cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Hillsborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From hills and borough. The village in New Brunswick was probably named in honour of British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). The civil parish is named after the village.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A town in San Mateo County, California, United States.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
An unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Not to be confused with Hillsboro in Caroline County.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A town and census-designated place in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States, also spelt Hillsboro.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A town, the county seat of Orange County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A civil parish of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A village in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
The largest town on the island of Carriacou, Grenada.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A suburb in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A locality near New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A village, townland, and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland.
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A nature reserve at Ilfracombe, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5347).
glosses: A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A suburb in north-west Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3389). See also football-related senses below.
glosses: A major football disaster at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.
examples: text: Before kick-off, a section of Chelsea's support sadly let themselves and their club down by noisily interrupting the silence held in memory of the Hillsborough disaster and for Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during a Serie B game on Saturday.
ref: 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: the home stadium of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Sheffield Wednesday Football Club itself.
Derived terms: Hillsborough County
Related terms: Hillsboro
conspicuous consumption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen in 1899.
Senses: examples: text: Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.
ref: 1899, Thorstein Veblen, chapter 4, in The Theory of the Leisure Class […] , New York: Macmillan, →OCLC:
text: "Conspicuous consumption" is a proof of economic success.
ref: 1907 June, Alvin S. Johnson, “Influences Affecting the Development of Thrift”, in Political Science Quarterly, volume 22, number 2, page 238:
text: Professional humanists . . . resent Veblen's saying that knowing an ancient language is conspicuous consumption and conspicuous waste, like growing your fingernails long and painting them, or keeping a Pekingese.
ref: 1952 Nov, Paul Mackendrick, “Education for the Art of Living”, in The Journal of Higher Education, volume 23, number 8, page 423:
text: As a society becomes richer, those whose incomes do not grow spend more on conspicuous consumption in an attempt to keep up.
ref: 2004 Sep, Ed Hopkins, Tatiana Kornienko, “Running to Keep in the Same Place: Consumer Choice as a Game of Status”, in The American Economic Review, volume 94, number 4, page 1086:
glosses: A public display of acquisition of possessions with the intention of gaining social prestige; excessive consumerism in order to flaunt one's purchasing power.
Related terms: acquisitiveness
keep up with the Joneses
Veblen effect
programmatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /pɹoʊɡɹəˈmætɪk(ə)li/
Etymology: From programmatic + -ally or programmatical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a programmatic manner.
examples: text: While clearly opposed to the political thrust of much 'Heritage' cinema (Sammy and Rosie, in particular, in programmatically anti-Tory: for example, the property developer who ousts the 'straggly kids' is one of Thatcher's MPs and her vision of a 'new Britain' is blatantly lampooned), Kureishi's films do not, however, endorse traditional kinds of Left oppositional politics as the best means by which to challenge the hegemony of the New Right.
ref: 2001, Bart Moore-Gilbert, Hanif Kureishi, page 89:
glosses: In the manner of a political program; ideologically.
examples: text: To force a window to repaint itself programmatically, you call the inherited Invalidate() method[…]
ref: 2010, Andrew Troelsen, Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, page 1551:
text: Mark-up coding was programmatically added to identify certain data types from others, for example, headwords and citations.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 489:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Through program code, rather than through a user interface.
Related terms: programmatic
barkcloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barkcloths
Etymology: From its raw material, tree bark; bark + cloth.
Senses: glosses: A soft, thick, slightly textured fabric made from the inner bark of certain trees, pounded together.
rock out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rocks out
form: rocking out
form: rocked out
form: rocked out
Senses: examples: text: Hey man, look at me rockin' out, I'm on the radio
ref: 2005, System of a Down, “Radio/Video”:
glosses: To party to or play rock music, punk rock, grunge or heavy metal.
Derived terms: rock out with one's cock out
Moloch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊlɒk/
ipa: /ˈmoʊlɑk/
ipa: /ˈmɑlək/
Etymology: From the Proto-Semitic *malk- (“king”). The figurative sense derives from the Old Testament, in which it is alleged that the cult of Moloch involved the sacrifice of human children.
Senses: glosses: An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant, often depicted with the head of a bull.
examples: text: [W]e can't without wonder remember that horrid Invention projected in this place, but thanks be to God diſappointed, wherein there was not Reverence to the ſacred Bones of Princes, but all were at one blaſt to be offer'd up to Moloch.
ref: 1706, [John Rushworth], “The Speaker’s Speech to the King [marginal note]”, in Historical Collections from the Year 1638. to the Year 1641. Abridg’d and Improv’d. … With a Particular and More Methodical Account of the Trial of the Earl of Strafford than has been yet Publish’d, volume III, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 248:
text: They [bankers] would do what has been done by the Bank of France—buy bullion at a premium, on the approach of danger, and keep peril at a safe and respectable distance. Any expenditure that might be incurred for that purpose would be small indeed when contrasted with the immense loss and suffering caused by the present system, and the continual fear in which the public now live of some new crisis—because it has been out of one and into another for a long period now; and that will be the case hereafter, until we have no interval to gather strength, and recruit for the next struggle with Mammon, or Moloch, or whatever other name of evil import belongs to the "Tutelarity" of Lombard-street and its precincts.
ref: 1857 November, “The Present Panic”, in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume XXIV, Edinburgh: William Tait, →OCLC, page 644:
text: […] poor Johnny Tetterby staggering under his Moloch of an infant, the Juggernaut that crushes all his enjoyments.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice.
Derived terms: Molochian
Molochize
Molochise
for all intensive purposes
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Eggcorn of for all intents and purposes.
Related terms: for all intended purposes
for all intense and purposes
for all intense purposes
for all intrinsic purposes
eggcorn
malapropism
mondegreen
credobaptist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: credobaptists
Etymology: From credo + baptist.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: One who holds that baptism should only be performed on those who have professed faith in the Christian religion and understand the significance of the rite.
Related terms: credobaptism
paedobaptist
bein'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Contraction of the present participle of be.
Senses: glosses: present participle of be
lazar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪzə/
homophone: laser
homophone: lazer
Forms: form: lazars
form: Lazar
Etymology: From Middle English lazare, from Old French lazare, from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical character found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped".
Senses: examples: text: And Tamburlane cloked the fantasticall cruelty, he exercised upon Lazars or Leprousmen, with a foolish kinde of humanitie, putting all he could finde or heare-of, to death, (as he said,) to ridde them from so painefull and miserable a life, as they lived.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: Why were they proud? Because fair orange-mounts
Were of more soft ascent than lazar stairs?
ref: 1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, stanza XVI, page 57:
glosses: Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.
synonyms: word: leper
extra: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation
Derived terms: lazar-cote
lazar-haunter
lazar house
lazarlike
lazarly
lazarman
lazar's clapper
lazar's clicket
lazar-sore
lazar's snapper
lazar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪzə/
homophone: laser
homophone: lazer
Forms: form: Lazar
Etymology: From Middle English lazare, from Old French lazare, from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical character found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped".
Senses: glosses: Synonym of leprous: afflicted by Hansen's disease; afflicted by any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.
synonyms: word: leprous
extra: afflicted by Hansen's disease; afflicted by any contagious disease requiring similar isolation
on the ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The champ had his opponent on the ropes at the end of the third round and knocked him out in the fourth.
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: Leaning against the ropes of the boxing ring, as when exhausted and nearing defeat or collapse.
examples: text: After a good start in the stock market, this company seems to be on the ropes.
text: So Ukraine is on the ropes. Using that boxing metaphor, one immediately thinks of the new world heavyweight champion, the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, who was seemingly down and out under the ferocious assault of the giant Tyson Fury, but then came back to win on points at the end of a brutal 12 rounds.
ref: 2024 May 24, Timothy Garton Ash, “Ukraine can still recover with bolder western support – but right now it’s on the ropes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Showing signs of imminent failure or collapse.
glosses: Being threatened or pressured by a rival gang member.
Related terms: out on one's feet
bucket hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucket hats
Senses: examples: text: The beaming smile of David Brooks, proudly wearing his yellow Euro 2020 jersey and a bucket hat, instantly raised the spirits of those on the pitch who spotted the 25-year-old's frantic waving.
ref: 2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline:
text: Ultimately most people will always think of Gallagher brother-approved trackie tops, bucket hats, parkas and a swagger when they think of Britpop.
ref: 2024 December 21, Lauren Cochrane, “Parkas, bucket hats and union jacks: how the Oasis reunion tour is fuelling a comeback for the Britpop look”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: A casual hat often worn at the beach, with a narrow downward-sloping brim.
minari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Oenanthe javanica
shoot one's bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shoots one's bolt
form: shooting one's bolt
form: shot one's bolt
form: shot one's bolt
Senses: examples: text: We were playing checkers and, although I'd started off well, I seemed to have shot my bolt too soon.
text: The war situation was going from bad to worse. The Greek army, facing the Italians in Albania, had shot its bolt by spring. The Yugoslav revolution of April, for which SOE claimed some credit (our people had been there and post hoc, propter hoc), was followed by the prompt invasion of Yugoslavia and occupation of Greece.
ref: 1968, Kim Philby, My Silent War, page 34:
glosses: To use up one's resources, especially a singular one or one not readily restored.
examples: text: ‘Holy-Jesus-fuckin’-Christ! I’m comin’! I’m shootin’ me bolt! I’m gonna fill ya twat with spoof!’
ref: 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 141:
glosses: Of a male, to ejaculate.
Synonyms: word: blow one's load
word: shoot one's load
word: shoot one's wad
lotus eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lotus eaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lotus-eater.
martins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of martin
pesticidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)pɛstɨˈsaɪd(ə)l/
enpr: pĕs'tĭ-sīdʹl
ipa: /ˌpɛstɪ̈ˈsaɪdl̩/
rhymes: -aɪdəl
Etymology: From pesticide + -al or pest + -i- + -cidal.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or effective as a pesticide.
Derived terms: biopesticidal
nonpesticidal
pesticidally
piano player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piano players
form: pianoplayer
Senses: glosses: One who plays the piano (to make music); a pianist.
Synonyms: pianofortist
pianoist
pianist
Related terms: alt: pianola
word: player piano
epitomizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of epitomize
space cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: space cakes
form: spacecake
Etymology: From the informal term space out, and cake.
Senses: glosses: Cake as an edible infused with THC / psychoactive extraction of cannabis, usually in the form of cannabutter.
Synonyms: hash cake
epitomizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of epitomize
lethargus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin lethargus (“lethargy”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A quiescent sleeplike state in some arthropods and nematodes.
epitomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of epitomize
Luhith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 15:5:
text: For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 48:5:
glosses: A Moabitish place between Zoar and Horonaim mentioned in the Bible. It's probably a hill
major premise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: major premises
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: In a categorical syllogism, the premise whose terms are the syllogism's major term and middle term.
Blackburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblækbəːn/
Forms: form: Blackburns
form: Blackbourn
form: Blackburne
Etymology: From Old English blæc (“dark”) + burna (“stream”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A large town in Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England.
glosses: A placename:
A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ8212).
glosses: A placename:
A town in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9865).
glosses: A placename:
A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A small city in Lafayette County and Saline County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A small town in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Blackburnian
Blackburnshire
Blackburn with Darwen
thebe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thebe
form: thebes
Etymology: From Tswana.
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Botswanan pula.
ostruble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ostrubles
Senses: glosses: A former currency of Germany and Lithuania in the 1910s and 1920s.
Related terms: ostmark
tiyn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtiː(j)ɪn/
Forms: form: tiyns
form: tiyn
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Kazakh tenge.
möngö
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: möngö
form: mongo
Etymology: Borrowed from Mongolian мөнгө (möngö).
Senses: glosses: A former subdivision of Mongolian currency, equal to one hundredth of a tugrik (tögrög).
tennesi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tennesi
Etymology: From Turkmen teňňe. Compare English tenge.
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkmenistani manat.
kak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaks
Etymology: Borrowed from Khmer កាក់ (kak). Doublet of jiao.
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one tenth of a Cambodian riel.
kak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans kak (“shit”), from Dutch kak (“shit”).
Senses: examples: text: ‘You a cop? You with the guy inside?’ the shoppie says, bending his knees to talk to me confidentially. ‘Cos it was legitimate, okay? Bitch started pulling down the merchandise, falling around. Dronkie. She's been in here before, causing kak. Stealing shit. And how long is your friend gonna be in there anyway?’
ref: 2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland, Jacana Media, →ISBN, pages 102–103:
glosses: Shit.
kak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kaks
form: kakking
form: kakked
form: kakked
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans kak (“shit”), from Dutch kak (“shit”).
Senses: glosses: to poo
Derived terms: kak on
pya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyas
Etymology: From Burmese ပြား (pra:).
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Burmese kyat.
glosses: A subdivision of currency in colonial Burma, equal to 1/4 of an anna or 1/64 of a rupee
satang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satangs
form: satang
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai สตางค์ (sà-dtaang).
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Thai baht.
paisa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪsə/
Forms: form: paisas
form: paise
form: baisa
form: baiza
form: poysha
form: poisha
form: pice
form: pesa
form: pajsa
Etymology: From Hindi पैसा (paisā) / Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀬𑀁𑀲 (*payaṃsa), presumably from unattested Sanskrit *पदांश (*padāṃśa), from पद (pada, “quarter”) + अंश (aṃśa, “part, piece”) in reference its historical value of ¹⁄₄ anna.
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.
glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka.
glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one thousandth of an Omani rial.
glosses: A subdivision of various former currencies of India.
Coordinate terms: sense: historical Bengali coin
word: pie (1
sense: historical Bengali coin
word: 3 paisa)
sense: historical Bengali coin
word: anna (4 paisas)
sense: historical Bengali coin
word: rupee (64 paisas)
sense: historical Madras coin
word: cash (1
sense: historical Madras coin
word: 20 paisa)
sense: historical Madras coin
word: half-dodee (1
sense: historical Madras coin
word: 4 paisa)
sense: historical Madras coin
word: dodee (1
sense: historical Madras coin
word: 2 paisa)
sense: historical Madras coin
word: fanam (4 paisas)
sense: historical Madras coin
word: pagoda (168 paisas)
Derived terms: new paisa
Related terms: naya paisa
paisa vasool
paisa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪsə/
Forms: form: paisas
Etymology: From Spanish paisa, a shortening of paisano.
Senses: examples: text: ... prison, talked about his relationship with drug traffickers in Mexico some twenty-five years before. His street gang had a relationship with a paisa wholesaler. An understanding of respect existed between Rubén's gang and its paisa supplier[…] Wrangler, a White man who associated with the Aryan Brotherhood while in priso, described how the changing demographics of his neighborhood led to his being introduced to paisas who were moving meth in from Mexico. […] Wrangler went on to describe a specific contact from his neighborhood, Carlos, who […] had gone on to become part of a Latino stret gang and later a prison gang and had a connection with a wholesaler.
ref: 2022 August 15, Rajeev V. Gundur, Trying to Make It: The Enterprises, Gangs, and People of the American Drug Trade, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 168:
glosses: A person hailing from the same country; in particular, a fellow Latino.
examples: text: [The story] came to me in various versions from marero and paisa inmates who had been incarcerated in the early 2000s. “El Spyder. I knew him. He was sureño,” said Carlos, an[…]
ref: 2018 November 6, Anthony W. Fontes, Mortal Doubt: Transnational Gangs and Social Order in Guatemala City, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 86:
glosses: A Latino who is not a gangster nor gang-affiliated.
chetrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chetrums
form: chhertum
form: chhertum
Etymology: Borrowed from Dzongkha ཕྱེད་ཏམ (phyed tam).
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bhutanese ngultrum
kurus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kurus
form: kuruses
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish kuruş, from German Groschen. Doublet of grosz.
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira.
grosz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grôsh
ipa: /ɡɹɔʃ/
rhymes: -ɔːʃ
homophone: grosze
Forms: form: grosz
form: groszy
form: grosze
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish grosz. Doublet of kurus.
Senses: examples: text: There will be silver coins of 5 and 2 zloty and nickel of 1 zloty and 50, 20 and 10 grosz, the divisions of the zloty. Bronze coins of 5, 2 and 1 grosz also will be issued.
ref: 1927 October 29, “Plans New Polish Coins. Cabinet Drafts Currency Scheme, With Ducat at 25 Zloty.”, in The New York Times, volume LXXVII, number 25,480, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025, page 27, column 2:
glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Polish zloty.
kopiyka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kopiykas
form: kopiyka
form: kopiyok
form: kopiyky
form: kopiika
Etymology: Transliteration of Ukrainian копі́йка (kopíjka). Doublet of kopek and kopeika.
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Ukrainian hryvnia.
qindarka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qindarkë
glosses: plural of qintar
qindarkë
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qindarka
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Albanian qindarkë, ultimately from qind (“hundred”).
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Albanian lek
deni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deni
form: denis
Senses: examples: 2008, Macedonia: Investment, Trade Laws and Regulations Handbook, Volume 1: Strategic Information and Basic Laws, International Business Publications, USA, page 50,
In May, 1993, a new Denar, equivalent to 100 of the old units, was put into circulation. Denominations of coins are 0.50 (50 deni), 1, 2 and 5 Denars and bills are 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 Denars.
glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to 0.01 Macedonian denar.
Transnistrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Transnistria + -an.
Senses: glosses: From, or pertaining to, Transnistria or its people or culture.
Transnistrian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Transnistrians
Etymology: From Transnistria + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Transnistria
Tiraspol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of Transnistria, Moldova.
butut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bututs
Etymology: From Wolof butuut.
Senses: glosses: A unit of currency, worth one hundredth of a Gambian dalasi.
toea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toeas
form: toea
Senses: glosses: A unit of currency, equivalent to one hundredth of a Papua New Guinean kina.
Pascal's wager
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After French theologian Blaise Pascal, who formulated the wager.
Senses: examples: text: In the unlikely event of losing Pascal's Wager, I intend to saunter in to Judgement Day with a bookshelf full of grievances, a flaming sword of my own devising, and a serious attitude problem.
ref: 1997 October 11, Rick Moen, “TAN: Mormons”, in rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet), message-ID <61ohd0$sgr@myrddin.imat.com>:
text: I have always considered "Pascal's Wager" a questionable bet to place, since any God worth believing in would prefer an honest agnostic to a calculating hypocrite.
ref: 2001 October 17, Alan Dershowitz, Letters to a Young Lawyer, New York: Basic Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 194:
text: Moreover, since we have now reached an extreme point in the development of consciousness, and know our own selves through and through, no 'ultimate self-doubt' remains which would allow us to ruse with death – as when, in Pascal's wager, it is the doubt about the afterlife which determines the choice.
ref: 2012, Paul de Man, “Mallarmé (1960)”, in Martin McQuillan, editor, The Post-Romantic Predicament, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, part II (Igitur), page 73:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: An argument for theism (and specifically Christianity, according to the writer) maintaining that belief in the divine ensures happiness in this life and offers the possibility of eternal happiness (should God or divine beings exist), whereas atheism, even if it brings happiness in this life, offers no hope of eternal happiness and carries the risk of eternal damnation.
hall of fame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halls of fame
form: HoF
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A structure housing memorials to famous or illustrious individuals (especially ones of importance to some field), often containing a collection of memorabilia relating to them.
examples: text: He was inducted into the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame.
glosses: A group, sometimes formal, of the famed or illustrious in a given field.
examples: text: Scoring is by time taken, percentage of quest completed and charms collected with an overall rating offered. As in Underwurlde there is no Hall of Fame, largely due to the size of the program.
ref: 1985, Knight Lore (video game review in Crash issue 12)
text: […] hanging out with Dave instead down at the video arcades in Houndsfield Street, spending our pocket money on rubbing out each other's names from the Space Invaders' Hall of Fame.
ref: 2013, Emlyn Rees, Josie Lloyd, The Boy Next Door, page 100:
topics: video-games
glosses: A high-score table.
Derived terms: hall-of-famer
hall of shame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halls of shame
Etymology: To rhyme with hall of fame.
Senses: examples: text: They deserve to be inducted into a Congressional Hall of Shame.
glosses: A collection of the worst, most hated, or poorest-quality entries in a particular subject, medium, field, etc.
sussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of suss
glosses: present participle and gerund of sus
outdoor education
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outdoor educations
Senses: glosses: Organized learning that takes place in the outdoors. Outdoor education programs can also involve journey-based experiences in which students participate in a variety of adventurous challenges such as camping, hiking, climbing, canoeing, rope courses, and group games.
tristate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + state.
Senses: examples: text: This tristate logic deals with true, false, and unknown values.
glosses: Having, or pertaining to, three distinct states.
examples: text: The event will be sponsored by several tristate businesses.
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a region in the United States where three state borders come to a single point.
tristate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tristates
Etymology: From tri- + state.
Senses: examples: text: The 4 input ports are simply tristates that can be addressed to enable the data from any one of them to be read by the standard input port of the printer interface.
ref: 2000, John Blankenship, C is for Control:
text: Configuration options that control the build process are either Booleans or tristates.
ref: 2010, Robert Love, Linux Kernel Development, page 14:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A variable, etc. that can take any of three distinct values.
examples: text: The Tristate is on alert after a rash of home burglaries.
glosses: The area in some regions of the United States where three state borders come to a single point.
Related terms: tristated
king of the hill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kings of the hill
Senses: examples: text: He twisted his ankle while playing king of the hill and was not allowed to play again.
synonyms: king of the castle
glosses: A children's game in which one player stands on top of a hill or other location atop an incline, and attempts to repel other players whose goal is to capture his position.
glosses: The player in this game who stands atop the hill.
examples: text: He was considered a renegade in journalism until he won the Pulitzer Prize, but now he is the king of the hill.
synonyms: word: baron
word: big cheese
word: big enchilada
word: big gun
word: big kahuna
word: big man
word: big name
word: big noise
word: big shot
word: bigwig
word: big wheel
word: boss
word: grand poobah
word: head honcho
word: heavy hitter
word: heavyweight
word: high muckamuck
word: high muckety-muck
word: king of all one surveys
word: king of the castle
word: king of the hill
word: kingpin
word: macher
word: mayor
word: muckamuck
word: muckety muck
word: mugwump
word: numero uno
word: poobah
word: rooster
word: somebody
word: top banana
word: top cat
word: top dog
word: top gun
word: very important person
word: VIP
word: wheel
glosses: A person who has achieved a measure of success and is considered to be a leader in his field.
Confederate States of America
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Confederate States of America
Senses: glosses: An unrecognized nation existing from 1861–1865, consisting of the eleven Southern states who sought independence from the United States of America over the issue of slavery.
Synonyms: word: Confederacy
word: Confederate States
word: CS
word: CSA
word: the South
english: fig.
translation: fig.
word: Johnny Reb
Coordinate terms: Confederate
reb
rebel
Johnny Reb
southern
southron
Southerner
peculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: peculates
form: peculating
form: peculated
form: peculated
Etymology: From Latin pecūlātus, past participle of pecūlor (“defraud, embezzle”).
Senses: glosses: To embezzle.
Synonyms: defalcate
embezzle
misappropriate
Related terms: peculation
peculator
peculator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peculators
Etymology: From Latin pecūlātor (“embezzler”), from Latin pecūlor (“I embezzle”), from Latin pecūlium (“private property”).
Senses: glosses: A person who peculates; an embezzler.
Related terms: peculation
peculate
forseeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forseeable
form: most forseeable
Senses: examples: text: Most cameras sold to the professional market in the forseeable future will likely be of the dockable variety.
ref: 1992, Alan R. Richardson, Corporate and Organizational Video, page 180:
glosses: Alternative form of foreseeable.
pedestrianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pedestrianizes
form: pedestrianizing
form: pedestrianized
form: pedestrianized
form: pedestrianise
Etymology: From pedestrian + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Our trade has increased significantly since they pedestrianized the High Street.
text: It’s a great hub for shopping: the high street is pedestrianised and many of the town’s 600-odd listed buildings house fabulous independents – speciality food stores, cafes, antique shops, clothing boutiques.
ref: 2022 November 25, Sarah Baxter et al., “Britain's 15 best high streets – where Christmas shopping is a pleasure”, in The Telegraph:
glosses: To restrict access to (a street) to pedestrians only, disallowing motor vehicles and sometimes cyclists
glosses: To walk; to travel on foot.
glosses: To traverse on foot.
Related terms: pedestrian
pedestrianization
pedigreed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pedigree + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a pedigree; purebred
raw_tags: of an animal
Derived terms: nonpedigreed
unpedigreed
pegboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pegboards
form: peg-board
Etymology: From peg + board.
Senses: glosses: A board that has a pattern of holes into which pegs are fitted; used especially to record the score in some card games.
glosses: A metal board attached to the base of a metal display unit (FSDU) from which shelves, hooks or bars are attached (when bars are attached, they subsequently have pegs clipped onto them)
examples: text: […] the loudspeakers are concealed behind the pegboard roofing in the corridors, saloons and compartments.
ref: 1962 July, G. Freeman Allen, “The New "Rheingold"”, in Modern Railways, page 28:
glosses: A perforated form of hardboard.
pegboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pegboards
form: pegboarding
form: pegboarded
form: pegboarded
form: peg-board
Etymology: From peg + board.
Senses: glosses: To fit or furnish with pegboard.
women's libber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: women's libbers
Etymology: Shortened form of women's liberation + -er
Senses: glosses: A member or supporters of the women's liberation movement; a feminist
big man on campus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big men on campus
Senses: examples: text: You can't hope to be considered one of the big men on campus unless you are a member of the right fraternity.
synonyms: word: BMOC
glosses: A highly popular male collegian.
heart of gold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hearts of gold
Senses: examples: text: Don't let her rough exterior fool you; underneath that grumpy disposition beats a heart of gold.
text: The King's a Bawcock, and a Heart of Gold, / a Lad of Life, an Impe of Fame, / of Parents good, of Fist most valiant:
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
text: "He is modest," said Lady Eglinton, with the air of a proud mother lauding her young offspring. "A heart of gold, my dear Mlle. d'Aumont!" she whispered behind her fan, "under a simple exterior."
ref: 1910, Baroness Orczy, Petticoat Rule:
antonyms: heart of stone
glosses: A kind, compassionate, or caring attitude; kindheartedness; a person with those qualities.
Related terms: gold-hearted
good-hearted
golden-hearted
heart of glass
referential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛfəˈɹɛnʃəl/
Etymology: From reference + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Of a word or phrase applied to a particular person, place, or thing and not to any other.
examples: text: Thus, the referential location of “town” in an utterance “Went to town”, is simply to be conceived as that location which might also be referred to by “there”, “the place we visited last Thursday”, “your birthplace”, etc.
ref: 2011, James Dickins, Extended Axiomatic Linguistics, Walter de Gruyter, page 108:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a referent.
examples: text: Above all, the referential approach has proved durable and especially flexible.
ref: 1990, Gerald Mead, “The Representation of Fictional Character”, in Style, volume 24, number 3, Penn State UP, →JSTOR, page 441:
text: In the first place, it must be pointed out that the bond with the past is inferential rather than referential.
ref: 1991, David Herzberger, “Social Realism and the Contingencies of History in the Contemporary Spanish Novel”, in Hispanic Review, volume 59, number 2, U of Pennsylvania P, →JSTOR, page 161:
glosses: Of or relating to reference or allusion.
glosses: Serving as a reference.
Derived terms: coreferential
coreferentiality
coreferentially
nonreferential
referential integrity
referentiality
referentially
referential opacity
referential transparency
self-referential
get there
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets there
form: getting there
form: got there
form: got there
form: gotten there
Senses: examples: text: What time are we going to get there?
text: (I’ve been there, I know the way) [You] can’t get there from here
ref: 1985, “Can’t Get There From Here”, in Fables of the Reconstruction, performed by R.E.M.:
glosses: To arrive at a destination.
examples: text: He's having trouble completing the sudoku puzzle, but he'll get there eventually.
glosses: To succeed after a lengthy attempt.
Derived terms: get-there-itis
pejoration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌpiːd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/
/pɛ-/
Forms: form: pejorations
Etymology: From Latin peiōrātiō. By surface analysis, pejorate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration.
examples: text: Nagle explains that the contemporary disapproval of the title is due to a multilayered pejoration inherent in the term Hobson-Jobson.
ref: 2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 58:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: pejorativization
antonyms: amelioration
coordinate_terms: euphemism treadmill
glosses: Any process by which a word acquires a more negative meaning.
Derived terms: pejorationist
one track mind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one track minds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of one-track mind.
pelves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: By the time Homo erectus cruised the landscape looking back, our ancestors had S-shaped spines, short broad pelves, and heads sitting on top of their necks.
ref: 2003, Kathy Reichs, Bare Bones, →ISBN, page 57:
glosses: plural of pelvis
penalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penalizations
Etymology: From penal + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act of punishing; punishment.
Derived terms: depenalization
superpenalization
penetrability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penetrabilities
Senses: glosses: The extent to which something is penetrable
Derived terms: nonpenetrability
penetrative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more penetrative
form: most penetrative
Etymology: From Middle English penetratyve, penetratif, from Medieval Latin penetrativus, from (the participle stem of) Latin penetrāre (“to penetrate”).
Senses: examples: text: Would'ſt thou be window'd in great Rome, and ſee / Thy Maſter thus with pleacht Armes, bending downe / His corrigible necke, his face ſubdu'de / To penetratiue ſhame […]
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene xiv], page 362, column 2:
text: [T]he penetrative Sun, / His Force deep-darting to the dark Retreat / Of Vegetation, sets the steaming Power / At large […].
ref: a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
glosses: That can or does physically penetrate something; piercing, penetrating.
glosses: Displaying insight or discrimination; acute; penetrating.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: That can penetrate opposition defences.
examples: text: I've been in a relationship for nearly a year and we have an amazing sex life as is, but we've never managed penetrative sex.
ref: 2013 August 12, Sexual Healing, The Guardian:
glosses: Pertaining to sexual activity involving penetration by the penis.
Derived terms: impenetrative
interpenetrative
nonpenetrative
penetratively
penetrativeness
South African English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A dialect of English spoken in South Africa and in neighbouring countries.
wikipedia: South African English
jager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jagers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jaeger.
retroposon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retroposons
Etymology: From retropose + -on.
Senses: examples: text: The best-known retroposons are “copia” and the families similar to copia, which were discovered in Drosophila but are also found in many other animals and even in yeast and higher plants, and the similarly ubiquitous foldback (FB) element, "THE1" in humans and "VL30" in rats and mice.
ref: 1994, Klaus Urich, Comparative Animal Biochemistry, page 21:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A fragment of DNA inserted into a chromosome following reverse transcription from RNA.
reverse transcription
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverse transcriptions
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: retrotranscription
glosses: The process of creating double-stranded DNA from a single-stranded RNA template (the reverse of the standard process).
Related terms: reverse transcriptase
bathymetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bathy- + -metric.
Senses: synonyms: bathy
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
Derived terms: bathymetrically
paleobathymetric
bathymetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈθɪm.ə.tɹi/
Forms: form: bathymetries
Etymology: From bathy- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of the depths of the seas and oceans.
Derived terms: bathymetric
bathymetrist
palaeobathymetry
paleobathymetry
Related terms: bathymetric
one-hundredth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The recurrence of this anniversary, for the one-hundredth time, rouses the memory and enforces the example.
ref: 1877, W. E. Arthur, “The American Age Contrasted”, in Frederick Saunders, editor, Our National Centennial Jubilee. Orations, Addresses and Poems Delivered on the Fourth of July, 1876. In the Several States of the Union., New York, N.Y.: E. B. Treat, […], page 522:
text: He had said, “Sorry,” for the one-hundredth time for the whiskey shower. But something about the one-hundredth time mixed with the softness of his voice, the insincerity behind it and the memory of a lighter dancing around my face, and rape, made me so angry that I threw the bottle of champagne, roses, and perfume out of my living room window.
ref: 2006, Judy C. Andrews, An Ocean of Jewels, The Harlem Writers Guild Press, iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 190:
text: The one-hundredth year corresponds to a.d. 96.
ref: 2007, Brant A[nderson] Gardner, “4 Nephi Part 2: Commentary”, in Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, volume 6 (Fourth Nephi through Moroni), Draper, Ut.: Greg Kofford Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 27:
synonyms: hundredth
glosses: The ordinal form of the number one hundred.
one-hundredth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-hundredths
Senses: examples: ten and two one-hundredths percent = 10.02%
one one-hundredth of a percent = 0.01%
glosses: The hundredth part of the number one, represented by the second decimal digit in a percentage.
embus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmˈbʌs/
ipa: /ɪmˈbʌs/
rhymes: -ʌs
Forms: form: embusses
form: embussing
form: embussed
form: embussed
Etymology: From em- + bus. Coined following the mass requisition by the British Army of London buses as troop carriers in World War I.
Senses: glosses: to put (troops) onto a bus
glosses: to board a bus
web diving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of viewing the less known parts of the Internet. In contrast to web surfing which refers to the casual viewing of mainstream web sites, web diving describes viewing uncommon web sites by following successive hyperlinks. Thus "diving" to the deeper parts of the web.
web diver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: web divers
Senses: glosses: A person skillful in, or who often goes, web diving.
basset hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basset hounds
Etymology: From French basset (“basset hound”), nominalization of Old French adjective basset (“short-legged”), from bas (“short, low”).
Senses: glosses: A shortlegged breed of dog of the hound family.
Derived terms: bagle hound
baskimo
Bassador
Jiffy bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪf.iˌbæɡ/
Forms: form: Jiffy bags
form: jiffy
form: jiffy bag
form: jiffy-bag
form: Jiffy
Etymology: A British brand name (from jiffy) established in 1964.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of padded envelope.
synonyms: word: padded envelope