cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
turning-evil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: ref: 1660, Gervase Markham, “Of the Diſeaſes in the Head, as the Sturdy, or Turning-evil”, in A Vvay to Get Vvealth, […] William Wilſon, for George Sawbridge, page 73:
ref: 1676, James Lambert, “For the Diſeaſe in Beaſts called the Sturdy or turning-Evil” (chapter LVI), in The Country-Man's Treaſure, […] Henry Twyford, page 47:
ref: 1686, Richard Blome, “Of the Sturdy, Turning-Evil, or More-found”, in The Gentlemans Recreation, London: […] S. Rotcroft, for Richard Blome, page 260:
text: When cattle are afflicted with the turning-evil, or ſturdy ; a diſeaſe that cauſes them to turn, frequently, round in the ſame place ; the common remedy in England , is to throw the beaſt down and bind him ; then to open his ſkull, and take out a little bladder, which, uſually, lies near the membranes of the brain, fill’d with water and blood ; and then gradually heal up the wound. And this method is much commended by our experienced Markham.
ref: 1738, Robert Boyle, “The Usefulness of Experimental Philoſophy; by Way of Exhortation to The Study of it”, in Peter Shaw, editor, The Philoſophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Eſq;, 2nd edition, […] W. Innys; R. Manby; T. Longman, page 87:
glosses: Alternative form of turning evil.
stinker-uppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stinker-upper
miskeen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more miskeen
form: most miskeen
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn, “poor”).
Senses: examples: text: Bitches used to pass me by, now I pass ’em by in the sweetest ride / Used to be a miskeen guy, but shit ain’t always sweet on the sweeter side / Now my gang ananana, smoking marijuana
ref: 2017 August 17, Ramriddlz, “Oceans” (track 8), in Sweeter Dreams, performed by Ramriddlz:
glosses: Poor, pathetic, innocent; (by extension) not affiliated with criminal gangs.
DMCA'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of DMCA
user-uppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of user-upper
leads on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lead on
leading on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lead on
led on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lead on
avalanchelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more avalanchelike
form: most avalanchelike
Etymology: From avalanche + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The flows would have been deposited via large, avalanchelike deposits, Paduan wrote on the expedition's blog.
ref: 2012 December 13, Becky Oskin, “Weird Underwater Volcano Discovered Near Baja”, in Live Science:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an avalanche.
Hammettesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hammettesque
form: most Hammettesque
Senses: examples: text: Wings' handling of the standard-issue Hammettesque equipment (Emma gets slipped a Mickey; she gets bonked on the back of the head; she even gets to tell the murderer at the end of the story, "I'm sending you over, sweetheart," just like Sam to Bridget in The Maltese Falcon) is light, fast, and witty enough to allow even inveterate non-readers of mysteries like myself to stay tuned.
ref: 1988 December 11, Georgia Cotrell, “A Lezbeen Sam Spade”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 8:
glosses: Reminiscent of the works of Dashiel Hammett.
mottes-and-baileys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motte-and-bailey
pussy control
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: She had the epitome of pussy control.
ref: 2008, A Blessing in Disguise, A Real Black Woman Is the Closest Thing to God, page 57:
text: TeAire had dick control but September had pussy control. If she was controlling her pussy then he could last for what seemed like forever.
ref: 2013, N'spired Wit'Love, amp, Love, The Crossroad of Friendship - The Intersection of Truth and Betrayal, page 95:
text: I knew some of these hoes out here been having sex for years and didn't have that much pussy control.
ref: 2018, Candace Mumford, Ms.Bam, Project Princess 2 (Freshman&Sophomore Year), page 293:
topics: lifestyle
sexology
sexuality
glosses: The ability of a woman to provide sexual pleasure by massaging, squeezing, and tightening the muscles of her vagina.
tubular bell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: singular of tubular bells
rainbow surfperch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainbow surfperches
Senses: synonyms: bugara
rainbow perch
rainbow seaperch
glosses: A species of surfperch, Hypsurus caryi, found along the Pacific coast of North America.
rainbow perch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainbow perches
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rainbow surfperch.
synonyms: word: rainbow surfperch
rainbow seaperch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainbow seaperches
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rainbow surfperch.
synonyms: word: rainbow surfperch
rainbow surfperches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rainbow surfperch
rainbow perches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rainbow perch
rainbow seaperches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rainbow seaperch
rainbow wrasse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainbow wrasses
Senses: glosses: A wrasse of genus Coris, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
rainbow wrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rainbow wrasse
happy chappy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: happy chappies
Senses: glosses: A person, usually a young boy or teenager, who is particularly happy.
happy chappies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of happy chappy
happyclappy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: happyclappies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of happy-clappy.
happyclappy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more happyclappy
form: most happyclappy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of happy-clappy.
happy clapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: happy clappers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of happy-clappy.
synonyms: word: happy-clappy
happy clappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of happy clapper
happyclappies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of happyclappy
burns the water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of burn the water
burning the water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of burn the water
burnt the water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burn the water
burned the water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burn the water
burn, baby, burn
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: !
Senses: glosses: Used to express a sense of satisfaction or schadenfreude at seeing an enemy or rival in pain, as a form of payback or retribution for their past wrongs or misdeeds.
ectrodactylies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ectrodactyly
burn the roof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: burns the roof
form: burning the roof
form: burned the roof
form: burned the roof
form: burnt the roof
form: burnt the roof
Senses: glosses: To experience a great time enjoying and dancing to the music in a dancehall or nightclub.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see burn, roof.
Sralin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɹɑː.lɪn/
rhymes: -ɑːlɪn
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Сра́лин (Srálin).
Senses: examples: text: If the Soviet media crafted a cult of personality for Stalin which tried to place him beyond criticism, some ordinary citizens hung his portrait in the toilets, mocked his heavy Georgian accent, or replaced the “t” in his name with an “r”, making him “Sralin” – not the “Man of Steel”, but the “Man of Shit”.
ref: 2020 July 20, Jonathan Waterlow, It’s only a joke, comrade! Why even Stalin couldn’t kill the political quip:
glosses: Joseph Stalin.
Related terms: Pootin
Shitler
burns the roof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of burn the roof
burning the roof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of burn the roof
burned the roof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burn the roof
burnt the roof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burn the roof
CLC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CLCs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of central labor council.
glosses: Initialism of certified lactation counsellor.
glosses: Initialism of chemical looping combustion.
glosses: Initialism of Chinese language centre.
glosses: Initialism of city learning centre.
glosses: Initialism of closed-loop communication.
glosses: Initialism of collateral ligament complex.
glosses: Initialism of combat logistics company.
glosses: Initialism of command light cruiser.
glosses: Initialism of community learning centre.
glosses: Initialism of community legal centre.
glosses: Initialism of community living center.
glosses: Initialism of comprehensive land consolidation.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Initialism of contrast light compensation.
CLC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In the extensive report supporting its request the Campaign Legal Center also claims the Secretary may have made false statements and omissions on a government form. While the allegations aren’t new, CLC is calling on the inspector general to investigate whether Ross acted knowingly when he allegedly violated the law.
ref: 2018 August 13, Cristina Alesci and Greg Wallace, “Legal watchdog wants Commerce IG to investigate Wilbur Ross”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Campaign Legal Center.
glosses: Initialism of Central Land Council.
CLCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CLC
no shame in my game
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: ain't no shame in my game
form: there's no shame in my game
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: examples: text: I hung out at Biff's, like a speakeasy, and there was no shame in my game.
ref: 1988, Thomas Henderson, Out of Control, page 196:
text: 'Cause I don' have no shame in my game. At all.
ref: 1995, Patricia Cukor Avila, The Evolution of AAVE in a Rural Texas Community - An Ethnolinguistic Study, page 108:
text: She sucked her thumb up until a few months before her twenty-first birthday, "no shame in my game."
ref: 1997, G. Cajetan Luna, Youths Living with HIV - Self-evident Truths, page 134:
text: Secondly, mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of. There is no shame in my game.
ref: 1999, Fred Goodwin, Lichtenstein Creative Media, Intelligence, page 21:
glosses: Implying that one has nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of in one's current activity or endeavor.
ain't no shame in my game
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: "I was scared to death. Ain't no shame in my game."
ref: 1998, Gini Sikes, 8 Ball Chicks - A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangs, page 202:
text: I am not blameless in the circumstance that broke my heart like nothing ever had. Ain't no shame in my game!
ref: 2004, Deborah Cofer, No Process...No Promise! - A Modern Day Testament to the Goodness and Glory of God, page 64:
text: "Shucks! Ain't no shame in my game--y'all sleeping together?"
ref: 2009, C. Nicole Treadwell, That Kiss From Heaven Fell On My Heart, page 181:
text: My Aunt Carol responded, "Ain't no shame in my game."
ref: 2023, Pamela Walker, Guilt, Shame and Fear:
glosses: Alternative form of no shame in my game.
there's no shame in my game
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: There's no shame in my game, according to Monzel Hardin, of Oakland, California, "refers to doing something that may be embarrassing to somebody else who might not be aware of why you are doing what you are doing.
ref: 1993, Cecil Morris Brown, Stagolee - From Shack Bully to Culture Hero, page 257:
glosses: Alternative form of no shame in my game.
C++'er
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C++'ers
Senses: examples: text: Beginning C++’ers can use this subset to get familiar with the basics of the language, while avoiding the frustrations common to anyone leaping into full C++ programming without appropriate preparation.
ref: 1995, Gregory Satir, Doug Brown, C++: The Core Language, O’Reilly & Associates, Inc., →ISBN, page xiii:
text: I cannot deny that technology played a role in the previous scenario. Smalltalk as a programming language and environment, particularly with the Refactoring Browser, is a fabulous place to make changes. The Gemstone/S database likewise encourages continual change. Objects tend to isolate change as a way of organizing logic, preventing infinite ripple effects. / THE FRIGHTENING IMPLICATION We’ll get to your question, “What about us C++’ers?” in a moment.
ref: 1999 May, Kent Beck, “Extreme Programming: Flatten the change-cost curve by using XP in project planning and testing”, in C++ Report: The International Authority on C++ Development, volume 11, number 5, New York, N.Y.: SIGS Publications Group Inc., →ISSN, page 28, columns 1–2:
text: We promised you that we would talk about the relative merits of virtual (a C++ concept) and final (a Java concept). To do that, we have to assume some knowledge of C++. So, let’s reverse the pattern and talk about the straight Java facts so we can let the non-C++ folks move on while we go a little deeper with you C++’ers.
ref: 2005, Carl Albing, Michael Schwarz, Java Application Development on Linux, Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference, →ISBN, pages 94–95:
glosses: Alternative form of C++er.
C++'ers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of C++'er
mufucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mufuckers
Senses: examples: text: “When I met him, mufucker was drivin’ a car with Ben Franklin painted on the hood—Ben smokin’ a spliff rolled up with a hundred. I turned him down till he thought his number was no. You think I’d still be here, with Odette here, if I said yes? Shit…”
ref: 2014, Chris Leslie-Hynan, Ride Around Shining, New York, N. Y.: Harper Perennial, published 2015, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: Alternative spelling of muhfugga.
mufuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mufucker
Panagbenga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Kankanaey Panagbenga, from panagbenga.
Senses: glosses: A month-long annual festival in Baguio held every February.
Related terms: Adivay
fuck's sake
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of for fuck's sake.
for fuxake
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: For fuxake, you're cherry picking ONE World Cup that Concacaf did well in.
ref: 2005 September 6, MMcC, “Re: Africa should get 7 teams in the World Cup”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet):
glosses: Contraction of for fuck's sake.
fuxake
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Fuxake, talk about selective data interpretation.
ref: 2005 September 6, MMcC, “Re: Africa should get 7 teams in the World Cup”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet):
glosses: Contraction of fuck's sake.
Related terms: for fuxake
fish kropeck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish kropecks
Senses: glosses: prawn crackers made with fish
Culinary Capital of the Philippines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Culinary Capital of the Philippines
Senses: qualifier: chiefly Pampanga
glosses: Nickname for Pampanga: a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines.
originating summons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: originating summonses
Etymology: From originating + summons.
Senses: synonyms: originating application
glosses: A legal document that starts a civil action, typically used when there is significant legal dispute instead of factual dispute.
Mourneabbey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the ruin of Mourne Abbey.
Senses: glosses: A civil parish with a community council, south of Mallow, County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 5792).
restructurism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From restructure + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Despite the brave words of general secretary Dr. Melvin G. Talbert in his opening address as he gave the Board its marching orders to “move out in service,” the spectre of restructurism continued to haunt the board and force members to expend time and energy on internal organizational matters.
ref: 1974 November 1, Pat Sites, “Discipleship Board struggles with structure…”, in The Louisiana United Methodist, volume 2, number 46, page 2:
text: If the latter had passed they may have forfeited many national concerns, such as: United States involvement with the United Nations; one-world government/religion; the Federal Reserve; gun control; desecration of the U.S. flag; restructurism of public education; U.S. flag salute in schools; […]
ref: 1992 July 17, L.M. Smith, “Letters: Concerns dropped”, in The Daily News, volume 70, number 92, Longview, Wash.: Westmedia Corp., page A8:
text: Restructurism has put them in such a difficult situation that they do not know where to go. One of them came to me recently. He was transferred to another editorial office where he felt insulted for the “abilities” he possessed.
ref: 1992 August 26, Skender Bucpapaj, quotee, “Bucpapaj Interviewed on Reforms in RTVSh [KOSOVA 12 Jul]”, in JPRS Report (East Europe), Foreign Broadcast Information Service, JPRS-EER-92-116, page 2:
glosses: Any movement that promotes restructure.
Related terms: restructurist
restructurist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more restructurist
form: most restructurist
Etymology: From restructure + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The Commersant political and economic writers spoke of Mikhail Gorbachev, Abel Aganbeygan [Aganbegyan], Stanislav Shatalin, and other leading restructurist economists and politicians as being right-wing.
ref: 1991, A. Craig Copetas, Bear Hunting with the Politburo: A Gritty First-Hand Account of Russia's Young Entrepreneurs—and Why Soviet-Style Capitalism Can't Work, New York, N. Y.: Simon & Schuster, published 2001, →ISBN, page 203:
text: By using some voices in the novel to vent his anger towards this mysterious and sinister Khartoum ruling clique (of which incidently, he was a prominent member), the author is merely joining the orgy of verbal intimidation and abuse that is the stock in trade of the restructurist intellectuals.
ref: 1991, M.I. Shoush, “In search of an Afro‐Arab identity: the Southern concept of the Northern Sudan as seen through the novels of Francis Deng”, in British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Bulletin, volume 18, number 1, page 78:
text: Among varying visions of the purposes of SSR in the OPT, two broad approaches have been identified. […] The second is a more ‘restructurist’ agenda to reorganise security forces to address Israeli security concerns and suppress Palestinian violence.
ref: 2009, Esra Bulut, “EUPOL COPPS (Palestinian territories)” (chapter 16), in Giovanni Grevi, Damien Helly, Daniel Keohane, editors, European Security and Defence Policy: The First Ten Years (1999–2009), Paris: European Union Institute for Security Studies, →ISBN, page 294:
glosses: Pertaining to restructurism; promoting the restructure of a system or institution.
Synonyms: reframist
Related terms: restructurism
arrest-me-red
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arrest-me-red
form: most arrest-me-red
form: arrest-me red
form: arrest me red
Etymology: Suggesting that vehicles painted bright red are more likely to attract the attention of law enforcement.
Senses: examples: text: Since buying the town house on the other side of the clinic, he had enjoyed that rarest of New York rarities, an honest-to-goodness private garage, and he had celebrated by buying a brand-new arrest-me-red Ferrari.
ref: 1990, Judith Gould, Never Too Rich, New York, N. Y.: Penguin Group, published November 1991, →ISBN, page 235:
glosses: Of a bright red colour.
raw_tags: of a motor vehicle
Sacas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saca
Tekong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pulau Tekong.
synonyms: word: Pulau Tekong
sea bow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea bows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sea-bow.
sea bows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea bow
to the left
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Sunshades are really just umbrellas, but to the left.
text: Dean says "I love you" but it's not quite on purpose. After Castiel almost gets hurt in a hunt Dean loses his shit and may say some things he can't take back.
ref: 2022 January 8, Casey06, “I love you (but to the left)”, in Archive Of Our Own (fan fiction), archived from the original on 26 Jun 2024:
text: Y'all, please give Paul a follow and check out Bovaskala! Kespar is a really cool card game he created […] (think poker but to the left) and chatting with him is not only a joy, but can lead to things like a new fortune telling tarot deck for the world!
ref: 2022 November 16, @vesmiryn, “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2024:
text: ‘minecraft is an advanced version of cookie clicker’ whatever is wrong with his brain is also what’s wrong with my brain but to the left […]
ref: 2023 March 18, @Not_Bxnny, “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2024:
text: i've been informed toasted means drunk. I thought it meant like. fried, but to the left.
ref: 2024 May 20, @ChronosAster, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 May 2024:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Different; resembling a given concept, but different in an unspecified way.
examples: text: My sister is on the right in this picture, and I'm to the left.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, the, left.
marine rainbow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marine rainbows
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sea-bow.
synonyms: word: sea-bow
marine rainbows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marine rainbow
v-necks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of v-neck
bubble-wraps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubble-wrap
bubble-wraps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bubble-wrap
bubble-wrapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of bubble-wrap
bubble-wrapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bubble-wrap
bubblewraps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubblewrap
Sojourner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒd͡ʒənə/
ipa: /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚnɚ/
ipa: /soʊˈd͡ʒɝnɚ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name from English.
self-slaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of suicide.
synonyms: word: suicide
hover-slam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hover-slams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hoverslam.
hover slam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hover slams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hoverslam.
hover-slams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hover-slam
hover slams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hover slam
bonafy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bonafies
form: bonafying
form: bonafied
form: bonafied
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bonify.
white seaperch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white seaperch
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Japanese seaperch (“Sebastes cheni”).
synonyms: word: Japanese seaperch
extra: Sebastes cheni
red seaperch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red seaperch
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Japanese seaperch (“Sebastes inermis”).
synonyms: word: Japanese seaperch
extra: Sebastes inermis
black seaperch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black seaperch
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Japanese seaperch (“Sebastes ventricosus”).
synonyms: word: Japanese seaperch
extra: Sebastes ventricosus
Wokeland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwoʊklənd/
Forms: form: Woakland
Etymology: From blend of woke + Oakland.
Senses: glosses: Nickname for Oakland: a city in California, United States; the county seat of Alameda County.
watch the world burn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: watches the world burn
form: watching the world burn
form: watched the world burn
form: watched the world burn
Senses: glosses: To watch the chaos, pain or death that results from the actions of others or oneself with an attitude of detachment or indifference.
controll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: controlls
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of control.
controll
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: controlls
form: controlling
form: controlled
form: controlled
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of control.
dimmets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimmet
Hulley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
turns or burns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of turn or burn
turning or burning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of turn or burn
turned or burned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of turn or burn
turned or burnt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of turn or burn
watched the world burn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of watch the world burn
watching the world burn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of watch the world burn
watches the world burn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of watch the world burn
Iron Mikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Iron Mike
emerging adult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emerging adults
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: young adult
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychology
sciences
social-science
sociology
hypernyms: adult[coordinate term|coordinate]] in some vague assertions>
coordinate_terms: adolescent
middle-ager
older adult
glosses: In some conceptions of human life phases, a member of the subset of adults who, although postadolescent (having passed the age of majority), retain some aspects of mental or emotional immaturity.
emerging adults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emerging adult
down-at-the-heel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of down-at-the-heels.
dimmit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimmits
Senses: examples: text: “ My Billy is out with his boat in the bay.
To snare the bright herring for me,
And I, with my arms, in the dimmit of day,
Will snare the bold son of the sea.”
ref: 1858, Edward Capern, “Kitty Lile; or, Mazed Kate of Clovelly”, in Ballads and Songs, London: W. Kent & Co., page 132:
text: The following account of the same custom, as practised at Bideford, North Devon, has been communicated to me by J. G. Cooper, Esq., of that town “ The custom appears to have been immediately at the end of the day when the reapers had completed their cutting, usually in the twilight of the autumn evening (‘ in the dimmit ’ : Devonice), for the whole party to gather in a circle, […]
ref: 1867 August 24, L. Gidley, “A Harvest Custom in Devonshire”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume IV, number 186, page 215:
text: If you choose to carry the girl about in your cart, to Polworthy an' back, 'tis no account o' mine ; nor if you're a mind to waste your time in the dimmit (twilight), hangin' round Gridge's cottage, as I do hear ; but you won't drag me into it, and that's final.
ref: 1888, G. B. Stuart, “Poppy”, in Charles W. Wood, editor, The Argosy, Summer edition, volume XLV, London, page 81:
text: ‘Punch 'll mind the door, and bark if any one comes nigh. Then in the dimmits’ (twilight) ‘you can go.’
ref: 1893, Sabine Baring-Gould, “In the Smoke” (chapter VIII), in Mrs. Curgenven of Curgenven, volume III, Methuen & Co., page 93:
text: When she left the Hall she went by the lower path across the park, not by the church and the sea. It was the gloaming of a November afternoon—the " dimmits," as we call it in Cornwall—and "gloaming," as you know, at that time means almost the dark.
ref: 1894, W. J. Knox Little, chapter VI, in The Waif from the Waves, London: Chapman & Hall, page 53:
text: 'Twas getting on vor the dimmits, and I hitched up the mare and went vore tii the back entrance. As I passed the kitchen winder I seed Albertina sitting there all alone, because 'er master and missus was well-to-do, and sat in the parlour evenings ; and I zim tü go all of a treemor like.
ref: 1896 June 24, Mary Hartier, “An Evening with Hodge”, in The English Illustrated Magazine, number 153, page 259:
text: And now, as the evenings were so light, she would have time to walk, perhaps, even so far as Quarry Point, and still get back before the dusk—the ‘dimmits’ as Sarah called it—came.
ref: 1950 February 24, Doreen Idle, chapter 11, in The Last Knot, London: Hodder & Stoughton, page 137:
glosses: Alternative form of dimmet (Twilight; dusk; crepusculum)
dimmits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimmit
mouse-hearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mouse-hearted
form: most mouse-hearted
Senses: synonyms: rabbit-hearted
chicken-hearted
hen-hearted
glosses: Cowardly; timid.
Kashag
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan བཀའ་ཤག (bka' shag).
Senses: glosses: The governing council of Tibet from 1721 to 1959.
glosses: The governing council of the Tibetan government in exile.
Konkow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A critically endangered Maiduan language.
deluginous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deluginous
form: most deluginous
Etymology: From deluge + -in- + -ous. The use of the interfix -in- here is irregular. Likely coined by George Darley, who first used the term in 1897.
Senses: examples: text: Seas to surprise thee, or enthralls
Earth to deluginous ocean, […]
ref: 1897, George Darley, Nepenthe, London: Elkin Mathews, Canto II, page 33:
text: The roast beef and plum pudding were only just consumed when, as William Lucas records, ‘ a grand storm of thunder and lightning and a deluginous rain ’ broke up the company and silenced the hired music from the City of London.
ref: 1929, William Lucas, edited by Reginald Hine, The History Of Hitchin, volume II, London: George Allen & Unwin, page 425:
text: Evidently the storm up the valley had been deluginous.
ref: 1947, Walter Karig, chapter 29, in Zotz!, New York; Toronto: Rinehart & Company, page 219:
text: A critical approach explicitly committed to a global justice for both animals and humans must first take into account the deluginous amount of scientific research documenting the Sixth Great Extinction⁴ occurring today.
ref: 2017, Carol Gigliotti, “The Struggle for Compassion and Justice Through Critical Animal Studies” (chapter 10), in Linda Kalof, editor, The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies, Oxford University Press, page 191:
text: In the latter case, the tear is a visual pun on the ersatz integrity of both affect (of cabaret sadness) and form (Kiki’s theatricalization not only of gender, but the rage of time-out-of-joint), whereas in Pierre, the tear’s vivacity is the surprising outcrop of deluginous factitiousness as its own peculiarly queer ontic principle.
ref: 2017 May 18, Branka Arsic, K. L. Evans, editors, Melville’s Philosophies, Bloomsbury Publishing:
glosses: Deluge-like; overwhelmingly abundant.
BYOIP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Cloud providers can improve best practices and documentation to demonstrate this benefit, and encourage larger tenants to leverage BYOIP to benefit security.
ref: 2022, Eric Pauley, Ryan Sheatsley, Blaine Hoak, Quinn Burke, Yohan Beugin, Patrick McDaniel, “Measuring and Mitigating the Risk of IP Reuse on Public Clouds”, in 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, Los Alamitos, C.A. […]: IEEE, →DOI, →ISBN, page 569, column 2:
qualifier: cloud computing
glosses: Initialism of bring your own IP (address); a system which allows a customer to use their own IP address(es) on a cloud provider's hardware.
Soisy-sous-Montmorency
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Soisy-sous-Montmorency (literally “Soisy under Montmorency”).
Senses: glosses: A commune in Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, France.
cornrower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornrowers
Etymology: From cornrow + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Richelle Braithwait, who worked as a cornrower at Casdulan Hairdressers in Harlem in 1980, expressed disbelief that "white women are paying $300 for a hairstyle on Park Avenue that any child in Harlem can do."
ref: 2000, Julie A. Willett, Permanent Waves: The Making of the American Beauty Shop, New York, N.Y.; London: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 177:
glosses: Someone who braids hair into cornrows.
cornrowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cornrower
apnosticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of apatheism.
synonyms: word: apatheism
lenticular bracket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lenticular brackets
Etymology: From lenticular + bracket, due to their resemblance to a lens.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Either of a pair of symbols,【 】, generally used in Chinese and Japanese dictionaries to enclose headwords, and sometimes for other purposes.
lenticular brackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lenticular bracket
idc
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: related: word: IDC
glosses: Initialism of I don't care.
cow lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cow lilies
form: cow-lily
Senses: examples: text: Bess amused herself the other day by making a large bouquet entirely of yellow flowers of different shades and varieties, and it looked like a city milliner's window in this present season of "tilleul," "old gold," and "saffron:" vivid coreopsis, with dark velvet centres; "butter-and-eggs," with spires of palest straw color and orange mingled; barberry blossoms in drooping sprays, buttercups with gold enamelled blossoms, "yellow daises,"^([sic]) a few late dandelions, the little "five-finger," and some yellow pond-lilies (they call them "cow-lilies" here).
ref: 1878, Annie Trumbull Slosson, “More Daisy Farm Letters”, in The China Hunters Club, page 201:
text: The Cow Lily is very common in still or stagnant water, often growing so profusely that passage in boats is almost impossible.
ref: 1910, Chester Albert Reed, Wild Flowers East of the Rockies, page 117:
text: One seldom needs to stroll far along the shores of a pond or the sluggish inlet from a brook before finding the blossoms of the large yellow pond-lily, perhaps more often called the cow-lily.
ref: 1913, Clarence Moores Weed, Seeing Nature First, page 105:
synonyms: yellow pond-lily
spatterdock
glosses: A water lily of species Nuphar advena, of temperate eastern North America.
cow lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cow lily
Iturregui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Iturreguis
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish
tortoise shell bracket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tortoise shell brackets
form: tortoiseshell bracket
Etymology: Calque from Japanese 亀(きっ)甲(こう)括(かっ)弧(こ) (kikkōkakko, literally “tortoise shell bracket”), due to their resemblance to the shell of a tortoise. By surface analysis, tortoise shell + bracket.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Either of a pair of symbols,〔 〕, sometimes used in Japanese to enclose comments in quoted text.
tortoise shell brackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tortoise shell bracket
tortoiseshell bracket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tortoiseshell brackets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tortoise shell bracket.
tortoiseshell brackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tortoiseshell bracket
cow-lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cow-lilies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cow lily.
cow-lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cow-lily, alternative form of cow lilies.
middle-ager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle-agers
Etymology: From middle age + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The party will be a casual mixer for middle-agers and senior citizens who would like to meet some new friends but also would like to stay low-key about it.
hypernyms: adult
coordinate_terms: adolescent
teenager
emerging adult
young adult
older adult
senior citizen
senior#Noun
glosses: A middle-aged person.
middle-agers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of middle-ager
comes in hot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come in hot
coming in hot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come in hot
came in hot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come in hot
Kriya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kriyas
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्रिया (kriyā)
Senses: glosses: doing, performing
glosses: religious action (i.e. worship)
glosses: Kriyā, (personified as a daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma; or as a daughter of Kardama and wife of Kratu)
double monastery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double monasteries
Etymology: From double + monastery.
Senses: topics: Christianity
synonyms: dual monastery
double house
dual house
glosses: A monastery which combines separate communities of monks and nuns into a single institution.
double monasteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double monastery
dual monastery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dual monasteries
Etymology: From dual + monastery.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of double monastery.
synonyms: word: double monastery
dual monasteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dual monastery
double house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double houses
Etymology: From double + house.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of double monastery.
synonyms: word: double monastery
double houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double house
dual house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dual houses
Etymology: From dual + house.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of double monastery.
synonyms: word: double monastery
dual houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dual house
plug doors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plug door
case hardens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of case harden
finicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of finick
finicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of finick
poppadam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poppadams
Senses: glosses: Uncommon spelling of poppadom.
poppadams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poppadam
unbookmark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unbookmarks
form: unbookmarking
form: unbookmarked
form: unbookmarked
Etymology: From un- + bookmark.
Senses: examples: text: I should probably unbookmark that page, it's out of date.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To remove a bookmark.
unbookmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unbookmark
unbookmarking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of unbookmark
act of adjournal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acts of adjournal
form: Act of Adjournal
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: A set of rules of court governing criminal procedure made as secondary legislation by the High Court of Justiciary.
acts of adjournal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Acts of Adjournal
Senses: glosses: plural of act of adjournal
Act of Adjournal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Acts of Adjournal
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of act of adjournal.
Acts of Adjournal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Act of Adjournal
vocants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vocant
7-Elevens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 7-Eleven
break the wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks the wheel
form: breaking the wheel
form: broke the wheel
form: broken the wheel
Etymology: Presumably inspired by a scene in the episode "Hardhome" (2015) of Game of Thrones, in which Daenerys Targaryen, reflecting on her plan to reclaim the Iron Throne, vows to "break the wheel" of oppression and war.
Senses: examples: text: The head of one of Canada's largest unions says it's time to break the wheel and change the way businesses are operated.
ref: 2020, Carol Todd, "Time to change Canada's business model: UFCW", Regina Leader-Post, 4 September 2020, page NP7
text: Finally, the fact that both protagonists are teenagers is worth considering not only as a mere feature of the dystopian fiction subgenre, but as a representation of the power of the younger generations in breaking the wheel and transforming society not only when they grow up and become adults, but from today.
ref: 2023, Andrea Burgos-Mascarell, “Out with the Old: New Feminist Religions in Parable of the Sower and the Gilded Ones”, in Kamelia Talebian Sedehi, editor, The Role of Religion in Shaping and Reshaping Inclusive and Exclusive Communities in Literature, page 96:
text: I do not see any possibility for breaking the wheel of the prevailing capitalist and liberal ideology or any kind of ideology.
ref: 2023, Peter Čuroš, “Educating into Aware Subjects Instead of Unaware Objects”, in Luca Siliquini-Cinelli, Thomas Giddens, editors, Biopolitics and Structure in Legal Education, page 24:
glosses: To end a pattern of oppression, inequality, injustice, or abuse.
examples: text: Cassandra a woman in her late 60’s was a hairdresser and owner of her own beauty salon in the UK. However, she felt like she was working long hours and never had time for herself. She describes coming to Spain as a way to ‘break the wheel’ and dedicating time to what she loves, which involves a variety of sports, socializing, and spending time with her mother (Interview March 31st 2019).
ref: 2019, Emma Fàbrega-Domènech, "Problematizing the ‘Good Life’ on the Costa del Sol: Detecting Diversity in Privileged Experiences of Northern European Migrant Retirees", QuAderns, Number 35, page 71
text: Polar codes break the wheel in channel coding area with its unconventional perspective of code construction than that of the traditional codes and become a youngest contender in the 5G race.
ref: 2019, Arti Sharma & Mohammad Salim, "Polar Code Appropriateness for Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Use Cases of 5G Systems", International Journal of Networked and Distributed Computing, Volume 7, Number 3, page 95
text: This is an example of Kant's 'Copernican Revolution' breaking the wheel of empiricism and rationalism, inaugurating a new form of transcendental regulation that is to say weak correlationism.
ref: 2022, Paul Boyé, "The Figure of Inhumanism: Contemporary Speculative Philosophy in the Posthuman Condition", thesis submitted to the University of Western Australia, pages 43-44
glosses: To instigate or enact a major change; to revolutionize; to shake up.
Related terms: break the cycle
Ampfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4023).
Broad Chalke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Probably related to the River Chalke, a chalk stream, and Old English cealc (“chalk”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish south-west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0325).
wikipedia: River Chalke
EMLA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A tradename: initialism of eutectic mixture of local anesthetics.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A eutectic mixture of lidocaine and prilocaine.
wikipedia: EMLA
councilloress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: councilloresses
Etymology: From councillor + -ess, a calque from other European languages such as German or Russian.
Senses: glosses: A female councillor.
glosses: The wife of a councillor.
councilloresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of councilloress
burgomistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burgomistresses
Senses: glosses: The wife of a burgomaster.
burgomistresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burgomistress
paille maille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Curved mallets and ball for the game of paille maille.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 238:
glosses: Alternative form of pall mall.
pale maille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pall mall.
batch up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: batches up
form: batching up
form: batched up
form: batched up
Senses: topics: business
computing
engineering
manufacturing
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To line up multiple tasks to be executed at once in order to improve efficiency.
trock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Related to trucco?
Senses: glosses: A game similar to croquet but played on a table.
back one out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backs one out
form: backing one out
form: backed one out
form: backed one out
Senses: glosses: To defecate.
calabash chalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A clay similar to kaolin, commonly eaten in parts of Africa.
talkalike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talkalikes
Senses: examples: text: The Same Spade talk-alike, super-cynical heroine of the piece is named Emma Victor, and there's no end to her rapid-fire, monotonic, street-smart patter.
ref: 1988 December 11, Georgia Cotrell, “A Lezbeen Sam Spade”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 8:
glosses: One who talks in a similar way to another, either in terms of voice or speech mannerisms.
game-ends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of game-end
game-ending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of game-end
game-ended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of game-end
Waterlow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
neckbeardier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of neckbeardy: more neckbeardy
Smalles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Small.