cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Yuri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈjʊɹi/
Forms: form: Yuuri
form: Yuhri
form: Yūri
Etymology: * From Japanese ゆり (Yuri).
* From Japanese ゆうり (Yūri).
"Yuri" is a transliteration of several source forms, such as 由里, 由理, 由梨, 由利, 祐里, 友里, 友理, 悠里.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Related terms: Yuriko
quantity theory of money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the theory that changes in prices and the value of money vary with changes in the amount of money in circulation
ponytail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpoʊniˌteɪl/
Forms: form: ponytails
form: pony tail
form: pony-tail
Etymology: From pony + tail.
Senses: examples: text: The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.
ref: 2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154:
glosses: A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.
Derived terms: phonytail
ponytailer
Ponytailgate
ponytail palm
ponytail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpoʊniˌteɪl/
Forms: form: ponytails
form: ponytailing
form: ponytailed
form: ponytailed
form: pony tail
form: pony-tail
Etymology: From pony + tail.
Senses: examples: text: “Don't mention it,” she said, ponytailing her hair and then sockbunning it with amazing speed.
ref: 2017, A. W. Hartoin, Brain Trust:
glosses: To form (the hair) into a ponytail.
Related terms: pigtail
memoirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛmˌwɑɹz/
Senses: glosses: plural of memoir
glosses: An autobiography.
hideaway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪdəˌweɪ/
Forms: form: hideaways
Etymology: From hide + away.
Senses: examples: text: This weekend, let's find some romantic hideaway on the coast.
glosses: a hiding place, somewhere one can go to get away from other people
hideaway
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪdəˌweɪ/
Etymology: From hide + away.
Senses: examples: text: Furnishings by Stanley Furniture Co. include […] a trundle bed with hideaway mattress that provides space for two overnight guests.
ref: 1980, Making of America Project, House Beautiful: Volume 122:
text: Thomas Jefferson, who held the first United States patent on a hideaway bed, devised a system of elevating and securing the bed to the ceiling.
ref: 2006, Dr Ben Lerner, Angle of Yaw, page 53:
glosses: Capable of being stored out of sight when not in use.
appellant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɛln̩t/
Forms: form: appellaunt
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman, from Old French apelant.
Senses: examples: text: appellant jurisdiction.
ref: 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: of or relating to appeals; appellate
examples: text: Firſt, heauen be the record to my ſpeech,
In the deuotion of a ſubiects loue,
Tendering the precious ſafetie of my Prince,
And free from other misbegotten hate,
Come I appealant to rhis [sic] Princely preſence.
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, 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, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:
glosses: in the process of appealing
appellant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɛln̩t/
Forms: form: appellants
form: appellaunt
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman, from Old French apelant.
Senses: examples: text: The appellant made her submissions to the court.
topics: law
synonyms: plaintiff in error
glosses: a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court
glosses: One who makes an earnest entreaty of any kind.
glosses: One who challenges another to single combat.
glosses: One of the clergy in the Jansenist controversy who rejected the bull Unigenitus issued in 1713, appealing to a pope "better informed", or to a general council.
Coordinate terms: appellee
appellants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appellant
weird out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: weirds out
form: weirding out
form: weirded out
form: weirded out
Senses: examples: text: I don't know why you're so weirded out. This is not San Quentin, it's just a nuthouse.
ref: 1996, Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade:
text: Man, somehow that weirds me out more than the whole bloodsucking thing.
ref: 2000, Tim Minear, Shawn Ryan, “Reunion”, in Angel, season 2, episode 10:
text: “[…]That's an unbearable thing for a parent to hear, my darling. Do you see?”
“You're weirding me out, ma. This whole conversation is weirding me out.”
ref: 2004, Adam Roberts, Swiftly, Night Shade Books, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: To make someone feel, by weirdness, uneasy or uncomfortable; to make one feel (that something is) weird.
Related terms: creep out
gross out
whig
freak out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freak outs
Etymology: From freak + out. Countercultural slang, originally referring to a positive reaction or experience from the use of a psychotropic, usually a hallucinogenic or psychedelic drug. First use appears c. 1966 in several newspapers, particularly in the Independent (Long Beach, California).
Senses: antonyms: bummer
bum trip
glosses: A negative or unpleasant experience with LSD or another psychedelic drug.
freak out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: freaks out
form: freaking out
form: freaked out
form: freaked out
Etymology: From freak + out. Countercultural slang, originally referring to a positive reaction or experience from the use of a psychotropic, usually a hallucinogenic or psychedelic drug. First use appears c. 1966 in several newspapers, particularly in the Independent (Long Beach, California).
Senses: examples: text: When Peter saw the nail poking up through his foot, he freaked out and started hyperventilating.
text: Jimmy'll come in off the road, you won't be there, he'll freak out and call you a hundred thousand times...
ref: 1991, Callie Khouri, Thelma & Louise:
synonyms: set one's hair on fire
flip out
flip shit
flip one's shit
antonyms: bum out
glosses: To react with extreme anger or fear, to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally.
examples: text: Don't take off your shirt when working behind the counter. You'll freak the customers out.
text: Even the blithely unselfconscious Homer is more than a little freaked out by West’s private reverie, and encourages his spawn to move slowly away without making eye contact with the crazy man.
ref: 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: To scare or unnerve someone.
glosses: To be upset or nervous; to be scared or unnerved.
examples: text: Formed in the heart of the British Invasion in 1964 as the Nevadas, the Jacks decided to freak out and grow their hair long.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 213:
glosses: To adopt an unconventional (especially countercultural) persona or appearance.
nacelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈsɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: nacelles
Etymology: PIE word
 *néh₂us
Borrowed from French nacelle (“rowing boat, skiff; gondola (of a hot-air balloon, etc.); structure on an aircraft to house an engine”), Middle French nacelle (“rowing boat, skiff”), from Old French nacele, from Late Latin naucella, nāvicella (“small boat or ship”), from Latin nāvis (“a ship”) (from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“a boat”)) + -ella (diminutive suffix).
Cognates
* Anglo-Norman naucele, naucle (“small boat”)
* Late Latin nacella (“small boat”)
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The cockpit of an aircraft.
glosses: A hollow boat-shaped structure.
glosses: An enclosure housing machinery or a motor.
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH-hulled boat.
topics: road
transport
glosses: A streamlined enclosure on the body or dashboard of a motor vehicle.
gynecology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡaɪnɪˈkɒlədʒi/
ipa: /ˌdʒaɪnɪˈkɒlədʒi/
ipa: /ˌɡaɪnəˈkɑləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒaɪnəˈkɑləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: gynaecology
form: gynæcology
Etymology: From French gynécologie, from Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) + -logie (“-logy”). Replaced earlier gyniatrics.
Senses: coordinate_terms: obstetrics
glosses: The study of, or the branch of medicine specializing in, the medical problems of women, especially disorders of the reproductive organs.
Coordinate terms: andrology
Derived terms: gyne
gynecologic
gynecological
gynecologist
gyno
OB-GYN
urogynecology
Related terms: obstetrician-gynecologist
gaskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæskɪn/
Forms: form: gaskins
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly related to Gascon
Senses: examples: text: That if one [lace] break, the other will hold; or, if both break, your gaskins fall.
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
glosses: Trousers, hose.
glosses: Part of the hind leg of a horse, between the stifle and the hock.
glosses: A gasket.
Derived terms: galligaskins
macaque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈkæk/
ipa: /məˈkɑ(ː)k/
rhymes: -æk
rhymes: -ɑːk
Forms: form: macaques
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more). Doublet of macaco.
Senses: examples: text: They are able to recall past images and apply them to current problem solving. In other words, macaques employ memory in order to survive.
ref: 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 43:
glosses: Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca.
Derived terms: word: Barbary macaque
word: bonnet macaque
word: Celebes crested macaque
word: crab-eating macaque
word: crested black macaque
word: Japanese macaque
word: lion-tailed macaque
word: long-tailed macaque
word: moor macaque
word: pig-tailed macaque
word: pigtail macaque
word: rhesus macaque
taxonomic: Macaca nemestrina
word: southern pig-tailed macaque
word: Sulawesi crested macaque
word: tump-tailed macaque
Related terms: Barbary ape
tamarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæməɹɪn/
Forms: form: tamarins
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tamarín (“tamarin”), from tupi-guarani tamari.
Senses: glosses: One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys of the genus Saguinus.
Derived terms: cottontop tamarin
emperor tamarin
golden lion tamarin
lion tamarin
nematode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛm.ə.təʊd/
ipa: /ˈnɛm.əˌtoʊd/
Forms: form: nematodes
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Nematoda, from Ancient Greek νηματώδης (nēmatṓdēs, “fibrous, in filaments”), from νῆμα (nêma, “thread, yarn”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “-like”).
Senses: examples: text: Nematodes are free-living, soil-dwelling microscopic worms.
ref: 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 7:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm.
wikipedia: nematode
Synonyms: word: roundworm
word: nemathelminth
word: nematode
Hypernyms: word: worm
word: invertebrate
Hyponyms: word: eelworm
word: gapeworm
word: lungworm
word: pinworm
word: threadworm
word: wheatworm
word: whipworm
Derived terms: antinematode
golden nematode
nemat-
nematicide
nematodal
nematodelike
nematodiasis
nematoid
phytonematode
root-knot nematode
Steiner's spiral nematode
Related terms: word: roundworm
roundworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaʊndˌwɝm/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊndˌwɜːm/
rhymes: -aʊndwɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: roundworms
Etymology: From round + worm.
Senses: glosses: An invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda and other similar phyla. Many species of roundworms are parasites.
Synonyms: nematode
Derived terms: giant roundworm
marmoset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑɹməsət/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹməzət/
Forms: form: marmosets
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French marmouset (“gargoyle; small child”), probably from marmouser (“to mumble”), of imitative origin.
Senses: glosses: Any small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, and Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout.
glosses: A hideous figure; a grotesque.
glosses: An unappealing or foolish man.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Callithrix jacchus
word: common marmoset
taxonomic: Callithrix penicillata
word: black-tufted marmoset
taxonomic: Callithrix kuhlii
word: Wied's marmoset
taxonomic: Callithrix geoffroyi
word: white-headed marmoset
taxonomic: Callithrix flaviceps
word: buffy-headed marmoset
taxonomic: Callithrix aurita
word: buffy-tufted marmoset
english: genus Callithrix
translation: genus Callithrix
word: Atlantic marmoset
english: genus Mico acariensis
translation: genus Mico acariensis
word: Rio Acari marmoset
taxonomic: Mico argentatus
word: silvery marmoset
taxonomic: Mico leucippe
word: white marmoset
taxonomic: Mico emiliae
word: Emilia's marmoset
taxonomic: Mico nigriceps
word: black-headed marmoset
taxonomic: Mico marcai
word: Marca's marmoset
taxonomic: Mico melanura
word: black-tailed marmoset
taxonomic: Mico humeralifer
word: Santarem marmoset
taxonomic: Mico mauesi
word: Maués marmoset
taxonomic: Mico munduruku
word: Munduruku marmoset
taxonomic: Mico chrysoleucos
word: gold-and-white marmoset
taxonomic: Mico intermedius
word: Hershkovitz's marmoset
taxonomic: Mico saterei
word: Satéré marmoset
taxonomic: Mico rondoni
word: Rondon's marmoset
english: Mico
translation: Mico
word: Amazonian marmoset
word: Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset
alt: genus Callibella or subgenus Callithrix (Callibella)
word: black-crowned dwarf marmoset
english: genus Cebuella or subgenus Callithrix (Cebuella)
translation: genus Cebuella or subgenus Callithrix (Cebuella)
word: pygmy marmoset
bananas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈnɑː.nəz/
enpr: bə-nă'nəz
ipa: /bəˈnæ.nəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of banana
bananas
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈnɑː.nəz/
enpr: bə-nă'nəz
ipa: /bəˈnæ.nəz/
Forms: form: more bananas
form: most bananas
Senses: examples: text: I am astonished, really astonished, that you didn't put away some dough. You must be bananas.
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 377:
text: The ensuing snarknado also seemed to goose the TV ratings. Hundreds of thousands of viewers switched on the movie after it began, suggesting that they’d gotten wind through Twitter of the bananas spectacle that was unfolding.
ref: 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2023:
text: “September was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist, absolutely gobsmackingly bananas,” said Zeke Hausfather, at the Berkeley Earth climate data project.
ref: 2023 October 5, Damian Carrington, “‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat”, in The Guardian, UK:
synonyms: word: 5150
word: bananas
word: barking
word: barking mad
word: buggish
word: buggy
word: bughouse
word: barmy
word: batchy
word: batpoop
word: bats
word: batty
word: bonkers
word: bread baskets
word: cracked
word: crackers
word: cra-cra
word: cray
word: cray-cray
word: crazed
word: crazy
word: crazy as a bedbug
word: crazy as a cootie
word: crazy as a cootie bug
word: crazy as a pet coon
word: cuckoo
word: daffy
word: daft
word: demented
word: deranged
word: distraught
word: disturbed
word: doolally
word: dotty
word: eccentric
word: fruit loops
word: gaga
word: hatstand
word: harebrained
word: insane
word: kooky
word: loon
word: loco
word: loony
word: loony tunes
word: loopy
word: lunatic
word: mad
word: mental
word: mentally ill
word: meshigener
word: meshugge
word: moonsick
word: non compos mentis
word: nonsane
word: nucking futs
word: nut job
word: nutballs
word: nut
word: nuts
word: nutso
word: nutty
word: nutter
word: off the beam
word: off the chain
word: over the edge
word: potty
word: psycho
word: psychoceramic
word: psychotic
word: sicko
word: screwy
word: squirrelly
word: starkers
word: tonto
word: unbalanced
word: unsane
word: wackadoodle
word: weird
word: whackjob
word: whacko
word: whacky
word: wode
word: yampy
word: zany
word: apeshit
word: batcrap
word: batshit
word: bat-shit
word: fucked in the head
word: fucked up
word: ripshit
glosses: Crazy, mad, nuts.
Derived terms: banoodles
go bananas
Related terms: bananapants
secundo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secundos
Etymology: Italian secondo (“second”). Doublet of second and secund.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The secondary part of a duet.
Related terms: secundo-primary
trigesimo-secundo
Leinster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛnstə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Old Irish Laigin + Old Norse staðr.
Senses: coordinate_terms: Connacht
Munster
Ulster
glosses: The most populated province of Ireland, situated in the east of the island.
glosses: A historical kingdom of southeastern Ireland that existed from ancient times until 1632.
see red
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sees red
form: seeing red
form: saw red
form: seen red
Etymology: Possibly from the red flag used in some historic armies to signal the imminence of battle, or from the red cloth used to enrage bulls in Spanish bullfighting, or more generally from the idea of red as a colour of warning and danger. Compare corresponding idioms in several European languages: Danish se rødt, German rotsehen, French voir rouge, etc.
Senses: examples: text: "So help me, God," he cried, "when I think it all over I go crazy, I see red."
ref: 1901, Frank Norris, chapter 2, in The Octopus:
text: Nothing but his temper, the lack of self-control that made him see red . . ., had kept Jerry out of a world championship.
ref: 1920, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 22, in The Big-Town Round-Up:
text: "It makes me see red when I remember these folk, Lady This and Countess That, declaring all the comfort they have had, and then leaving those who gave it to die in the gutter or rot in the workhouse."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: To become enraged, angry, or irritated.
examples: text: Diop, sometimes criticized for passive play, saw red once this season when he lashed out at a foe who kicked away his legs.
ref: 2005 January 26, Rob Hughes, “Soccer: Trio from Senegal is having a ball”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Nov 2013:
text: Kalinic later saw red for a rash tackle on Paul Scharner before Gabriel Tamas was dismissed for bringing down Diouf.
ref: 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: To receive a red card, and be dismissed from the playing field.
fly the coop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flies the coop
form: flying the coop
form: flew the coop
form: flown the coop
Etymology: From fly, to flee or run away, + coop, an enclosure for birds.
Senses: examples: text: Not liking the accommodations, I took the first chance and flew the coop.
ref: 1910, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 3, in A Texas Ranger:
text: By the time the disk was out, most of Smith had apparently flown the coop; only Gayle and Jerry remained
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 243:
glosses: To depart hastily or unannounced; to escape or flee.
examples: text: Explained a Curtiz assistant: "We had three ravens in Assisi; one died of cold, and another flew the coop."
ref: 1961 January 6, “Assisi Revisited”, in Time:
glosses: To escape from a pen or similar enclosure.
raw_tags: of a bird
Related terms: fly the nest
shoot oneself in the foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shoots oneself in the foot
form: shooting oneself in the foot
form: shot oneself in the foot
form: shot oneself in the foot
Senses: examples: text: but as President he frequently shoots himself in the foot. Some of his erroneous public statements are dillies.
ref: 1982 April, “Reagan shoots from the lip”, in Black Enterprise, volume 12, number 9, page 16:
text: The countries that stopped shooting themselves in the foot were able to break into new export markets
ref: 2007, Paul Collier, The bottom billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it, page 85:
text: "I've always been the guy who shoots himself in the foot and squanders every opportunity," he says. "Now it's like, 'Do I throw it all away — or just try?'"
ref: 2009 August, SPIN, volume 25, number 8, page 62:
text: The fear is that the economic aftermath of this crisis, like the virus itself, might be toughest on those with pre-existing conditions – including otherwise thriving western countries choosing this moment in history to shoot themselves in the foot.
ref: 2020 April 9, Gaby Hinsliff, “We used to moan about normal life, now our fear is we'll never get it back”, in The Guardian:
text: Dennis Aftergut, a former federal prosecutor who is of counsel to Lawyers Defending American Democracy, told the Guardian that Trump "may have shot himself in the foot" with the comments. "Criminal intent can be hard to prove, but when a potential defendant says something easily seen as intimidating or threatening to those investigating the case it becomes easier," Aftergut said.
ref: 2022 February 7, Peter Stone, “Trump's incendiary Texas speech may have deepened his legal troubles, experts say”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2022:
glosses: To act against one's own interests; to unintentionally behave self-destructively.
Synonyms: dig one's own grave
foul one's own nest
Related terms: dig a hole for oneself
dig oneself in a hole
footgun
own goal
hoist by one's own petard
birdbrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)d.bɹeɪn/
ipa: /ˈbɚd.bɹeɪn/
Forms: form: birdbrains
Etymology: From bird + brain, implying that birds, having small brains, are unintelligent (although this is untrue for many birds).
Senses: examples: text: That birdbrain just drove right through three rows of traffic cones and into the bushes.
text: Comedienne Carol Channing, 29, admitted that a grave personal problem had grown out of her playing the role of birdbrained Lorelei Lee in Broadway’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. People seemed to be convinced that she is a birdbrain offstage, too: “I won't say that people actually think I’m just two steps removed from outright idiocy, but they do seem to have adopted a protective attitude towards me...”
ref: 1950 February 27, Time, page 38:
glosses: Someone who is not intelligent.
put all one's eggs in one basket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts all one's eggs in one basket
form: putting all one's eggs in one basket
form: put all one's eggs in one basket
form: put all one's eggs in one basket
Senses: examples: text: They felt that buying more real estate than they already had would be putting all their eggs in one basket.
text: Fortunately, Bryant ignored that advice and doubled down on his dream. “I thought, ‘If this is so hard to accomplish, how in the world am I going to accomplish it if I don’t put all my eggs in one basket? If I don’t focus 100 percent on this, I’m never going to get there.’”
ref: 2016 March 30, Jane Wells, “Someone told Kobe Bryant he shouldn’t play basketball”, in CNBC:
text: BR had a policy of not putting all of its eggs in one basket when it came to procuring rolling stock, with locomotives and multiple units built by a variety of manufacturers.
ref: 2024 August 21, Pip Dunn, “When Sprinters left the starting blocks”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 48:
glosses: To rely on a single source (as of income), rather than diversifying.
Related terms: all one's eggs in one basket
don't put all your eggs in one basket
Chen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
Forms: form: Chens
form: Ch'en
Etymology: From Mandarin 陳／陈 (Chén). Doublet of Tan, Chan, and Tran.
Senses: glosses: A Chinese person whose name is not known to the speaker.
Chen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
Forms: form: Ch'en
Etymology: From Mandarin 陳／陈 (Chén). Doublet of Tan, Chan, and Tran.
Senses: examples: text: Chen’s lawyer, Zheng Jianwei, said the court in Suining, a city in Sichuan province, found Chen guilty of the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” by writing essays critical of the government.
ref: 2011 December 23, Sui-Lee Wee, Chris Buckley, “China dissident jailed for 9 years for "subversive" essays”, in Ron Popeski, Ed Lane, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022, World News:
glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Related terms: word: Chan
word: Tan
english: Vietnamese variant
translation: Vietnamese variant
word: Trần
lay an egg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays an egg
form: laying an egg
form: laid an egg
form: laid an egg
Senses: examples: text: During the mutiny of 1857–58, when several young surgeons had arrived in India, whose services were urgently needed at the front, it is said that the Head of the Department to which they had reported themselves, directed them immediately to 'lay a dawk.' One of them turned back from the door, saying: 'Would you explain, Sir; for you might just as well tell me to lay an egg!'
ref: 1903, Henry Yule & al., Hobson-Jobson..., s.v. "DAWK, To lay a"
glosses: To produce an egg.
raw_tags: of a bird or other egg-creating animal
examples: text: That author usually writes good stuff, but he really laid an egg with that last piece.
topics: organization
glosses: To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.
raw_tags: of a person
gabfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæbˌfɛst/
Forms: form: gabfests
Etymology: From gab + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: But he could as well have been talking about the confabulations of the food summit in Rome earlier this year or the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg next month. I have no doubt critics are dusting off the cliches for that one, preparing to denounce one more gabfest.
ref: 2002 July 29, Shashi Tharoor, “In Defense of Gabfests”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Oh, we've been talking about constitutional reform since 1927. I've been going to these gabfests since the fifties.
ref: 2002, Trudeau (miniseries)
glosses: An occasion (such as a meeting) where people talk at length.
Synonyms: chatfest
talkfest
gadgetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæd͡ʒətɹi/
ipa: /ˈɡæd͡ʒɪtɹi/
Forms: form: gadgetries
Etymology: From gadget + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: A cell phone, a pager, a PDA, an iPod, and a digital watch — what do you need all that gadgetry for?
glosses: Machines, technology.
glosses: A gadget.
Related terms: gadget
digital technology
inelegant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt/
Forms: form: more inelegant
form: most inelegant
form: unelegant
Etymology: From Middle French inélégant, from Latin inēlegāns; equivalent to in- + elegant.
Senses: examples: text: There was still time amid the drama for Ashley Cole to almost mark his 97th cap with a goal but the erratic Pyatov made a fine recovery save after another inelegant attempt to deal with a cross.
ref: 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Not elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision.
Synonyms: sense: unfashionable
word: démodé
word: passé
word: unchic
word: unfashionable
sense: graceless
word: clumsy
sense: graceless
word: graceless
sense: graceless
word: haphazard
Derived terms: inelegantly
ganglia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæŋ.ɡli.ə/
Senses: glosses: plural of ganglion (“clusters of nerves”)
gangrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡaŋˌɡɹiːn/
ipa: /ˈɡæŋˌɡɹin/
Forms: form: gangrenes
Etymology: From French gangrène, from Latin gangraena, from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα (gángraina, “gangrene”).
Senses: examples: text: If gangrene sets in, we may have to amputate the foot.
synonyms: sphacel
glosses: The necrosis and rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply.
examples: text: Women should earn equal wages with men for equal work done. Child marriages and polygamy are a gangrene on society.
ref: 1960, Cora Vreede-de Stuers, The Indonesian woman: struggles and achievements:
glosses: A damaging or corrupting influence.
Derived terms: Fournier gangrene
gangrenate
gangrenescent
gangrenize
gangrenous
gas gangrene
hospital gangrene
senile gangrene
gasohol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæsəˌhɑl/
Forms: form: gasohols
form: gasahol
Etymology: Blend of gasoline + alcohol
Senses: glosses: Gasoline mixed with ethyl alcohol (ethanol).
toped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tope
cupr-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of cupro- (before a vowel)
Derived terms: cuprammonia
cuprammonium
cuprate
cupremia
cupriuresis
cuprian
cupride
distribution lot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distribution lots
Senses: topics: business
commerce
retail
glosses: A case pack; the number of items in a case or number of cases on a palette. Abbreviation: DL.
Related terms: odd lot
cuprous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuːpɹəs/
Etymology: From Latin cuprum (“copper”), + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of, or of the nature of, copper.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing copper with an oxidation number of 1.
Synonyms: sense: of or of the nature of copper
word: cupreous
Derived terms: cuprous chloride
cuprous iodide
cuprous oxide
cuprous sulfide
cuprous sulphide
Related terms: cupreo-
cupro-
cupric
backstory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbækˌstɔːɹi/
ipa: /ˈbækˌstɔɹi/
Forms: form: backstories
form: back-story
form: back story
Etymology: From back- (prefix meaning ‘in, into, or towards the past’) + story.
Senses: examples: text: What’s the backstory of our new colleague?
text: These backstories cast the characters' behavior in a new light: of course Gertrude would promptly marry the man who saved her from abuse; of course Ophelia would be desperate and indiscreet in seeking Hamlet's love.
ref: 2004 January 15, Kelly Kleiman, “Her side of the story [review of Ophelia by Bryony Lavery, performed by the Camenae Ensemble Theatre Company]”, in Chicago Reader, Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Reader, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2022:
text: Inexplicably, and at great risk to the integrity of the movie, the filmmakers have burdened him with a psychological back story pulled out of a folder in some studio filing cabinet. Why does [Willy] Wonka spend his days confecting sweets?
ref: 2005 July 15, A[nthony] O[liver] Scott, “Looking for the candy, finding a back story [review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2023:
text: Agent Lyla: Enough back story! / Dr. Doofenshmirtz: Actually, that's not, uh … that's not really a back story, it's just expositional flashback. It doesn't, uh, have any childhood trauma, it's doesn't really inform who he is, it's not … it's just flashback. There's a difference. It's subtle, but there's a difference.
ref: 2013 March 1, Kaz [i.e., Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis]; Kim Roberson; Aliki Theofilopoulos Grafft; John Mathot, “Sidetracked”, in Phineas and Ferb, season 4, episode 7, spoken by Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Dan Povenmire):
text: Prince Harry may yet turn out to be the crown’s best insurance policy. By marrying Meghan Markle, he is linking royalty with a 21st-century celebrity who has a backstory that many people in Britain can identify with.
ref: 2017 December 27, “Editorial: The Guardian view on Prince Harry: the monarchy’s best insurance policy”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2023:
synonyms: background story
coordinate_terms: exposition
origin myth
origin story
pourquoi story
glosses: The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work.
topics: espionage
government
law-enforcement
military
politics
war
synonyms: cover story
glosses: A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives.
bulgogi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bʊlˈɡoʊɡiː/
Forms: form: bulgogis
form: bul'gogi
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 불고기 (bulgogi, from 불 (bul, “fire”) + 고기 (gogi, “meat”)).
Senses: examples: text: Your choice of bulgogi steak, tangy chicken or carmelized^([sic]) tofu with one of two slaws in a corn tortilla and topped with siracha sauce, lime crema, cilantro and sesame seeds.
ref: 2010 August 9, Justine Rude, The Washington Post:
text: Later that day, when you sat down to a meal of bulgogi, you spat out the second mouthful and picked out something glittering.
ref: 2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 19:
text: For Ms. Park, a forensic chemist for the New Jersey State Police who has since retired, bulgogi was a weeknight workhorse, even without the convenience of pre-sliced meat.
ref: 2021 July 23, Eric Kim, “Bulgogi, Any Way You Slice It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2021, Food:
glosses: A Korean dish of shredded (usually marinated) beef with vegetables.
glosses: Any of various Korean dishes of grilled meat in this style.
glosses: The meat in these dishes, traditionally grilled at the table.
Synonyms: sense: meat dish
word: Korean barbecue
Hyponyms: dak bulgogi
chicken bulgogi
dwaeji bulgogi
pork bulgogi
has to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: Received Pronunciation, careful
ipa: /ˈhæz.tu/
note: General American, careful
ipa: /ˈhæs.tu/
note: Received Pronunciation, General American, rapid
ipa: /ˈhæs.tə/
rhymes: (rapid) -æstə
Forms: form: hasta
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have to
Korean English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A dialect of the English language that is chiefly spoken in the Republic of Korea. Compare British English, American English.
Konglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Korean + English.
Senses: glosses: Korean pseudo-anglicisms; Korean coinages based on English roots.
examples: text: He stands back and witnesses with awe the language’s myriad offshoots, like Manglish (Malay and English) and Konglish (English in South Korea).
ref: 2010 May 25, Dwight Garner, “English as a Juggernaut Conquers the World With Glee and an OMG”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2021:
glosses: Any of various varieties of Korean English having distinctive lexis, syntax and phonology.
Coordinate terms: Chinglish
Engrish
Japlish
Manglish
Singlish
Spanglish
Yinglish
Konglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Hong Kong + English.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kongish.
lexis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛksɪs/
rhymes: -ɛksəs
Forms: form: lexises
form: lexes
form: lexeis
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech, word”).
Senses: examples: text: Thus, alongside current lexis, words and senses now obsolete find a place in a dictionary on historical principles.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 249:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language.
examples: text: By the 1980s, English language teachers generally had begun to realize that there had been a neglect of lexis in teaching methods and coursebooks. […] The basic truth that without vocabulary or lexis we can't express anything had to be restated and a new approach to teaching lexis was needed.
ref: 2014, Paul Lindsay, Teaching English Worldwide, page 346:
glosses: Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations.
examples: text: In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.
glosses: The vocabulary used by a writer.
Coordinate terms: lexicon
Derived terms: dyslexia
hyperlexia
lexon
Related terms: lexeme
lexicalization
lexicalize
lexome
dubu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 두부(豆腐) (dubu). Doublet of tofu and doufu.
Senses: examples: text: This appropriate combination of blanched dubu (tofu), sauteed kimchi, and stir-fried pork is a threesome made in heaven. The dubu, which has the potential to be bland on its own, has the pork to add substance and the kimchi to add flavor.
ref: 2023 June 29, Violet Kim, “Korean food: 39 dishes we can’t live without”, in CNN:
glosses: Korean tofu
Scottish English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Scots English
glosses: A variety of the English language that is spoken mostly in Scotland.
wikipedia: Scottish English
Related terms: British English
St Helens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, in northwestern England.
glosses: A village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight in England (OS grid ref SZ6289).
glosses: Mount Saint Helens.
kimchee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kimchees
Senses: examples: text: Then [Robert] McNamara indicated that the hangup was kimchee. The Pentagon was perfectly willing to send ships, tanks, guns, and ammunition; but when the question of fermented cabbage arose, the budget cutters worked overtime.
ref: 1976, Hubert H. Humphrey, The Education of a Public Man: My Life and Politics, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 334:
glosses: Alternative spelling of kimchi.
MATESOL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MATESOLs
Senses: glosses: A master's degree in TESOL, the teaching of English to speakers of other languages.
YGTR
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of you got that right.
YBYSAIA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of you bet your sweet ass I am: a strong affirmative response.
yarpie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɑɹpi/
ipa: /ˈjɑːpi/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pi
Forms: form: yarpies
form: japie
Etymology: From Afrikaans japie, short for plaasjapie (“farm-boy”), referring to any person who grew up on a farm and is unfamiliar with city life, and hence naive and unsophisticated.
Senses: glosses: A white South African man.
soredia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːdiə
Senses: glosses: plural of soredium
stroboscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From stroboscope + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of, relating to, or produced by a stroboscope
Derived terms: stroboscopically
stroboscopic effect
Related terms: temporal aliasing
stromal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: strō′məl
ipa: /ˈstɹəʊ̯.məl/
ipa: /ˈstɹoʊ̯.məl/
ipa: /ˈstɹəʉ̯.məl/
ipa: /ˈstɹɐʉ̯.məl/
ipa: /ˈstɹo.məl/
ipa: /ˈsʈɾoː.mal/
rhymes: -əʊməl
Etymology: From stroma + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a stroma.
glosses: Of or relating to sister chromatid cohesion.
Derived terms: antistromal
musculostromal
nonstromal
panstromal
stromal cell
tubulostromal
stroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: strō′mə
ipa: /ˈstɹəʊ̯.mə/
ipa: /ˈstɹoʊ̯.mə/
ipa: /ˈstɹəʉ̯.mə/
ipa: /ˈstɹɐʉ̯.mə/
ipa: /ˈstɹo.mə/
ipa: /ˈsʈɾoː.ma/
rhymes: -əʊmə
Forms: form: stromata
Etymology: From Latin strōma (“mattress, bed covering”), from Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed”), from στόρνυμι (stórnumi, “to stretch out”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
antonyms: parenchyma
glosses: The tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it.
Derived terms: stromal
stromatic
vascular stroma
Related terms: pseudostroma
stromagenesis
stromatal
stromatization
trabecula
stromata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: strō′mə-tə
ipa: /ˈstɹəʊ̯.mə.tə/
ipa: /ˈstɹoʊ̯.mə.tə/
ipa: /ˈstɹəʉ̯.mə.tə/
ipa: /ˈstɹɐʉ̯.mə.tə/
ipa: /ˈstɹo.mə.tə/
ipa: /ˈsʈɾoː.ma.ʈa/
rhymes: -əʊmətə
Senses: glosses: plural of stroma
stop over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stops over
form: stopping over
form: stopped over
form: stopped over
Senses: glosses: To interrupt one's journey for a short (sometimes overnight) stay; to stop off.
Synonyms: stay over
stop
Related terms: stopover
stop-over
stopover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stopovers
form: stop-over
Etymology: Deverbal from stop over.
Senses: synonyms: stayover
glosses: A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.
Derived terms: Shannon stopover
Related terms: layover
airport
leg
rest area
station
weigh station
whistle stop
stop-over
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stop-overs
Etymology: Deverbal from stop over.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stopover.
stone-age
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stone-age
form: most stone-age
Senses: glosses: Belonging in the Stone Age.
sign on the dotted line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: signs on the dotted line
form: signing on the dotted line
form: signed on the dotted line
form: signed on the dotted line
Senses: examples: text: I think they've basically decided to go through with it, but they still have to sign on the dotted line.
text: Staff could sign new contracts... or they could leave. Eventually one person left and 350 guards signed on the dotted line.
ref: 2021 October 20, Angie Doll explains to Paul Clifton, “We were absolutely at rock bottom...”, in RAIL, number 942, page 35:
glosses: To formalize an agreement.
synclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with, together”) + κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: curved toward the same side in all directions
raw_tags: of a surface
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is positive at all points
anticlastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: curved in opposite ways in two directions; saddle-shaped
raw_tags: of a surface
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is negative at all points
synaptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈnæp.tɪk/
rhymes: -æptɪk
Etymology: From New Latin synapticus, from Ancient Greek συναπτικός (sunaptikós, “capable of adjusting”).
Senses: examples: text: With a pencil, he highlights areas where synaptic function is declining, where the neurons are dying.
ref: 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 6:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a synapse—the junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell.
examples: text: By far the greater proportion of cytologists however are of the opinion that the synaptic contraction is a normal stage in the heterotypic prophases.
ref: 1913, Frederick McAllister, On the cytology and embryology of Smilacina racemosa:
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a synapsis—the association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis.
Derived terms: asynaptic
dendritosynaptic
desynaptic
disynaptic
extrasynaptic
hemisynaptic
heterosynaptic
homosynaptic
immunosynaptic
intersynaptic
intrasynaptic
monosynaptic
multisynaptic
neurosynaptic
nonsynaptic
oligosynaptic
parasynaptic
perisynaptic
polysynaptic
postsynaptic
presynaptic
protosynaptic
subsynaptic
supersynaptic
synaptically
synaptic cleft
synaptic conduction
synaptic gap
synaptic plasticity
synaptic vesicle
synaptome
transsynaptic
trisynaptic
ultrasynaptic
shamanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃəˈmænɪk/
ipa: /ʃeɪˈmænɪk/
rhymes: -ænɪk
Etymology: From shaman + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Ring sees both the NDE and UFOE as modern day shamanic initiations in which the journeyer (NDEer or UFOer) enters an "imaginal" reality, an alternative reality that coexists with physical reality and that is equally real.
ref: 1992, Spirited Women Book Company (publisher), At the Crossroads, page 48:
glosses: Of or relating to a shaman or to shamanism.
Derived terms: neoshamanic
nonshamanic
shamanically
techno-shamanic
setaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəs
Forms: form: more setaceous
form: most setaceous
Etymology: From Latin sētāceus, from sēta (“bristle”) + -āceus.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or resembling a seta or bristle; bristly.
Derived terms: setaceous Hebrew character
ultrasetaceous
sonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒnɪk/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈsɑnɪk/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈsɒnɪk/
ipa: /ˈsɔnɪk/
ipa: /ˈsɒnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: From Latin sonus + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: a sonic extravagance
text: on a sonic level
text: sonic production
glosses: Of or relating to sound.
glosses: Having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air.
Coordinate terms: gustatoric
haptic
optic
osmic
Derived terms: hypersonic
infrasonic
plasmasonic
sonic bang
sonic barrier
sonic boom
sonic branding
sonic hedgehog
sonic logo
sonic screwdriver
subsonic
supersonic
transonic
ultrasonic
stomper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɒmpə/
ipa: /ˈstɑmpɚ/
rhymes: -ɒmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stompers
Etymology: From stomp + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who stomps.
examples: text: "The Disco" is a sweet and summery horn-fueled gem, while "Sweet Music" is a gospel-infused peak houser that we'd love to hear alongside Bohannon's disco stomper "Let's Start The Dance."
ref: 1999, Billboard, volume 111, number 29, page 29:
glosses: A thumpingly percussive music track.
glosses: A foot.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The feet of anthropomorphic animals, especially paws.
Derived terms: roach stomper
waffle stomper