /mɪl/
ipa: [mɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [mɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [mɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
homophone: mil
Forms: form: mills
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin millesimum. The clipping comes by way of the clipped word, millimetre.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: cent < dollar
text: The U.S. has never minted a mill coin, but the Coinage Act of 1792 describes this and other subdivisions of the U.S. dollar.
glosses: One thousandth part.
One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
related: word: mille#Noun
examples: text: They predict that the rate will probably go up by several mills next year.
glosses: One thousandth part.
One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
examples: text: For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mills thick.
topics: business
engineering
manufacturing
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: One thousandth part.
Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
synonyms: thou
examples: text: For this task, I prefer the plastic bars that are 10 mills in diameter.
glosses: One thousandth part.
Clipping of millimeter.
related: word: mil
synonyms: mm
Derived terms: millage
per mill
permille
‰
₥
Related terms: %
basis point
bp
percent
mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mĭl
ipa: /mɪl/
ipa: [mɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [mɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [mɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
homophone: mil
Forms: form: mill
Etymology: Clipping of million.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mil (“million”).
mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mĭl
ipa: /mɪl/
ipa: [mɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [mɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [mɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
homophone: mil
Forms: form: mills
Senses: glosses: A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
mill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: mĭl
ipa: /mɪl/
ipa: [mɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [mɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [mɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
homophone: mil
Forms: form: mills
form: milling
form: milled
form: milled
form: Mill
Etymology: Back-formation from millstone, name of a Magic: The Gathering card with this effect (first printed 1994).
Senses: qualifier: collectible card games
glosses: To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
examples: text: what happens when a Quest Rogue uses Vanish and Malygos gets milled?
ref: 2018 October 9, Ozzie Mejia, “Hearthstone: 4 decks to watch during the 2018 HCT Fall Championship”, in Shacknews:
qualifier: Hearthstone
glosses: To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
Synonyms: sense: Hearthstone
word: burn
Derived terms: self-mill
mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mĭl
ipa: /mɪl/
ipa: [mɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [mɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [mɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
homophone: mil
Forms: form: mills
form: Mill
Etymology: Back-formation from millstone, name of a Magic: The Gathering card with this effect (first printed 1994).
Senses: examples: text: he’s had some fairly infamous mills in other events. Back in 2017’s Spring Championships, he burned the crucial Archmage Antonidas
ref: 2018 October 14, Jay Castello, “Pro Hearthstone player burns key card with perfect comedic timing”, in Rock Paper Shotgun:
qualifier: collectible card games
glosses: Discarding a card from one's deck.
examples: text: Kingsane ^([sic – meaning Kingsbane]) Rogue will forever have a negative connotation attached to it because it began as a mill deck, and mill is one of the most tilt-inducing strategies in fantasy card games.
ref: 2018 June 16, Wavelength, “Efficient Off-Meta Decks Spotlight”, in Fade2Karma, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2021:
text: Great for mill, control, or even Voltron decks, Mnemonic Betrayal is a fantastic addition regardless of your strategy.
ref: 2018 September 24, Collin MacGregor, “Top 10 Guilds of Ravnica Commander Cards in Magic The Gathering”, in heavy.:
qualifier: collectible card games
glosses: A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
Derived terms: Mill Rogue
hander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhændə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)
Forms: form: handers
Etymology: From hand (verb) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Of that vast Frame, the Church; yet grant they were
The handers down, can they from thence infer
A right t'interpret?
ref: [1682], [John] Dryden, Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
glosses: One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession
Related terms: hander-in
hander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhændə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)
Forms: form: handers
Etymology: From hand (noun) + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Two-handers generally do not transition to the net as quickly or as often as one-handers. This, to me, however, is just a coaching failure rather than a technical limitation.
ref: 2010, Chris Lewit, Tennis Technique Bible, volume One:
glosses: Something having, using, or requiring, a certain hand, or number of hands
raw_tags: in combinations
examples: text: I got six "handers", and it hurt. It taught me my lesson, and I never slid down the banisters again.
ref: 1959, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Lords official report, page 507:
glosses: A blow on the hand as punishment.
Derived terms: back-hander
glad-hander
left-hander
no-hander
one-hander
right-hander
second-hander
single-hander
three-hander
two-hander
leather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛðə/
ipa: /ˈlɛðɚ/
ipa: /ˈlʌðəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: leathers
Etymology: From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro-.
Cognate with West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”).
Senses: coordinate_terms: pseudoleather
glosses: A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
glosses: A piece of the above used for polishing.
examples: text: The goalee made a frantic grab as the leather spun clean past him, but he was just a second too late, and Joe had scored for Redcliff.
ref: 1918, M. M. Guy, Joe Doughty, page 157:
glosses: A cricket ball or football.
glosses: clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
examples: text: Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A good defensive play
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A punch.
glosses: The skin.
glosses: Clipping of fruit leather.
Hyponyms: sense: types of leather
word: chagrin
sense: types of leather
word: cordovan
sense: types of leather
word: cordwain
sense: types of leather
word: galuchat
sense: types of leather
word: maroquin
sense: types of leather
word: morocco
sense: types of leather
word: morocco leather
sense: types of leather
word: shagreen
sense: types of leather
word: sharkskin
sense: types of leather
word: taw
Derived terms: alligator leather
antileather
as ever trod shoe leather
as ever trod shoe-leather
Bulgar leather
chamois leather
Dongola leather
fair leather
fruit leather
hell-bent for leather
hell for leather
hemlock leather
kid leather
kraft leather
lace leather
law leather
leather and prunella
leatherboard
leatherbound
leatherboy
leather carp
leather cheerio
leathercloth
leather-coat
leathercrafter
leathercrafting
leatherdyke
leatherer
leathergirl
leathergoods
leather-hard
leatherine
leatherize
leather knife
leather leaf
leatherless
leatherlike
leather lunged
leathermaker
leathermaking
leatherman
leatherneck
Leatheroid
leatherperson
leather poisoning
leather queen
leatherseller
leathersex
Leatherstocking
leatherware
leatherwear
leatherwing
leatherwoman
leatherwood
leatherworker
leather working
leatherworking
leatherworks
mountain leather
napa leather
nappa leather
nonleather
nose leather
oak leather
ooze leather
overleather
patent leather
pleather
Russia leather
shoe-leather
shoe leather
split leather
spur leather
toadstool leather coral
under-spur-leather
vegetable leather
wash leather
whang leather
white leather
whitleather