cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
persecution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɜːsəˈkjuːʃən/
Forms: form: persecutions
Etymology: Equivalent to persecute + -ion. From Middle English persecucioun, from Old French persecucion, from Ecclesiastical Latin persecūtio (“persecution; chase, pursuit”), from Latin persequor (“follow up, pursue”), from per- (“through”) + sequor (“follow”). Displaced native Old English ēhtnes.
Senses: examples: text: Many apartheid perpetrators escaped prosecution for their persecution of black Africans and political dissidents.
text: During the early 20th century, wolves were considered undesirable. They were subject to persecution and were extirpated from large areas of their original range. With increased environmental awareness in the 1970s, attitudes toward wolves began to change.
ref: 2004 January 1, “The Practices of Wolf Persecution, Protection, and Restoration in Canada and the United States”, in BioScience, Oxford University Press:
text: […] to support or agree with the persecutions, beatings, dehumanizings, insults, murders, genocides, and oppressions of a perpetrator's target […]
ref: 2008, M. W. Sphero, Religion: The Defamer of God, page 210:
text: Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?
ref: 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 164:
text: I see this not as persecution, but a learning chance to grow.
ref: 2024, Jhariah, “RE: CONCERNS”, in TRUST CEREMONY:
glosses: The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.
Derived terms: antipersecution
fursecution
nonpersecution
persecutional
persecution complex
persecute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɝsəkjut/
ipa: /ˈpɜːsɪkjuːt/
Forms: form: persecutes
form: persecuting
form: persecuted
form: persecuted
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: persecute
form: persecute
form: persecuted
form: persecute
form: persecutest
form: persecuted
form: persecutedst
form: persecutes
form: persecuteth
form: persecuted
form: persecute
form: persecuted
form: persecute
form: persecuted
form: persecute
form: -
form: persecuting
form: persecuted
form: persequte
form: persequute
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French persécuter, from Ecclesiastical Latin persecutor, from Latin persequor, persecutus (“follow up, pursue”), from per- (“through”) + sequor (“follow”) (English sequel). Compare prosecute. Cf. also pursue.
Senses: examples: text: He who persecutes one will persecute all.
text: I have heard, brethren, how sharply Antichrist persecuteth you, in vexing the faithful servants of Christ with divers and strange kinds of afflictions.
ref: 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
text: "Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you."
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:44:
text: One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Halton Holegate:
glosses: To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
glosses: To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
examples: text: Humans have been persecuting wolves in this forest for centuries.
glosses: To kill many of one species of animal, with the intent of removing them from human habitats.
Synonyms: sense: beset with cruelty
word: oppress
sense: beset with cruelty
word: harass
sense: beset with cruelty
word: distress
sense: annoy
word: annoy
Derived terms: persecutee
persecutingly
unpersecuted
Related terms: persecution
persecutable
semordnilap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈmɔːdnɪlæp/
ipa: /səˈmɔːɹdnɪlæp/
Forms: form: semordnilaps
Etymology: A reverse spelling of palindromes. "Semordnilap", according to author O. V. Michaelsen in his 1997 book Words at Play, was probably first used by recreational linguist Dmitri Borgmann, cited by Martin Gardner in the revised edition of Charles Carroll Bombaugh's Oddities and Curiosities of Words and Literature (1961) http://books.google.com/books?id=f4kNAQAAIAAJ&q=borgmann. The underlying concept (but not the term) is found at least as far back as Lewis Carroll's Sylvie and Bruno (1889). Semordnilap is also autological; that is, it is a self-describing word, as the word semordnilap is itself a semordnilap.
Senses: examples: text: [He] then goes on to credit us with giving him some of the best examples of semordnilaps.
ref: 1965, Dmitri Borgmann, Language on Vacation: An Olio of Orthological Oddities, page 42:
text: This song is a semordnilap. It can be played forward and then sounds different when it is played backwards.
ref: 2000, Gail Smith, Celebrate the Piano, page 18:
text: ACE is an acronym for Analysis of Concepts for Epidemiologists, and a semordnilap for ECA, Epidemiological Concept Analysis.
ref: 2008, Alex Pogel, David Ozonoff, “Contingency Structures and Concept Analysis”, in Medina & Obietkov, editors, Formal Concept Analysis, page 318:
glosses: A word, phrase, or sentence that has the property of forming another word, phrase, or sentence when its letters are reversed. A semordnilap differs from a palindrome in that the word or phrase resulting from the reversal is different from the original word or phrase.
Synonyms: sense: word, phrase, or sentence that forms another when its letters are reversed
word: anadrome
sense: word, phrase, or sentence that forms another when its letters are reversed
word: half-palindrome
sense: word, phrase, or sentence that forms another when its letters are reversed
word: heteropalindrome
sense: word, phrase, or sentence that forms another when its letters are reversed
word: reversgram
sense: word, phrase, or sentence that forms another when its letters are reversed
word: reversible anagram
sense: word, phrase, or sentence that forms another when its letters are reversed
word: semi-palindrome
sense: word, phrase, or sentence that forms another when its letters are reversed
word: word reversal
sense: word, phrase, or sentence that forms another when its letters are reversed
word: levidrome
sense: word, phrase, or sentence that forms another when its letters are reversed
word: emordnilap
word: antigram
word: in which the meaning is necessarily negated but letters may be freely rearranged
get off lightly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets off lightly
form: getting off lightly
form: got off lightly
form: got off lightly
form: gotten off lightly
Senses: examples: text: My cousin got off lightly with a restraining order after he broke the boy’s leg.
text: @Socrates
Got off lightly, all things considered. They just want me to drink this hemlock stuff. BRB.
8.11am, March 22, 399 BC
ref: 2012, Kelvin MacKenzie, Chas Newkey-Burden, The Twitter History of the World, London: John Blake, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: To end up with a mild punishment, or without serious harm.
end up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ends up
form: ending up
form: ended up
form: ended up
Senses: examples: text: The band usually ends up their concerts with their biggest hit song.
glosses: To bring to a conclusion.
examples: text: They ended up angry at each other.
text: He ended up as an insurance agent.
text: I was going for a stroll, and ended up lost.
text: She gave her all, and ended up winning the contest.
glosses: To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.
examples: text: to end up a hogshead
glosses: To lift or tilt, so as to set on end.
Synonyms: sense: to bring to a conclusion
word: conclude
sense: to bring to a conclusion
word: end
sense: to bring to a conclusion
word: finish up
sense: to bring to a conclusion
word: wind up
sense: come to a final place, condition, situation
word: wind up
sense: come to a final place, condition, situation
word: turn out
Related terms: start up
corollaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corollary
toucher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌtʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: touchers
Etymology: From Middle English toucher, equivalent to touch + -er. The pejorative sense is derived from the sense of "touching" someone for money.
Senses: examples: text: We just twist up Chancery-lane, and cut along Holborn, and there we are in four minutes time, as near as a toucher.
ref: 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 4, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC, page 25:
glosses: One who touches.
qualifier: bowls
glosses: A ball lying in contact with the jack.
glosses: A toucha; one who tries to get something out of others for nothing in return.
Derived terms: child toucher
near as a toucher
après
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæpɹeɪ/
ipa: /ˈɑːpɹeɪ/
ipa: /əˈpɹeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: apres
form: aprés
Etymology: Borrowed from French après.
Senses: examples: 2002, Jorge Ramos, The Other Face of America, Patricia J Duncan tr. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0060938242&id=D_xrZF1gTi8C&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&sig=ERHjCVnyrDm_50Up1nULZ7JeH2s
How about an après ski massage? Well, it’ll cost you $80 for fifty minutes at the Aspen Club, tip included. Thank goodness.
glosses: After.
Derived terms: après-ski
après
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæpɹeɪ/
ipa: /ˈɑːpɹeɪ/
ipa: /əˈpɹeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: apres
form: aprés
Etymology: Borrowed from French après.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of après-ski.
beforehand
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈfɔːhænd/
ipa: /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /bɪˈfo(ː)ɹhænd/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /bɪˈfoəhænd/
Forms: form: before-hand
Etymology: From Middle English biforhand, biforhond, beforehonde, bifornhand, equivalent to before + hand. [13th century. After Old French avant main].
Senses: examples: text: Will it be possible to have access to the room beforehand so that we can set up chairs?
text: I love playing tennis but I always get so nervous beforehand.
text: Weeks beforehand, I had bought the tickets for the concert.
text: Prosecutors also said Wednesday their side “does not intend to reference allegations that the defendant violated FARA or improperly coordinated with the Obama Administration,” referring to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which requires people who lobby on behalf of foreign clients to register beforehand with the US government.
ref: 2024 August 7, Marshall Cohen, “Prosecutors claim Hunter Biden once agreed to lobby US on behalf of Romanian businessman”, in CNN:
synonyms: word: in advance
word: upfront
word: prehand
antonyms: word: afterwards
word: afterhand
glosses: At an earlier or preceding time.
beforehand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈfɔːhænd/
ipa: /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /bɪˈfo(ː)ɹhænd/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /bɪˈfoəhænd/
Forms: form: more beforehand
form: most beforehand
form: before-hand
Etymology: From Middle English biforhand, biforhond, beforehonde, bifornhand, equivalent to before + hand. [13th century. After Old French avant main].
Senses: examples: text: rich and much beforehand
ref: 1626, Francis Bacon, New Atlantis:
glosses: In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
examples: text: Agricola […] resolves to be beforehand with the danger.
ref: 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:
text: The last cited author has been beforehand with me.
ref: 1716 April 17 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 31. Friday, April 6. [1716.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
text: […] the medical attendant ought to be rather beforehand with the symptoms of excitement, and to diminish the large quantity of wine before they appear.
ref: 1839, London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine:
glosses: In a state of anticipation or preoccupation.
raw_tags: followed by with
Derived terms: beforehand in the world
beforehand with the world
acoustic neuroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acoustic neuromas
form: acoustic neuromata
Etymology: acoustic + neuroma
Senses: glosses: A benign tissue growth situated in the hearing canal.
Synonyms: vestibular schwannoma
neurinoma
txt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: txts
Senses: glosses: text, text message
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a .txt file
txt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: txts
form: txting
form: txted
form: txted
Senses: glosses: To text; to send a text message (to).
walk the dog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks the dog
form: walking the dog
form: walked the dog
form: walked the dog
Senses: glosses: To take a dog for a walk, so as to give it exercise.
glosses: To perform a trick where the yo-yo rolls on the ground, attached to the string.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lacrosse
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To perform a trick where the ball rolls down the shaft and is caught in the head of the lacrosse stick.
glosses: To go to the pub.
riven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪvən/
rhymes: -ɪvən
Etymology: From Middle English riven, past participle of rive (“to rive”). Compare Old Norse rifinn, past participle of Old Norse rífa (“to pick, scratch, rive”).
Senses: glosses: past participle of rive
riven
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪvən/
rhymes: -ɪvən
Etymology: From Middle English riven, past participle of rive (“to rive”). Compare Old Norse rifinn, past participle of Old Norse rífa (“to pick, scratch, rive”).
Senses: glosses: Torn apart.
glosses: Broken into pieces; split asunder.
strawberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strawberry
strawberries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strawberry
pooper scooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pooper scoopers
form: pooper-scooper
Senses: synonyms: poop scoop
glosses: A scoop for the collection of pet excrement, especially that of dogs.
Related terms: poop
scoop
dog dirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dog feces.
school bus yellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An orange-yellow color, used in school buses in Canada and the United States.
Synonyms: National School Bus Glossy Yellow
school bus yellow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of an orange-yellow color, used in school buses in Canada and the United States.
Stirling engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stirling engines
Etymology: Named for inventors Rev. Robert Stirling and his brother James Stirling.
Senses: glosses: A heat engine of the external combustion piston engine type.
face value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face values
Etymology: The term exists because a contrast between nominal value and market value is sometimes materially relevant for currencies.
Senses: glosses: The amount or value listed on a bill, card, note, stamp, etc.; the stated value or amount.
examples: text: Please take this comment at face value and don't try to read anything into it.
text: Few museums have such a coherent collection that covers so many different areas of interest as the London Transport Museum. At face value, it is a collection of urban transport in London. In reality, it is so much more.
ref: 2020 June 3, Sam Mullins OBE discusses with Stefanie Foster, “LTM: a new chapter begins at 40”, in Rail, page 52:
glosses: No more or less than what is stated; a literal or direct meaning or interpretation.
Synonyms: par value
Derived terms: accept at face value
on the face of it
take at face value
Related terms: denomination
grain of salt
pinch of salt
read between the lines
literal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəl/
homophone: littoral
Forms: form: literals
form: lit.
form: litteral
Etymology: From Middle English literal, from Old French literal, from Late Latin litteralis or literalis (“of or pertaining to letters or to writing”), from Latin littera or litera (“a letter”). See letter.
Senses: topics: epigraphy
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
typography
synonyms: typo
glosses: A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: literal constant
glosses: A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A propositional variable, or the negation of a propositional variable. ᵂᵖ
glosses: Misspelling of littoral.
Related terms: constant
prime formula
tosh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɒʃ/
ipa: /tɑʃ/
ipa: /tɔʃ/
ipa: /tɒʃ/
ipa: [tɔ̟ʃ]
rhymes: -ɒʃ
Forms: form: toshes
form: tush
Etymology: From 19th-century British thieves' cant, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from *tarsh, a metathetic alteration of trash; or from toss.
Sense of nonsense possibly influenced by tush (“nonsense! tsk tsk!”) attested from 15th century.
Senses: examples: text: The sewer-hunters were formerly, and indeed are still, called by the name of "Toshers," the articles which they pick up in the course of their wanderings along shore being known among themselves by the general term "tosh," a word more particularly applied by them to anything made of copper.
ref: [1851, Henry Mayhew, “Of the Sewer-hunters”, in London Labour and the London Poor; […], volume II (The London Street-folk. Book the Second.), London: [Griffin, Bohn, and Company], →OCLC, page 150, column 2:
glosses: Copper; items made of copper.
examples: text: I am present engaged in fishing for tosh in the sewers of Blastburn.
ref: 1974, Joan Aiken, Midnight is a Place, page 164:
glosses: Valuables retrieved from drains and sewers.
examples: text: To think what I've gone through to hear that man! Frightful tosh it'll be, too.
ref: 1892 October 26, Oxford University Magazine, number 26/1:
text: Perhaps it helped a man into Parliament, Parliament still being a confused retrogressive corner in the world where lawyers and suchlike sheltered themselves from the onslaughts of common-sense behind a fog of Latin and Greek and twaddle and tosh.
ref: 1911, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 5, in The New Machiavelli, London: John Lane; The Bodley Head […], →OCLC:
text: ‘Took yeh from the ruined house myself, on Dumbledore’s orders. Brought yeh ter this lot...’ ‘Load of old tosh,’ said Uncle Vernon.
ref: 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter 4, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Rubbish, trash, (now especially) nonsense, bosh, balderdash
examples: text: A ‘tosh’ pan... is also provided.
ref: 1881, Leathes in C.E. Pascoe, Everyday Life in our Public Schools, ii. 20
text: We call a tub a tosh.
ref: 1905, H. A. Vachell, Hill, section I:
qualifier: archaic school slang
glosses: A bath or foot pan
examples: text: Among the recent neologisms of the cricket field is ‘tosh’, which means bowling of contemptible easiness.
ref: 1898 June 25, Tit-Bits, 252/3
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Easy bowling
examples: text: 'Ere, tosh, you bin at Cha'ham?
ref: 1954, E. Hyams, Stories & Cream, section 175:
glosses: Used as a form of address.
Synonyms: nonsense
Derived terms: pish tosh
pish and tosh
toshy
toshing
tosh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɒʃ/
ipa: /tɑʃ/
ipa: /tɔʃ/
ipa: /tɒʃ/
ipa: [tɔ̟ʃ]
rhymes: -ɒʃ
Forms: form: toshes
form: toshing
form: toshed
form: toshed
form: tush
Etymology: From 19th-century British thieves' cant, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from *tarsh, a metathetic alteration of trash; or from toss.
Sense of nonsense possibly influenced by tush (“nonsense! tsk tsk!”) attested from 15th century.
Senses: examples: ref: 1867, W. H. Smyth, Sailor's Word-book:
text: Toshing, a cant word for stealing copper sheathing from vessels' bottoms, or from dock-yard stores.
glosses: To steal copper, particularly from ship hulls
examples: text: You tend to the toshing, let Mester Hobday tend to the dealing.
ref: 1974, J. Aiken, Midnight is Place, vi. 180:
glosses: To search for valuables in sewers
examples: text: ‘Toshing’ was the name given to a punishment inflicted by the cadets on any one of their number who made himself obnoxious. The victim, dressed in full uniform, was forced to run the gauntlet of his brother cadets, who, as he passed, emptied the contents of their ‘tosh-cans’ (small baths holding about three gallons of water) over the wretched lad's head.
ref: 1883, J.P. Groves, From Cadet to Captain, iii. 227:
text: He toshed his house beak by mistake, and got three hundred.
ref: 1903, J. S. Farmer et al., Slang, VII. 171/1:
qualifier: archaic school slang
glosses: To use a tosh-pan, either to wash, to splash, or to "bath"
Derived terms: tosh up
tosh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɒʃ/
ipa: /tɑʃ/
ipa: /tɔʃ/
ipa: /tɒʃ/
ipa: [tɔ̟ʃ]
rhymes: -ɒʃ
Forms: form: tosher
form: toshest
Etymology: Compare Old French tonce (“shorn, clipped”) and English tonsure.
Senses: examples: text: Tosh, tight, neat.
ref: 1776, D. Herd, Ancient & Modern Scottish Songs:
glosses: Tight.
examples: text: I gang ay fou clean and fou tosh
As a' the neighbours can tell.
ref: 1794, J. Ritson, Scottish Songs, I. 99:
glosses: Neat, clean; tidy, trim.
examples: text: We were a very tosh and agreeable company.
ref: 1821, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 10 4:
glosses: Comfortable, agreeable; friendly, intimate.
Derived terms: toshy
toshly
tosh
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɒʃ/
ipa: /tɑʃ/
ipa: /tɔʃ/
ipa: /tɒʃ/
ipa: [tɔ̟ʃ]
rhymes: -ɒʃ
Forms: form: more tosh
form: most tosh
Etymology: Compare Old French tonce (“shorn, clipped”) and English tonsure.
Senses: examples: text: Shouther your arms!—O! had them tosh on, And not athraw!
ref: 1808, J. Mayne, Siller Gun, i. 20:
glosses: Toshly: neatly, tidily
tosh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɒʃ/
ipa: /tɑʃ/
ipa: /tɔʃ/
ipa: /tɒʃ/
ipa: [tɔ̟ʃ]
rhymes: -ɒʃ
Forms: form: toshes
form: toshing
form: toshed
form: toshed
Etymology: Compare Old French tonce (“shorn, clipped”) and English tonsure.
Senses: examples: text: Hoo she wad try to tosh up... her breest.
ref: 1826 November, J. Wilson, Noctes Ambrosianae, xxix, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 788
glosses: To make ‘tosh’: to tidy, to trim.
tosh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɒʃ/
ipa: /tɑʃ/
ipa: /tɔʃ/
ipa: /tɒʃ/
ipa: [tɔ̟ʃ]
rhymes: -ɒʃ
Forms: form: toshes
form: tush
Etymology: From 19th-century British slang tosheroon, from or alongside tusheroon, of uncertain derivation from British slang caroon (“crown, a 5-shilling silver coin”), from Sabir and (originally) Italian corona (“crown”). The term was either derived from or influenced by madza caroon, the British slang for the Sabir and Italian mezzo corona (“half-crown”), possibly under influence from tosh (“copper items; valuables”) above or from the half-crown's value of two shillings & sixpence.
Senses: examples: text: tush or tosh. Money: Cockney: late C.19–20. Ex: tusheroon... But H. errs, I believe: he should mean half-a-crown, for tusheroon and its C.20 variant tossaroon (2s. 6d.) are manifest corruptions of Lingua Franca MADZA CAROON.
ref: 1961, Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang:
text: Here's a tosh to buy yourself some beer.
ref: 1961, J. Maclaren-Ross, Doomsday Book, i. v. 63:
glosses: A half-crown coin; its value
examples: text: Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.
ref: 1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words:
text: ‘Tush’, for money, would be an abbreviation of ‘tusheroon’, which in old cant, and also in tinker dialect, signified a crown.
ref: 1912, J.W. Horsley, I Remember, xii. 253:
glosses: A crown coin; its value
glosses: Any money, particularly pre-decimalization British coinage
curling iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curling irons
Senses: glosses: A heated cylindrical device for curling the hair.
soldering iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soldering irons
Senses: glosses: A hand-held tool with a heated tip, used to melt and apply solder.
Synonyms: soldering bolt
waffle iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waffle irons
Senses: examples: text: Such a one is very apt to leave his impress upon his scholars, as the waffle-iron is impressed upon the cake that is baked in it.
ref: 1838, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Fireside Education, page 331:
text: I remember once of buying a waffle-iron of him, and when I tried it and found it did not make a pretty pattern on the waffles, I took it back to him to change it: but having no other pattern, he returned me the money as soon as I asked him.
ref: 1841 August 20, Miss Leslie, “Mr. Smith”, in The Ladies' Garland, volume 5, number 2, page 36:
text: These batter-based flat cakes gained a new form of popularity in America when Thomas Jefferson returned from his stint in France as a diplomat. In 1789 he presented his friends with a long-handled waffle iron.
ref: 2011, Ann Treistman, Who Put the Devil in Deviled Eggs?: The Fascinating Stories Behind America's Favorite Foods:
glosses: A cooking appliance, with hinged, indented metal plates, used to make waffles.
Synonyms: waffle maker
corrach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corrachs
Senses: examples: text: The corrachs, as may be supposed, drew but few feet of water.
ref: 1862, University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, page 68:
text: […] the corrachs are so light, and the western fishermen are so skilful in their management, that accidents are almost unknown, and if a boatman but says it is safe to venture out with him, there is no danger whatever [...]
ref: 1891, Mary Banim, Here and There Through Ireland, part 1, page 116:
text: So, happy at heart, he stepped into the corrach, that floated lightly on its own light shadow under the edge of the island, and he rowed it over the Dark Lake […] but the man who sat in the corrach watched for the light […]
ref: 1892, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, volume 119, page 486:
text: The earliest boat, so they say in Ireland, was a raft. After that came the corrach. The pattern of the corrach drifted across to the adjacent island, where in debased form it became the coracle, which is used on the upper reaches of the Severn and elsewhere even unto this day. So also the corrach of ...
ref: 1903, Country Life Illustrated, volume 13, page 544:
text: ... as the corrach pulled near the shore.
ref: 1920, Katharine Tynan, Denys the Dreamer, page 247:
glosses: Alternative form of currach (“light, rowed Irish boat”).
belay my last
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Ignore what I just said; My previous order or request is retracted.
VBS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of VBScript.
VBS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VBSs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Vacation Bible School.
NWA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of NorthWest Airlines.
glosses: Initialism of National Wrestling Alliance.
examples: text: It was the spirit of the times: we applied high theory to shampoo ads, philosophy to NWA videos.
ref: 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 287:
glosses: Initialism of Niggaz Wit Attitudes, American hip-hop group.
ACS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Australian Computer Society.
glosses: Initialism of Australian Customs Service.
glosses: Initialism of Anglo-Chinese School.
glosses: Initialism of American Cancer Society.
glosses: Initialism of American Chemical Society.
examples: text: The ACS asks all respondents ages 5 and older two questions about language. First, people are asked if they speak a language other than English at home. If they mention a language other than English, they are asked how well they speak English.
ref: 2025 March 17, Sahana Mukherjee and Mark Hugo Lopez, “How Americans feel about making English the official language of the U.S.”, in Pew Research Center:
glosses: Initialism of American Community Survey.
ACS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ACSs
form: ACSes
form: ACS's
Senses: topics: business
communication
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of adjacent channel selectivity.
examples: text: Traditionally, in an attempt to identify every patient with ACS presenting to the ED, clinicians often admit many patients with noncardiac causes of chest pain.
ref: 2000, Eric J. Topol, Acute Coronary Syndromes, Third Edition, CRC Press, page 294:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: CCS
glosses: Initialism of acute coronary syndrome.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of acute compartment syndrome.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of abdominal compartment syndrome.
topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: RCS
OMS
OMAC
glosses: Initialism of attitude control system.
ICT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Indochina Time.
ICT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ICTs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of In-Circuit Test.
examples: 2012, Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
In order to speed up the decision-making process, national standardisation bodies and European standardisation organisations should facilitate accessible information on their activities through the promotion of the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in their respective standardisation systems, for example by providing to all relevant stakeholders an easy-to-use online consultation mechanism for the submission of comments on draft standards and by organising virtual meetings, including by means of web conferencing or video conferencing, of technical committees.
2014, "No end to ICT skills crunch" by Lance Harris, published on itweb.co.za
The total number of students that enrolled for these courses has grown only slightly and the marginal increase of graduates does not match the growth rate of the ICT industry.
Graduates with ICT qualifications, senior managers and especially mid-career professionals are all still in short supply across a range of disciplines and market segments.
topics: business
communication
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Information and Communications Technology.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of International Crimes Tribunal.
glosses: Initialism of Islamabad Capital Territory.
Hyponyms: sense: in-circuit test
word: FICT
topics: law
word: ICTY
topics: technology
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: ICT4D
LAT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Los Angeles Times.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Lam Tin in Hong Kong.
LAT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LATs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of lowest astronomical tide.
glosses: Initialism of laboratory animal technician.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
firefighting
government
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: AT
air tanker
airtanker
<
airplane#Noun
<
aircraft#Noun
coordinate_terms: VLAT
glosses: Acronym of large air tanker, a class of waterbomber.
examples: text: Those who study these couples, who are part of a group known as LATs (living apart together), agree that their numbers are on the rise, though figures are hard to come by, according to Ms. Lindemann.
ref: 2020 May 16, Jennifer Altmann, “Married but Living Far Apart”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Initialism of living apart together, describing a couple who live at different addresses.
LAT
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: My stepmother, aware of trends, told us we would be “LAT,” for “living apart together,” referring to couples that choose to live separately — even far apart — while remaining committed.
ref: 2018 June 22, Glen David Gold, “Staying Together by Living Apart (in a Duplex)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Initialism of living apart together, describing people in an intimate relationship who live at different addresses.
WWJD
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of what would Jesus do?.
ILM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Industrial Light and Magic.
PCH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Pacific Coast Highway, segments of California State Route 1.
glosses: Initialism of Packet Clearing House, an Internet infrastructure support organization.
glosses: Initialism of Patrimoine canadien/Canadian Heritage, the Department of Canadian Heritage
glosses: Initialism of Platform Controller Hub.
glosses: Initialism of Portcullis House, a parliamentary building in London.
PCH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria.
NHTSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪtˌzɑː/
Senses: examples: text: Last year, NHTSA ordered dozens of automobile and technology companies to report crash data on automated vehicles in order to better monitor their safety.
ref: 2022 January 19, Hayley Smith, Russ Mitchell, “A Tesla on autopilot killed two people in Gardena. Is the driver guilty of manslaughter?”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2022:
text: At least nine deaths have been reported this year, and more than 900 since 1998 – or 38 per year on average, according to the NHTSA and NoHeatStroke.org, which is run by San Jose University’s Department of Meteorology and Climate Science.
ref: 2022 July 2, Ray Sanchez, “The hot-car death of 22-month-old Cooper Harris was heartbreakingly familiar. His father’s unusual murder conviction has now been thrown out”, in CNN:
glosses: Acronym of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Related terms: NTSB
NCAP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʔenkap/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of New Car Assessment Program.
topics: road
transport
glosses: Initialism of No Contact Apprehension Policy.
NCAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʔenkap/
Forms: form: NCAPs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of nematic curvilinear aligned phase.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of night combat air patrol.
OSW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Office of Solid Waste.
glosses: Initialism of Official Scrabble Words.
HANS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of head and neck support.
CIW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of chemicals in the workplace.
PPE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PPEs
Senses: examples: text: Any time you turn on a power tool, use a saw to cut wood, or get on the roof of your house to make a roof repair, PPE can help protect you.
ref: 2019 July 9, John James, “What Workshop Safety Gear (PPE) Do You Need to Own?”, in ChooseToolbox.com, Two Rabbits Media & Marketing, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2021:
text: The home secretary has said she is sorry if people feel there has been a failure to supply sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) to NHS staff, as it was revealed that 19 UK health workers had died after contracting coronavirus.
ref: 2020 April 11, Nazia Parveen, “Priti Patel says ‘sorry if people feel there have been failings’ over PPE”, in The Guardian:
text: In addition, there are basic PPE principles and practices that must be understood to protect the health and safety of everyone involved in handling a pesticide.
ref: 2021, “Dress for Success! Some Things to Know About PPE Before You Handle a Pesticide”, in National Ag Safety Database, retrieved 04 Feb 2021:
text: Having donned our PPE, we walk through the site to the prefab that controls access to the tunnel.
ref: 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41:
glosses: Initialism of personal protective equipment.
synonyms: PP&E
glosses: Initialism of property, plant, and equipment.
examples: text: With his sights on the astonishingly narrow educational formation of the government and opposition front benches, he says: ‘PPE has a lot to answer for.’
ref: 2011, David Runciman, “Socialism in One Country”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15:
hyponyms: modern greats
glosses: Initialism of philosophy, politics and economics, a university degree course.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of PCBoard programming executable: a software component used to extend the features of a bulletin board system.
OEB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of occupational exposure band.
OEB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: OEBPS
qualifier: file format
glosses: Initialism of Open eBook, a legacy e-book format based on XML.
FTC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer, announced plans in 2017 to operate a carbon-neutral mine and pointed out that the FTC has warned lab-grown diamond sellers over the veracity of their environmental claims.
ref: 2020 March 10, Oliver Milman, “Are laboratory-grown diamonds the more ethical choice to say 'I do'?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023:
glosses: Initialism of Federal Trade Commission.
glosses: Initialism of Federal Transfer Center.
glosses: Initialism of fixed-term contract.
glosses: Initialism of FIRST Tech Challenge.
DOP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DOPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of date of production.
glosses: Initialism of director of photography.
glosses: Initialism of dilution of precision (in GPS).
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: occupational health
glosses: Initialism of dioctyl phthalate.
examples: text: Item: TWICELAND Fantasy Park Photobook (Sealed) / Price: 800 pesos only / DOP: PAYO / MOD: SCO or GGX / MOP: BPI or Gcash
ref: 2023 February 28, Teudoongie Shop (@TeudoongieShop), Twitter:
related: word: dop
glosses: Initialism of deadline of payment.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of discrete oriented polytope.
DP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of data processing.
glosses: Initialism of displaced person.
glosses: Initialism of delusional parasitosis.
glosses: Initialism of display picture.
glosses: Initialism of display port.
glosses: Initialism of dynamic positioning.
glosses: Initialism of dickpic.
glosses: Initialism of double penetration.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: Initialism of double play.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of degree of polymerization.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Initialism of dynamic programming.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of developer preview.
examples: text: From the shotlist, the DP can figure out, to some extent, how many lighting changes each scene will require.
ref: 2013, Arthur Vincie, Preparing for Takeoff: Preproduction for the Independent Filmmaker:
text: From the first, jungle-set shot, the redoubtable d.p. Hélène Louvart gives the film the daubed, traffic-light palette of a ripe mango; were it possible, you’d expect it to have an aroma to match.
ref: 2019 May 25, Guy Lodge, “Film Review: ‘The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão’”, in Variety:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Initialism of director of photography.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of determiner phrase.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Daytona prototype.
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: Initialism of decay product.
Coordinate terms: sense: motorsports
word: DPi
sense: motorsports
word: GTD
sense: motorsports
word: GTP
sense: motorsports
word: LMDh
sense: motorsports
word: LMP
sense: motorsports
word: P1
sense: motorsports
word: P2
sense: motorsports
word: P3
DP
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: DPs
form: DP's
form: DPing
form: DP'ing
form: DPed
form: DPed
form: DP'd
form: DP'd
form: DP'ed
form: DP'ed
Senses: glosses: Initialism of double penetrate.
DP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
FAA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Again he bats back and forth the pages of the thick clipped sheaf of close-typed pages that comprise the results of the FAA investigation into Naomi’s fatal encounter with the northwest slope of Mount Dunkelblum.
ref: 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 244:
text: Great River Energy utilized the FAA’s Notice Criteria Tool² to determine if it would be required to file notice to the FAA prior to construction.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 25:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Federal Aviation Administration (agency regulating U.S. aviation).
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Federal Arbitration Act (9 USC 1).
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of Fleet Air Arm (carrier-borne air force of the U.K.'s Royal Navy).
Coordinate terms: english: predecessor, WWI
translation: predecessor, WWI
word: RNAS
english: predecessor, interwar
translation: predecessor, interwar
word: RAF
word: RFC
word: NASA
word: NTSB
word: IATA
word: ICAO
ATF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: According to the ATF, gun makers began cranking out 2.4 million rifles annually in Obama’s first term – a 52 percent increase from the previous four years of the Bush administration.
ref: 2017 December 14, David Heath, Elise Hansen and AJ Willingham, CNN Design: Joyce Tseng, “How an ‘ugly,’ unwanted weapon became the most popular rifle in America”, in CNN:
text: During Tuesday’s ceremony at the ATF headquarters, Dettelbach said being sworn in as the agency’s director is the “single greatest honor of my professional life” but also that it is “most certainly the greatest professional challenge of my life.”
ref: 2022 July 19, Hannah Rabinowitz and Veronica Stracqualursi, “Steve Dettelbach sworn in to lead ATF after 7 years of acting directors”, in CNN:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)
ATF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ATFs
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of automatic transmission fluid.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of aviation turbine fuel; jet fuel
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of advanced tactical fighter.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of auxiliary tugboat fleet; a naval fleet tugboat, a fleet tug that can keep up with a fleet on operations
ATF
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: law
glosses: As Trustee For
Related terms: AT
BATF
NSAID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛnsɛd/
Forms: form: NSAIDs
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
coordinate_terms: paracetamol
glosses: Acronym of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
ZE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
XR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of extended reality.
examples: text: Adderall-XR
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
antonyms: IR
glosses: Initialism of extended release.
CR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Costa Rica.
glosses: Initialism of Czech Republic.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of Caledonian Railway.
glosses: Initialism of Charles Rex (“King Charles”).
CR
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of controlled release.
CR
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: CRs
form: CRing
form: CRed
form: CRed
Senses: examples: text: I will CR later after lunch.
glosses: to go to the comfort room
CR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably from Latin crēdēre; compare DR.
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
antonyms: DR
glosses: Credit.
CNS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CNSs
Senses: examples: text: Typically, using heavy weight over low reps, sets with higher rep ranges and sets in which you are focusing on explosiveness will require a much higher output from the CNS and will require an extended amount of recovery time, somewhere around the 2- to 3-minute mark.
ref: 2010 August 9, Jeff Bayer, “Rest Periods Defined”, in AskMen:
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
coordinate_terms: PNS
peripheral nervous system
glosses: Initialism of central nervous system.
CNS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Comparitech, cited by CNS as a tech research consumer website, claims it is believed an estimated "10,000 domains" in China are "blocked at any one time."
ref: 2021 April 30, Joseph A. Wulfsohn, “CNSNews claims to be blocked in China, citing decline in internet traffic”, in Fox News:
glosses: Initialism of Cybercast News Service; now known as CNSNews.
AHA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AHAs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of alpha-hydroxy acid.
topics: law
property
glosses: Initialism of Agricultural Holdings Act tenancy.