cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fail fast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fails fast
form: failing fast
form: failed fast
form: failed fast
Senses: examples: text: To prevent these gaps from being a problem, write your code to fail fast. Use assertions to signal the limits of your design; if someone tries to use something that isn't implemented, the assertion will cause his tests to fail.
ref: 2008, James Shore, Shane Warden, The Art of Agile Development, page 324:
text: In lieu of those unneeded hooks, write code to fail fast and prevent gaps from becoming a problem.
ref: 2015, Rachel Alt-Simmons, Agile by Design, page 182:
text: Adding abstract to the base class causes your code to fail fast with an error that's easier to fix.
ref: 2020, Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene, Head First C#, page 339:
text: One of the most important best practices is to fail fast. Code the service in such a way that unrecoverable errors are discovered as early as possible and, if such an error is detected, have the service fail immediately.
ref: 2020, Gabriel N. Schenker, Learn Docker – Fundamentals of Docker 19.x, page 254:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To report immediately any condition likely to cause a failure, rather than attempting to continue.
examples: text: fail fast and pivot
topics: business
glosses: To fail earlier rather than later, thus minimizing the fallout and allowing for timely redeployment of resources to another business case or business model.
Related terms: fail-safe
failsoft
washette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washettes
Etymology: From wash + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: Now every tent was soaked, and most of the clothes and bedding. Marion, along with a few of the kids, spent one afternoon at the washette, drying everything he could put in dryers.
ref: 2009, Evelyn McCollum, Just Between You and Me, volume 1, page 49:
glosses: Synonym of laundromat.
synonyms: word: laundromat
washettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washette
Brill Building
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After the Brill Building in New York City, where some (though not most) of the songs were written. The building acquired its name from a haberdasher who operated a store there and subsequently purchased the building.
Senses: examples: text: But when a list of Brill Building songs was attached to the proposal, it seemed to go on forever and read like a history of pop music.
ref: 2001 August 25, Jim Bessman, quoting Carol Anne Dolan, “TV's ‘Hitmakers’ Spotlights Home of Brilliant Songwriting”, in Billboard, →ISSN, page 44:
text: As importantly, Brill Building music tended to utilize elements of African American music, often making use of vocal stylings characteristic of rhythm and blues—and, indeed, many songs typical of the Brill Building sound were sung by African American artists […]
ref: 2008, Jack R. Fischel, Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture, page 33:
text: Located at Broadway and 51st St. in Manhattan, Aldon and Nevins-Kirshner were part of the famous Brill Building music scene.
ref: 2016, Mark A. Moore, The Jan & Dean Record, page 74:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A style of pop music of the early 1960s, written by teams of professional songwriters to be performed by girl groups and teen idols.
wikipedia: Brill Building
Related terms: Tin Pan Alley
encephalization quotients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encephalization quotient
optical power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: optical powers
Senses: synonyms: dioptric power
refractive power
focusing power
convergence power
glosses: The degree to which a lens, mirror, or other optical system converges or diverges light, equal to the reciprocal of the focal length of the device.
refractive power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refractive powers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of optical power.
synonyms: word: optical power
optical powers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of optical power
refractive powers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refractive power
sopped up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sop up
sops up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sop up
sopping up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sop up
toiled and moiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of toil and moil
toils and moils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of toil and moil
toiling and moiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of toil and moil
Safeda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Safedas
Senses: glosses: A particular mango cultivar from India.
Safedas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Safeda
teenologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teenologists
Etymology: From teen + -ologist.
Senses: examples: text: “Of course we must also discredit the sociologists, criminologists, teenologists, and all the other 'ologists' that constantly find excuses for people not taking their personal responsibility seriously enough,” Reiffel added, […]
ref: 2004, Jonathan Ledwidge, A Mannequin for President:
text: Briefly Leanne imagined telling her friend Jane that she would quit her job at the high school and come to New York City and join Jane's practice of teenologists.
ref: 2012, Meg Wolitzer, The Uncoupling, page 255:
text: We'd be the best 'teenologists.' With this book, we could dictate our own terms on appropriate adolescent etiquette. Because adults like Ms. Michaels forget what it's like to be a teen, and all the pressure coming at you […]
ref: 2018, Christopher Phillips, A Child at Heart:
glosses: An expert on the subject of teenagers and their psychology.
teenologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teenologist
teenophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teenophile
grissly bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grissly bears
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of grizzly bear.
grissly bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grissly bear
ask how high when someone says jump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: asks how high when someone says jump
form: asking how high when someone says jump
form: asked how high when someone said jump
form: asked how high when someone said jump
Senses: examples: text: […] They say jump, you say "how high?"
ref: 1992, Rage against the Machine, Bullet in the Head:
text: […] my little brothers and sisters who grew up to go crazy and take drugs and die in car accidents while I managed to not only stay alive but wear a suit every day. And for that reason when the station owners say jump I say how high.
ref: 1998, Wendy MacLeod, Sin, page 52:
text: Redwood's coaches are living and dying on every play; the players are into it but they're tensely composed, ready to ask how high when a coach says jump.
ref: 2005, John D. Fischer, The Cowhide - A High School Football Tradition, page 195:
text: In fact, I would barely start giving my “authority speech” when they would give me that certain look, and with one eyebrow raised, say, “We know, Mom, when our teacher says jump, we say, 'How high?' […]
ref: 2010, Cindy Jacobs, The Power of Persistent Prayer, page 22:
glosses: To obey someone's commands slavishly, without argument.
asked for trouble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ask for trouble
asks for trouble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ask for trouble
ask me one about sport
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ask me one on sport.
sells bargains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sell bargains
selling bargains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sell bargains
sold bargains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sell bargains
soft-liner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft-liners
Etymology: From soft + line + -er, modelled on hard-liner.
Senses: examples: text: At this node the soft-liners must decide whether to do nothing and stick with the status quo or to open up the political regime.
ref: 2012, William Roberts Clark, Matt Golder, Sona Nadenichek Golder, Principles of Comparative Politics, page 299:
text: […] a realistic deal between “hard liners” and “soft liners” that would result in a sort of limited and explicit “partial-inclusion pact” […]
ref: 2016, Jan-Erik Lane, Hamadi Redissi, Religion and Politics: Islam and Muslim Civilisation, page 222:
glosses: A person who holds a moderate position and may be willing to compromise, as opposed to a hard-liner.
soft-liners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft-liner
quinquelateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: the quinquelateral relationship between the US, the Soviet Union, Europe, Japan and China
ref: 1973, Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 81, page 9:
glosses: Having five sides.
unmuzzleable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + muzzle + -able.
Senses: glosses: Unable to be muzzled.
SOTCW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: games
gaming
glosses: Initialism of Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers.
unrationalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrationalistic
form: most unrationalistic
Etymology: From un- + rationalistic.
Senses: glosses: Not rationalistic.
maraboutists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maraboutist
Portugueses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Portuguese
Portugueze
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Portugueze
form: most Portugueze
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Portuguese.
Portugueze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Portuguezes
form: Portugueze
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Portuguese.
Portugueze
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Portuguese.
Portuguezes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Portugueze
weazon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weazons
Senses: examples: text: [A]lthough the vveazon, throtle and tongue [of birds] be the inſtruments of voice, and by their agitations doe chiefly concurre unto theſe delightfull modulations, yet cannot vve aſſigne the cauſe unto any particular formation; […]
ref: 1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Wish of Philoxenus [of Leucas]”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 7th book, page 368:
text: For at the Throat there are tvvo cavities or conducting parts: the one the Oeſophagus or Gullet, ſeated next the ſpine, a part official unto nutrition, and vvhereby the aliment both vvet and dry is conveied unto the ſtomack; the other (by vvhich tis conceived the Drink doth paſs) is the vveazon, rough artery, or vvind-pipe, a part inſervient to voice and reſpiration; for thereby the air deſcendeth into the lungs, and is communicated unto the heart […]
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of weasand.
gravomagnetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: gravitomagnetic
false vacuum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false vacuums
form: false vacua
form: false-vacuum
Senses: examples: text: 1989, Alan Guth, Paul Steinhardt, The inflationary universe, Paul Davies, The New Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2000 (1992) Paperback Edition, page 57,
The energy density of the false vacuum can be attributed entirely to the Higgs fields. Furthermore, as can be seen in figure 3.5, any deviation of the Higgs fields from their false-vacuum values would require an increase in energy density. This implies that the false vacuum has a peculiar property which distinguishes it from all familiar materials: when the volume of a region of false vacuum is increased, the energy density cannot decrease, but instead remains at a constant value.
text: 2010, Sean Carroll, From Eternity to Here, Oneworld Publications, eBook Edition,
When a field is stuck in a false vacuum, it wants to decay to the lower-energy true vacuum.
text: False vacua play an important role in models of the inflationary universe and elsewhere. In the following we consider first (after some recapitulations) a simple model of a false vacuum.
ref: 2012, Harald J. W. Mueller-Kirsten, Introduction To Quantum Mechanics, 2nd edition, World Scientific, page 729:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
quantum-field-theory
glosses: A (hypothetical) metastable vacuum whose energy state is at a local minimum different from the global minimum; a vacuum that is relatively stable and long-lived but which still may decay to a lower-energy state.
Derived terms: false vacuum decay
false vacuum energy
false vacuums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false vacuum
false vacua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false vacuum
quantum field theories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quantum field theory
Kasner metric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kasner metrics
Etymology: Developed by the American mathematician Edward Kasner in 1921.
Senses: qualifier: relativity
glosses: An exact solution to Einstein's theory of general relativity, describing an anisotropic universe without matter.
wikipedia: Edward Kasner
Kasner metrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kasner metric
gremlinesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gremlinesque
form: most gremlinesque
Etymology: From gremlin + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: Gremlinesque behaviour might not be very obvious to an America, who would accept as perfectly natural the quaintly pixilated sayings and doings that are happening in subways, in trolleys, on buses, in bars at all times of the day and night.
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 107:
text: "To Cure a Weakling Child, Contour Regard" and "Funny Little Man" are awash with the gremlinesque twittering of childrens' voices.
ref: 1998, SPIN, volume 14, number 1, page 116:
glosses: Like, or in the manner of, a gremlin.
IBEW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: labour
glosses: Initialism of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
overpushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overpush
overpushed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overpush
underpushed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underpush
underpushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underpush
walls up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wall up
walling up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wall up
walled up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wall up
gremlinology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gremlin + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of gremlins.
Derived terms: gremlinologist
CAW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
hypernyms: labour union
coordinate_terms: UAW
qualifier: labour
glosses: Initialism of Canadian Auto Workers.
CAW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of carbon arc welding.
gremlinologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gremlinologists
Etymology: From gremlinology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: An expert gremlinologist (who claimed to be half-gremlin on his father's side and one of the few men still living who has seen the diaphanously draped curves of a gremlin-teaser) doubts that the gremlin's methods of propagation and elimination are at all orthodox.
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 107:
glosses: A person skilled in the study of gremlins.
rollergirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rollergirls
Etymology: From roller + girl.
Senses: glosses: A woman who plays roller derby.
rollergirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rollergirl
CUPW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kʌpˈdʌb(əl)ju/
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
Coordinate terms: CUPE
OECTA
PSAC
goashores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goashore
gremlinologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gremlinologist
picking off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pick off
picked off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pick off
PSAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /piːɛseɪsiː/
/ˈpiːsæk/
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Public Service Alliance of Canada.
Coordinate terms: CUPE
CUPW
OECTA
eat the baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eats the baby
form: eating the baby
form: ate the baby
form: eaten the baby
Senses: qualifier: roller derby
glosses: To draw a jammer who has broken out of the pack back into the pack.
CUPE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkjupi/
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Coordinate terms: CUPW
OECTA
PSAC
UFW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
qualifier: labour
glosses: Initialism of United Farm Workers.
played off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play off
plays off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play off
playing off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play off
over the left
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of over the left shoulder.
pantiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pantilers
Etymology: From pantile + -er. Hotten suggests a derivation from the slang pantile (“hat”), because of the distinctive sugar-loaf hats worn by Puritans, or the habit of Quakers and many Dissenters of not removing their hats in a place of worship; or else from pantile (“type of roof tile”) with which the meeting-houses of Dissenters were usually covered.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A preaching Dissenter.
pantilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantiler
sir sandwiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sir sandwich
Glasgow magistrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Glasgow magistrates
Etymology: Hotten states: "When George IV. visited Scotland, a wag placed some salt herrings on the iron guard of the carriage belonging to a well-known Glasgow magistrate, who made one of a deputation to receive his Majesty."
Senses: glosses: A salted herring.
Glasgow magistrates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Glasgow magistrate
lays in lavender
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lay in lavender
laying in lavender
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay in lavender
laid in lavender
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lay in lavender
lay up in lavender
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays up in lavender
form: laying up in lavender
form: laid up in lavender
form: laid up in lavender
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lay in lavender.
twirler moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twirler moths
Etymology: From twirler + moth.
Senses: examples: text: Subobjective 1.2: Conduct integrative taxonomic research of gelechiine genera (Gelechioidea: Gelechiidae or twirler moths).
ref: (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, SYSTEMATICS OF HYPER-DIVERSE MOTH SUPERFAMILIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS, AND FOOD SECURITY:
glosses: Any gelechiid moth.
Hyponyms: Scotch crest
twirler moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twirler moth
acrobating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of acrobat
acrobated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of acrobat
go the whole pile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes the whole pile
form: going the whole pile
form: went the whole pile
form: gone the whole pile
Etymology: In allusion to the piles of gold dust used as currency by gambling miners in America.
Senses: examples: text: "I go the whole pile on the Jack," said Colonel Bull, drawing the chips from other cards upon which they had been distributed.
ref: 1848, The Southern Literary Messenger, volume 14, page 446:
text: You may bet your bottom dollar on it; go the whole pile and go in and win; you hear me!
ref: 1884, W. Jarman, U.S.A., Uncle Sam's Abscess, page 27:
glosses: To stake all of one's money on a single outcome.
Dandos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dando
gemmun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gemmen
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of gentleman.
Millers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Miller
Joe Millerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Joe Millerisms
Etymology: From Joe Miller + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Joe Miller (“a worn-out joke”).
synonyms: word: Joe Miller
extra: a worn-out joke
Joe Millerisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Joe Millerism
contradistinctional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to contradistinction.
contradistinctionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to contradistinction.
Jack at a pinch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "Nay, not I; it is a pretty thing to expect me to wash them; you may take them back again, and say, as Sally had them before, she may wash them now, for me; I am not going to be 'Jack at a pinch,' I can tell you."
ref: 1839, The Cottager's Monthly Visitor, volume 19, page 270:
glosses: A person whose assistance is sought only in an emergency.
Related terms: in a pinch
Gospel grinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gospel grinders
Senses: glosses: A missionary, or distributor of religious tracts.
Gospel grinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gospel grinder
buy the rabbit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buys the rabbit
form: buying the rabbit
form: bought the rabbit
form: bought the rabbit
Etymology: According to Hotten: from an old story about a man selling a cat to a foreigner as a rabbit.
Senses: examples: text: This is ruffian-like, by superiority of numbers to endeavor to make honest people buy the rabbit.
ref: 1895, Horace White, Money and Banking, page 253:
glosses: To get the worst of a bargain.
Ketch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ketches
Senses: examples: text: Hanging was indeed the popular remedy for all criminal disorders. The legislator found patients for it, the judge prescribed it, and the Ketch administered it with the same callous and gallows indifference.
ref: 1882, Thomas Hood, The Works of Thomas Hood, Comic and Serious, page 288:
glosses: Synonym of Jack Ketch (“a public executioner”).
synonyms: word: Jack Ketch
extra: a public executioner
Ketches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ketch
Nazi salutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nazi salute
dinarly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinali
form: dinarlee
Senses: examples: text: Now a lot of us chaps propose to assist you to-night, as it's the last one, in getting you up a rare full house to help you and your school to some dinarly and mungarly, i.e., money and food.
ref: 1876, William Green, Charles Hindley, The life and adventures of a cheap jack, page 170:
glosses: Money.
Related terms: dinar
dinali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dinarly.
dinarlee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dinarly.
ragged robbin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ragged robbins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ragged robin.
ragged robbins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ragged robbin
braces up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brace up
bracing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brace up
braced up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brace up
susah
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more susah
form: most susah
Etymology: From Malay susah.
Senses: examples: text: Gar'ment now say cannot drive pirate taxis. So very susah.
ref: 2023, Josephine Chia, Goodbye My Kampong!: Potong Pasir, 1966 to 1975, page 1913:
glosses: Difficult.
proxemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proxemical
form: most proxemical
Etymology: From proxemics + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Also included in this definition of gestural space are the proxemical relations between performers. […] The distance between performers, or the way they approach one another, might convey something of the understanding between them.
ref: 2009, Joslin McKinney, Philip Butterworth, The Cambridge Introduction to Scenography, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Relating to proxemics, the effects of physical distance between people.
sea-rim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-rims
Etymology: From sea + rim.
Senses: examples: text: It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 32:
glosses: The horizon of an ocean or sea.
sea-rims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea-rim
noosance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnuː.səns/
Forms: form: noosances
Etymology: Respelling representing the pronunciation of nuisance in an accent with yod dropping; for speakers with this kind of accent (such as the majority of American English speakers), this spelling would constitute eye dialect since it is identical to their pronunciation of the standard spelling.
Senses: examples: text: The noosance was […] that to make the umbrella effective he would have to carry abroad such weight to ballast it as would put the whole contraption out of action for carrying abroad at all.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 35:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of nuisance.
glosses: Eye dialect spelling of nuisance.
noosances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noosance
nature-lover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nature-lovers
Senses: examples: text: The amateur nature-lover proceeds over the down, appreciating all this as hard as he can appreciate, and anon gazing up at the grey and white cloud shapes melting slowly from this form to that, and showing lakes, and wide expanses, and serene distances of blue between their gaps.
ref: 1898, H. G. Wells, Certain Personal Matters: A Collection of Material, Mainly Autobiographical, Lawrence & Bullen, →OCLC, page 256:
text: I had known the President several years before he became famous, and we had had some correspondence on subjects of natural history. His interest in such themes is always very fresh and keen, and the main motive of his visit to the Park at this time was to see and study in its semi-domesticated condition the great game which he had so often hunted during his ranch days; and he was kind enough to think it would be an additional pleasure to see it with a nature-lover like myself.
ref: 1907, John Burroughs, Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt, Houghton Mifflin Company, →OCLC, pages 5–6:
text: The nature-lover who lives with his fields and skies simply puts himself in the way of the most and gentlest of such inspirations.
ref: 1908, Dallas Lore Sharp, The Lay of the Land, Houghton Mifflin Company, →OCLC, page 63:
text: Unfortunately, this great rocky tableland has of late years become almost a terra incognita to the nature-lover, as a result of the agreement which was made, after prolonged controversy, between the Peak District Society and the grouse-shooting landlords, inasmuch as, while permitting the traveller to skirt the shoulders of the hill, it excluded him wholly from its summit.
ref: 1922, Henry S. Salt, The Call of the Wildflower, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, page 109:
text: Did sea-gulls squall at night, or did they squall at all? Bradly did not know. Like all others preoccupied with nature as an image, he had no observation of her as a process. The nature-lover is extreme from the artist.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 39:
glosses: Alternative spelling of nature lover.
nature-lovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nature-lover
snip-snapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snip-snap
snip-snapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snip-snap
Ledvina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ledvinas
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Ledvina.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Langhoff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Langhoffs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Langhoff.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Langhoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Langhoff
Ledvinas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ledvina
Lambing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lambings
Etymology: Probably a North German and Dutch patronymic surname from a short form of Lambert.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lambings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lambing
Kristof
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kristofs
Etymology: Borrowed from either Hungarian Kristóf or Czech, Slovak and Slovene Krištof.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lepera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Leperas
form: LePera
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Lepera.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Leperas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lepera
Kristofs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kristof
Lormand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lormands
Etymology: Borrowed from French Lormand.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Mento
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mentos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Mento.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Mentos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mento
Lormands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lormand
seggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕgz
ipa: /sɛɡz/
Forms: form: s🥚
form: s🥚s
Etymology: Adam Aleksic argues that seggs is not merely a filter-avoidance spelling, which secks would satisfy, but is also a minced oath that functions as a diminutive.
Senses: examples: text: The Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter is using her Instagram stories as a platform for her followers to share their deepest secrets, which she reposts anonymously along with her own reactions. […] One of the more shocking confessions reads: "I had seggs with both of her parents."
ref: 2021 September 1, Emma Nolan, “Jazmine Sullivan's Instagram Confessions Delight and Disgust Fans”, in Newsweek:
text: TikTok creators have gotten into the habit of coming up with substitutes for words that they worry might either affect how their videos get promoted on the site or run afoul of moderation rules. […] Sex became “seggs.”
ref: [2022 November 19, Melina Delkic, “Leg Booty? Panoramic? Seggs? How TikTok Is Changing Language”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Filter-avoidance spelling of sex (“sexual activity”).
Nivar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nivars
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Nívar. This surname is mostly found in the Dominican Republic.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Obara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Obaras
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Polish Obara.
* Borrowed from Japanese 小原 (Obara).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Obaras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Obara
Nivars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nivar
Nowinskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nowinski
Oishis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Oishi
Moskos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mosko
Orzechs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Orzech
McCaster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCasters
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Raducanu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raducanus
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Răducanu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
Raducanus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Raducanu
McCasters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCaster
McNeils
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McNeil
jiggity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jiggity
form: most jiggity
form: jiggedy
form: jiggety
Etymology: From jig + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The jerky jiggity progress of her sapless joints was another effect of insensate activity[.]
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 41:
glosses: Of motion, consisting of repeated jigs or jerks.
jiggety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jiggety
form: most jiggety
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jiggity.
underflush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underflushes
Etymology: From under + flush.
Senses: examples: text: Honey-coloured all over, with an underflush of vermilion at the cheeks and lips.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 50:
glosses: A tinge of colour showing through from beneath.
underflushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underflush
ditsoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ditsoon
breast drill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breast drills
Etymology: From breast + drill.
Senses: glosses: A hand-cranked drill that is braced against the breast (chest) and whose axial feed can be provided by pushing or leaning therefrom.
breast drills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breast drill
Chiang-chin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 江津 (Jiāngjīn), Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹-chin¹.
Senses: examples: text: With some slight changes in percentages, this description may hold for Chiang-chin county in Szechwan during the nineteenth century.
ref: 1959, Ping-ti Ho, Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 219:
text: He then moved from Nanking to Wuhan and finally to Chungking, but when his health deteriorated, he went to Chiang-chin, a small village near Chungking, for recuperation. There he died on 27 March 1942.
ref: 1986, Wen-shun Chi, “Ch’en Tu-hsiu (1879-1942)”, in Ideological Conflicts in Modern China: Democracy and Authoritarianism, published 1992, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 202:
text: In 1940, we launched three national middle schools for overseas Chinese in Paoshan of Yünnan Province, Chiang-chin of Szechuan, and Yo-ch’ang of Kwangsi and two normal schools for training overseas Chinese teachers in Fukien and Kwangtung provinces.
ref: 1994, “Wartime Education Minister January 1938-December 1944”, in The Storm Clouds Clear Over China: The Memoir of Chʻen Li-fu, 1900-1993, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 164:
glosses: Alternative form of Jiangjin.
Karakhanid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian قراخانیان (qarâkhân), of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qr¹a, “black; courageous”) (from Proto-Turkic *kara) + 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹, “khan, ruler”) (corresponding to modern English khan).
Senses: glosses: An extinct Turkic language developed in the 11th century under the Kara-Khanid Khanate, noted as the first literary Islamic Turkic language. Though it is similar to Old Uyghur, it had several loanwords from Persian and Arabic. Chagatai is a descendant of this language.
Karakhanid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Persian قراخانیان (qarâkhân), of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qr¹a, “black; courageous”) (from Proto-Turkic *kara) + 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹, “khan, ruler”) (corresponding to modern English khan).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to this language or the people who speak it.
Southchurch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From south + church.
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9085).
single as a Pringle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Clint was a handsome guy—and everyone in Braxville knew she was single as a Pringle.
ref: 2020, Kimberly Van Meter, Colton's Amnesia Target, Harlequin, →ISBN:
text: “[…]I was single as a Pringle for three years…” “To be fair, Pringles aren't usually single. They come in stacks,” he interrupted.
ref: 2022, Tobey Kay Miller, Vulnerable Edges, →ISBN:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very much single; having no romantic involvement with anybody else.
Cliftonville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: By surface analysis, Clifton + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood in Hove, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2905 (approx)).
glosses: An eastern suburb of Margate, Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3770).
glosses: A coastal suburb of Mundesley, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3037).
glosses: A suburb of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7465).
glosses: A suburb in North Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Mondayize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Mondayizes
form: Mondayizing
form: Mondayized
form: Mondayized
Etymology: From Monday + -ize.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mondayise.
Derived terms: Mondayization
Mondayised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Boxing Day is a Mondayised holiday.
glosses: Observed on the following Monday if it occurs on a weekend.
raw_tags: of a holiday
Mondayised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Mondayise
Mondayising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Mondayise
Mondayises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Mondayise
machine operator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machine operators
Senses: glosses: A person who operates machinery.
hypnotizee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypnotizees
form: hypnotisee
Etymology: From hypnotize + -ee.
Senses: glosses: A person who is being hypnotized or in a state of hypnosis.
hypnotizees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypnotizee
top ho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top hoes
Senses: topics: lifestyle
prostitution
sexuality
glosses: Synonym of bottom bitch.
synonyms: word: bottom bitch
top hoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of top ho
batty hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batty holes
Senses: qualifier: Patois slang; West Indies; Patois slang; West Indies
glosses: The anus.
Related terms: anus
batty holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batty hole
buttonhole stitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buttonhole stitches
Senses: glosses: a looped stitch used for edging buttonholes or pieces of material
buttonhole stitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buttonhole stitch
button-hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: button-holes
Senses: examples: text: Not far away is a factory in a rear yard where the factory inspector reports teams of tailors making men’s coats at an average of twenty-seven cents a coat, all complete except buttons and button-holes.
ref: 1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Sweaters of Jewtown”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 130:
glosses: Alternative form of buttonhole.
button-hole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: button-holes
form: button-holing
form: button-holed
form: button-holed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of buttonhole.
button hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: button holes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of buttonhole.
button-holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of button-hole
button holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of button hole
Saint Louis Co.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Saint Louis County.
St Louis Co.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Saint Louis County.
St. Louis Co.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Saint Louis County.
manusyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manusya
blows up in one's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blow up in one's face
blowing up in one's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blow up in one's face
Mondayisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mondayization
Etymology: From Monday + -isation.
Senses: glosses: The observation of a public holiday on a Monday when the holiday falls on a weekend.
Related terms: Mondayise
blew up in one's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of blow up in one's face
blown up in one's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of blow up in one's face
blows up the tote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blow up the tote
blowing up the tote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blow up the tote
blew up the tote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of blow up the tote
blown up the tote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of blow up the tote
light up the tote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lights up the tote
form: lighting up the tote
form: lit up the tote
form: lit up the tote
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blow up the tote.
manuṣya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manuṣyas
Senses: examples: text: I shall now refer to the four states of existence. They are nāraka, tiryañca, manuṣya, and deva. […] The third is manuṣya of being a man and the fourth is deva, that of being a denizen of the celestial world.
ref: 1993, Virchand Raghavji Gandhi, Nagīna Jī Śāha, Religion and philosophy of the Jainas, Ahmedabad: Jain International, →OCLC, page 49:
text: Uṣā was the daughter of Bāṇāsura. She pleased Gaurī who gave a boon to her, ‘You’ll marry the prince who’d appear in your dreams!’ She likewise dreamt of a divine prince one day and confided it to her friend Citralekhā. She was an expert in yoga; she said, ‘the boon of Devī would never go futile; but without knowing the name, lineage, but nothing about him – name, lineage, appearance – is known! How can he be found? I’ll draw the whole world with all its inhabitants, the devas, the rākṣasas and the manuṣyas; if you can find your beloved let me know; I’ll bring him to you.’ saying so she drew everything in the world.
ref: 2021 May 28, A R Krishna Sastri, “Kathāmṛta - 40 - Madanamañcukā-lambaka - The Story of Uṣā - Kaliṅgasenā's travel to Kauśāmbi”, in Prekṣā: A Journal of Culture and Philosophy, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2021:
glosses: Alternative spelling of manusya (“man, human being”).
manuṣyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manuṣya
Mondayization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From Monday + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mondayisation.
matatabi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matatabis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese またたび.
Senses: synonyms: silver vine
glosses: Species of plant of the genus Actinidia, family Actinidiaceae
Mersereau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mersereaus
Etymology: Borrowed from French Mersereau.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Prestigiacomos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Prestigiacomo
Mersereaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mersereau
Panning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pannings
Etymology: Borrowed from German Panning.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Pannings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Panning
Pardoe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pardoes
Etymology: Variant of Perdue.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ossman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ossmans
Etymology: Variant of German Ossmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Ossmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ossman
Pardoes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pardoe
Traugott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Traugotts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Traugott.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Teh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tehs
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 鄭 /郑 (Tēⁿ).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hokkien.
Tehs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Teh
Traugotts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Traugott
Selimovic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Selimovics
form: Selimovices
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Selimović.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.