cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bannock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæ.nək/
Forms: form: bannocks
form: bannik
Etymology: From Middle English bannoke, from Old English bannuc, perhaps from a Goidelic word (compare Irish bonnóg, Manx bonnag, Scottish Gaelic bonnach), possibly from Latin pānicum (“millet”). Doublet of bonnag.
Senses: examples: text: So she baked two oatmeal bannocks, and set them on to the fire to harden. After a while, the old man came in, and sat down beside the fire, and takes one of the bannocks, and snaps it through the middle.
ref: 1894, Joseph Jacobs, “More English Fairy Tales”, in The Wee Bannock, D. Nutt:
glosses: An unleavened bread, usually made with barleymeal, wheatmeal, or oatmeal; sometimes of peasemeal or otherwise.
examples: text: “The boats are coming!” The cry rang through the village. Women left their bannock-baking, their basketweaving and hurried to the shore.
ref: 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 8, in Klee Wyck:
text: My father’s bannock was nothing but lard, flour, salt, and baking powder patted into big rounds and cooked on sticks over a campfire.
ref: 2007, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, Turtle Valley, Vintage Canada, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
glosses: A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
This or any similar traditional bread when made by indigenous Americans, originally from native sources such as maize or pseudocereals and plants with starchy roots
synonyms: Indian bread
alatiq
skaan
Derived terms: currant-bannock
bannock puncher
Related terms: word: frybread
english: US terms for specific breads which would all be called bannock in Canada
translation: US terms for specific breads which would all be called bannock in Canada
word: dog bread
con-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: com-
form: cor-
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English con-, from Latin con-, from cum (“with”).
Senses: examples: text: concorporate
text: conglobulate
text: conglutination
glosses: Unite: to unite into a collection indicated by the root word.
examples: text: conarticular
text: conjubilant
text: consubsistence
glosses: Together: the root is done together.
examples: text: confocal
text: consimilar
text: conterminant
glosses: Having commonality, having the same property indicated by the root.
examples: text: confamilial
text: contypic
text: conspecific
glosses: Having commonality, having the same property indicated by the root.
Belonging to the same group indicated by the root.
examples: text: connascent
text: concreate
text: congeneration
glosses: Having commonality, having the same property indicated by the root.
Synchronous or simultaneous with the root.
examples: text: concitizen
text: condisciple
text: concelebrant
glosses: Having commonality, having the same property indicated by the root.
A fellow kind of the root.
examples: text: convivify
text: confix
text: constrict
glosses: To do the root.
examples: text: congenial
text: connatural
text: convicinity
glosses: To do the root.
Intensifying the root.
examples: text: consalazinic acid
text: conphaseolin
text: connegative
glosses: Indicating a common origin:
Found with. What is found with the root.
examples: text: consequence
text: convicine
text: connatal
glosses: Indicating a common origin:
From, coming from the root.
examples: text: conplastic
text: contour
text: converb
glosses: When one entity is put into another, or one entity affects the other.
examples: text: confraternization
text: confated
text: connascence
glosses: Mutuality, indicating a reciprocal relationship or influence
examples: text: constrict
text: constellate
glosses: To surround or adorn with
examples: text: concolorate
glosses: Uniform, or made to be the same as.
Synonyms: sense: together
word: co-
sense: together
word: com-
sense: together
word: col-
sense: together
word: cor-
sense: together
word: syn-
sense: together
word: syl-
sense: together
word: sym-
sense: together
word: inter-
precede
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈsiːd/
ipa: /pɹiːˈsiːd/
ipa: /pɹəˈsiːd/
ipa: /pɹɪˈsid/
ipa: /pɹiˈsid/
ipa: /pɹəˈsid/
homophone: proceed (only with the pronunciation /pɹəˈsiːd/)
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: precedes
form: preceding
form: preceded
form: preceded
form: præcede
Etymology: From Middle French précéder, from Latin praecēdō, from prae- + cēdō.
Senses: examples: text: Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide.
text: But harm precedes not sin: onely our Foe / Tempting affronts us with his foul esteem / Of our integritie
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: This is the custom of sending on a basket-woman, who is to precede the pomp at a coronation, and to strew the stage with flowers, before the great personages begin their procession.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:
text: An interesting feature in the weeks preceding the diversions was the provision of a road-learning train to familiarise main line drivers with the alternative route.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 102:
glosses: To go before, go in front of.
examples: text: It has been usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration communicated to the enemy.
ref: 1832, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1, page 52
glosses: To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
glosses: To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
Synonyms: sense: go before
word: forego
word: antecede
word: come before
word: precede
Hyponyms: word: pioneer
word: predate
Related terms: precedence
precedent
precess
precession
unprecedented
precede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈsiːd/
ipa: /pɹiːˈsiːd/
ipa: /pɹəˈsiːd/
ipa: /pɹɪˈsid/
ipa: /pɹiˈsid/
ipa: /pɹəˈsid/
homophone: proceed (only with the pronunciation /pɹəˈsiːd/)
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: precedes
form: præcede
Etymology: From Middle French précéder, from Latin praecēdō, from prae- + cēdō.
Senses: glosses: Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay).
testee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: testees
Etymology: From test + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Y.T.'s mom stands up, hands to her sides, and starts walking. She walks straight out of the office. None of the other people look up. Not supposed to. Insensitive to co-workers' needs. Makes the testee feel awkward and singled out, when in fact the polygraph is just part of the whole Fed way of life. She can hear the snapping footsteps of the proctor behind her, walking two paces behind, watching, keeping her eyes on those hands so they can't be doing anything, like popping a Valium or something else that might throw off the test.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 270:
glosses: Someone who is tested or examined.
Synonyms: subject
baccy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæki/
rhymes: -æki
homophone: bakkie
Forms: form: baccies
form: backy
Etymology: From tobacco by shortening, + -y.
Senses: examples: text: To the "Nut" then, with its dirty little smoking-room, clouded with fumes arising from baccies of every description; curling upwards from the short black Irish clay bowl, full of strong ship's baccy, as well as from the best of Havannahs […]
ref: 1882, Chums: A Tale of the Queen's Navy, volume 1, page 200:
text: No one ever see him down on his luck till this cussed fever took him, Our rations was often short, but it was share and share alike down to the last pipe o' baccy.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 168:
text: "I'll prove I can see you. You've got a pipe in your mouth." ¶ "Anyone that knows the smell of baccy could tell that," said Diggle.
ref: 1956, C. S. Lewis, chapter 13, in The Last Battle, Collins, published 1998:
glosses: Tobacco.
Related terms: wacky baccy
blackie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackies
Etymology: From black + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of blacky.
blacky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblæki/
rhymes: -æki
Forms: form: blackies
form: blackey
form: blackie
Etymology: From black + -y (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: [I]t was agreed that two double beds were in requisition: — one for the host and hostess — and the other for the loving nigger and his wife, who it plainly appeared, had no inclination to be separated. Our hope was in a double bed — the one which the blacky and his fairer half looked at with a longing eye — but out of which he had no idea of turning: […]
ref: 1836, Pedestres (pseud.), Sir Clavileno Woodenpeg (knight of Snowdon, pseud.), A pedestrian tour of thirteen hundred and forty-seven miles through Wales and England (page 269)
text: Apropos of Van Balen, an artist who painted me lately had painted a blackamoor praying; and not filling his canvas, stuffed in his little girl aside of a blacky gaping at him unmeaningly; and then did not know what to call it.
ref: 1942, Eva Beatrice Dykes, The Negro in English Romantic Thought, page 91:
glosses: A black person.
Synonyms: word: coon
word: nigger
word: wog
Coordinate terms: alt: whitey, whitie
word: whity
Derived terms: blacky-white
Jacky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jackie
form: Jacqui
Etymology: From Jack + -y.
Senses: glosses: A nickname used instead of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline.
Jacky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jackies
form: Jackie
form: Jacqui
Etymology: From Jack + -y.
Senses: glosses: An Aboriginal.
Synonyms: abo
boong
Jackie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæki/
rhymes: -æki
Etymology: From Jack + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline or Jacquelyn.
Paki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæki/
rhymes: -æki
Forms: form: Pakis
Etymology: Either a clipping of Pakistani or a back-formation from Pakistan. Doublet of Pak.
Senses: glosses: A Pakistani.
examples: text: Their byword is Aggro (Aggravation) and their crucial enemies are hippies, homosexuals and Pakis (Pakistanis or Indians).
ref: 1970 March 29, Nik Cohn, “England's New Teen Style Is Violence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: In these telephone calls and recorded messages the respondent, who held strong views on immigration and asylum policy and the provision of public support to immigrants and applicants for asylum, ranted and shouted and made reference to "Wogs", "Pakis", "Black bastards" and […] "Niggers".
ref: 2006, Paragraph 2, DPP v Collins ([2006] 1 WLR 2223)
glosses: Anyone whose origins are perceived to be from South Asia or the Indian subcontinent.
glosses: Ellipsis of Paki shop.
Derived terms: Pakiland
Paki
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæki/
rhymes: -æki
Etymology: Either a clipping of Pakistani or a back-formation from Pakistan. Doublet of Pak.
Senses: glosses: Pakistani, or perceived to be Pakistani.
Derived terms: Paki shop
tacky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæki/
rhymes: -æki
Forms: form: tackier
form: tackiest
Etymology: From tack + -y.
Senses: examples: text: This paint isn't dry yet; it's still a bit tacky.
glosses: Of a substance, slightly sticky.
tacky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæki/
rhymes: -æki
rhymes: -æki
ipa: /ˈtæki/
rhymes: -æki
Forms: form: tackier
form: tackiest
Etymology: Sense “in poor taste” from 1888, from earlier sense meaning shabby or seedy. Also see tackey (“neglected horse”), Southern US colloquialism from 1800s, later extended to people.
Senses: examples: text: That market stall sells all sorts of tacky ornaments.
glosses: Of low quality.
examples: text: That was a tacky thing to say.
glosses: In poor taste.
examples: text: Steve Randle was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls. He was tacky, smart, and Soda's best buddy since grade school.
ref: 1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders:
synonyms: flashy
showy
garish
glosses: Gaudy or flashy.
synonyms: dowdy
glosses: Shabby, dowdy in one's appearance or dress.
Derived terms: ticky-tacky
tacky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæki/
rhymes: -æki
rhymes: -æki
ipa: /ˈtæki/
rhymes: -æki
Forms: form: tackies
Etymology: Sense “in poor taste” from 1888, from earlier sense meaning shabby or seedy. Also see tackey (“neglected horse”), Southern US colloquialism from 1800s, later extended to people.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tackey.
whacky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: whackier
form: whackiest
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wacky.
bally
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæli/
rhymes: -æli
Etymology: Alteration of bloody.
Senses: examples: text: He's just a bally idiot.
text: “My faith! It’ll be more bally corpse than bride, though, this journey.”
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 145:
text: “I dislike to frighten the ladies, sir,” he said, “but she can’t float a dozen minutes, in my opinion. There’s a hole in her you could drive a bally cow through, sir.”
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 115:
text: However, be that as it may and whether you liked the bally thing or didn't, the point was that it had vanished [...] It amazed me that I could have allowed myself to be let in for a binge of this description simply because a woman wished it. Too bally chivalrous for our own good, we Woosters, and always have been. [...] “When you hear me burst into song, you'll know there's peril afoot and you'll have plenty of time to nip out of the window.” “And break my bally neck?” [...] “Nothing can possibly go wrong.” “Just as you say, sir. But I still have that feeling.” The blood of the Woosters is hot, and I was about to tell him in set terms what I thought of his bally feeling, when I suddenly spotted what it was that was making him crab the act.
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “VII, VIII, AND XV”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
text: “Bunny has a bad heart.” She glanced toward the corpse in the hallway. “The bally fool... the stupid, bally fool.
ref: 1984, Armistead Maupin, Babycakes, page 134:
glosses: Bloody (used as a mild intensifier).
bally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæli/
rhymes: -æli
Etymology: Alteration of bloody.
Senses: examples: text: That was a bally foolish thing to do, old chap!
glosses: Very.
Synonyms: blasted
dashed
bally
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæli/
rhymes: -æli
Forms: form: ballies
Etymology: Clipping of balaclava + -y.
Senses: examples: text: With SB, no sideman
Bally on my face like darg I’m silent (…)
3 up Silent and Violent
Bally on my face, fuck Trident
ref: 2017 January 7, “2Ls”, performed by Y.AM of 410:
text: Always I got my bally
But sometimes I'm like fuck bally
Cah long time I ain’t seen Savy
And long time I ain’t seen Smarkz
ref: 2017 February 8, “Call It”, performed by Bis of Harlem Spartans:
text: I’ma get that iron, go and get the bally
ref: 2017 June 10, “50 Cali”, in Wamp 2 Dem, performed by Giggs of SN1:
text: Now her pussy just dripping, when she sees the guys on stage
Just like the old days, I’ll cause another tidal wave
Just know that could’ve been you when you see me put one of the licence plate
Bad B come to the Niz, shawty wanna do it like Diddy and Cassie
Only if she knew I was rolling down ballies, still with a skeng on my lap in the backseat
ref: 2018 April 29, “Missing”, performed by Headie One:
glosses: A balaclava.
Derived terms: bally up
Hally
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæli/
rhymes: -æli (first and third senses)
ipa: /ˈhɔːli/
Senses: glosses: A rare spelling variant of Hallie, diminutive of the female given name Harriet.
glosses: A nickname of the surname Hall.
glosses: A surname.
relative atomic mass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The ratio of the average mass per atom of the naturally occurring form of an element to 1/12 of the mass of a carbon-12 atom. Symbol Aᵣ; abbreviation RAM or r.a.m. For elements with several isotopes, the most stable isotope is treated as the representative.
Synonyms: word: atomic weight
Coordinate terms: atomic mass
atomic number
standard atomic weight
sub-lieutenant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sub-lieutenants
Etymology: From sub- + lieutenant.
Senses: topics: government
military
navy
politics
war
glosses: A commissioned officer of the navy whose rank is immediately below that of a lieutenant.
A commissioned officer of the Royal Navy ranking above a midshipman and below a lieutenant.
topics: government
military
navy
politics
war
glosses: A commissioned officer of the navy whose rank is immediately below that of a lieutenant.
A commissioned officer of the navy ranking above an acting sub-lieutenant and below a lieutenant.
Derived terms: acting sub-lieutenant
Related terms: sublieutenancy
blue note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue notes
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: flat five
glosses: The flatted 5th scale degree in the blues scale.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any of the notes that produce the characteristic clashes with the underlying harmony associated with blues music. The flatted third, flatted fifth and flatted seventh can all be considered blue notes when played over major or dominant chord progressions, while only the flatted fifth will clash with minor chord progressions.
paper aeroplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paper aeroplanes
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth form of paper airplane.
gas station
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas stations
Senses: synonyms: word: filling station
word: petrol station
word: filling station
word: fuel provider
word: fuel station
word: fuel supplier
word: fueling station
word: fuelling station
word: garage
word: gas bar
word: gas station
word: gasoline stand
word: gasoline station
word: motor station
word: petrol filling station
word: petrol pump
word: petrol garage
word: petrol station
word: service station
word: servo
word: vehicle station
glosses: An establishment which sells gasoline (petrol) and often also diesel.
Derived terms: gas station heroin
gas station weed
Related terms: pump attendant
spaghetti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: spə-gĕtʹē
ipa: /spəˈɡɛti/
ipa: /spəˈɡɛti/
ipa: [-ɾi]
rhymes: -ɛti
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Italian spaghetti, the plural of spaghetto (“dish of spaghetti; (rare) strand of spaghetti”), from spago (“cord, string, twine; thread”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). Spago is derived from Latin spagus (“twine”), probably from Ancient Greek σφάκος (sphákos, “apple sage (Salvia pomifera)”), probably from Pre-Greek.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: glosses: plural of spaghetto
that'd
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈðætəd/
ipa: /ðæd/
rhymes: -ætəd
rhymes: -æd
Senses: examples: text: That'd be great.
glosses: that would
noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: /ˈnu.dəl/
ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: [ˈnʉː.dl̩]
rhymes: -uːdəl
Forms: form: noodles
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch noedel (“noodle”)), or from its etymon German Nudel (“piece of pasta, noodle”); further etymology uncertain, probably a variant of Knödel (“dumpling”), from Middle High German knödel (“dumpling; small knot”), and then either:
* from knode, knote (“knot”) (from Old High German knodo, knoto (“knot”), perhaps ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *knappō (“knob; boy”)) + -el (diminutive suffix); or
* from Ladin menùdli (“small dough dumpling in soup”), probably from Latin minutulus (“very small, tiny”) (in the sense of food chopped into small pieces), a diminutive of minūtus (“diminished; having been diminished”), the perfect passive participle of minuō (“to make smaller, diminish, lessen, reduce”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“little, small”).
Cognates
* French nouille, noudle, nudeln
* Swedish nudel
Senses: examples: text: She slurped a long noodle up out of her soup.
text: She is cooking noodles for dinner.
text: He settled for the noodles and then after watching The Jungle Book twice on video it was time for beddy-bys.
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 148:
text: One brought two boxes of instant mami noodles.
ref: 2003, Ma. Romina M. Gonzalez, Welostit and Other Stories, page 51:
glosses: A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
glosses: An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
glosses: An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
Ellipsis of pool noodle (“a long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools”).
glosses: A dumpling cooked by boiling and served in soup; a knaidel or knödel.
glosses: The penis.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A long and slender dragon, usually an eastern dragon.
Synonyms: word: noodle
Hyponyms: word: cellophane noodle
word: cup noodles
word: egg noodle
word: glass noodle
word: instant noodle
word: pot noodle
word: rice noodle
word: two-minute noodle
word: vermicelli
word: noodles by form
word: fried noodles
word: frozen noodles
word: instant noodles
word: types of noodles
word: flat rice noodle
word: wide rice noodle
word: Chinese noodles
word: jook-sing
word: yi mein
word: Japanese noodles
word: ramen
word: shirataki
word: soba
word: udon
word: other noodles
word: bami
word: bakmi
word: couscous
word: idiyappam
word: rice stick
word: saimin
Derived terms: birthday noodle
brake noodle
chicken noodle soup
danger noodle
e-fu noodle
hakka noodle
longevity noodle
murder noodle
noodle bar
noodleburger
noodle dick
noodle effect
noodlefish
noodle incident
noodlelike
noodleman
noodlemania
noodlery
noodle strap
noodle up
noodle whore
noodlewhore
noodly
noods
packing noodle
pool noodle
silver needle noodle
tuna noodle casserole
wet noodle
Related terms: word: pasta
word: pasta - for Italian noodles and noodle dishes
noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: /ˈnu.dəl/
ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: [ˈnʉː.dl̩]
rhymes: -uːdəl
Forms: form: noodles
form: noodling
form: noodled
form: noodled
Etymology: The origin of the noun is uncertain; it is possibly a variant of noddle (“the head”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: synonyms: dupe
glosses: To fool or trick (someone).
glosses: To engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time.
noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: /ˈnu.dəl/
ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: [ˈnʉː.dl̩]
rhymes: -uːdəl
Forms: form: noodles
form: noodling
form: noodled
form: noodled
Etymology: Possibly either:
* a blend of Shetland Scots nune (“to sing softly, croon, hum”) (from Danish nynne, Norwegian nuna, nynna (“to hum; to sing”), originally imitative) + English doodle (“to play the bagpipes”) (chiefly Scotland); or
* from Norn (unattested), from Old Norse *grynta, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), a frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”) (and thus a doublet of grunt).
Senses: qualifier: singing
glosses: To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: /ˈnu.dəl/
ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: [ˈnʉː.dl̩]
rhymes: -uːdəl
Forms: form: noodles
form: noodling
form: noodled
form: noodled
Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain; it is possibly derived:
* from noodle (“to hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume”) (Shetland) (see etymology 3); or
* from German nudeln (“to make music or sing listlessly; to make music or sing at a low pitch or volume, or in an improvisatory manner”) (Leipzig), apparently from Nudel (“piece of pasta, noodle”) (see etymology 1) + -n (a variant of -en (suffix forming the infinitives of verbs)).
The word was probably also influenced by doodle (“to draw or scribble aimlessly”, verb).
The noun is probably derived from the verb, though the verb is first attested later. The noun was probably also influenced by doodle (“small mindless sketch”, noun).
Senses: coordinate_terms: jazzify
qualifier: chiefly jazz
glosses: To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
examples: text: “Noodle that thought around for a while,” said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class.
synonyms: mull over
glosses: To ponder or think about (something).
examples: text: He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.
text: [A]udible here and there / in the half-dark, members of an avian orchestra / are already softly noodling, limbering up for / an overture at sunrise, […]
ref: 1965, W[ystan] H[ugh] Auden, “Thanksgiving for a Habitat. The Cave of Nakedness (for Louis and Emmie Kronenberger).”, in About the House, New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Random House, →OCLC, page 34:
text: We’ve learned the prospective danger of Macca [Paul McCartney] noodling around in the studio from McCartney III’s predecessors—“Wonderful Christmastime” came out of the McCartney II sessions, after all.
ref: 2020 November 9, Gwen Ihnat, “With McCartney III, Paul McCartney Offers Lessons from a Legendary Life”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 16 May 2022:
coordinate_terms: jam
qualifier: chiefly jazz
glosses: To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
examples: text: He noodled over the problem for a day or two before making a decision.
glosses: To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.
examples: text: If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.
glosses: To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.
glosses: Often followed by about or around: to mess around, to play.
Derived terms: word: noodler
word: noodling
noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: /ˈnu.dəl/
ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: [ˈnʉː.dl̩]
rhymes: -uːdəl
Forms: form: noodles
Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain; it is possibly derived:
* from noodle (“to hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume”) (Shetland) (see etymology 3); or
* from German nudeln (“to make music or sing listlessly; to make music or sing at a low pitch or volume, or in an improvisatory manner”) (Leipzig), apparently from Nudel (“piece of pasta, noodle”) (see etymology 1) + -n (a variant of -en (suffix forming the infinitives of verbs)).
The word was probably also influenced by doodle (“to draw or scribble aimlessly”, verb).
The noun is probably derived from the verb, though the verb is first attested later. The noun was probably also influenced by doodle (“small mindless sketch”, noun).
Senses: qualifier: chiefly jazz
glosses: An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
Synonyms: word: noodle
Hyponyms: word: noodles by form
word: cup noodles
word: fried noodles
word: frozen noodles
word: instant noodles
word: types of noodles
word: cellophane noodle
word: egg noodle
word: flat rice noodle
word: glass noodle
word: rice noodle
word: wide rice noodle
word: Chinese noodles
word: jook-sing
word: yi mein
word: Japanese noodles
word: ramen
word: shirataki
word: soba
word: udon
word: other noodles
word: bami
word: bakmi
word: couscous
word: idiyappam
word: rice stick
word: saimin
Derived terms: noodly
Related terms: word: pasta - for Italian noodles and noodle dishes
noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: /ˈnu.dəl/
ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: [ˈnʉː.dl̩]
rhymes: -uːdəl
Forms: form: noodles
form: noodling
form: noodled
form: noodled
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly:
* from noodle (“to fool or trick (someone)”) (obsolete) (see etymology 2); or
* from nodule (“rounded mass or irregular shape”).
Senses: glosses: To search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals.
glosses: To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
glosses: To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
examples: text: On the Olympic Field the tour-group is permitted to ‘noodle’ (hunt for opals) on the waste or mullock heaps […]
ref: 1989, Association for Industrial Archaeology, Industrial archaeology review, volume 12:
text: In Coober Pedy, noodling for opals is generally discouraged, although a few tourist spots, such as the Old Timers Mine, have noodle pits open to the public.
ref: 1994, RonMoon, Outback Australia: a Lonely Planet Australia guide:
text: We learn how Lennon used to noodle (fossick) for opal as a kid, how camels were for a long time the only form of transportation, and where the name 'Coober Pedy' came from.
ref: 2006, Making Waves: 10 Years of the Byron Bay Writers Festival, edited by Marele Day, Susan Bradley Smith, and Fay Knight, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: To search mullock for opals; to fossick.
noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: /ˈnu.dəl/
ipa: [ˈnuː.dl̩]
ipa: [ˈnʉː.dl̩]
rhymes: -uːdəl
Forms: form: noodles
form: noodling
form: noodled
form: noodled
Etymology: Unknown; perhaps related to guddle (“to catch (fish) with the hands”).
Senses: examples: text: Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling flathead in the river.
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
synonyms: guddle
catfist
glosses: To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
Derived terms: word: noodling
mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
ipa: [mæʔ(t̚)]
homophone: Matt
homophone: matte
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: mats
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English matte, from Old English meatte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).
Senses: examples: text: Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.
glosses: A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
examples: text: They put mats on the table during mealtimes.
glosses: A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
examples: text: The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.
topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A floor pad to protect athletes.
examples: text: a mat of weeds
text: But to return to where we left her, I see her still, propped up in a kind of stupor against one of the walls in which this wretched edifice abounds, her long grey greasy hair framing in its cowl of scrofulous mats a face where pallor, languor, hunger, acne, recent dirt, immemorial chagrin and surplus hair seemed to dispute the mastery.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: A thickly tangled mess.
glosses: A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
examples: text: Iceland moss growing in a mat
text: The fad for blaming all mass extinctions (such as happened at the end of the Cretaceous when the dinosaurs vanished) on impacts of objects from space was extended to the Pleistocene in 2007. That year a group of scientists proposed that the North American extinctions were due to a comet or meteorite impact over the Carolinas, near the beginning of the Younger Dryas event, about 12,900 years ago. The original evidence for this supposed impact was a "black mat" of organic material in many Clovis sites, plus microscopic nano-diamonds in deep-sea cores, and rare Platinum group metals in Greenland ice cores from around 12,900 years ago.
ref: 2016 November 15, Donald R. Prothero, The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals, page 222:
glosses: A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
Derived terms: algal mat
baking mat
bath mat
beer mat
biomat
camping mat
chair mat
cocomat
collision mat
crashmat
dance mat
demat
doormat
dustmat
filtermat
floormat
floor mat
gauze mat
go to the mat
intermat
mat amaranth
matball
matboard
mat daisy
matgrass
matless
matlike
matmaker
matmaking
matman
mat slab
matty
matweed
mouse mat
on the mat
paunch mat
place mat
playmat
prayer mat
roll mat
sea mat
sleeping mat
slipmat
splat mat
surf mat
sword mat
tablemat
table mat
tumbling mat
welcome mat
yoga mat
Zanzibar mat
mat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
ipa: [mæʔ(t̚)]
homophone: Matt
homophone: matte
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: mats
form: matting
form: matted
form: matted
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English matte, from Old English meatte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).
Senses: examples: text: Be careful now to keep the Doors and Windows of your Conservatories well matted
ref: 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], “Kalendarium Hortense: Or, The Gard’ners Almanac; […] ”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
examples: text: And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.
ref: 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
Derived terms: unmat
mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
ipa: [mæʔ(t̚)]
homophone: Matt
homophone: matte
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: mats
Senses: examples: text: I used up all my mats cranking 90s and ended up getting one-pumped.
text: Using a Weapon Upgrade Bench, it's possible to upgrade a Common Shotgun, for example, all the way to Legendary provided you've harvested enough mats to do so.
ref: 2019 October 24, Christopher Groux, “'Fortnite' Weapon Upgrade Guide - Upgrade Bench Locations & More”, in Newsweek, New York, N.Y.: Newsweek Publishing LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2023:
text: While there are game modes where you can build without any requirements, you'll need to harvest materials to build in normal Fortnite games. Mats is the shortened version of materials.
ref: [2020 November 28, Gökhan Çakır, “Common Fortnite terms and their meanings”, in Dot Esports, archived from the original on 21 May 2023:
text: Fortnite added a new trap with the Armored Wall reinforcement for mats and one viral TikTok showed just how deadly the new item can be in a close fight.
ref: 2021 September 25, Alan Bernal, “Viral Fortnite TikTok trick shows how to use Armored Walls for easy kills”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2021:
text: The looper goes on laying more than a thousand mats in thirty seconds. He finally reaches his opponent, who is easily brought down with a shell of a shotgun and a burst of an SMG. Upon eliminating the opponent, he is ecstatic in celebration.
ref: 2022 July 16, Sarthak Chauhan, “Fortnite YouTuber using 1000 mats in less than 30 seconds shows exactly what not to do”, in Sportskeeda, archived from the original on 29 May 2023:
topics: video-games
glosses: Clipping of material.
Related terms: hazmat
mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
ipa: [mæʔ(t̚)]
homophone: Matt
homophone: matte
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: mats
form: matt
Etymology: Compare matte.
Senses: glosses: An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
glosses: Alternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”).
mat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
ipa: [mæʔ(t̚)]
homophone: Matt
homophone: matte
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: mats
form: matting
form: matted
form: matted
form: matt
Etymology: Compare matte.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of matte (“to produce a dull, lustreless surface on metal”).
mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
ipa: [mæʔ(t̚)]
homophone: Matt
homophone: matte
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: mats
Etymology: A clipped form of matinee.
Senses: examples: text: A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".
ref: 1898, The Hotel/Motor Hotel Monthly, volume 6, page 27:
glosses: Abbreviation of matinee (“performance at a theater”).
mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
ipa: [mæʔ(t̚)]
homophone: Matt
homophone: matte
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: mats
Senses: examples: text: the mat of a daguerreotype
glosses: Alternative spelling of matte (“decorative border around a picture”).
mat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
ipa: [mæʔ(t̚)]
homophone: Matt
homophone: matte
rhymes: -æt
Senses: examples: text: Frons mat black, orbits slightly paler, more greyish; mesonotum distinctly mat, greyish-black, but with some subshine; […]
ref: 2013, K. A. Spencer, Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic Importance, page 264:
glosses: Alternative form of matte (“not reflecting light”).
mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
ipa: [mæʔ(t̚)]
homophone: Matt
homophone: matte
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: mats
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Clipping of matrix.
mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
ipa: [mæʔ(t̚)]
homophone: Matt
homophone: matte
rhymes: -æt
Etymology: From Russian мат (mat), abbreviated from the expression ма́терная брань (máternaja branʹ), ultimately from мать (matʹ, “mother”).
Senses: examples: text: Most teenagers go through times when they use mat "rather heavily" among themselves. I guess they associate it with being adults. In most cases though this goes away pretty fast, usually when they start dating girls. Using mat rather heavily after graduating from university is a differnet^([sic]) matter.
ref: 1991 September 16, Michael Rabinovich, “Profanity in the USSR”, in soc.culture.soviet (Usenet), archived from the original on 15 Aug 2025:
text: Don't you people have anything better to do than collecting mat. I still can't undestand why people in (and from) the ex-USSR like to swear so much.
ref: 1993 March 31, Elena Tsifrina, “let's collect MAT”, in soc.culture.soviet (Usenet), archived from the original on 15 Aug 2025:
text: As the Russian mentality (hopefully) will be less medieval, mat will lose its social role. It will be less frequently used in the spoken language. From the other hand, books will lose its medieval sacrality, and mat will be allowed to be printed.
ref: 1993 June 22, Boris A. Veytsman, “Russian "mat" and Russian mentality”, in talk.politics.soviet (Usenet), archived from the original on 15 Aug 2025:
glosses: Vulgar, obscene, or profane language in Russian and some other Slavic language communities.
Related terms: sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "mat"
word: mat bean
sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "mat"
word: mat leave
sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "mat"
word: mat rep
sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "mat"
word: mat sci
sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "mat"
word: transmat
Bergamask
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Bergomask
Etymology: From the Italian bergamasco (“from Bergamo”), itself from German Bergheim (“mountain home”).
Senses: examples: text: "Will it please you to see the epilogue, or to hear a Bergomask dance between two of our company?"
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Of or characteristic of Bergamo, Italy.
Bergamask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bergamasks
form: Bergomask
Etymology: From the Italian bergamasco (“from Bergamo”), itself from German Bergheim (“mountain home”).
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Bergamo
glosses: A rustic dance, supposedly typical of the region
spaghettis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaghetti
spaghettis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spaghetti
sirrah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪɹə/
rhymes: -ɪɹə
Forms: form: sirrahs
Etymology: An extended form of sir; the source of the final vowel is unclear. See also siree.
Senses: examples: text: Kemp. Yea marry, let them come before mee, what is your name, friend? / Bor. Borachio. / Kem. Pray write downe Borachio. Yours ſirra. / Con. I am a Gentleman ſir, and my name is Conrade.
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 116, column 2:
text: VVhat ſay you to a leg of Beef novv, ſirha?
ref: c. 1613 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Bonduca”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene iii, page 54, column 1:
glosses: A term of address to an inferior male or more commonly a child. A modern-day equivalent would be "little man".
armpit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɹmˌpɪt/
Forms: form: armpits
Etymology: From Middle English armpitt, arme-pitt, armput, equivalent to arm + pit.
(something unpleasant): Presumably a reference to underarm body odor.
Senses: examples: text: She stood a couple of feet away from me […] exposing an edge of brassière strap at her armpit―exposing the armpit itself, a muscular hollow shadowed with fine stubble and faintly streaked with talcum.
ref: 2009, Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger, Virago Press (2018), page 265:
text: Unilever brought its Rexona deodorant to China a decade ago, dreaming of a market with 2.6 billion armpits.
ref: 2018 February 2, Owen Guo, “Aiming at China’s Armpits: When Foreign Brands Misfire”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: underarm
;
axilla[anatomy]]>
;
pit
;
oxter[dialect]]al>
armhole[dialect]]al>
coordinate_terms: poplit
glosses: The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
examples: text: the armpit of America
synonyms: butthole[vulgar]]>
asshole[vulgar]]>
glosses: Somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable.
Derived terms: armpit fart
armpitted
wingpit
cave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kāv
ipa: /keɪv/
rhymes: -eɪv
Forms: form: caves
form: caving
form: caved
form: caved
Etymology: From Middle English cave, borrowed from Old French cave, from Latin cava (“cavity”), from cavus (“hollow”). Cognate with Tocharian B kor (“throat”), Albanian cup (“odd, uneven”), Ancient Greek κύαρ (kúar, “eye of needle, earhole”), Old Armenian սոր (sor, “hole”), Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty, barren, zero”). Displaced native Old English sċræf. More at cavum, cavus and cage.
Senses: examples: text: He caved under pressure.
text: Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in.
ref: 2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46:
text: On Friday morning, Salvador Illa, the former health minister of Spain who now leads the Catalan branch of the PSOE, said the socialists would be happy to fight another general election rather than cave to Junts and the ERC’s demands.
ref: 2023 September 29, Sam Jones, “Alberto Núñez Feijóo fails to win Spanish MPs’ backing to become PM”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To surrender.
examples: text: First the braces buckled, then the roof began to cave, then we ran.
glosses: To collapse.
examples: text: The levee has been severely caved by the river current.
glosses: To hollow out or undermine.
examples: text: Pam has been caving for 25 years. She and her husband Tim are among the top cavers in the country. They are passionate about the world hidden beneath our feet and they were to be my instructors and guides on my first ever foray below ground that didn't involve getting on the tube.
ref: 2007 September 29, Kate Humble, “What lies beneath”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: spelunk
glosses: To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
examples: text: The deposit is caved by knocking out the posts.
topics: business
mining
glosses: In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
examples: text: As an indication of the miners' desperation in these years, the free miners of Wensley lowered themselves to caving for scraps of ore.
ref: 1999, Andy Wood, The Politics of Social Conflict: The Peak Country, 1520-1770, →ISBN, page 319:
topics: business
mining
glosses: To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
examples: text: although perhaps / It may be heard at court that such as we / Cave here, hunt here, are outlaws, and in time / May make some stronger head
ref: a. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, act 4, scene 2:
glosses: To dwell in a cave.
Derived terms: block caving
cave in
cave out
caver
caving hammer
cave
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: kāv
ipa: /keɪv/
rhymes: -eɪv
enpr: kāʹvē
ipa: /ˈkeɪvi/
rhymes: -eɪvi
homophone: cavy
enpr: kāv
ipa: /keɪv/
rhymes: -eɪv
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cavē, second-person singular present active imperative of caveō (“to beware”). Used at Eton College, Berkshire.
Senses: examples: text: Ssh! Cave! Mum's the word! Not 'arf, or what?
ref: 1989, Ben Elton, Richard Curtis, Private Plane (Blackadder Goes Forth), season 4, episode 4, spoken by Lt. George (Hugh Laurie):
qualifier: school slang
glosses: look out!; beware!
Synonyms: heads up
look out
watch it
Derived terms: keep cave