cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
champ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæmp/
rhymes: -æmp
Forms: form: champs
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *kampos
Latin campusbor.
Frankish *kamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Frankish *-jan
Frankish *kampijan
Proto-Germanic *-jô
Frankish *-jō
Frankish *kampijōbor.
Medieval Latin campiō
Old French champiunbor.
Middle English champioun
English champion
English champ
Clipping of champion /championship.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of champion.
examples: text: The team failed to make it to the Champs.
glosses: Clipping of championship.
examples: text: Whatcha doing, champ?
text: “Jesus, this is actually almost depressing.” [honking] “Need a ride, champ?” “Although not as depressing as-- Ron, what the hell are you doing here?” “I'm giving you a ride home. Come on. Hop in.” “What, did my mother send you?” “No, not exactly. I just thought it'd give us the chance to bond.” “Yeah. Don't take this the wrong way, Ron, but I'd rather bond with a CHUD.” [inaudible]. “But CHUDs live in New York, so let's go.” [tires squealing]
ref: 2013 February 7, Adam Reed, Tesha Kondrat, “Midnight Ron” (4:53 from the start), in Archer, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Ron Cadillac (Ron Leibman):
glosses: Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address)
Derived terms: like a champ
octochamp
pogchamp
champ
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæmp/
rhymes: -æmp
Forms: form: champs
form: champing
form: champed
form: champed
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *kampos
Latin campusbor.
Frankish *kamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Frankish *-jan
Frankish *kampijan
Proto-Germanic *-jô
Frankish *-jō
Frankish *kampijōbor.
Medieval Latin campiō
Old French champiunbor.
Middle English champioun
English champion
English champ
Clipping of champion /championship.
Senses: examples: text: Either champ it out and post up on the cement or face-down in the sand or get out the hammock and hang it from a palm tree.
ref: 2012 March 20, Heather Bramante, “Spring Break must-haves!”, in StudentCity Blog, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2016:
text: So on Wednesday I decided to champ up and get in a few couple of workouts all in one day.
ref: 2011 July 8, “Training When Tired”, in DeanSomerset.com:
text: Just take it easy and make sure you don't champ it like a slider.
ref: 2004 June 10, “OOOOH! New tyres are fun”, in Motorbike Forums:
info_templates: extra_data: words: it
up
expansion: [with it or up]
glosses: To act or behave like a champ; to endure.
champ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæmp/
rhymes: -æmp
rhymes: -æmp
ipa: /t͡ʃæmp/
rhymes: -æmp
Forms: form: champs
Etymology: From Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash the teeth”), perhaps originally imitative.
Senses: synonyms: poundies
glosses: A dish comprising mashed potato and chopped scallions.
champ
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæmp/
rhymes: -æmp
rhymes: -æmp
ipa: /t͡ʃæmp/
rhymes: -æmp
Forms: form: champs
form: champing
form: champed
form: champed
Etymology: From Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash the teeth”), perhaps originally imitative.
Senses: examples: text: They began […] irefully to champ upon the bit.
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
text: Foamed and champed the golden bit.
ref: 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
text: He was mad, reeling about and gesticulating at the rushing train, and champing and gurgling like a lunatic.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 200:
text: The man beside him placed a cigar between Mallow’s teeth and lit it. He champed on one of his own and said, “You must be overworked. Maybe you need a long rest.”
ref: 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 13, page 166, ¶ 18
glosses: To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
Derived terms: champ down on
champ up
champ at the bit
chomp
thick as champ
champ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæmp/
rhymes: -æmp
rhymes: -æmp
ipa: /ʃæmp/
ipa: /t͡ʃæmp/
rhymes: -æmp
rhymes: -æmp
Etymology: From champagne by shortening.
Senses: examples: text: "They're dressed up very elegantly and it's nice they have a glass of champ, even if it's non-alcoholic," Reif says.
ref: 1990 April 6, Ann Heller, “Prom Nights Often Offer Students Primer On Fine Dining”, in Dayton Daily News:
text: We're drinkin' Santana champ, 'cause it's so crisp
ref: 2009, The Lonely Island (featuring T-Pain), "I'm on a Boat", Incredibad
text: 'Glass of champ?' she called, skipping into the kitchen.
ref: 2010, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Inheritance, Pan Books, published 2010, →ISBN:
glosses: Champagne.
champ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæmp/
rhymes: -æmp
rhymes: -æmp
ipa: /ʃæmp/
Forms: form: champs
form: champe
Etymology: Borrowed from French champ m (“field”). Doublet of campus and camp.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.
examples: text: If a man, he adds, have taken for his arms 'a low of gules in a champ of silver,'¹ […]
¹A flame (pile wavy) gules in a silver field. Thus the arms of the family of Bataille de Mandelot are, Argent three flames, per piles wavy gules, issuant from the base. Woodward, Heraldry, i. 158. Otherwise one might almost suppose that the word 'low' of the MS. was a misprint or a misunderstanding of the scribe for 'cow'; for the instance in one MS. of the original French is that of a man who took 'une vache de geules et trois estoiles par dessus.'
ref: 1914, John Horne Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland, page 30:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: The field of a shield.
champ
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæmp/
rhymes: -æmp
rhymes: -æmp
ipa: /ʃæmp/
Forms: form: champs
form: champing
form: champed
form: champed
form: champe
Etymology: Borrowed from French champ m (“field”). Doublet of campus and camp.
Senses: examples: text: Three of red cloth of gold champed with (with a ground of) velvet. One of white cloth of gold champed with blue velvet. One of red champed with blue velvet.
ref: 1559 July 7, The Ancient Church of Scotland, published 1874, page 101:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
info_templates: extra_data: words: with
expansion: [with with]
glosses: To set (a surface) with a champ (a contrasting field or background).
champ
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæmp/
rhymes: -æmp
rhymes: -æmp
ipa: /ʃæmp/
Forms: form: champs
form: champing
form: champed
form: champed
Etymology: Blend of church + camp or back-formation from champing.
Senses: glosses: To camp overnight in a historic church as a novelty or part of a holiday.
Related terms: glamp
char
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
ipa: [t͡ʃaː]
ipa: /t͡ʃɑɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃɑɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃɑ˞]
ipa: /t͡ʃaɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃaɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃa˞]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: chars
form: charring
form: charred
form: charred
form: chewre
Etymology: Back-formation from charcoal.
Senses: examples: text: I charred the wood.
text: The wood charred.
glosses: To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.
examples: text: The fire charred her down to the bone.
glosses: To burn (something) severely, so as to blacken it.
examples: text: The chef charred the scallops just right.
glosses: To burn (something) slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.
Synonyms: coal
blacken
scorch
sear
singe
Derived terms: charbroil
charburger
charry
char up
char
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
ipa: [t͡ʃaː]
ipa: /t͡ʃɑɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃɑɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃɑ˞]
ipa: /t͡ʃaɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃaɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃa˞]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: chars
form: char
form: chewre
Etymology: Back-formation from charcoal.
Senses: glosses: A charred substance.
Synonyms: charcoal
Derived terms: agrichar
biochar
bone char
charcloth
chargrill
char
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
ipa: [t͡ʃaː]
ipa: /t͡ʃɑɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃɑɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃɑ˞]
ipa: /t͡ʃaɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃaɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃa˞]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
ipa: [t͡ʃaː]
ipa: /t͡ʃɑɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃɑɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃɑ˞]
ipa: /t͡ʃaɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃaɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃa˞]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: chars
form: char
form: charr
Etymology: Unknown, perhaps from Celtic, such as Irish ceara (“fiery red”) (found in personal names). Or, perhaps borrowed from Middle Low German schar (“flounder, dab”), from Old Saxon skard, from Proto-Germanic *skardaz, related to *skeraną (“to cut”), referring to its shape. If so, related to shard.
Senses: examples: text: Among other native delicacies, they give you fresh char.
glosses: Any of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.
Derived terms: American brook char
Arctic char
char
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
ipa: [t͡ʃaː]
ipa: /t͡ʃɑɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃɑɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃɑ˞]
ipa: /t͡ʃaɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃaɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃa˞]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
ipa: [t͡ʃaː]
ipa: /t͡ʃɑɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃɑɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃɑ˞]
ipa: /t͡ʃaɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃaɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃa˞]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: chars
form: chare
Etymology: From Middle English cherre (“odd job”), from Old English ċierr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from ċierran (“to turn, change, turn oneself, go, come, proceed, turn back, return, regard, translate, persuade, convert, be converted, agree to, submit, make to submit, reduce”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”).
Cognate with Dutch keer (“a time, turn, occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn, bight, bend”) and kehren (“to sweep”) or umkehren (“to return or reverse”). More at chore, ajar.
Senses: glosses: A time; a turn or occasion.
glosses: A turn of work; a labour or item of business.
examples: text: When thou hast done this chare, I’ll give thee leave to play till doomsday.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: An odd job, a chore or piece of housework.
examples: text: I had to scrub the kitchen today, because the char couldn't come.
text: But there was nobody at Kig and Kadgit's except the charwoman wiping over the “lino” in the passage. “Nobody here yet, Miss,” said the char.
ref: 1919, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Pictures”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 163:
text: The rollers wore grooves in the nursery floors and the chars complained of getting splinters in their hands while scrubbing.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 77:
glosses: A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.
Synonyms: charlady
charwoman
cleaning lady
cleaning woman
Related terms: chore
char
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
ipa: [t͡ʃaː]
ipa: /t͡ʃɑɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃɑɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃɑ˞]
ipa: /t͡ʃaɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃaɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃa˞]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
ipa: [t͡ʃaː]
ipa: /t͡ʃɑɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃɑɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃɑ˞]
ipa: /t͡ʃaɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃaɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃa˞]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: chars
form: charing
form: charring
form: chared
form: chared
form: charred
form: charred
form: chare
Etymology: From Middle English cherre (“odd job”), from Old English ċierr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from ċierran (“to turn, change, turn oneself, go, come, proceed, turn back, return, regard, translate, persuade, convert, be converted, agree to, submit, make to submit, reduce”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”).
Cognate with Dutch keer (“a time, turn, occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn, bight, bend”) and kehren (“to sweep”) or umkehren (“to return or reverse”). More at chore, ajar.
Senses: glosses: To turn, especially away or aside.
examples: text: She explained that she was the commissionaire's wife, who did the charing, and I gave her the order for the coffee.
ref: 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty, Norton, published 2005, page 677:
text: Her husband had been a soldier, and from a grateful country she received a pension large enough to keep her from starvation, and by charring and doing such odd jobs as she could get she earned a little extra to supply herself with liquor.
ref: 1897, W. Somerset Maugham, Lisa of Lambeth, chapter 2
glosses: To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.
examples: text: All's chared when he is gone.
ref: 1613–1614, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, “The Two Noble Kinsmen”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii:
glosses: To perform; to do; to finish.
glosses: To work or hew (stone, etc.)
char
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
ipa: [t͡ʃaː]
ipa: /t͡ʃɑɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃɑɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃɑ˞]
ipa: /t͡ʃaɹ/
ipa: [t͡ʃaɹ]
ipa: [t͡ʃa˞]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈkæɹ/
ipa: /kɛə/
ipa: /kɑː/
ipa: /kɛɹ/
ipa: /kɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Etymology: Non-rhotic spelling of cha.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cha (“tea”).
Related terms: char kueh teow
char kway teow
char siew
char siu
char siu bao
zi char
characterization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæɹəktəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌkæɹəktəɹəˈzeɪʃən/
note: General American, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌkɛɹəktəɹəˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: characterizations
form: characterisation
Etymology: From characterize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: portrayal, representation; definition
text: It was while he was performing the duties of the store that he acquired the soubriquet "Honest Abe"--a characterization that he never dishonored, and an abbreviation that he never outgrew.
ref: 1866, Josiah Gilbert Holland, The Life of Abraham Lincoln:
text: The art of characterization exhibited by the author fascinates us; we gaze and examine as if we were face to face with real personages, whose passions are laid bare, whose life is traced, whose countenance is portrayed with miraculousness, distinctness and verisimilitude.
ref: 1901, Epiphanius Wilson, Introduction to the Dramas of Balzac:
glosses: The act or process of characterizing.
Derived terms: biocharacterization
characterizational
immunocharacterization
microcharacterization
nanocharacterization
recharacterization
self-characterization
subcharacterization
Charybdis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹɪbdɪs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Χάρυβδις (Khárubdis).
Senses: examples: text: I have never yet been able to steer my lovers through the Scylla of presence, or the Charybdis of absence.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XII. Lady Marchmont’s Journal.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 85:
glosses: A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
examples: text: …that night, wee ſailed merrily by the Maſcarenas, a Charybdis in 21 degrees, var.13 and 17 minutes…
ref: 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique:
text: The tide here sets in alternately from N. to S. and from S. to N., which causes the whirlpool of Galofaro, the Charybdis of the ancients.
ref: 1832, James Bell, A system of geography, popular and scientific:
text: Lo! the wave that for ever devours the wave / Casts roaringly up the charybdis again…
ref: 1842 Schiller, Friedrich poem Der Taucher (written in 1797) published in English in Blackwood's Magazine volume 52
glosses: Any dangerous whirlpool.
Derived terms: between Scylla and Charybdis
Charybdian
charybdotoxin
Related terms: Scylla
chef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɛf/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /t͡ʃɛf/
rhymes: -ɛf
Forms: form: chefs
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French chef (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuisine), from Old French chief (“head, leader”) (English chief), from Vulgar Latin capus (“head”) (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (possibly related to English cap (“head covering”)).
Doublet of cape, capo, caput, and chief through Latin, and head and Howth through Proto-Indo-European.
Senses: examples: text: The Chef's peace of mind was restor'd, And in due time a banquet was placed on the board.
ref: a. 1845, R. H. Barham, Blasphemer's Warning in Ingoldsby Legends (1847), 3rd Ser., 245
glosses: The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
examples: text: The cause of the disturbance, it appeared, was the angry little chef of Sir Francis Clavering's culinary establishment.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Which Is Both Quarrelsome and Sentimental”, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 266:
glosses: The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.
examples: text: My partner is the chef of the household, while I do most of the cleaning.
glosses: Any cook.
examples: text: But trying to stop all the nation's meth chefs makes as much sense as building a wall along the Mexican border.
ref: 1998, SPIN, volume 14, number 3, page 100:
text: Owsley Stanley, the world's most exacting and prolific LSD chef who supplied the majority of America's West Coast with LSD in the 1960s, claimed he made so much acid not because he wanted to change the world, but rather because it was almost impossible not to make vast quantities of the drug once the synthesis had been embarked upon.
ref: 2013, Mike Power, Drugs 2.0:
glosses: One who manufactures illegal drugs; a cook.
glosses: A reliquary in the shape of a head.
Synonyms: sense: cook, particularly a learned or skilful one
word: magirist
sense: cook, particularly a learned or skilful one
word: magirologist
Hypernyms: sense: cook
word: cook
Derived terms: autochef
chef de cuisine
chef de mission
chef de rang
chef d'oeuvre
chef d'œuvre
chef-d'œuvre
chefdom
chefess
cheffer
cheffery
cheffy
chefless
cheflike
chefling
chefly
chefmanship
Chef Mike
chefnap
chef salad
cheftender
chefware
chef watcher
chefwear
head chef
nonchef
pastry chef
robochef
short-order chef
station chef
subchef
superchef
uberchef
underchef
chef
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɛf/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /t͡ʃɛf/
rhymes: -ɛf
Forms: form: chefs
form: cheffing
form: cheffed
form: cheffed
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French chef (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuisine), from Old French chief (“head, leader”) (English chief), from Vulgar Latin capus (“head”) (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (possibly related to English cap (“head covering”)).
Doublet of cape, capo, caput, and chief through Latin, and head and Howth through Proto-Indo-European.
Senses: examples: text: It was Brick who talked on alumni relations with the active chapters and who cheffed at our steak fry (more of that later) and Mrs. Cowles who took over […]
ref: 1953, The Deke Quarterly, volume 71, number 4, page 32:
text: I cheffed part-time at a nice restaurant in town.
ref: 1996, Sonora Review, number 31, page 110:
text: He opened Oakleys in 2002, having formerly cheffed at the late, much-missed Something Different and, before that, world-renowned kitchens in Chicago […]
ref: 2007, Indianapolis Monthly, page 68:
text: A man called Richard Briggs cheffed at the Globe Tavern on Fleet Street, the White Hart Tavern in Holborn and the Temple Coffee House.
ref: 2020, William Sitwell, The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally.
examples: text: He got cheffed up proper.
text: Still on my knife work chef him up with that rambo
ref: 2016, “Skeng Man”, ASAP of 67 (lyrics):
text: Child just said he'd "chef me up". I said not hungry, but it restored my faith in young generation, offering to cook for strangers.
ref: 2017 June 13, @louistheroux, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2023:
text: He got cheffed in the A in the head
ref: 2018 August 9, “Pallance 2.0”, Taze of SMG (lyrics):
text: Third time he was out of luck
He tripped up and got cheffed
ref: 2018 August 16, “Ks On Who”, Sav12 of 12World (lyrics):
text: Asked how he knew that, he replied: "Uh? Because I know that ... It was to do with Svenson's op - they cheffed him up a couple of month or something, a couple of months before.
ref: 2019 October 9, Manuel Petrovic, quotee, “Jodie Chesney: Killer targeted 'wrong people' court told”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2019:
synonyms: word: ching
word: splash
word: chef
word: chib
word: ching
word: chive
word: enthrill
word: foin
word: gore
word: gride
word: jab
word: job
word: juke
word: kebab
word: knifecrime
word: lancinate
word: pigstick
word: pink
word: poach
word: run through
word: shank
word: shiv
word: spear
word: speet
word: splash
word: stab
word: stick
word: stob
word: stog
word: thrust
word: yerk
glosses: To stab with a knife, to shank.
examples: text: thinkin' that I be cheffin'.'
ref: 2020, “Drip Like Me”, performed by Kenndog:
glosses: To impress others.
chirp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɜːp/
ipa: /t͡ʃɚp/
ipa: /t͡ʃɘːp/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: chirps
Etymology: From Middle English *chirpen (attested only in the derivative Middle English chirpinge, cyrpynge, chyrypynge (“chirping”). Compare Middle English chirken and chirmen. More at chirk, chirm. Compare also Middle English chirten (“to smack, chirrup”).
Senses: glosses: A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
qualifier: radar; sonar; radio telescopy etc.; radar; sonar; radio telescopy etc.
glosses: A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse.
Derived terms: chirplet
chirpy
dechirp
downchirp
gammachirp
interchirp
upchirp
chirp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɜːp/
ipa: /t͡ʃɚp/
ipa: /t͡ʃɘːp/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: chirps
form: chirping
form: chirped
form: chirped
Etymology: From Middle English *chirpen (attested only in the derivative Middle English chirpinge, cyrpynge, chyrypynge (“chirping”). Compare Middle English chirken and chirmen. More at chirk, chirm. Compare also Middle English chirten (“to smack, chirrup”).
Senses: examples: text: "Well, I suppose you didn't come out of the egg either before you could chirp," said the woman who was on the egg.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 95:
glosses: To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.
glosses: To speak in a high-pitched staccato.
qualifier: radar; sonar; radio telescopy etc.; radar; sonar; radio telescopy etc.
glosses: To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration.
glosses: To cheer up; to make (someone) happier.
glosses: To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth; to bicker or argue.
glosses: To inform on someone; snitch.
Derived terms: chirper
chirping
chirping chips
chirping cup
chirpingly
spotted chirping frog
unchirped
chlorination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌklɒ.ɹɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: chlorinations
Etymology: From chlorinate + -ion.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
antonyms: dechlorination
hypernyms: halogenation
coordinate_terms: fluorination
bromination
iodination
glosses: The act or process of chlorinating something; especially, the addition of chlorine to water to purify it, and a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.
Derived terms: carbochlorination
dechlorination
dichlorination
electrochlorination
hydrochlorination
hyperchlorination
monochlorination
overchlorination
oxychlorination
perchlorination
photochlorination
prechlorination
sulfochlorination
sulphochlorination
Christianization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christianizations
form: Christianisation
Etymology: Analyzable as Christianize + -ation or Christian + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of converting or being converted to Christianity.
Related terms: Christ
Christian
Christianize
churlish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɜːlɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɝːlɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪʃ
Forms: form: more churlish
form: most churlish
Etymology: From Middle English churlysshe, cherlissh, from late Old English ċeorlisċ, ċierlisċ (“of or pertaining to churls”), equivalent to churl + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: […] the eloquence and truth of his tribute stands in marked contrast to Kramer's churlish caricature of Kael as a happy pig wallowing in the dirt.
ref: 1996, Jeet Heer, Gravitas, Autumn 1996
synonyms: rustic
glosses: Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
examples: text: [A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]
ref: 1605, Francis Bacon, “The First Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folio 11, recto:
text: A Churliſh Envious Curr vvas gotten into a Manger, and there lay Growling and Snarling to keep the Horſes from their Provender. The Dog Eat None himſelf, and yet rather Ventur'd the Starving his Own Carcaſe then he would ſuffer any thing elfe to be the Better for't.
ref: 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Æsop, &c.] Fab[le] LXXVI. A Dog in a Manger.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC, page 75:
text: “Please, can't you just leave the child with Huggie?” “Stop calling him "the child," Richard! His name is Rocket! And I'm not leaving him with your crappy robot!” “Sally! Why, that's almost churlish. And you're visible! What's this really about?” “You can't replace family with a robot, Richard. We need real human affection!” “That's why Huggie's programmed to simulate it, sweetness.” “[groans] Please, Richard, let me go.” “Yes, yes, perhaps the fresh air will, uh, calm the female --” “Don't strain yourself, Richard. Good bye.”
ref: 2006 August 6, Jackson Publick, “Twenty Years to Midnight” (12:38 from the start), in The Venture Bros., season 2, episode 5, spoken by Professor Impossible (Stephen Colbert):
text: Especially in the post-2008 recession, the need for charity was more pronounced than ever, and so it seemed churlish, even Scrooge-like, to question whether the Gateses really knew as much about solving the world’s problems as they claimed.
ref: 2021 May 25, Linsey McGoey, “Why Billionaires Like Bill Gates Can’t Fix the Problems They Helped Create”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: cross-grained
rude
surly
ungracious
glosses: Rude, surly, ungracious.
synonyms: grudging
illiberal
miserly
niggardly
stingy
glosses: Stingy or grudging.
examples: 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread,
And force a churlish soil for scanty bread.
glosses: Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable.
raw_tags: of soil
Derived terms: unchurlish
Related terms: churl
churldom
churled
churlhood
churlishly
churlishness
chute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃ(j)uːt/
ipa: /ʃɪu̯t/
rhymes: -uːt
homophone: shoot (most accents)
Forms: form: chutes
Etymology: From French chute.
Senses: glosses: A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
glosses: A waterfall or rapid.
coordinate_terms: brake
glosses: A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race.
Derived terms: ballute
bean chute
chute dogging
chute house
chuteless
chutelike
chute-the-chute
cruising chute
dirt chute
drag chute
drogue chute
flood chute
garbage chute
head chute
laundry chute
out of the chute
poop chute
refuse chute
shoot-the-chute
squeeze chute
straight out of the chute
trash chute
chute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃ(j)uːt/
ipa: /ʃɪu̯t/
rhymes: -uːt
homophone: shoot (most accents)
Forms: form: chutes
Etymology: Clipping of parachute
Senses: examples: text: Yet the initial IMF rescue plan was far from the parachute which it professed to be – the chute did open briefly but only for it to "Roman candle", the hapless victim left to plummet to earth with a sickening thud.
ref: 2000, Callum Henderson, Asian Dawn, page 25:
text: At first, Cyclops's chute began to Roman candle , but in another moment, it popped.
ref: 2007, J. Joseph Higgins, The Splat Conspiracy: America in Peril, page 145:
text: On the second operation the 1,000 mortar bombs were parachuted into the LZ on 125 chutes; all were on target but two roman candled which sent everyone diving for cover and necessitated the change of some knickers.
ref: 2019, David Taylor, The First Helicopter Boys:
glosses: A parachute.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A spinnaker.
chute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃ(j)uːt/
ipa: /ʃɪu̯t/
rhymes: -uːt
homophone: shoot (most accents)
Forms: form: chutes
form: chuting
form: chuted
form: chuted
Etymology: Clipping of parachute
Senses: glosses: To parachute.
ciliate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: First attested in 1760; borrowed from New Latin ciliātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Ciliated, having cilia.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the eyelash.
ciliate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ciliates
Etymology: First attested in 1760; borrowed from New Latin ciliātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia (fine hairs).
Derived terms: aciliate
biciliate
ciliatologist
ciliatology
deciliate
eciliate
monociliate
multiciliate
nanociliate
nonciliate
polyciliate
quadriciliate
serrate-ciliate
triciliate
uniciliate
circulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɜː(ɹ).kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌsɝkjʊˈleɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: circulations
Etymology: From Middle English circulacioun, from Latin circulatio. Morphologically circulate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
examples: text: For example, by changing the use of existing rooms, removing or replacing unsightly features, clearing obstacles to easy circulation, rearranging direction signs and generally introducing as much order as possible, most outdated station buildings can be made reasonably efficient and attractive.
ref: 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 252:
glosses: The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
examples: text: The new bills will come into circulation next Friday.
glosses: Currency; circulating coins; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
examples: June 1 2016, Karen Roberts in the Evening Express, Aberdeen Journals - The Broad Street Years
The reputation and circulation of the paper continued to grow, and the board decided a new custom-built base was required for both the Press and Journal and Evening Express to replace the crumbling, but much loved, Broad Street offices.
glosses: The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measurement of diffusion
examples: text: In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; no digestion, circulation, or nutrition; […]
ref: 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2:
qualifier: strictly
glosses: The movement of the blood in the circulatory system, by which it is brought into close relations with the cells and tissues of the body; (loosely) the circulatory system.
glosses: The movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.
Derived terms: cerebrocirculation
circulational
circulationary
circulationism
circulationist
circulation time
cocirculation
collateral circulation
coronary circulation
Hadley circulation
in circulation
Langmuir circulation
macrocirculation
malcirculation
microcirculation
miscirculation
noncirculation
overcirculation
pulmonary circulation
systemic circulation
thermohaline circulation
Related terms: circle
cycle
cyclus
circumnavigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: circumnavigations
Etymology: From circum- + navigation.
Senses: examples: text: Under our new World may alſo be compriſed thoſe vaſt Southern Coaſts and Streights of Magelan, firſt lighted on by Ferdinandus Magelanus in the year 1520, in his Circumnavigation of the Univerſe ; which forty five years after Sir Francis Drake, and next Sir Thomas Bendiſh, Engliſhmen, made a furhter inſpection into ; and in the Year 1600 Oliver van Noord a Hollander paſt, but of later years a Spaniard, Fedinand de Quier, out-ſhot them all by a more ample Diſcovery then all the former.
ref: 1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, pages 3–4:
glosses: The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
Synonyms: periplus
Hypernyms: navigation
Derived terms: circumnavigational
circumstance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜːkəmst(ə)ns/
ipa: /-ɑːns/
ipa: /-æns/
ipa: /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/
ipa: /ˈsɜːkəmstæns/
ipa: /-aːns/
Forms: form: circumstances
form: circumstancing
form: circumstanced
form: circumstanced
form: circumstaunce
Etymology: From Middle English circumstaunce, from Old French circonstance, from Latin circumstantia.
Senses: examples: text: Frank muttered something. Tidings had in some shape reached his ears that his father was not comfortably circumstanced as regarded money.
ref: 1858, Anthony Trollope, “Matrimonial Prospects”, in Doctor Thorne. […], volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 184:
text: While also taxing Ferrein with the same motives, Diderot's account of his doings is much more circumstanced than La Mettrie's, and also much more amusing, thanks to the interpolation of the «bijoux» motif.
ref: 1949, Diderot Studies, volume 11, page 170:
glosses: To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources.
circumstantial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səɹ.kəmˈstænʃəl/
ipa: /səːkəmˈstanʃəl/
Forms: form: more circumstantial
form: most circumstantial
Etymology: From Latin circumstantia + English -al, equivalent to circumstance + -ial.
Senses: examples: text: We must therefore distinguish between the essentials in religious worship […] and what is merely circumstantial.
ref: 1754, John Sharp, Sermons:
text: Evidence for cannibalism abounds - even if circumstantial - both from the modern world and throughout history, but academic anthropology has found itself in a funk of denial.
ref: 2000 September 7, Henry Gee, “Eating people - is it bad taste?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 May 2014:
glosses: Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
examples: text: It is unlikely he will be convicted; the evidence against him is circumstantial at best.
text: Never, he said, in the course of his long experience, had he known a charge of murder rest on slighter evidence. Not only was it entirely circumstantial, but the greater part of it was practically unproved.
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 162:
topics: law
glosses: Involving evidence that relies on inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact, thus, suggesting guilt but not directly proving it.
examples: text: My Unkle's account is more circumstantial I must confess—but I believe mine is the true one for all that.
ref: 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, V.ii:
text: For although my information appears too direct and circumstantial to be fictitious, yet the magnitude of the enterprise, the desperation of the plan, and the stupendous consequences with which it seems pregnant, stagger my belief […]
ref: 1806, James Wilkinson, Letter to Thomas Jefferson (October 21, 1806) (part of Burr conspiracy)
text: Second-hand but clearly from the best possible source - the King himself - [the story] is highly circumstantial, taking twenty-two pages of text.
ref: 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin, published 2009, page 326:
glosses: Abounding with minor circumstances; in great detail; particular.
glosses: Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.
Synonyms: word: accidental
word: circumstantial
word: coincidental
word: coinstantial
word: contingent
word: happenstantial
word: incidental
word: secondary
Derived terms: circumstantial evidence
circumstantiality
circumstantially
circumstantialness
circumstantiate
noncircumstantial
uncircumstantial
Related terms: word: instantial
circumstantial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səɹ.kəmˈstænʃəl/
ipa: /səːkəmˈstanʃəl/
Forms: form: circumstantials
Etymology: From Latin circumstantia + English -al, equivalent to circumstance + -ial.
Senses: examples: text: the circumstantials of religion
antonyms: essential
glosses: Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An adjunct or circumstant.
citation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaɪˈteɪʃn̩/
ipa: /ˌsaɪˈteɪʃən/
ipa: [ˌsaɪˈtʰeɪʃn̩]
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: citations
Etymology: From Middle English citacioun, from Old French citation, from Latin citātiō. By surface analysis, cite + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: No citation was issued upon this appeal returnable to the next term of this court, nor was the record filed and the cause docketed during that term. On the 29th of May, 1865, however, a citation was issued, returnable at this term, and service of this citation was acknowledged by the present district attorney; and the writ was returned and the record filed at this term, under an agreement between the district attorney and the attorney for the claimants, to submit the cause upon printed briefs.
ref: 1851, “United States Reports/Volume 70”, in Castro v. United States, United States Supreme Court:
glosses: An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
glosses: The paper containing such summons or notice.
glosses: The act of citing a passage from a text, or from another person, using the exact words of the original text or speech and giving credit to the original by referencing.
glosses: An entry in a list of sources from which information was taken, typically following a prescribed bibliographical style; a reference.
glosses: The passage or words quoted; a quotation.
examples: text: Historically, target words were garnered through focused reading programs and citations were handwritten on slips of paper which were collated alphabetically and stored in drawers for ready access (much like old-fashioned library catalogues).
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 3:
topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A quotation with attached bibliographical details demonstrating the use of a particular lexical item in a dictionary, especially a dictionary on historical principles.
examples: text: It's a simple citation of facts.
glosses: Enumeration; mention.
glosses: A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
glosses: A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.
Synonyms: sense: passage of words quoted
word: cite
sense: passage of words quoted
word: quotation
sense: passage of words quoted
word: quote
Derived terms: autocitation
case citation
citational
citation cartel
citation cord
citation form
citationless
citation needed
co-citation
coercive citation
metacitation
miscitation
neutral citation
overcitation
parallel citation
self-citation
string citation
undercitation
Related terms: cite
attestation
clamor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæm.ə/
ipa: /ˈklæm.ɚ/
homophone: clammer
rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: clamors
form: clamour
Etymology: Recorded in English since c. 1385, as Middle English clamour, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).
The verb sense "to silence" may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.
Senses: examples: text: For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: […]
ref: 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book I, page 17:
glosses: A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
glosses: Any loud and continued noise.
glosses: A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.
Synonyms: sense: great outcry
word: outcry
sense: great outcry
word: tumult
Derived terms: beclamor
clamorer
clamorous
clamorously
clamorousness
clamorsome
outclamor
clamor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæm.ə/
ipa: /ˈklæm.ɚ/
homophone: clammer
rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: clamors
form: clamoring
form: clamored
form: clamored
form: clamour
Etymology: Recorded in English since c. 1385, as Middle English clamour, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).
The verb sense "to silence" may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.
Senses: examples: text: Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.
text: All the universities are sending in long petitions to restrict their production. Otherwise, they say, mankind will become extinct through lack of fertility. But the R. U. R. shareholders, of course, won't hear of it. All the governments, on the other hand, are clamoring for an increase in production, to raise the standards of their armies. And all the manufacturers in the world are ordering Robots like mad.
ref: c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1923, →OCLC, Act 2:
glosses: To cry out or demand.
examples: text: Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears
text: The distinctness of London has led many to clamor for the capital to pursue its own policies, especially on immigration. The British prime minister, David Cameron, is a Conservative. So is the mayor of London, Boris Johnson. But they have diametrically opposed views on immigration.
ref: 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Sep 2013:
glosses: To demand by outcry.
examples: text: After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored
glosses: To become noisy insistently.
examples: text: His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote
glosses: To influence by outcry.
glosses: To silence.
Synonyms: sense: to cry out
word: din
clang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: klăng
ipa: /klæŋ/
rhymes: -æŋ
Forms: form: clangs
Etymology: 1570, of imitative origin.
Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere (“to resound”) (which probably influenced it).
Senses: examples: text: Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head
Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead
ref: 1969, Paul McCartney, “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”, in Abbey Road, performed by The Beatles:
glosses: A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
glosses: Quality of tone.
glosses: The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
examples: text: For much of this day, Mrs Y. wrote in her diary, covering page after page in a rapid scrawl full of paligraphic repetitions, puns, clangs, and violent, perseverative crossings-out […]
ref: 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Alternative form of klang.
clang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: klăng
ipa: /klæŋ/
rhymes: -æŋ
Forms: form: clangs
form: clanging
form: clanged
form: clanged
Etymology: 1570, of imitative origin.
Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere (“to resound”) (which probably influenced it).
Senses: examples: text: Around, the first Curetes (order solemn / To thy foreknowing mother!) trod tumultuous / Their mystic dance, and clanged their sounding arms; [...]
ref: a. 1722 (date written), Matthew Prior, “The First Hymn of Callimachus. To Jupiter.”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], Edinburgh: James Nichol, […], published 1858, →OCLC, page 207, lines 58–60:
text: A dented metal punching bag waiting to be clanged; a solitary object in the rhino's cage.
ref: 2020, “Zoo”, in Still at the Rough Cusp of Renaissance, performed by Good Fuck:
glosses: To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
examples: text: Middlesbrough will wonder whether it might have been different if the volley that Jelle Vossen slashed towards John Ruddy’s net after nine minutes had been a couple inches lower rather than clanging off the crossbar. They should not dwell on that moment too long, however.
ref: 2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London):
text: A cell door clanged metallically and Wentworth was flung inside. He tripped, collapsed upon the concrete floor.
ref: 1933, Norvell Page, Wings of the Black Death:
text: The clanging and groaning of the train came nearer, and it staggered slowly into the station like a prey- laden monster into its lair.
ref: 1920, Edith Wharton, chapter XXIX, in The Age of Innocence:
text: Then the sparks flew from the anvil while the great hammer clanged on the metal, shaping it, and Henry begged to be allowed to try it
ref: 1917, Rose Wilder Lane, Henry Ford’s Own Story:
glosses: To give out a clang; to resound.
topics: human-sciences
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glosses: To utter a word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
Derived terms: aclang
clanger
clanging
clangous
clangy
reclang