cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
poquoson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poquosons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pocosin.
poquosons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poquoson
woman-hater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woman-haters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of womanhater, a misogynist.
panleucopaenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pan- + leuco- + -paenia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of panleukopenia.
loop-top
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a drink bottle: having the cap attached by a loop to the body of the bottle, preventing it from being lost and making the bottle easier to carry.
turn up one's toes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns up one's toes
form: turning up one's toes
form: turned up one's toes
form: turned up one's toes
Senses: synonyms: word: cock one's toes
word: kick the bucket
qualifier: almost humorous
glosses: To die.
speciescide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of speciecide.
endless runner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endless runners
Senses: topics: video-games
synonyms: infinite runner
glosses: A style of platform game in which the player character runs non-stop through a hazardous course, and must be guided to jump, duck, etc. to avoid the hazards.
endless runners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endless runner
St. James Parish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Saint James.
Senses: glosses: One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Convent.
wikipedia: James, brother of Jesus
iron cements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iron cement
unnecessitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unnecessitate
unnecessitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unnecessitate
Convent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place, the parish seat of St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Manchestrians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Manchestrian
agonadia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: absence of the gonads
roffled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roffle
roffling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roffle
roffles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roffle
Worcester sauces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Worcester sauce
alyauntes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alyaunte
Charlevoix County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix.
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Charlevoix. The county also includes Beaver Island in Lake Michigan.
wikipedia: Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix
styleted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of styletted.
Phelps County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Rolla. Named after John S. Phelps.
glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Holdrege. Named after William Phelps, an early settler.
Holdrege
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Phelps County, Nebraska, United States. It was named after George W. Holdrege.
WWTPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WWTP
pederasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pederasty
trialings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trialing
triallings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trialling
parampara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paramparas
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit परंपरा (paraṃparā).
Senses: glosses: A particular guru's lineage.
paramparas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parampara
hot-wiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hot-wire
hot-wires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hot-wire
day-year principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A method of interpretation of Bible prophecy in which the word day is considered to be symbolic of a year of actual time.
monodigital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + digital.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of monodigit (in all senses)
synonyms: word: monodigit
extra: in all senses
Starzyk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Starzyks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Starzyk.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Twitface
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Twitter + Facebook, the names of two major social media websites.
Senses: examples: text: Leave the phone calls, leave the music, leave the TwitFace, and leave all your self-involved portal devices in the house. Take the brain and body out for some fresh air.
ref: 2014, The Velominati, The Rules: The Way of the Cycling Disciple:
text: “Right. I won't talk about him on Twitface.”
“Not just social media. Do not mention him to the press, the police, or the government. Especially not the government. Do not cross him on this.”
ref: 2016, Mary Hughes, Hot Chips and Sand:
glosses: Social media.
Danbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: "The stronghold of the people called after Dene", from Old English Dene + -ingas + byriġ, dative case of burh (“fort, castle”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in the City of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7805).
glosses: A city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
glosses: A small city in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A village in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Stokes County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A small city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Derived terms: Danbury shakes
not do someone any favors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: not do someone any favours
Senses: examples: text: Shame bestowed upon you for thinking in such a way as that. And still more shame on you for passing that along to your children, as well as to your children's children. You are not doing yourself any favors. You are not doing them any favors.
ref: 2015, Michael Jean Nystrom-Schut, Their God/s, →ISBN:
text: “The Queen’s Justice” had some fantastic moments of wit and heart but the structure and pacing didn’t do it any favors. The first section of the episode mostly bounced between Jon Snow’s arrival at Dragonstone and Cersei Lannister burning through her enemies and giving nary a fuck.
ref: 2017 July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: I wasn't doing myself any favors with thoughts like that.
ref: 2017, Jasmine, →ISBN:
glosses: To reflect badly on or to hurt in some way.
hype up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hypes up
form: hyping up
form: hyped up
form: hyped up
Senses: examples: text: I hoped that Daenerys and Jon would immediately get along. It felt like watching two friends who I’ve hyped up to each other finally meet.
ref: 2017 July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: To talk up; to promote extravagantly.
glosses: To get worked up; to become emotional or intense.
Related terms: sex up
chain up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chains up
form: chaining up
form: chained up
form: chained up
Senses: examples: text: They've drugged me, beaten and chained me up to the solitary confinement cell bars with metal restraints.
ref: 1985 December 14, Faron Stone, “Naked Beyond Embarrassment”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 22, page 4:
text: In the dungeons, Cersei kisses Tyene Sand with poison on her lips. Ellaria is chained up across from her daughter and must watch her die. Cersei lashes out at the world and recreates whatever horror has been done to her to someone else.
ref: 2017 July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: To put in chains
examples: text: In past winters, we have had to chain up our sedans simply to get up the road to our home.
ref: 1997 July 27, CharlesW99, “4 Wheel drive on icy roads question”, in rec.autos.4x4 (Usenet):
text: We used to have to chain up the rear wheels on our '77 F250 2WD to get loads of firewood out of remote areas on sticky, slippery roads.
ref: 1994 July 25, Kong, “hunting truck recommendations”, in rec.hunting (Usenet):
text: Those of us who know how to drive in the snow don't need plows or sand. If things get really tough, we chain up.
ref: 1999 June 11, Scott Weiser, “County: City traffic projections "laughable"”, in boulder.general (Usenet):
glosses: To put chains on the tires of a vehicle to increase traction.
two steps ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: During strategy discussions,I feel two steps ahead and often believe discussions are wasting time and slowing progress.
ref: 2009, Elaine Biech -, The 2010 Pfeiffer Annual: Training, →ISBN:
text: “You'll need more help than Dave and Frank can give, just to get it down from the truck, over the lawn and inside,” she said practically. “Two steps ahead of you, M'lady. I stopped by the grocery store, so Dave knows to come home and help."
ref: 2013, Hadley Hoover, Storm Path, →ISBN, page 9:
text: She dismisses Littlefinger’s advice to prepare for every possible outcome and see the world as a place of unimaginable horror. Littlefinger is telling her to be a little more like Cersei, always two steps ahead. The difference between Sansa and Cersei is that she has no desire to repeat what has been done to her as an act of vengeance.
ref: 2017 July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: Two steps ahead, I am always two steps ahead. This has been the greatest social experiment I've come to know, certainly the greatest of my entire life. It's alluring, It's compelling. It's gripping to bear witness to observe all these unwell, unbalanced, disoriented beings roam the internet in search of stories. In search of...ideas. Of conflict, of rivalries. Where people develop a distinctive desire for direct engagement where people feel involved with the stories and therefore become product of influence. Thirsty for distraction, from time spent from lackluster lifestyles spoiling their minds while stimulating at the exact same time.
ref: 2024 September 6, Nicholas Perry, “Two Steps Ahead”, in Nikocado Avocado:
glosses: Having cleverly anticipated what others will do or think.
examples: text: He's supposed to have raped and kilt a woman when he was 'bout fourteen or fifteen and had to flee, two steps ahead of the law
ref: 2011, William W. Johnstone, Law of the Mountain Man, →ISBN:
text: From the dryout farm, Tunney had moved down to the border, mooched around in cantinas for a while, then left the country two steps ahead of the sheriff of some Rio Grande jerkwater.
ref: 2015, Kim Newman, The Night Mayor, →ISBN:
text: Desperately trying to keep two steps ahead of the bill collector, tenants frequently neglected to request permission for these sales, and they or those whom they duped into partin with their money usually suffered the consequences.
ref: 2017, James S. Donnelly, Jr, The Land and the People of Nineteenth-Century Cork, →ISBN:
glosses: Just barely escaping.
Elkton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From elk + -ton.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Mountain View County, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A ghost town in Teller County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in St. Johns County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A home rule city, the county seat of Todd County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Cecil County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A village in Huron County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A small city in Mower County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A small city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.
glosses: A small city in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States.
glosses: A small city in Giles County, Tennessee, United States.
glosses: An incorporated town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States.
megaprepuce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mega- + prepuce.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pathological preputial enlargement.
Related terms: aposthia
microposthia
macroposthia
Long Prairie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Long Prairie River, derived from an Ojibwe language word transliterated as "long narrow prairie river".
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Todd County, Minnesota.
wikipedia: Long Prairie River
Ojibwe language
Aishwarya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi ऐश्वर्या (aiśvaryā), a femininization of Sanskrit ऐश्वर्य (aiśvarya).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage.
healthened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of healthen
healthens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of healthen
healthening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of healthen
phallologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to phallology.
Synonyms: phallological
Birminghamize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜː.mɪŋ.əmaɪz/
ipa: /ˈbɝ.mɪŋ.əmaɪz/
Forms: form: Birminghamizes
form: Birminghamizing
form: Birminghamized
form: Birminghamized
form: Birminghamise
Etymology: Attested since 1856, from Birmingham + -ize. From the English city being known for cheap knock-off goods. Coined by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Senses: examples: text: 1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits, ch. Ⅴ – "Ability".
“The manners and customs of society are artificial;—made-up men with made-up manners;—and thus the whole is Birminghamized, and we have a nation whose existence is a work of art;—a cold, barren, almost arctic isle being made the most fruitful, luxurious and imperial land in the whole earth.”
text: He has a relish for unfamiliar words, words of recent coinage or of his own make, or that closely similar type of words to which age has brought a second childhood... After this “Birminhamize” will be a mere peccadillo...
ref: [1972, Milton Ridvas Konvitz, The recognition of Ralph Waldo Emerson: selected criticism since 1837, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 160:
text: “Full Home Rule, first through a powerful system of local government (Chamberlain’s proposal to "Birminghamize" Ireland), later through a wider, national self-government, inexorably became the only Liberal solution.”
ref: 1986, Michael W. Doyle, Empires, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 292:
text: The colloquial form of the city’s name thus entered the language as a contemptuous epithet. In 1861 the word was used to describe “The vulgar dandy, strutting along, with his Brummajem jewellry”; to “Birminhamize” was “to artificialize.”
ref: [2002, Rachel Crawford, Poetry, enclosure, and the vernacular landscape, 1700–1830, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 160:
text: The horticultural site where some ladies naturalize is here revealed as a site where, simultaneously, others birminghamize—a nineteenth-century synonym, the OED states, for "artificialize."
ref: [Fall 2010, Deidre Shauna Lynch, “"Young ladies are delicate plants": Jane Austen and Greenhouse Romanticism”, in ELH, volume 77, number 3, Johns Hopkins University Press:
text: In the 19th Century, the word Birmingham was used to mean artificial (the associated verb was birminghamize).
ref: [2010, Rhys Richards, “Ceramic Imitation Arm Rings for Indigenous Trade in the Solomon Islands 1880 to 1920”, in Records of the Auckland Museum, volume 47, Auckland War Memorial Museum, →JSTOR, page 106:
text: Indeed, the comparison of Manchesterize and Birminghamize showed that, from a semantic point of view, there are no differences in the relationship between the verb and the PN etymon even though the former is listed as deriving from a common noun, itself originating from a PN.
ref: [2020-12-17, Aurélie Héois, “When Proper Names Become Verbs: A Semantic Perspective”, in Lexis, →DOI, retrieved 02 Oct 2024:
glosses: To make ersatz
wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Related terms: brummagem
Birminghamizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Birminghamize
not do someone any favours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Your mother's a very smart woman. She loves nice clothes. Has she seen this jumper? Has she? You're not doing yourself any favours.
ref: 2012, Michele Hanson, What the Grown-ups Were Doing: An odyssey through 1950s suburbia, →ISBN:
text: Anyway, her head was still killing her and the sound of Frost's tirade wasn't doing it any favours.
ref: 2014, Will Jordan, Betrayal, page 214:
glosses: Alternative form of not do someone any favors.
spinonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinonyms
Etymology: From spin + -onym.
Senses: examples: text: The ambigrams in this category are not encountered as frequently as the others. These could include the following: 3d, containment, web, spacefilling, spinonyms, slide, dissection, or word crosses.
ref: 2013, Nikita Prokhorov, Ambigrams Revealed: A Graphic Designer's Guide To Creating Typographic Art, →ISBN:
glosses: A type of ambigram in which a word is written using the same glyph repeated in different orientations.
self-colonisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-colonisations
Senses: examples: text: Over nearly half a century, such self-colonisation has become a pillar of Britishness.
ref: 2003, Tom Nairn, The Break-up of Britain: Crisis and Neo-nationalism, →ISBN, page xxi:
text: As argued above, self-colonisation is both the incapacitation of the colonised (through trauma and oppression from the coloniser) as well as the coloniser's own self-colonising (through the unprocessed guilt and denial that accumulates when enacting the colonising relation against the colonised).
ref: 2014, Fiona McAllan, Speaking–Writing With: Aboriginal and Settler Interrelations, →ISBN, page 174:
text: The Englishness of Sunny's performance, like her English pseudonym and her 'Liza Minnelli' make-up, point to the complexes of the GDR (and by extension, of the whole Eastern bloc) towards the West, and its attempt at self-colonisation.
ref: 2015, Ewa Mazierska, From Self-fulfilment to Survival of the Fittest, →ISBN:
text: He prefers self-colonisation to external colonisation but one could safely assume that under current conditions he would not hesitate to recommend external colonisation because of what he believes to be Africa's incapacity for self-control and self-discipline since colonial rule.
ref: 2015, Yusuf Bangura, Development, Democracy and Cohesion, →ISBN, page 329:
glosses: Alternative form of self-colonization.
self-colonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-colonizations
Senses: examples: text: They are simply doing what was done to them before: diligent self-colonization. This commerce and trade ideals tap into the vast potential of these countries' rampant and streamlined corruption systems.
ref: 2014, Jo M. Sekimonyo, Tara Casimir, Cast Away: For These Reasons: Economic Jihad, →ISBN, page 122:
text: As Gyula Ha/y's report demonstrated, the imitation of an imperial enterprise was expected to result in the restoration of imperial ambitions, even though only on a limited, symbolic level. According to this logic, the more devoted a country is to cultural self-colonization, the more likely it is to gain advantage over its rivals and dominate on a local scale.
ref: 2015, Postcolonial Europe? Essays on Post-Communist Literatures and Cultures, →ISBN:
text: In general, though, we can say that internal colonization, or self-colonization, quite often makes the imperial people the victims as much as the beneficiaries of the colonial enterprise.
ref: 2017, Krishan Kumar, Visions of Empire: How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World, →ISBN:
glosses: The act or process of self-colonizing.
self-colonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-colonizes
form: self-colonizing
form: self-colonized
form: self-colonized
form: self-colonise
Etymology: From self- + colonize.
Senses: examples: text: Nazi-era Schlager are thus reappropriated as part of the FRG after 1989 and help to self-colonize the previously alien(ated) nation of Germany for the Germans.
ref: 2010, Susan G. Figge, Jenifer K. Ward, Reworking the German Past, →ISBN:
text: The legacy of colonialism continues and expands to include those who self-colonize thereby reaffirming Weber's caricatures and uncritical idealisations of Westernisation and law or even to idealisations of Islamic law.
ref: 2013, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann, Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Anne Griffiths, The Power Of Law In A Transnational World: Anthropological Enquiries, →ISBN:
text: The significant distinction from Glissant in chamoiseau's novel, however, comes from the fact that the béké masters have been replaced with black policemen; the French power structure allows the various strata of Martinique to self-colonize through their language use.
ref: 2016, Nels Pearson, Marc Singer, Detective Fiction in a Postcolonial and Transnational World, →ISBN, page 85:
text: Steeped in a military lore from college and from international exposure, the subaltern promised success for shaping an army of modern soldiers from mere peasants and for advancing the schedule to self-colonize the republic's dark corners.
ref: 2017 -, Stephen B. Neufeld, The Blood Contingent: The Military and the Making of Modern Mexico, →ISBN:
glosses: To regain power (by indigenous people) after having been under colonial rule by another country, typically with the adoption of some of the culture of the former colonizers.
examples: text: Cordgrass will be planted, not left to self-colonize.
ref: 2001, Bolsa Chica Lowlands Restoration Project: Environmental Impact Statement:
text: If not, expect an abundance of weeds, by which we mean invasive and nonnative species that self- colonize.
ref: 2008, Sally Stenhouse Kneidel, Sadie Kneidel, Going Green: A Wise Consumer's Guide to a Shrinking Planet, page 95:
text: Similarly, at Fresh Kills, a closed landfill with barely any living soil or biodiversity, the task of the layers is to build a new thick surface over time—an ecologically engineered surface that will self-colonize and grow and adapt.
ref: 2016, Christophe Girot, Dora Imhof, Thinking the Contemporary Landscape, →ISBN, page 130:
glosses: To be introduced into an ecosystem through natural processes, as opposed to deliberate introduction by people.
self-colonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-colonises
form: self-colonising
form: self-colonised
form: self-colonised
Senses: examples: text: Yet ironically, in the thirty five odd years of Bangladesh's existence, it has remained seized or self-colonised for a long 16 years' period (1975-1990) by military-autocratic and nearly autocratic regimes.
ref: 2011, Ridwanul Hoque, Judicial Activism in Bangladesh: A Golden Mean Approach, →ISBN, page 95:
text: And it is imposed on us by the same Ngarrindjeri who themselves were once the colonised. The processes of colonialism in the end become self-colonising.
ref: 2014, Irene Watson, Aboriginal Peoples, Colonialism and International Law: Raw Law, →ISBN:
text: They did not apologise for being Asian; in other words, they did not seem to be self-colonised.
ref: 2016, Le-Ha Phan, Transnational Education Crossing ‘Asia’ and ‘the West’, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of self-colonize.
To regain power after being colonized.
examples: text: Elsewhere in the capital, new shoots are pushing up through the soil on a 460sq m (5,000sq ft) biodiverse green roof at Laban Dance Centre, in southeast London, where the roof has been left to self-colonise with a mixture of seed.
ref: 2004, The Garden - Volume 129, page 670:
text: The presence of suitable rodent prey introduced by people presumably at or near colonisation about 3000 years ago (Anderson and Clark, 1999; White et al. 2000) was probably the prerequisite that allowed barn owls, which are specialist predators of small mammals and specifically rodents, to self-colonise, presumably from the Solomon Islands.
ref: 2009, Geoffrey Richard Clark, Atholl Anderson, The Early Prehistory of Fiji, →ISBN, page 43:
text: The original idea was to allow the roofs to self-colonise with plants, but they are sometimes seeded to increase their bio-diversity potential in the short term.
ref: 2015, Douglas Waterford, 21st Century Homestead: Urban Agriculture, →ISBN, page 99:
glosses: Alternative form of self-colonize.
To be introduced into an ecosystem via natural processes.
shut one's trap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shuts one's trap
form: shutting one's trap
form: shut one's trap
form: shut one's trap
Etymology: From the slang use of trap in reference to a person's mouth.
Senses: examples: text: Why don't you just shut your trap? I'm tired of listening to you.
glosses: To stop talking; to be quiet.
shant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shants
Senses: examples: text: If yez is smart yer will take out enough for a shant and some fun, enough to buy yer missus or yer tart a new dress, enough to put shoes on yer sister's weans, even, but leave the rest under yer feet for the next day, an' the day arter that.
ref: 2013, Richard James Bentley, Greenbeard, →ISBN:
text: Welcoming Captain St Claire, Prince Rupert ordered him a shant of dark porter and called upon him to speak of his travels.
ref: 2015, Michael Moorcock -, The Whispering Swarm, →ISBN:
text: Well, if you're willing to sub me a shant of bivvy, then I'll tell ya
ref: 2016, Christopher James, Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Ruby Elephants, →ISBN:
glosses: A drink, usually a pint.
examples: text: Why, I wouldn't swap this old wrack of a shant , ez I've called it, with the treasures it contains to-day, for al the bloomin'est bloomed mansions that ever stood on the face of the earth.
ref: 1889, David Hill, Out of His Sphere: A Drama in Three Acts, page 33:
text: I clapped Ehren on the shoulder and went away to stare broodingly upon that cramph of a shant.
ref: 2009, Alan Burt Akers, The Havilfar Cycle II, →ISBN, page 148:
text: I'd rather deliver in the Glossop Grubber than that apology for a shant.
ref: 2014, Alexander Cordell, Tunnel Tigers, →ISBN:
glosses: A shack or shanty.
clinical examinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clinical examination
lithotecnon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + τέκνον (téknon, “child”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The true form of a lithopedion, in which the fetus itself is calcified.
neo-Bolshevik
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neo-Bolshevik
form: most neo-Bolshevik
form: neo-bolshevik
Senses: synonyms: neo-Bolshevist
glosses: Of or pertaining to neo-Bolshevism.
neo-Bolshevik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neo-Bolsheviks
form: neo-bolshevik
Senses: synonyms: neo-Bolshevist
glosses: A proponent of neo-Bolshevism.
neo-Bolshevist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neo-Bolshevist
form: most neo-Bolshevist
form: neo-bolshevist
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neo-Bolshevik.
synonyms: word: neo-Bolshevik
neo-Bolshevist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neo-Bolshevists
form: neo-bolshevist
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neo-Bolshevik.
synonyms: word: neo-Bolshevik
anarcho-kulak
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
history
human-sciences
politics
sciences
glosses: Paradoxically holding both anarchist and bourgeois sympathies (particularly in regards to Free Territory).
wage laborer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wage laborers
form: wage labourer
Senses: glosses: Somebody who works for a wage.
wage labourer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wage labourers
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth standard spelling of wage laborer.
wage laborers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wage laborer
wage labourers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wage labourer
spur-leather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spur-leathers
Etymology: From spur + leather.
Senses: examples: text: ’Sdeath, he mads me, I could eate my very spur-lethers, for anger!
ref: 1598, Ben Jonson, edited by Percy Simpson, Every Man in His Humour, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1919, act II, scene 1, page 26:
text: I have a brother lives there, Sir, he is
A Shoe-maker, and lately sent me post
A patterne of the finest Spur-leather;
I was so admir’d at Court.
ref: 1643, William Davenant, The Unfortunate Lovers, London: Francis Coles, act III, scene 1, page 26:
text: 1862, The Groom, London: Houlston & Wright, The Industrial Library, Chapter 4, p. 44,
[…] the groom should see that […] the spur leathers [are] attached as soon as the spurs are cleaned. It is very annoying to have a general hunt for spur-leathers five minutes before mounting.
text: The wide spur leathers are to protect the boot from chafing on the stirrups.
ref: 1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 9, in Camp and Trail, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., page 154:
glosses: A leather strap for attaching a spur to a boot.
Derived terms: under-spur-leather
spur-leathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spur-leather
disgustology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From disgust + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: Other specialist social science niches of relevance are beginning to spring up such as the area of disgustology and the field of Humiliation Studies as shown in the Journal of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, and research groups on Forgiveness […]
ref: 2009, Sameul Cameron, The Economics of Hate, page 4:
text: Disgustology is now expanding in numerous directions, offering still more insights into human nature—including a strange quirk that I've noticed in myself and that you may identify with too.
ref: 2016, Kathleen McAuliffe, This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society:
glosses: The scientific study of the feeling of disgust.
antipneumococcal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + pneumococcus + -al.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That counters Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) infection.
antiwithdrawal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + withdrawal.
Senses: glosses: That counters withdrawal.
lion tamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lion tamers
Senses: glosses: A circus performer who interacts with a lion as an entertainment.
Roussakis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Ρουσσάκης (Roussákis).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Brazoria County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Brazos River, see also Brazos County.
Senses: glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Angleton.
wikipedia: Brazos River
Brazoria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.
Teller County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Henry M. Teller.
Senses: glosses: One of 64 counties in Colorado, United States. County seat: Cripple Creek.
wikipedia: Henry M. Teller
hijabster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hijabsters
Etymology: Blend of hijab + hipster
Senses: examples: text: Syahira Zulkifli, 27, the Kitakids head designer (childrens'^([sic]) range) and youngest of the three sisters, is a seasoned “hijabster”.
ref: 2014 July 9, Nadine Fernandez, “Crowning glory: Working the headscarf”, in The Star:
text: In 2011, the news and opinion website Free Malaysia Today ran an article titled “How to spot a hijabster” by the columnist Zaidel Baharuddin, where he described the phenomenon sparked by Yuna as akin to a “feminist awakening,” even as he poked gentle fun at the hijabsters who hung out at Starbucks and the frozen yogurt chain Tutti Frutti.
ref: 2014 October 13, Chen May Yee, “A Malaysian Pop Star Clad in Skinny Jeans and a Hijab: Yuna Has Become Poster Girl for Young 'Hijabsters'”, in The New York Times:
text: (see title)
ref: 2015 June 6, “Hijabster Felixia Yeap weds”, in The Malay Mail:
text: Hipsters wearing hijabs, or hijabsters are paving the way for trendy Islamic fashion.
ref: 2015 June 29, “The rise of hijabsters”, in Reuters:
text: With the rise of hijabsters – a portmantheau of hijab and hipster – celebrities such as Yuna and Tajima herself are helming the hijab chic fad, alerting marketers and fashion brands to not only this global trend, but also to the untapped market that the trend provides.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Global brands turn their focus to the Muslim market”, in Marketing Interactive:
text: Back in 2014, The New Yorker named Yuna as a poster girl for young hijabsters.
ref: 2017 January 31, Syahirah Mokhtazar, “Style it like Yuna!”, in The New Straits Times:
glosses: A trendy hijabi.
Cripple Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: At least four streams in the United States, in Colorado, New York, Tennessee and Virginia.
glosses: A statutory city in Colorado, United States, and the county seat of Teller County.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Wythe County, Virginia, United States.
hatesex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hate-sex.
ductus deferens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ductus deferentes
Etymology: From Latin ductus (“channel, duct”) + dēferēns (“carrying off”), present active participle of dēferō (“carry off”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of vas deferens.
synonyms: word: vas deferens
colocolostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colocolostomies
Etymology: From colo- (“relating to the colon”) + colo- (“relating to the colon”) + -stomy (“surgery creating a communication”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surgical anastomosis between two noncontinuous segments of the colon.
skoptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Skoptic
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Skoptsy, a historical Russian sect known for practising castration and mastectomy, or the obsessional, gender dysphoric mentality thereof.
Derived terms: Skoptic syndrome
St. Johns County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the St. Johns River.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Florida, United States. County seat: St. Augustine.
wikipedia: St. Johns River
anti-Catholicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + Catholicism.
Senses: examples: text: The matter of anti-Catholicism in Scotland is usually guaranteed to spark fierce debate.
ref: 2013 June 2, “Scotland has an issue with anti-Catholicism. That's a fact ... and we have to face it”, in The Herald:
text: Progressives and conservatives are in a rare unity welcoming Pope Francis to the US, but anti-Catholicism was rampant before John F Kennedy was president.
ref: 2015 September 12, Rory Carroll, “America's dark and not-very-distant history of hating Catholics”, in The Guardian:
text: Historian Arthur Schlesinger Sr. called anti-Catholicism “the deepest-held bias in the history of the American people.”
ref: 2016 March 1, Maureen Mullarkey, “Why Anti-Catholicism Will Rise”, in The Federalist:
glosses: Fear or hatred of Catholics.
Hypernyms: religism
Related terms: anticatholic
antipapism
St. Augustine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Trinidad and Tobago (as it is in a former British colony it is also spelt St Augustine).
glosses: A community in Ontario, Canada.
examples: text: It turned out St. Augustine was smack-dab in the middle of the rights movement.
ref: 2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, page 266:
glosses: A city, the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A village in Knox County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States.
Cecil County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore.
Senses: glosses: One of 23 counties in Maryland, United States. County seat: Elkton.
wikipedia: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
Hickory County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Andrew Jackson, whose nickname was "Old Hickory".
Senses: glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Hermitage.
wikipedia: Andrew Jackson
Reisig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Reisigs
Etymology: From the German surname, from the adjective meaning "sprightly, tall" (see below). Compare Reiser.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Reisigs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Reisig
Kusek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kuseks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kuseks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kusek
Krigbaum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Krigbaums
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Krigbaums
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Krigbaum
Karow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Karows
Etymology: East German surname, from several places in Germany, some of them of Slavic origin, such as Karow in Jerichow. The first element is uncertain, possibly a name, and the second is the common East German placename suffix -ow, itself of Slavic origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Karows
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Karow
Lutter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lutters
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lutters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lutter
Maturino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maturinos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Maturinos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Maturino
bomb diggity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I adore Kelly and Michael Strahan is the bomb diggity. He plays “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers in his dressing room before the show. It certainly is a lovely day with Kelly and Michael.
ref: 2014, Robin Roberts, Veronica Chambers, Everybody's Got Something:
glosses: Something that is really excellent or cool.
Menning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mennings
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mennings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Menning
Salceda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Salcedas
Etymology: From Spanish Salceda.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Salcedas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Salceda
Soh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sohs
Etymology: From Chinese, Korean, and Japanese surname from 蘇 /苏 (sū). See Soh.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sohs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Soh
Speake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Speakes
Etymology: English surname, from the placename Speke in Lancashire. Compare Speight.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Speakes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Speake
Sully
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌli/
rhymes: -ʌli
Forms: form: Sullys
form: Sullies
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Sullivan.
glosses: A placename:
A coastal village in the Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1568).
glosses: A placename:
A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
glosses: A placename:
A commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France.
glosses: A placename:
A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.
glosses: A placename:
A minor city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Sully County.
Derived terms: Sul
Sull
Sully County
Related terms: Sul
Sull
Sullee
Sulley
Sulli
Sullie
Sullys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sully
Bough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boughs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Boughs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bough
Virella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Virellas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Virellas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Virella
Venuto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Venutos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Venutos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Venuto
Boehlke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boehlkes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Boehlkes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Boehlke
Berton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bertons
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Bertons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Berton
Spruiell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Spruiells
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Spruiells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Spruiell
Sileo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sileos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sileos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sileo
Repka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Repkas
Etymology: * As a Czech, Slovak, and Lower Sorbian surname, from Slovak Repka and Czech Řepka, from a diminutive of řepa (“beet”), compare Repke, Repa.
* As a Ukrainian surname, Russified from Ripka.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Repkas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Repka
Scaturro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Scaturros
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Scaturros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Scaturro
Linley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Linleys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Linleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Linley
Levison
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Levisons
Etymology: From Levi + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Levisons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Levison
Hermitage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United Kingdom:
A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5073).
glosses: A place in the United Kingdom:
A small village and civil parish (served by High Stoy (Group) Parish Council) in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref ST6407).
glosses: A place in the United Kingdom:
A village in Southbourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7505).
glosses: A place in the United Kingdom:
A small village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY5095).
glosses: A place in the United States:
A small city in Bradley County, Arkansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A former settlement in Mendocino County, California.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A former community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Hickory County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Nashville, Tennessee.
glosses: A settlement in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
glosses: A locality in Saint John, United States Virgin Islands.
glosses: A town on Carriacou, Grenada.
glosses: A neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Derived terms: Hermitage Water
Hermitage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Here a real supper was elegantly served […] with choice wines, particularly white hermitage, which I never before had tasted.
ref: 1792, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 185
text: You will do very well, my lady, very well indeed. I will send you in a couple of dozen of capital sherry, fit for the dons, and some hermitage, by no means to be sneezed at;...
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 1:
glosses: A wine produced near Valence, Drôme.
Kinkaid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kinkaids
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kinkaids
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kinkaid
Knitter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Knitters
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Knitters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Knitter
Ramberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rambergs
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Ramberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ram (“frame”) and berg (“mountain”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: rambergite
Rambergs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ramberg
Narasimhan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Narasimhans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Narasimhans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Narasimhan
Haid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Haids
Etymology: South German surname, spelling variant of Heid.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Haids
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Haid
Hatala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hatalas
Senses: glosses: A surname from Finnish.
Hatalas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hatala
Gilday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gildays
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gildays
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gilday
Briant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Briants
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Briants
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Briant
Brusseau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brusseaus
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Brusseaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brusseau
Carrizal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Carrizals
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: El Carrizal
Carrizals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Carrizal
Darrigo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Darrigos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Darrigos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Darrigo
Cunliffe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cunliffes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cunliffes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cunliffe