cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
yout'
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yoot
form: yout
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of youth.
quick-fire
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quick-fire
form: most quick-fire
form: quickfire
Senses: examples: text: The politician was unnerved by the journalist's quick-fire questioning.
text: But the mood changed completely after Arsenal's quick-fire double and Ipswich, supported by 9,000 away supporters, could not force their way back into the tie.
ref: 2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich (agg 3 - 1)”, in BBC:
glosses: Having one thing coming rapidly after another.
sleeping giant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleeping giants
Etymology: A metaphor, maybe derived from Gulliver's Travels (1726), and made popular by the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, see quotations.
Senses: examples: text: There is a sleeping giant in education that is just beginning to awaken.
ref: 1926 June, C.E. Mahaffey, “The Sleeping Giant in Education”, in The Educational Screen, volume 5, page 335:
text: I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.
ref: 1970, Tora! Tora! Tora!, spoken by Isoroku Yamamoto:
text: The Council regards the Alliance as a sleeping giant. Less than 3% of humans volunteer to serve in their military, a lower proportion than any other species.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Systems Alliance: Military Doctrine Codex entry:
text: Angered by a controversial Arizona immigration law, tens of thousands of protesters[…] rallied in cities nationwide[…].
"I want to thank the governor of Arizona because she's awakened a sleeping giant," said labor organizer John Delgado, who attended a rally in New York where authorities estimated 6,500 gathered.
ref: 2010 April 30, Sophia Tareen for the Associated Press, “Anger over Ariz. immigration law drives US rallies”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 01 May 2010:
text: Bruce Merrill, a professor emeritus at Arizona State University who has worked as an Arizona pollster for four decades, is skeptical that the Latino “sleeping giant” will wake anytime soon.
ref: 2012 September, Tom Zoellner, “The Myth of the Latino Vote”, in The Atlantic:
text: Europe’s Sleeping Giant Awakens [title, referring to Germany]
ref: 2022 March 1, Noah Barkin, “Europe’s Sleeping Giant Awakens”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Someone or something with great, latent strength.
wikipedia: Gulliver's Travels
Isoroku Yamamoto's + quote
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Related terms: let sleeping dogs lie
head of steam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heads of steam
Etymology: The figurative sense is by metaphor from the literal one: the need of the boiler of a steam locomotive to exceed a minimum amount of pressure before the locomotive could start moving.
Senses: examples: text: "They were keeping a full head of steam, and a profound rumbling, as of an empty furniture van trotting over a bridge, made a sustained bass to all the other noises of the place."
ref: 1919, Joseph Conrad, Typhoon:
text: Soon after passing the site of Stretfordbridge Junction Edwards opened out to 25 per cent; boiler pressure was still full up, and Taylor was spreading what was left of the fire so as to arrive in Shrewsbury with only a light head of steam.
ref: 1945 September and October, O. S. Nock, “Wartime Locomotive Working on the G.W.R.—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 255:
text: [literal sense] Caffiers and Boulogne were passed with a full boiler and a full head of steam, and going up Neufchâtel I couldn't stop her blowing off.
ref: 1961 March, "Dalmore", “Driving and firing modern French steam steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 150:
text: Arsenal were starting to work up a head of steam and Tractor Boys boss Paul Jewell cut an increasingly frustrated figure on the touchline.
ref: 2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich (agg 3 - 1)”, in BBC:
text: [literal sense] The film is really about the driver taking control of his charge... the fireman creating a fine head of steam... the signalman keeping the traffic moving safely... [...].
ref: 2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, page 43:
glosses: A significant amount of energy, vigour or momentum, sufficient to make progress or succeed in a task.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see head, steam.
Related terms: steam up
killer instinct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: killer instincts
Senses: examples: text: Not for the first time this season, that lack of killer instinct - combined with an approach more responsive than probing - proved costly for Martinez's men.
ref: 2011 January 25, Les Roopanarine, “Wigan 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC:
glosses: The natural inclination to aggressively achieve dominance or success in a particular endeavor.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see killer, instinct.
catch someone napping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches someone napping
form: catching someone napping
form: caught someone napping
form: caught someone napping
Senses: examples: text: Wigan keeper Ali Al Habsi was forced to deny Stewart Downing and Bent in quick succession, and again got down well to deny Bent after a Young free-kick had caught Steven Caldwell napping.
ref: 2011 January 25, Les Roopanarine, “Wigan 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC:
glosses: To take advantage of someone's inattention.
draw level
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws level
form: drawing level
form: drew level
form: drawn level
Senses: examples: text: The teams had drawn level after the first half.
glosses: to equalize
examples: text: Dimitar Berbatov found the first cracks in the home side's resilience when he pulled one back from close range and Hernandez himself drew the visitors level with a composed finish three minutes later as Bloomfield Road's earlier jubilation turned to despair.
ref: 2011 January 25, Phil McNulty, “Blackpool 2 - 3 Man Utd”, in BBC:
glosses: to cause something to equalize
slowly but surely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: From then on the visitors, inspired by the composure provided by Ryan Giggs after he came on for Darron Gibson at half-time, managed to unscramble their senses to slowly but surely overpower gallant Blackpool.
ref: 2011 January 25, Phil McNulty, “Blackpool 2 - 3 Man Utd”, in BBC:
glosses: In a slow but consistent manner; inexorably.
Related terms: a long time coming
wave away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: waves away
form: waving away
form: waved away
form: waved away
Senses: examples: text: It was the Seasiders, however, who were swiftly on the attack again and they had very presentable claims for a penalty waved away as Varney tumbled under a challenge from Rafael.
ref: 2011 January 25, Phil McNulty, “Blackpool 2 - 3 Man Utd”, in BBC:
glosses: to reject or dismiss with a hand gesture
glosses: to brush aside or sweep under the rug
loanees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loanee
quiches lorraines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quiche lorraine
Ahmadis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ahmadi
smartmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smartmouths
Etymology: From smart + mouth.
Senses: glosses: One who makes disrespectful, flippant remarks; a smart aleck.
smartmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smartmouths
form: smartmouthing
form: smartmouthed
form: smartmouthed
Etymology: From smart + mouth.
Senses: glosses: To reply to in a disrespectful, flippant manner.
Related terms: badmouth
smartmouthed
smartmouths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smartmouth
smartmouthing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smartmouth
BVH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BVHs
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of bounding volume hierarchy.
BVHs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BVH
RTTI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of run-time type information.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of run-time type identification.
Judeo-Christianity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After a German term coined by Ferdinand Christian Baur in an 1831 issue of the Tübinger Zeitschrift für Theologie.
Senses: glosses: The Jewish and Christian religions considered as having shared historical and ethical values
wikipedia: Ferdinand Christian Baur
Related terms: Judeo-Christian
barratries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barratry
emetogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more emetogenic
form: most emetogenic
Etymology: From emeto- + -genic.
Senses: synonyms: emetic
glosses: Causing vomiting.
Derived terms: emetogenicity
Related terms: emesis
emetogen
walk over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks over
form: walking over
form: walked over
form: walked over
Etymology: In the sense of gaining an easy victory, refers to a horse going over a racecourse at a walk when there is no other entry.
Senses: examples: walk over the bridge
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to walk over.
glosses: To gain an easy victory.
glosses: To dominate, treat (someone) as inferior.
descripta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of descriptum
descriptum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: descripta
Etymology: From Latin dēscrīptum.
Senses: glosses: That which is described; the subject of a description.
walk off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks off
form: walking off
form: walked off
form: walked off
Senses: examples: text: It doesn't feel too bad. Let me walk it off.
text: Whoa, they shot a guy? Just walk it off / Another genocide? Man, just walk it off / No, this cant be right (nah, nah, nah), just walk it off
ref: 2025, “Kubrick Stare”, performed by Stray From The Path:
glosses: To recover from (a minor injury) or digest (a large meal) by walking around.
glosses: To measure a distance by walking, as by counting paces or extending a measuring tape or rope.
glosses: To flee or abandon.
Derived terms: walk off the job
RSIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RSI
WPF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Windows Presentation Foundation, a graphical subsystem for rendering user interfaces in Windows-based applications.
Hyponyms: WCF
TUIO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Tangible User Interface Objects.
Related terms: TUI
UDPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of UDP
neuropathogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuropathogen
fomites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfoʊ.mɪ.tiːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of fomes
fomites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfoʊ.mɪ.tiːz/
ipa: /ˈfoʊmaɪtz/
ipa: /ˈfoʊ.mɪ.tiːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of fomes
examples: text: 20. Thomas M. England, private ... volunteered and underwent the fomites experiment, sleeping 20 nights in infected bedding, for which experiment he received a donation of $100 from the Cuban funds allotted by General Wood for these experiments.
ref: 1930, Congressional Edition, United States Congress, pages 8–9:
text: Fomites play a significant role in the transmission of infectious agents. The list of fomites is seemingly endless and includes objects in common use... Toys are fomites and contribute to illness in children wherever the toys are shared.
ref: 2009, Robert I. Krasner, The Microbial Challenge: Science, Disease and Public Health, page 166:
glosses: plural of fomite
cosmic string
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmic strings
Senses: glosses: A cosmically-scaled string of mass-energy left over from the big bang as a topological defect in spacetime.
Related terms: magnetic monopole
cosmic wall
cosmic wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmic walls
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical 2-dimensional analog of a cosmic string.
mass-energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mass-energies
Senses: examples: text: Whereas in classical physics mass and energy are distinct concepts, on relativistic scales, they become indistinguishable and are replaced by mass-energy.
text: In higher-energy physics, mass and energy eventually become meaningless as individual concepts; a particle's so-called "mass" is actually mass-energy and is often given equivalently in units of either mass (GeV/c²) or energy (GeV).
text: For equations normalized with Planck units, the quantities of mass and energy become numerically identical, revealing their true nature as mass-energy.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Mass and energy as a unified concept.
qualifier: also spelled mass energy
glosses: The energy associated with any given mass according to special relativity, E = mc².
Related terms: Einstein energy
relativistic mass
mass-energy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Mass-energy conversion occurs during nuclear fusion and fission.
glosses: mass-to-energy
vacuum decay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical process whereby spacetime undergoes a phase transition (decays) into a lower-energy state.
Synonyms: cosmological phase transition
free neutron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free neutrons
Senses: glosses: A neutron not bound in an atomic nucleus.
Related terms: epithermal neutron
thermal neutron
non-ionizing radiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-ionizing radiations
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Radiation that does not cause atmospheric ionization; electrically neutral radiation.
Hyponyms: static electric field
static magnetic field
visible light
infrared radiation
microwave radiation
radio waves
radiofrequency radiation
ianthina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ianthinas
Etymology: Latin ianthinus (“violet”)
Senses: examples: text: But a clammy feeling soon dampened his enthusiasm, and he looked down to find his fine white suit streaked with violet where the ianthinas had discharged their ink.
ref: 1949, Ray Smith Bassler, Shelled creatures and geological history:
glosses: Any of the family Epitoniidae (syn. Janthinidae) of violet snails.
ianthinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ianthina
anonette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anonettes
Etymology: From anon + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: Anons beat innocent possums to death, while anonettes get stood up on dates. Huh.
ref: 2017 September 22, u/ScrotalKahnJr, “Anon goes on tinder date”, in Reddit, r/4chan:
text: (title)
ref: 2019 January 2, u/Mercc, “Anonette asks for advice regarding her bf”, in Reddit, r/4chan:
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: Synonym of femanon (“a female user of 4chan”).
synonyms: word: femanon
extra: a female user of 4chan
primorial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaɪ̯ˈmɔːɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: primorials
Etymology: Blend of prime + factorial. Coined by American engineer and mathematician Harvey Dubner.
Senses: examples: text: For example, up to 10⁹, every positive integer which is a multiple of a primorial and is less than the following primorial satisfies the given inequality. There has also been little discussion on which primorials qualify in the different situations when RH fails.
ref: 2017, Kevin Broughan, Equivalents of the Riemann Hypothesis: Volume 1, Arithmetic Equivalents, Cambridge University Press, page 97:
topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
synonyms: primorial number
glosses: Any number belonging to the integer sequence whose nth element is the product of the first n primes.
examples: text: The primorial of 6 is #92;textstyle 6#92;#35;#61;2#92;times 3#92;times 5#61;30.
text: 2020, Rong Pan, Qinheping Hu, Rishabh Singh, Loris D'Antoni, Solving Problem Sketches with Large Integer Values, Peter Müller (editor), Programming Languages and Systems: 29th European Symposium, Proceedings, Springer, LNCS 12075, page 587,
The following number theory result relates the primorial to the Chebyshev function.
θ(n)= log (n#)= log 2⁽¹⁺ᵒ⁽ⁿ⁾⁾ⁿ=(1+o(n))n
topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: A unary operation, denoted by the postfix symbol # and defined on the nonnegative integers, which maps 0 to 1, 1 to 1, and each subsequent number to the product of all primes less than or equal to it; the value mapped to by said operation for a given input.
Related terms: primorial prime
primorials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primorial
turtler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turtlers
Etymology: From turtle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Theſe Creatures [Galapagos turtles] are thought to live to a great Age; and it is obſerved by the Jamaica Turtlers, that they are many years before they come to their full growth.
ref: 1697, William Dampier, chapter V, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 108:
glosses: One who fishes for turtles or tortoises.
glosses: A kind of shell, the turtle cowrie (Chelycypraea testudinaria).
topics: video-games
glosses: One who turtles.
fit up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fits up
form: fitting up
form: fitted up
form: fitted up
Senses: examples: text: The gun was placed in her car in an effort to fit her up.
topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person.
examples: text: to fit up a room for a guest
text: The shoemaker will fit you up with a fine pair of boots.
glosses: To furnish with suitable things; to prepare; to fit out.
examples: text: We will finish fitting up the stage by the time the show starts.
glosses: To create a set or performance venue; to make a venue ready for a performance.
Synonyms: sense: conspire to incriminate
word: frame
Derived terms: fit-up
guga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gugas
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic guga.
Senses: examples: text: It is well known that young gannets or gugas are not only highly edible but their fat has remarkable curative properties.
ref: 2010, Bryan Nelson, The Gannet:
glosses: solan goose or northern gannet
look like something the cat's dragged in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: looks like something the cat's dragged in
form: looking like something the cat's dragged in
form: looked like something the cat's dragged in
form: looked like something the cat's dragged in
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of look like something the cat dragged in.
go over someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes over someone's head
form: going over someone's head
form: went over someone's head
form: gone over someone's head
Senses: examples: text: She went over his head and took her complaint directly to the president of the company.
glosses: To take up an issue with another person's boss or other superior rather than beginning or continuing to deal with the original person.
examples: text: I listened carefully, but the technical jargon went over my head.
glosses: To escape someone's comprehension.
phytocoenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytocoenoses
form: phytocenose
form: phytocoenose
Etymology: From phyto- + coenosis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: All the plants of a biocenosis
M.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Messrs.
form: MM.
Etymology: From French M..
Senses: examples: text: The next morning I delivered my letters of introduction, and paid a visit to some of the principal professors, and among others to M. Krempe, professor of natural philosophy.
ref: 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 69:
ref: 1823, Adam Hodgson, A Letter to M. Jean-Baptiste Say: On the Comparative Expense of Free and Slave Labour:
text: Hérodiade, opera, in four acts, libretto by MM. Paul Milliet and Gremont, music by M. Jules Massenet, February 1.
ref: 1885, The Era Almanack and Annual, page 79:
glosses: Alternative form of M (“Monsieur”).
M.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛm/
Etymology: From Ms., Mrs., Mr., Miss, Mister, Mistress, Master, Magistrate, Missus.
Senses: examples: text: while we're at it, let's get rid of all this Miss/Mrs/Mr/Ms crap. It wasn't much of a step to go from Miss/Mrs to Ms; after all, the issue should be that gender is unimportant. How about one generic title for everyone? For instance, M. Smith, M. Jones. […]
ref: 1982 July 10, Mx. John Eldridge (username "floyd!jce"), More words and sex, net.nlang
text: I like the idea of just "M. Smith". Who cares whether the person is male or female if the matters under discussion are just business? If this is confusable with "Malcolm Smith" or "Marylin Smith", why not use "Mx. Smith" instead. […]
ref: 1983 September 27, Martin Taylor, Miss/Mrs/Ms, net.women
glosses: A gender-neutral honorific, comparable to Mx., used instead of Mr., Mrs., etc.
M.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛm/
Etymology: Abbreviation
Senses: coordinate_terms: M-
M
glosses: Abbreviation of model.
Ku
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kus
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 쿠 (ku).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Korean.
Related terms: Ku truck
verb-object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: verb-objects
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: verb-object compound, such as "chīfàn" in Putonghua
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: verb-object phrase
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: verb-object construction
shoebag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoebags
Etymology: From shoe + bag.
Senses: glosses: A bag designed to hold shoes.
shoebags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoebag
hempcrete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of hemp + concrete, equivalent to hemp + -crete.
Senses: examples: text: In situations such as bathrooms and kitchens where there is likely to be a higher level of humidity than other rooms in the house, hempcrete works very well with the distribution of moisture and prevention of condensation.
ref: 2005, Steve Allin, Building with Hemp, page 79:
text: This should not be a problem with hempcrete as it is a very simple building method that can be grasped by ordinary builders within a few hours of instruction.
ref: 2009, Andy van den Dobbelsteen, Machiel van Dorst, Arjen van Timmeren, Smart Building in a Changing Climate, page 122:
text: The issue of assessing the thermal control properties of hempcrete is very important for the widespread adoption of hempcrete in North America, and unfortunately, it is not a straightforward subject.
ref: 2016, Chris Magwood, Essential Hempcrete Construction, page 16:
text: Fully cured hempcrete blocks float in a bucket of water.
ref: 2022 July 8, Andrea Northey, “Hempcrete”, in Extension La Crosse County – University of Wisconsin-Madison:
glosses: A mixture of hemp shives and lime (possibly including sand, pozzolans, or cement) used as a material for construction and insulation.
eyestrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyestrain
destinyless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From destiny + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a destiny.
Derived terms: destinylessness
mammothlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mammothlike
form: most mammothlike
Etymology: From mammoth + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a mammoth.
lovingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lovingnesses
Etymology: From loving + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being loving.
tarpaulined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From tarpaulin + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tarpaulin
tarpaulined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tarpaulin + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Covered with a tarpaulin.
gloveful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glovefuls
form: glovesful
Etymology: From glove + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: She could stand on a rocky surface, scoop up a gloveful of dirt, and explore extinct volcanoes and ancient canyons.
text: [Abe] Roth stepped between the boys, the fans thinking he was going to stop the slaughter. He didn’t and [Nick] Peters threw in 15 glovesful that dropped [Orville] Drouillard for nine.
ref: 1938 February 26, Ken Frogley, “Peters TKOs Drouillard In 6th Round”, in Daily News, volume 15, number 153, Los Angeles, Calif., page 15:
text: On a clouting keynote the bout sprung underway, each man ripping across gloves[-]ful of punishment in neutral corners.
ref: 1942 February 8, “Bout-by-Bout With Glovers”, in The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Okla., pages four—B:
text: But against Louis or any other first flight heavyweight? Not with two glovesful of cast iron shamrocks.
ref: 1947 April 1, W. Vernon Tietjen, “Fitzpatrick Hands Jim Richie First Defeat In 16 Bouts: St. Louisan Is Down For Nine In 9th Round”, in St. Louis Star-Times, volume 61, number 154, St. Louis, Mo., page 22:
text: [Klaus] Weisman picked up two glovesful of snow and whirled it into the air.
ref: 1980 February 15, Hubert Mizell, “Unknown Austrian skier Stock suddenly is hero”, in St. Petersburg Times, volume 96, number 206, St. Petersburg, Fla., page 1c:
text: Hundreds of earwigs and silverfish and slate-gray potato bugs scrambled in the glovesful of dirt I lifted from the pile and then sorted over a mayonnaise jar behind the back porch.
ref: 1990 July 1, Ethan Canin, “The Scientific Method”, in Los Angeles Times Magazine, page 10:
text: Called the greatest player of all time by Babe Ruth, [John Henry] Lloyd was an itinerant shortstop in the Negro leagues who reminded more than one observer of Honus Wagner, not least for the way both scooped glovesful of infield dirt with each ground ball.
ref: 1995, Donald Dewey, Nicholas Acocella, The Biographical History of Baseball, New York, N.Y.: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 273:
glosses: As much as a glove can hold.
glovefuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gloveful
islandful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From island + -ful.
Senses: glosses: As much as an island can hold.
beakerful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beakerfuls
form: beakersful
Etymology: From beaker + -ful.
Senses: glosses: The amount that a beaker will hold.
beakerfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beakerful
beakersful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beakerful
Pac Man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pac Men
Senses: examples: text: Spanish is currently the Pac Man of the foreign language field, gradually swallowing up all other languages.
ref: 2001, Patrick O'Meara, Howard D Mehlinger, Roxana Ma Newman, Changing perspectives on international education:
glosses: Alternative form of Pac-Man.
accredit with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: accredits with
form: accrediting with
form: accredited with
form: accredited with
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Clay was accredited with these views.
text: They accredit him with a wise saying.
glosses: To attribute (something) to.
accountant general
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accountants general
Senses: glosses: A head or superintending accountant in certain public offices.
glosses: An officer in the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.
Donatist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdəʊnətɪst/
ipa: /ˈdɒnətɪst/
Forms: form: Donatists
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Dōnātista, from Dōnātus, one of their leaders.
Senses: examples: text: Faced with petitions from the Donatists, in 311 Constantine made a decision of great significance for the future.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 211:
topics: Christianity
glosses: One of a group of Christians in fourth-century North Africa who broke away as a group after opposing the appointment of Caecilianus as Bishop of Carthage, and who disputed the validity of baptisms performed by others.
Donatists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Donatist
gylanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gylany + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to gylany.
domain-specific language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domain-specific languages
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: DSL
glosses: A programming or specification language that is dedicated to a particular problem domain, a particular problem representation or solution technique.
digital subscriber line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digital subscriber lines
Senses: synonyms: word: DSL
glosses: A family of technologies that provides digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network. Often, this notion is used for the Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), the most commonly installed technical variety of DSL.
Related terms: ADSL
SDG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SDGs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of single-display groupware.
examples: text: The SDGs are supposed to set out how to improve the lives of the poor in emerging countries, and how to steer money and government policy towards areas where they can do the most good. But the efforts of the SDG drafting committees are so sprawling and misconceived that the entire enterprise is being set up to fail.
ref: 2015 March 26, “The 169 commandments”, in The Economist, →ISSN:
text: Just before the launch of the SDGs, the World Bank published fresh projections for poverty reduction towards 2030.
ref: 2017, Jason Hickel, The Divide […] , London: William Heinemann, →ISBN:
topics: economics
sciences
coordinate_terms: MDG
glosses: Initialism of Sustainable Development Goal.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of synthetic differential geometry.
DSLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DSL
DTW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DTWs
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: Dance Theater Workshop, a performance venue in New York City, New York
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Dynamic Time Warping, a pattern matching algorithm
DTWs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DTW
CEF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: C.E.F
form: C.E.F.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
qualifier: on postage stamps of India
glosses: China Expeditionary Force
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Cameroon Expeditionary Force
raw_tags: with surcharge on stamps of Kamerun
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Canadian Expeditionary Force of WWI
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Common European Framework.
Related terms: AEF
BEF
B. E. F.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of BEF.
magnificos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnifico
A.E.F.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of AEF.
AEF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: A. E. F.
form: A.E.F.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of American Expeditionary Forces.
Related terms: BEF
CEF
A. E. F.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of AEF.
C.E.F.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of CEF.
B.E.F.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of BEF.
mancipant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mancipants
Senses: glosses: One who transfers property by mancipation (simulated purchase).
Related terms: mancipate
mancipation
nemorose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Growing in a woodland habitat.
noxa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noxae
Etymology: From Latin noxa (“harm, damage”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Anything that exerts a harmful influence, such as trauma, poison, etc.
Related terms: noxal
noxious
noxae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noxa
crock of gold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crocks of gold
Etymology: From crock + of + gold.
Senses: examples: text: "It was like turning up a crock of gold," he remembers. "It was absolutely wonderful." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12266109
ref: 1844, Martin Farquhar Tupper, The Crock of Gold: A Rural Nobel:
glosses: a valuable but elusive treasure
Related terms: crock
crock of shit
pot of gold
orology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oro- + -logy.
Senses: examples: text: Their orology however is extremely indeterminate and obscure, and must remain so until the actual survey of experienced engineers shall reduce them to distinct chains or groups.
ref: 1810, Joseph Wilson, A History of Mountains: Geographical and Mineralogical:
topics: geography
geology
geomorphology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study or science of mountains and their formation.
Synonyms: oreology
orography
Related terms: orologist
orological
orologically
cling on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clings on
form: clinging on
form: clung on
form: clung on
Senses: examples: text: And although they were pushed harder than even Lennon might have expected on a night of galeforce winds, they clung on to the lead Ledley gave them for all they were worth until their rivals had blown themselves out and surrendered top spot.
ref: 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:
text: In a summation of changed times, we have a lost station site in Bournemouth (now occupied by a coach park) as well as its former hotel (still clinging on as apartments).
ref: 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Bournemouth (circa 1880)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 59:
glosses: To hold on tightly; to grip hard or adhere.
Derived terms: cling-on
slip under the radar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slips under the radar
form: slipping under the radar
form: slipped under the radar
form: slipped under the radar
Etymology: From military contexts, where aircraft would fly low to avoid being detected by radar.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fly under the radar
synonyms: word: fly under the radar
walk through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks through
form: walking through
form: walked through
form: walked through
Senses: examples: text: On my first day at work, the secretary walked me through the process of using the photocopier.
glosses: To explain (something) to (someone), step by step.
glosses: To rehearse (something) casually.
glosses: To perform (something) with ease or perfunctorily.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, through.
Derived terms: word: walkthrough
word: walk-through
Related terms: pass through
talk through
work through
want in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wants in
form: wanting in
form: wanted in
form: wanted in
Senses: examples: text: Are you staying out there or do you want in?
antonyms: want out
glosses: To want to enter something.
examples: text: We're going to the sea this weekend. Do you want in?
antonyms: want out
glosses: To want to be a part of something.
Related terms: count in
on the outside, looking in
eight ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eight balls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eight-ball.
want out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wants out
form: wanting out
form: wanted out
form: wanted out
Senses: examples: text: After six months in a tedious desk job, Anna wants out.
glosses: To want to leave something.
wave down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: waves down
form: waving down
form: waved down
form: waved down
Senses: glosses: To cause (a moving vehicle) to stop by using an arm gesture.
weaponeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɛpəˈnɪə/
Forms: form: weaponeers
Etymology: From weapon + -eer.
Senses: examples: text: Von Neumann, who believed that mathematics grew best when nourished by ‘a certain contact with the strivings and problems of the world,’ became a great friend of the weaponeers.
ref: 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin, published 2013, page 57:
synonyms: armsmaker
glosses: Someone who makes weapons, especially nuclear weapons.
glosses: A member of an aircrew responsible for the weapons.
Related terms: sense: maker of weapons
word: weaponsmith
word: cannoneer
word: missileer
word: musketeer
word: rocketeer
weaponeer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɛpəˈnɪə/
Forms: form: weaponeers
form: weaponeering
form: weaponeered
form: weaponeered
Etymology: From weapon + -eer.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To provide with appropriate weaponry for use against the chosen targets.
webhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webheads
Etymology: From Web + -head.
Senses: examples: text: He and Gitanas went to a pub called Prie Universiteto and hired five young Lithuanians in Phish and R.E.M. T-shirts for thirty dollars a day plus millions of worthless stock options, and for a month Chip rode these slang-slinging Webheads mercilessly. He made them study American sites like nbci.com and Oracle. He told them to do it like this, to make it look like this.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
text: To them, just being a webhead or computer geek is not enough. The culture has its own subsections […]
ref: 2005, Leanne Newson, Jules Aldous, The Legal Maze: VCE Units 1 and 2, page 445:
glosses: An avid user of the World Wide Web.
wave off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: waves off
form: waving off
form: waved off
form: waved off
Senses: glosses: To say goodbye to someone with a wave (hand gesture)
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a referee, to disallow a field goal with the aforementioned hand gesture.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
politics
transport
war
glosses: Of an aircraft carrier landing signal officer, to signal a pilot to go around.
Related terms: off
weirdie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weirdies
Etymology: From weird + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: You know, I'll bet my badge right now; we haven't seen the last of those weirdies.
ref: 1957, Ed Wood, 58:46 from the start, in Plan 9 from Outer Space, spoken by Lieutenant John Harper (Duke Moore):
glosses: Someone or something weird.
Synonyms: bizarro
kook
odd duck
weirdo
strange person
Derived terms: beardie-weirdie
well-kept
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: better-kept
form: more well-kept
form: best-kept
form: most well-kept
form: well kept
Senses: examples: text: Halfway from Hellingly Station, the railway enters the well-kept hospital grounds, and runs parallel with a tree-lined drive about half a mile long.
ref: 1957 December 24, H. R. Stones, “The Hellingly Hospital Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 871:
text: Budleigh Salterton, five miles from Exmouth, is another crossing station, and in common with most stations on the Devon branches it is clean and tidy, and has a well-kept garden.
ref: 1960 June, R. C. Riley, “The coastal branches of South-East Devon: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 337:
glosses: neat, tidy, kept in good condition.
glosses: not told to anyone.
raw_tags: of a secret
wet suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wet suits
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wetsuit.
whacked-out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwækt ˈaʊ̯t/
note: without the wine–whine merger
ipa: /ˌʍækt ˈaʊ̯t/
Forms: form: more whacked-out
form: most whacked-out
Senses: glosses: intoxicated
examples: text: It has been said by many a black leader, that blacks don't do things "like that" except the freaks who are really wacked out any way.
ref: 1974 April 13, S. F. Waters, “Black Gays”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
glosses: wacky, crazy
fruit loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fruit loops
Senses: examples: text: And it sure would be a shame if something happened to those pretty little pictures you fruit loops like to paint. Can I make myself clearer? Scram!
ref: 1997, Kate Calloway, chapter 1, in 2nd Fiddle (A Cassidy James Mystery), Tallahassee, Fla.: The Naiad Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 8:
glosses: Alternative form of fruitloop.
whip-round
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whip-rounds
form: whip-around
Senses: examples: text: When the war ended, local businessmen had a whip-round to pay for rebuilding a destroyed airport terminal and the bombed-out shops on Tripoli Street in the city centre.
ref: 2013 October 5, “The can-do city”, in The Economist, page 69:
glosses: A quick collection of money from a group of people, usually for a beneficial purpose.
Related terms: pass the hat
overwicked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overwicked
form: most overwicked
Etymology: From over- + wicked.
Senses: examples: text: Do not be overwicked,
and do not be a fool-
ref: 1978, The Holy Bible, New International Version, Ecclesiastes 7:17:
glosses: Too wicked; wicked to an unreasonable extent.
whistle up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whistles up
form: whistling up
form: whistled up
form: whistled up
Senses: examples: text: He chanced to miss his dog; we stood still till he had whistled him up.
ref: 1715 March 16 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 22. Saturday, March 5. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
glosses: To gather (especially people or dogs) together, calling them by whistling.
wicky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪki/
rhymes: -ɪki
homophone: wiki
homophone: wickie
Forms: form: wickies
Senses: glosses: Sheep laurel, a shrub of species Kalmia angustifolia.
glosses: Alternative form of wicken (“European rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia)”).
Related terms: kicky-wicky
wicky-wack
white sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white sauces
Senses: glosses: A simple sauce made from flour, milk and butter; Béchamel sauce.
glosses: Mayonnaise.
Coordinate terms: brown sauce
wise up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wises up
form: wising up
form: wised up
form: wised up
Senses: examples: text: You might have thought that I was dumb / But I'm all wised up / Game's up, move on, why don't you get out of my hair
ref: 1980, Neol Davies, “Missing Words”, performed by The Selecter:
glosses: To become informed; to inform oneself of something, or come to a realization.
work off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: works off
form: working off
form: worked off
form: worked off
Senses: examples: text: We need to get moving to work off these donuts.
glosses: To lose (weight) by doing physical work; to burn off the calories gained from eating something.
examples: text: After thirteen years, I've worked off my student debt.
glosses: To end (a debt) by doing labor for the person owed money.
examples: text: Pale Colour. When the sheets are worked off with too little ink.
ref: 1774, Philip Luckombe, A Concise History of Printing, page 158:
glosses: To produce (printed matter etc.) by some process of work.
write in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: writes in
form: writing in
form: wrote in
form: written in
Senses: examples: text: If you have any questions, you can write in to the following address.
glosses: To write a letter to, e.g. a publication.
examples: text: Don't forget to write in your details on the paper.
glosses: To fill in something required, by writing.
glosses: To vote for a candidate not on the ballot by writing his or her name.
yes/no question
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yes/no questions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yes-no question.
RDFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RDF
OWL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OWLs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Older Women's League.
topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Web Ontology Language (The order of the letters is discussed at Web Ontology Language § Acronym.)
OWLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OWL
urinogenital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From urino- + genital.
Senses: glosses: Urogenital.
uropygid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uropygids
Senses: glosses: Any arachnid of the order Thelyphonida; whip scorpion; vinegaroon.
urogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urograms
Etymology: From uro- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: An image of the urinary tract, taken by X-ray.
Related terms: urography
urticaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Urticaceae + -ous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the family Urticaceae, which includes the nettles.
vaginate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vagina + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vaginated.
vaginate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vaginates
form: vaginating
form: vaginated
form: vaginated
Etymology: From vagina (“sheath”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To ensheathe; to enclose in a sheath.
Related terms: evaginate
vamp up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vamps up
form: vamping up
form: vamped up
form: vamped up
Senses: glosses: To repair; mend.
glosses: To remake.
examples: text: "Second one vamped up for the occasion. If you are clever and know your business you can fake a bone as easily as you can a photograph."
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: To make up; invent.
veg out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /vɛdʒ ˈaʊt/
Forms: form: vegs out
form: veges out
form: vegges out
form: veging out
form: vegging out
form: veged out
form: veged out
form: vegged out
form: vegged out
Etymology: From veg + out, the former a clipping of vegetate.
Senses: examples: text: After an exhausting day at work, I would veg out in front of the TV.
glosses: To relax in a slack attitude, not moving much.
Related terms: bed rot
unbelt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unbelts
form: unbelting
form: unbelted
form: unbelted
Etymology: From Middle English unbelten, equivalent to un- + belt.
Senses: glosses: To remove a belt
glosses: to relax, unwind
uncount noun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uncount nouns
Senses: glosses: uncountable noun