cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
holding the purse strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hold the purse strings
held the purse strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hold the purse strings
came to grips with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come to grips with
comes to grips with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come to grips with
coming to grips with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come to grips with
gives someone wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone wood
giving someone wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give someone wood
gave someone wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give someone wood
given someone wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give someone wood
spreads the word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spread the word
spreading the word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spread the word
held one's tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hold one's tongue
holds one's tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hold one's tongue
holding one's tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hold one's tongue
held one's liquor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hold one's liquor
holds one's liquor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hold one's liquor
broken the cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of break the cycle
breaks the cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break the cycle
broke the cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break the cycle
tipped the scales
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tip the scales
tips the scales
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tip the scales
tipping the scales
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tip the scales
ran the show
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run the show
runs the show
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run the show
running the show
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run the show
gets one's kicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get one's kicks
got one's kicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get one's kicks
getting one's kicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get one's kicks
took to task
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take to task
takes to task
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take to task
taking to task
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take to task
broken into a run
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of break into a run
breaks into a run
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break into a run
breaking into a run
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of break into a run
broke into a run
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break into a run
putting a stop to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put a stop to
puts a stop to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put a stop to
gives someone a piece of one's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone a piece of one's mind
giving someone a piece of one's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give someone a piece of one's mind
gave someone a piece of one's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give someone a piece of one's mind
given someone a piece of one's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give someone a piece of one's mind
wetted one's pants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wet one's pants
wets one's pants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wet one's pants
wetting one's pants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wet one's pants
went from zero to hero
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go from zero to hero
begged for one's life
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beg for one's life
begs for one's life
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beg for one's life
begging for one's life
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beg for one's life
having one's act together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have one's act together
works wonders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of work wonders
working wonders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of work wonders
worked wonders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of work wonders
goes big or goes home
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go big or go home
puts a gun to someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put a gun to someone's head
putting a gun to someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put a gun to someone's head
given someone the slip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give someone the slip
gives someone the slip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone the slip
gave someone the slip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give someone the slip
taken care of business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take care of business
takes care of business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take care of business
taking care of business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take care of business
took care of business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take care of business
held up one's end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hold up one's end
holds up one's end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hold up one's end
holding up one's end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hold up one's end
played it cool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play it cool
plays it cool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play it cool
playing it cool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play it cool
fed off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feed off
feeds off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feed off
feeding off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feed off
knee drops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knee drop
held someone's hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hold someone's hand
holds someone's hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hold someone's hand
holding someone's hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hold someone's hand
ran circles around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run circles around
runs rings around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run rings around
running rings around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run rings around
ran rings around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run rings around
runs circles around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run circles around
running circles around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run circles around
separates the wheat from the chaff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of separate the wheat from the chaff
holds the floor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hold the floor
held the floor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hold the floor
thought the world of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of think the world of
thinks the world of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of think the world of
thinking the world of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of think the world of
throws to the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw to the wind
threw to the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw to the wind
thrown to the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw to the wind
paid a visit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pay a visit
pays a visit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pay a visit
Omish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Amish.
grosbeak-canary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grosbeak-canaries
Senses: glosses: The northern grosbeak-canary or Abyssinian grosbeak-canary, Crithagra donaldsoni.
glosses: The southern grosbeak-canary or Kenya grosbeak-canary, Crithagra buchanani.
harrier-hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harrier-hawks
Senses: glosses: A bird of either of two species in genus Polyboroides
An African harrier-hawk (Polyboroides typus)
glosses: A bird of either of two species in genus Polyboroides
A Madagascar harrier-hawk (Polyboroides radiatus)
hemispingus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any species of bird in (former?) genus Hemispingus
Derived terms: taxonomic: Thlypopsis superciliaris
word: superciliaried hemispingus
settles a score
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of settle a score
settling a score
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of settle a score
settled a score
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of settle a score
struck it rich
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strike it rich
strikes it rich
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strike it rich
striking it rich
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strike it rich
had one's heart in the right place
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have one's heart in the right place
has one's heart in the right place
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have one's heart in the right place
having one's heart in the right place
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have one's heart in the right place
taken out of context
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take out of context
takes out of context
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take out of context
taking out of context
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take out of context
took out of context
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take out of context
tyrant-manakin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tyrant-manakins
Senses: glosses: Any of various birds in the family Pipridae
Derived terms: taxonomic: Neopipo cinnamomea
word: cinnamon manakin-tyrant
taxonomic: Tyranneutes stolzmanni
word: dwarf tyrant-manakin
taxonomic: Neopelma pallescens
word: pale-bellied tyrant-manakin
taxonomic: Neopelma chrysocephalum
word: saffron-crested tyrant-manakin
taxonomic: Neopelma chrysolophum
word: Serra do Mar tyrant-manakin
taxonomic: Tyranneutes spp.
word: small tyrant-manakin
taxonomic: Neopelma sulphureiventer
word: sulphur-bellied tyrant-manakin
taxonomic: Tyranneutes virescens
word: tiny tyrant-manakin
taxonomic: Neopelma aurifrons
word: Wied's tyrant-manakin
given someone a hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give someone a hand
gives someone a hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone a hand
giving someone a hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give someone a hand
jogged someone's memory
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jog someone's memory
jogs someone's memory
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jog someone's memory
jogging someone's memory
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jog someone's memory
beating the daylights out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beat the daylights out of
beats the daylights out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beat the daylights out of
beaten the daylights out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of beat the daylights out of
cashed in one's chips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cash in one's chips
cashing in one's chips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cash in one's chips
cashes in one's chips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cash in one's chips
lined someone's pockets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of line someone's pockets
lines someone's pockets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of line someone's pockets
lining someone's pockets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of line someone's pockets
opened the door
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of open the door
opens the door
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of open the door
opening the door
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of open the door
came to power
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come to power
comes to power
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come to power
covered one's bases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cover one's bases
covers one's bases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cover one's bases
covering one's bases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cover one's bases
picks up the tab
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pick up the tab
picking up the tab
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pick up the tab
picked up the tab
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pick up the tab
stops cold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stop cold
stopping cold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stop cold
stopped cold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stop cold
touched a nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of touch a nerve
touches a nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of touch a nerve
touching a nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of touch a nerve
dug one's own grave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dig one's own grave
joins hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of join hands
joining hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of join hands
joined hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of join hands
draws even
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of draw even
drawing even
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of draw even
drew even
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of draw even
drawn even
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of draw even
digging one's own grave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dig one's own grave
left the door open
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leave the door open
leaves the door open
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of leave the door open
leaving the door open
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of leave the door open
turned a deaf ear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of turn a deaf ear
turns a deaf ear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of turn a deaf ear
turning a deaf ear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of turn a deaf ear
showing someone the door
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of show someone the door
shows someone the door
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of show someone the door
showed someone the door
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of show someone the door
shown someone the door
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of show someone the door
taken on water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take on water
takes on water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take on water
took on water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take on water
had one's moments
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have one's moments
has one's moments
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have one's moments
came to someone's aid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come to someone's aid
comes to someone's aid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come to someone's aid
coming to someone's aid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come to someone's aid
given pause
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give pause
gives pause
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give pause
giving pause
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give pause
gave pause
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give pause
gotten the word out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get the word out
gets the word out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get the word out
getting the word out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get the word out
got the word out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get the word out
struck a chord
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strike a chord
strikes a chord
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strike a chord
stretched one's legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stretch one's legs
stretches one's legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stretch one's legs
stretching one's legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stretch one's legs
casting one's vote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cast one's vote
casts one's vote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cast one's vote
breathed a sigh of relief
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of breathe a sigh of relief
breathes a sigh of relief
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of breathe a sigh of relief
sat right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sit right
sleeping funny
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sleep funny
sleeps funny
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sleep funny
turned one's nose up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of turn one's nose up
turns one's nose up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of turn one's nose up
turning one's nose up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of turn one's nose up
tightened the purse strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tighten the purse strings
tightens the purse strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tighten the purse strings
tightening the purse strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tighten the purse strings
goes straight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go straight
going straight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go straight
felt for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feel for
feels for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feel for
feeling for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feel for
puts one's best foot forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put one's best foot forward
putting one's best foot forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put one's best foot forward
reopened old wounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reopen old wounds
reopens old wounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reopen old wounds
reopening old wounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reopen old wounds
played one's part
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play one's part
plays one's part
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play one's part
playing one's part
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play one's part
keeps off the streets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keep off the streets
keeping off the streets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keep off the streets
kept off the streets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of keep off the streets
played fast and loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play fast and loose
plays fast and loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play fast and loose
playing fast and loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play fast and loose
played politics
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play politics
plays politics
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play politics
playing politics
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play politics
taken sides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take sides
takes sides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take sides
left-to-right assimilations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of left-to-right assimilation
Alfriston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Ælfrīces + Old English tūn
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5103).
glosses: A settlement east of Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand, named after the Sussex village.
double D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double Ds
Senses: examples: text: Viewing herself in the mirror, she hoped that the dress showed off her double Ds to their best advantage.
text: Three women behind expensive looking desks, all blonde Anna Nicole Smith look-alikes, all Double Ds barely concealed by itty, bitty pink crop tops with the words Big Boy stretched across their implants, and all three staring up at me.
ref: 2006, Gemma Halliday, “Chapter Twelve”, in Spying in High Heels (High Heels Mysteries Book #1), Gemma Halliday Publishing:
text: Her double D breasts were bouncing so hard it appeared they were going to push out of her shirt and her heavy wool coat.
ref: 2015, Howard R. Milstead, Jr., chapter 4, in Double Ds Exposed: Sequel to "Eyes from Above", Xlibris Corporation:
text: James the Just asked him to spell his name and Woodell paused as if he couldn't remember. "Um... W, double o, double d,..." Suddenly, he started to giggle. His name didn't have a double d. But some ladies had double Ds. Oh boy. Now he was really laughing. Nerves, of course.
ref: 2016, Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, Simon and Schuster:
text: He smiled and watched her profile. Whatever she wore, the top hugged her double Ds.
ref: 2017, Rochelle Bradley, chapter 16, in The Double D Ranch: Longhorns, Lingerie, and a Dare, Epic Dreams Publishing:
synonyms: word: assets
word: babylons
word: balloons
word: baps
word: badonkers
word: bangers
word: bazongas
word: bazookas
word: bazoombas
word: bazooms
word: bewbs
word: bobas
word: booba
word: boobage
word: boobs
word: boobers
word: boobies
word: boosies
word: bosom
word: breast [⇒ thesaurus]s
word: breasticles
word: bristols
word: bubby
word: bubs
word: bust
word: calcium cannons
word: cans
word: cantaloupes
word: casabas
word: charlies
word: chebs
word: chesticles
word: chest melons
word: chichis
word: coconuts
word: diddy
word: ding-dongs
word: dirty pillows
word: double Ds
word: dugs
word: frontage
word: front bumpers
word: funbags
word: gazongas
word: girls
word: globes
word: grapefruits
word: headlights
word: honkers
word: hooters
word: itty-bittys
word: jahoobies
word: jigglies
word: jubblies
word: jugs
word: knockers
word: lady lumps
word: love pillows
word: mammaries
word: mammary glands
word: mammas
word: maracas
word: megaboobs
word: melons
word: milkbags
word: milk jugs
word: milkers
word: mommy milkers
word: money makers
word: mountain [⇒ thesaurus]s
word: norks
word: paps
word: pair
word: personality
word: puppies
word: rack
word: sweater puppies
word: tatas
word: teats
word: tiddies
word: tits
word: titters
word: titties
word: threepenny bits
word: top bollocks
word: torpedos
word: twin peaks
word: twins
word: udders
word: waps
word: watermelons
word: yabos
word: zoomers
qualifier: slightly vulgar
glosses: Large breasts, such as, though not necessarily those of cup size DD.
Related terms: DD
770
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: But two men who said they spoke with some of those who broke through the synagogue wall said the motive was to hasten an expansion of 770 — a move that they say the Lubavitcher movement’s leader, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as the rebbe, called for more than three decades ago.
ref: 2024 September 1, Eliza Shapiro and Katherine Rosman, “Secret Synagogue Tunnel Sets Off Altercation That Leads to 9 Arrests”, in The New York Times:
glosses: 770 Eastern Parkway, the world headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.
Allendale Town
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest village in Allendale parish, south-west Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY8355).
exploity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: exploitier
form: exploitiest
Etymology: From exploit + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Seems that some things in this game that seem very "exploity" are in fact well used strategies.
ref: 2003 July 8, Faned, “Zone line heal”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet):
text: I found a very low tarp on the side of a tent, and I jumped up on that. It was so low that the Orcs attacking me, who went under the tarp had their heads sticking up through the tarp right by my feet. Still they could not hit me with their swords, nor could the Orc bowmen hit me because the tarp was located in a group of tents and they could not shoot from a distance. But, I could hit them with my Orc Slayer bow easily. Pretty silly looking to see all those Orc heads sticking up through the tarp. That was just too exploity.
ref: 2009 April 7, johns, “Gothic 3 1.7 combat”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg (Usenet):
topics: games
gaming
glosses: Being or resembling an exploit (unintended mechanic that a player can use to their advantage).
eats and leaves no crumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eat and leave no crumbs
eating and leaving no crumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eat and leave no crumbs
eaten and left no crumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat and leave no crumbs
bedrawn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of bedraw
Delco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
basaltically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more basaltically
form: most basaltically
Etymology: From basaltic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a basaltic manner.
tautonymous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tautonym + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Again is Acanthis linaria linaria (Acanthis l. linaria) more cumbersome than Acanthis linaria holboelli? At least, the tautonymous name is more easily remembered and written.
ref: 1916, The Emu: Official Organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union, volume XV, Melbourne, page 66:
text: Tautonymous names with identical genus and species are allowed and wellcome in zoology.
ref: 2012 June, Francisco W. Welter-Schultes, Guidelines for the Capture and Management of Digital Zoological Names Information, GBIF, page 22:
glosses: Describes a word that is a tautonym.
dogholing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of doghole
dogholed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of doghole
inouwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ilouwa
Etymology: From Igbo inouwa (“come back to the world”)
Senses: glosses: The belief of reincarnation in Odinani.
qsars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qsar
qsour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qsar
water beech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water beeches
Senses: glosses: Carpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North America.
glosses: Platanus occidentalis, the American sycamore.
Bikol Central
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Bikol
glosses: The language most spoken and most understood in Bicol Region, Philippines.
Risso's dolphins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Risso's dolphin
grough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹʌf/
homophone: gruff
Forms: form: groughs
form: gruff
Etymology: Possibly the same word as gruff (“rough”, adjective), describing the terrain. Compare clough.
Senses: examples: text: […] leaving you "pathless" in the middle of the moor. […] you step into the nearest grough […] after a hundred yards or so, the grough that you have so wisely chosen, now has sides of eleven feet high and according to your compass, has wandered off course and is now definitely not taking you in your intended direction.
ref: 2014 May 1, Pete Draper, Bivouacs and Other Nocturnal Wanderings, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 68:
text: The shallow slow-running groughs fed the hag with a trickle of coppery water.
ref: 2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 101:
glosses: A natural channel or gully in a peat moor, sometimes very steep and deep, and through which water sometimes flows. (Compare hag.)
groughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grough
burgerology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From burger + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: Both The Economist's and Smart's study move at the intersection between burgernomics and burgerology. But they also move across each other and thereby point to a more general contrast.
ref: 1998, Nick Perry, Hyperreality and global culture:
text: […] When she pointed out that you were parked in front of a BurgerZone franchise and were walking out eating a Triple Triple, you told her you were a doctor of burgerology and that the emergency was a sudden pickle intervention."
ref: 2009 July 7, William Rabkin, Psych, pages 185-186:
glosses: The study of burgers.
Anglx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anglx
form: Anglxs
Etymology: From Anglo + -x (gender-neutral suffix).
Senses: glosses: A white, English-speaking Brit, American, Canadian, New Zealander, or Australian, particularly of ethnic British descent.
haggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more haggy
form: most haggy
Etymology: From hag (“old woman”) and hag (“hollow in a mire”), respectively, + -y.
Senses: examples: text: A haggy pregnant woman, covering herself with her sleeve, was standing near the stove.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Leo Tolstoy, The Landlord's Morning, Newcomb Livraria Press, →ISBN, page 66:
text: [I don't want to be] a haggy-looking old thing dying. I want to go with a little peace and dignity.
ref: 2012 April 13, David Wendell Moller, Dancing with Broken Bones: Poverty, Race, and Spirit-filled Dying in the Inner City, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51:
text: ... a haggy creature with the chubby son, who stops her gardening and stares every time we leave the house.
ref: 2013 February 12, Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
text: ... a haggy cackle.
ref: 2014 March 18, Aaron Starmer, The Riverman, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 173:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a hag (old or ugly woman or witch).
examples: text: A haggy, benty, splashy moss,[…]
ref: 1881, David Thomson, Musings Among the Heather: Being Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, page 62:
text: Th' fairways are a' rough an' full' o' holes an' th' rough is a haggy wilderness.
ref: 1923, The Judge, page 14:
glosses: Marked by many hags (boggy hollows and gulches).
CMHT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CMHTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of community mental health team.
CMHTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CMHT
MDDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MDD
Calakmul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kalakmul
Senses: glosses: A Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche.
Kalakmul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Calakmul.
death pile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death piles
Senses: examples: text: Death piles are a necessity for those times when one is too busy to source
ref: 2019 May 30, almasty, “How to Eliminate Your Death Pile in 8 Easy Steps”, in Scavenger Life:
text: We were frustrated and started drudging through our "death pile"
ref: 2023 March 31, “Dealing with “Death Piles” and Excess Inventory”, in ConsignCloud:
glosses: Unsold inventory.
glosses: A pile of corpses.
glosses: A funeral pyre.
examples: text: “Will you ask our oldest warriors to build me a barrow? Ask them to climb this headland and build me a death pile high on its top.”
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 47:
glosses: A burial barrow or dolmen.
Gettier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname, notably held by Edmund Gettier.
Derived terms: Gettier case
Gettier intuition
Gettier problem
Gettierian
Naka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
Himi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
be no match for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is no match for
form: being no match for
form: was no match for
form: been no match for
Senses: examples: text: King William number four, I guess, would be no match for him as an orator – he'd talk him out of sight in half an hour.
ref: 1887, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Sam Slick, the Clockmaker, page 10:
text: I am. no match for a physician in any matters connected with his pursuits, nor would the physician be a match for me in a legal argument .
ref: 1870, Representative and leading men of the Pacific, page 329:
text: He was a dull dog, and he knew it; but though he was no match for Garling intellectually , he knew himself a match and more than a match for him physically .
ref: 1882 September 16, David Christie, “Valentine Strange”, in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, volume 19, number 977, page 590:
text: The two soon had their heads close together in conversation, and while it was clear the gentleman was no match for her in appearance or style, there was no denying the strength of the connection between them .
ref: 2014, Gail Whitiker, No Occupation For A Lady:
glosses: To be outmatched by; to be much weaker, less capable, or less desirable than.
technicalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌtɛknɪˈkeɪli.ə/
Etymology: By surface analysis, technical + -ia (“a collection of things”). Evidently modelled after other nouns descended from substantivized Latin -ālis adjectives in the neuter plural: marginalia, paraphernalia, generalia, regalia, militaria, etc.
Senses: examples: text: Copernicus himself made few observations but was steeped both in the technicalia of astronomical geometry and in the humanistic tradition.
ref: 1995, Philip Kitcher, The Advancement of Science: Science without Legend, Objectivity without Illusions, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210:
text: If you don’t care about the technicalia of Internet mail, the next two paragraphs can be safely skipped.
ref: 2001, Eric S. Raymond, The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary, Revised edition, CA: O’Reilly, →ISBN, page 39:
text: […] the notes often contain extended, technical arguments. Other readers may also find the notes of considerable interest, but I would suggest that if the annotative technicalia prove tiresome, the argument in the body of the text may remain both intelligible and useful, even if the notes are not consulted.
ref: 2004, John D. Dunne, Foundations of Dharmakīrti's Philosophy, MA: Wisdom Publications, →ISBN, page 13:
text: Yet in explaining deficits, the Audit Commission (AC) (2006) sought refuge in a narrow range of technicalia about the processes of budget-setting, on the one hand, and bland homilies about the nature of Boards, on the other.
ref: 2007, Calum Paton, “The Politics of NHS Deficits and NHS Re-form”, in Alison Han, editor, Health policy and politics, Hampshire: Ashgate, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: Technical details, especially ones that are tedious or of little interest to most people; technicalities.
examples: text: […]though much of the Latin loan material consists of military or governmental technicalia, there exists, in addition, a considerable stratum which provides insight into the lexical equipment of the more popular levels of society.
ref: 1981, Michael McCormick, “Greek Hagiography and Popular Latin in Late Antiquity: The Case of *Biberaticum-βιβερατικόν”, in The American Journal of Philology, volume 102, number 2, →DOI, page 157:
text: The technicalia underlying the description – such as the floodlights, the 'fluorescent', the 'spectrem', the prism, the multi-dimensionality, the reference to arteriosclerosis ('arthurious clayroses') – contextualize it within modern techno-culture.
ref: 1997, Donald E. Theall, James Joyce's Techno-Poetics, University of Toronto Press, →DOI, page 107:
text: Unusually for such technicalia, rebracketing is a good, solid English word, not Latin or Greek.
ref: 2015 August 13, Damion Searls, “Burgers and Copters, Shelves and Pants”, in The Paris Review, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2017:
glosses: Technical language; jargon.
Related terms: technicality
Altarnun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish (the largest in Cornwall) on the edge of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2281).
Trewint
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in Cornwall, England:
A hamlet in Altarnun parish, Cornwall, where John Wesley used to stay (OS grid ref SX2280).
glosses: A place in Cornwall, England:
A hamlet in Menheniot parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2963).
glosses: A place in Cornwall, England:
A hamlet in Poundstock parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1897).
stomp clap hey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, in reference to typical elements of the sound of certain indie folk bands c. 2010, perhaps best illustrated by the song Ho Hey by The Lumineers.
Senses: glosses: A type of indie folk that enjoyed some popularity around the late 2000s and early 2010s.
wikipedia: The Lumineers
Sabak Bernam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay Sabak Bernam.
Senses: glosses: A district of Selangor, Malaysia.
Poundstock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish and small village in north Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2099).
Manjung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district of Perak, Malaysia.
Bolventor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Altarnun parish, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, location of the Jamaica Inn (OS grid ref SX1876).
Bouygues
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bouygueses
Etymology: Borrowed from French Bouygues, itself from Occitan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].
stressify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stressifies
form: stressifying
form: stressified
form: stressified
Etymology: From stress + -ify.
Senses: glosses: Make (something) stressful.
darknes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: darkneses
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of darkness
Trinneer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Trinneers
Senses: examples: Connor Trinneer, b. 1969
glosses: A surname.
Shklov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שקלאָוו (shklov)
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shklow, especially in the context of its Jewish community.
Shklow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Mogilev Region, Belarus.