cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dyed in the wool
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dyed in the wool
form: most dyed in the wool
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dyed-in-the-wool (Set in one's ways, steadfast.)
steel wool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steel wools
form: steel-wool
form: steelwool
Senses: examples: text: Don’t use the steel wool on this pan; you’ll strip off the Teflon coating.
hypernyms: wire wool[Appendix:Glossary#loosely|loosely]] synonymous>
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coordinate_terms: pot scrubber
scourer
scrubber#Noun
scrubby#Noun
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wool
glosses: Fine strips or threads of steel, usually formed into pads or balls and used as an abrasive.
like a kid in a candy store
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely excited as a result of having many options to choose from.
clouting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English clouting; equivalent to clout + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clout
clouting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloutings
Etymology: From Middle English clouting; equivalent to clout + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: And many readers could provide me with tales of rulers across knuckles, slaps on bare legs, heads cracked together, and mighty ear-cloutings.
ref: 1969, The Educational Magazine, volume 26, page 163:
glosses: The act of giving a clout, or striking somebody.
glosses: A light plain cloth used for covering butter and farmer's baskets, and for dish and pudding cloths. The same term is often given to light cloths of the nursery diaper pattern.
Derived terms: car clouting
dog sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dogsleep.
genericization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒəˌnɛɹɪsaɪˈzeɪʃən/
ipa: /dʒəˌnɛɹɪsɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: genericizations
Etymology: From generic + -ization.
Senses: synonyms: word: abstraction
word: despecification
word: generalization
word: genericization
word: universalization
glosses: The process of becoming generic; an instance of it.
examples: text: Successful companies have strategies to protect their trademarks and fend off the creep of genericization, Mr. Taylor said.
ref: 2024 September 19, Scott Cacciola, “Tupperware (the Brand) May Fail. Tupperware (the Word) Will Survive.”, in The New York Times:
topics: law
synonyms: genericide
trademark erosion
glosses: With respect to a trademark, the act or process of becoming so widely identified as a reference for a type of product as to cease representing a particular brand or manufacturer of that type of product.
hypernyms: generic name
glosses: An instance of this act or process; a generic name thus created.
Hypernyms: appellativization
ecocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːkəʊsaɪd/
Forms: form: ecocides
Etymology: From eco- + -cide. First used in 1969 by the American plant biologist Arthur Galston to refer to the willful destruction of the environment with Agent Orange.
Senses: examples: text: Two common terms used to characterize injuries to the environment include “geocide” and “ecocide,” terms particularly applicable to rain forest damage because it is irreparable.
ref: [1997, Virginia Journal of International Law, volume 38, page 377:
text: It has also been suggested that environmental crimes might include the proposed crime of ‘ecocide’ or ‘geocide’, with proponents of this view attempting to draw parallels between destructive acts towards the environment and those against the qualifying groups for genocide. […] [M]any who advocate for the creation of either ecocide or geocide principally argue that the best place to try such crimes is through an apparatus created in a separate and environment-oriented treaty.
ref: 2013, Alexandra R. Harrington, “The Crime of Aggression and Threats to the Future”, in Sébastien Jodoin, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, editors, Sustainable Development, International Criminal Justice, and Treaty Implementation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 161–162:
text: The funeral is the culmination of Extinction Rebellion’s actions at London fashion week. They also staged a die-in outside one of the show venues on Friday and a swarm outside Victoria Beckham’s show on Sunday, with protesters holding placards reading “fashion = ecocide” and “the ugly truth about fashion”.
ref: 2019 September 17, Lauren Cochrane, “Extinction Rebellion stage funeral at London fashion week finale”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: geocide
glosses: The complete destruction of an ecosystem due to human activities, such as due to exploitation of resources, nuclear warfare, or the dumping of harmful chemicals.
wikipedia: Arthur Galston
Derived terms: ecocidal
Related terms: ecophagy
genericizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genericization
regiolect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regiolects
Etymology: Blend of region + dialect
Senses: synonyms: regionalect
geolect
topolect
glosses: A lect spoken in a particular geographical region.
Derived terms: regiolectal
regiolectally
Related terms: dialect
patois
standard language
Ryder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ryders
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a rider, cavalryman, or knight.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A minor city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.
Related terms: Rider
kifli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiflis
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian kifli, from German Kipfl.
Senses: glosses: A Hungarian crescent-shaped bread roll.
Terrance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin, variant of Terence.
on account of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: on something's account
form: on account thereof
form: onaccounta
Senses: examples: text: […] and His Imperial Majesty further agrees to pay to the British Government the sum of Three Millions of dollars, on account of debts due to British subjects by some of the said Hong merchants (or Cohong), who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of Her Britannic Majesty.
ref: 1842 August 29, Treaty of Nanking
glosses: On behalf of the (monetary) account of; (idiomatic, originally figurative) for the sake of.
examples: text: The rebuilding of damaged stations is proceeding slowly, on account of the shortage of building materials and the pressing needs of housing, but steady progress is being made.
ref: 1951 March, E. J. Tyler, “Post-War Recovery on the Netherlands Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 157:
text: ‘My brother,[…], is at Radley, on account of my parents thinking it a bad idea to have us both at the same school.’
‘On account of your being twins?’ said Adrian.
‘Right, on account of my mother OD-ing on fertility drugs.[…]’
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, pages 18–19:
glosses: Because of, due to, owing to.
on account of
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Forms: form: on something's account
form: on account thereof
form: onaccounta
Senses: examples: text: […] I had a pretty good notion of the weather conditions generally, on account of I was out in them.
ref: 1998, Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, Broadway Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 213:
text: Truth is I was the kind of fellow who people would run away from when they seen me coming on account of I was so full of facts and names and places and families I had to tell about.
ref: 1999, Craig S. Womack, Red on Red: Native American Literary Separatism, University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 216:
text: After that, I resumed walking, on account of it involves little contact with strangers.
ref: 2015, Bill Bryson, The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island, page 84:
glosses: On account of the fact that: because, since.
Synonyms: as
given that
seeing that
because
Related terms: on account
cryptofascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptofascists
Etymology: From crypto- + fascist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of crypto-fascist.
cryptofascist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cryptofascist
form: most cryptofascist
Etymology: From crypto- + fascist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of crypto-fascist.
crypto-fascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crypto-fascists
form: cryptofascist
Etymology: From crypto- + fascist.
Senses: examples: text: The American people will no longer retreat from “crypto-fascists” attacking their civil liberties, but will stand and fight for basic democracy, Senator Claude Pepper, Democrat, of Florida, declared yesterday at the closing session of the conference on cultural freedom and civil liberties at the Hotel Commodore.
ref: 1947 October 27, Claude Pepper, quotee, “Pepper Asks Fight to Save Liberties”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A person whose fascist views or motives are kept private or secret.
crypto-fascist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crypto-fascist
form: most crypto-fascist
form: cryptofascist
Etymology: From crypto- + fascist.
Senses: examples: text: He also provides the helpful service of describing the contents of such cryptofascist films as Chuck Norris's “Invasion U.S.A.,” sparing the reader the ordeal of actually having to watch them.
ref: 1988 January 10, Peter Brunette, “Democracy Goes to the Movies”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Having private or secret fascist views or motives.
Related terms: crypto-fascism
cryptofascism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crypto- + fascism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of crypto-fascism.
crypto-fascism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptofascism
Etymology: From crypto- + fascism.
Senses: glosses: The holding of fascist views in private or secret.
Wilbur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From an Old English female given name Wilburg, from wil (“will”) + burh (“fortress”).
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a matronymic.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A stereotypical given name for a pig.
Related terms: Wilberforce
Willard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪləɹd/
Etymology: From Old English wil (“will”) + heard (“brave, strong”).
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
examples: text: The date on the document corresponded to Bill's date of birth, which Scott had seen many times on records and forms, and the name of the child was Willard Skansey Jr. - - - A bank robber's name. Or a tough welterweight of the 1930s with his hair parted in the middle. A bank robber lying low between jobs.
ref: 1991, Don DeLillo, Mao II, Viking, →ISBN, page 144:
glosses: A male given name from Old English of mostly American usage. Partly transferred back from the surname.
glosses: A place in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Logan County, Colorado.
glosses: A place in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A tiny city in Shawnee County and Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States.
An unincorporated community and coal town in Carter County, Kentucky.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A small unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Bay County, Michigan.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A city in Greene County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A village in Torrance County, New Mexico, named after Willard Hopewell, builder of Santa Fe Central Railway.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A hamlet primarily in the town of Romulus, Seneca County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Pender County, North Carolina.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A city in Huron County, Ohio.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A small city in Box Elder County, Utah.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A former unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, now a part of Washington Dulles International Airport.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A small unincorporated community in Skamania County, Washington.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A place in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.
Woodrow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊd.roʊ/
ipa: /ˈwʊd.rəʊ/
Forms: form: Woodrows
Etymology: From wood + row.
Senses: glosses: A topographic surname from Middle English for a dweller in a row of houses near a wood.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, given in the 1910s in honor of President Woodrow Wilson.
Related terms: Woody
Wyatt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪ.ət/
rhymes: -aɪət
Forms: form: Whyatt
Etymology: Ultimately from the Old English personal name Wigheard, from wīg (“war”) + heard (“hard, brave”), later also used as a Middle English diminutive of the names Guy and William.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
examples: text: Finnley is the fourth daughter of Jason and Kylie Kelce, having already welcomed Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett to the family.
ref: 2025 April 2, Ben Morse, “‘Whoop, there she is!’: Jason and Kylie Kelce announce birth of fourth daughter”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages, modern transferred use of the surname.
glosses: A place name in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Madison Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana.
glosses: A place name in the United States:
A minor city in Mississippi County, Missouri.
glosses: A place name in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Wyatts Green
Zackary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew, of occasional usage, variant of Zachary.
TIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TICs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of tourist information centre.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of tenancy in common.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of total invested capital.
examples: text: TICs must be admitted by a defendant in addition to the crimes for which they have been convicted.
topics: government
law-enforcement
qualifier: criminal law
glosses: Initialism of offence to be taken into consideration.
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of translocon on inner chloroplast membrane.
glosses: Initialism of thermal imaging camera.
Coordinate terms: topics: cytology
biology
medicine
sciences
natural-sciences
word: TOC
topics: cytology
biology
medicine
sciences
natural-sciences
word: TIM
topics: cytology
biology
medicine
sciences
natural-sciences
word: TOM
Lennon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛn.ən/
Forms: form: Lannan
form: Lannen
form: Linnen
Etymology: From Irish Ó Leannáin (“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”) and from Ó Lonáin (“descendant of Blackbird (Lonán)”).
Senses: examples: text: 'He means the other Lennon,' Slowey's voice said. ' John Lennon from the Beatles.' And Farley saw him then, on the bend of the counter smoking a cigar. Slowey then turned to the barman, '... and he means the other Lenin, you know, the Russian revolutionary?'
ref: 2011, Christine Dwyer Hickey, The Cold Eye of Heaven, Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 117:
glosses: A surname from Irish, notably of John Lennon (1940–1980), one of the Beatles.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
glosses: A commune in Finistère department, Brittany, France.
glosses: A village in Venice Township, Shiawassee County and Clayton Township, Genesee County, Michigan, United States.
Declan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈdɛklən/
Etymology: From Old Irish Declán, whence the modern Irish equivalent Deaglán.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Old Irish, borne notably by Declán of Ardmore
get-rich-quick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Five companies offering get-rich-quick schemes to property investors have been shut down.
text: Get-rich-quick email scams are on the increase.
text: Private companies have, traditionally, dominated Britain's railway history. The first railways were built by private individuals and groups, and by the late 1830s building a railway was considered the ideal 'get rich quick' scheme.
ref: 2024 July 24, Richard Foster, “Rail reform has never been easy”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 28:
glosses: Claiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims.
raw_tags: of a scheme
Derived terms: get rich quicker
Delaney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈleɪni/
Forms: form: Dulaney
Etymology: From a Norman baronial surname, from a place in France, Old French del aunaie (“from the alder grove”). In Ireland an anglicization of Irish Ó Dubhshláine (descendant of Black (dubh) + Challenge (slán)).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Madison County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States.
Kyler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: An American anglicization of Dutch Cuyler "archer" and German Keiler "wild boar".
* The surname is quite rare. The given name may be a recent coinage based on Kyle and Tyler.
Senses: glosses: An American surname from Dutch.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and later usage.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1990s and later usage.
bronzine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bronze + -ine.
Senses: glosses: A metal made to look like bronze.
noduli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nodulus
addy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ædi
Forms: form: addies
Etymology: Shortenings + -y.
Senses: examples: text: My e-mail addy is being spammed. I should've kept it private.
glosses: Address (especially e-mail address).
glosses: Adderall.
Rackmanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Variant of Rachmanism, perhaps influenced by rack rent.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Rachmanism.
food for thought
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If I were ScotRail management, I'd be looking at the feasibility of taking some more trailer cars to make them five-car sets, and even the possibility of using them on the West Highland, Kyle and Far North lines as well (although I fear that is a cost too far, but food for thought).
ref: 2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 55:
coordinate_terms: soul food
glosses: Information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation.
Related terms: give someone pause
give thought
grist for the mill
makes you think
think twice
timbrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmbɹəl/
Forms: form: timbrels
Etymology: Diminutive of Old French timbre, from Latin tympanum.
Senses: examples: text: Hence the soft couch, and many-colour'd robe,
The timbrel and arch'd dome and costly feast,
With all th' inventive arts that nurse the soul
To forms of beauty […]
ref: 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Religious Musings:
text: "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places.[…]"
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An ancient percussion instrument rather like a simple tambourine.
timbrel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmbɹəl/
Forms: form: timbrels
form: timbreling
form: timbrelling
form: timbreled
form: timbreled
form: timbrelled
form: timbrelled
Etymology: Diminutive of Old French timbre, from Latin tympanum.
Senses: glosses: To play the timbrel.
examples: text: with timbrelled anthems
ref: 1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:
text: Yet there the timbrelled hymn / Rings to Osiris […]
ref: 1833, William Lisle Bowles, St. John in Patmos:
glosses: To accompany with the sound of the timbrel.
Baptists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baptist
tollgate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tollgates
Etymology: From toll + gate.
Senses: examples: text: Colonel George Rice Trevor testified that the Rebeccas attacked poor-houses as well as tollgates.
ref: 2019, Marsha R. Robinson, Disobedient Histories in Ancient and Modern Times, page 82:
synonyms: tollbar
toll barrier
glosses: A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid
Related terms: toll booth
toll-collector
tollhouse
tolltaker
tollgate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tollgates
form: tollgating
form: tollgated
form: tollgated
Etymology: From toll + gate.
Senses: glosses: To furnish (a road) with a tollgate.
glosses: To perpetrate a form of corruption in which the recipient of a government contract must donate part of its value to the government.
Related terms: sense: spit proceeds corruptly
word: kick back
tollbar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tollbars
form: toll-bar
Etymology: From toll + bar.
Senses: synonyms: toll barrier
tollgate
glosses: A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid.
tonearm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonearms
Etymology: From tone + arm.
Senses: glosses: The pivoting bar that holds the pickup of a record player and conducts the resulting signal to the amplifier.
hot flashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot flash
hot flushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot flush
pettier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of petty: more petty
pettiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of petty: most petty
flosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floss
flosses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of floss
flossed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒst
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of floss
get moving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets moving
form: getting moving
form: got moving
form: got moving
form: gotten moving
Senses: examples: text: We should get moving with the props if we want this play ready on time.
glosses: To start hurrying to undertake a task.
Related terms: get a move on
petalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛtələs/
Forms: form: more petalous
form: most petalous
Etymology: From petal + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having petals.
Derived terms: anisopetalous
antepetalous
apetalous
apopetalous
bipetalous
catapetalous
dipetalous
heptapetalous
hexapetalous
intrapetalous
macropetalous
micropetalous
monopetalous
octopetalous
oligopetalous
parapetalous
pentapetalous
peripetalous
planipetalous
pluripetalous
polypetalous
stenopetalous
sympetalous
synpetalous
tetrapetalous
tripetalous
unipetalous
alcazar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌalkəˈzɑː/
ipa: /ˌælkəˈzɑɹ/
ipa: /ælˈkɑzɚ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: alcazars
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish alcázar, from Arabic الْقَصْر (al-qaṣr). Doublet of castle.
Senses: examples: text: But most eloquent of all were the stories passed down to her - highly decorated items which Harriet embellished even further in her resolute myth of the enchanted alcazar, the fairy chateau that never was.
ref: 2002, Donna Tartt, The Little Friend, page 43:
glosses: Any Moorish fortress in Spain.
go-kart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: go-karts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of go-cart.
go-kart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: go-karts
form: go-karting
form: go-karted
form: go-karted
Senses: synonyms: kart
glosses: To take part in the sport or activity of go-karting.
go with the flow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes with the flow
form: going with the flow
form: went with the flow
form: gone with the flow
Etymology: Here, flow is used in the sense of "direction of movement."
Senses: examples: text: “Look, you know, I go with the flow based on what the campaign wants to do,” Priebus told NBC’s Meet the Press. “I think Kellyanne is doing a phenomenal job. I don’t know Steve Bannon, to tell you the truth, very well.”
ref: 2016 August 28, Tom McCarthy, quoting Reince Priebus, “Reince Priebus on Trump campaign hires: ‘I go with the flow’”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: blow with the wind
float with the stream
glosses: To act as others are acting, conforming to common behavior patterns with an attitude of calm acceptance.
Related terms: ride with the punches
take things as they come
go without
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes without
form: going without
form: went without
form: gone without
Senses: examples: text: If you forgot to bring your toothpaste, you'll have to go without.
text: For days he will go without shaving, for months he lets his toenails grow; […]
ref: 1949, Cecil Beaton, “[Home and Abroad, 1948–51] Tangier”, in Richard Buckle, editor, Self Portrait with Friends: The Selected Diaries of Cecil Beaton, 1926–1974, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, published 1979, →ISBN, page 223:
glosses: To forgo (something).
examples: text: The poor man's children went without supper.
text: Jamie would get upset growing up over all the times she, or we, went without, but, looking back, we can see that that was what made us tough.
ref: 2016, K.A. Morini, Amanda Beth Randall, “Little House on the Pond”, in The Book: The Story of Red Tail Hawk: One Family’s Journey Through Addiction, Bloomington, Ind.: Balboa Press, Hay House, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: To lack or be deprived of (something).
Related terms: go without saying
do without
GUNT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French GUNT, an initialism of Gouvernement d'Union Nationale de Transition.
Senses: glosses: The National Union Transition Government, a former governing body of Chad, Africa.
man crush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: man crushes
Senses: examples: 2004, Mark St. Amant, Committed: Confession of a Fantasy Football Junkie, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 278,
Another interesting note from the Super Bowl: aside from my season-long man-crush, Stephen Davis (who ultimately let me down in Week 15), and maybe his Panther teammate WR Steve Smith, who had a good season (when he wasn’t beating the shit out of his own teammates in team meetings, that is), there was not one, single fantasy stud on either Super Bowl team.
2005, Phil Kiver, 182 Days in Iraq, Word Association Publishers, →ISBN, page 82,
The second one was a gag gift for Private First Class Dubee. He had this man crush on a male professional wrestler. We managed to get a digital shot of Dubee standing next to a poster of his man crush.
2005 August 11, Tyler Kirtley, Letter to the Editor, The New York Times,
Far from feeling threatened, my girlfriend finds solace in them and would view any young man not admitting to a man crush as uncomfortable with his sexuality.
2007, Bill Simmons, Vegas follow-up, ESPN.com
It's no secret that Texas has become my favorite college hoops team; my man-crush on [Kevin] Durant has reached the point that I should probably remain at least 100 yards away from him at all times.
glosses: An intense and typically nonsexual feeling of attraction toward and admiration for a man.
examples: 2004, Joyce Anthony Huff, Meadowlark, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 52,
“[…] Her old man crushes were always just that—crushes. But maybe she really is dating him. […]”
2005, Amy Scheibe, What Do You Do All Day?, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 65,
We talk a bit about the man crushes we have in common, recount our conquests, celebrate our fabulous younger selves. We don't talk about the men we lost, or how utterly decimating the eighties were, or how lucky we are to be sitting here, drinking ourselves silly.
2005, Jennifer Crusie, Flirting with Pride & Prejudice: Fresh Perspectives on the Original Chick-Lit Masterpiece, BenBella Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 119,
[…] for a certain faction of American women, the accent is swoon-worthy on its own. I will confess that the Darcy accent I concocted in my head while reading Pride and Prejudice for the first time was a huge contributor to my fictional man crush.
glosses: A crush on (sexual attraction toward) a man.
Synonyms: sense: crush-like but non-sexual feeling of attraction
word: brolationship
sense: crush-like but non-sexual feeling of attraction
word: bromance
Coordinate terms: girl crush
sismance
womance
go overboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes overboard
form: going overboard
form: went overboard
form: gone overboard
Senses: examples: text: Attach the buoys so they don't go overboard.
glosses: To fall out of a vessel.
examples: text: You can decorate the new room, but don't go overboard with surreal paintings.
text: Of course, Bradshaw goes overboard on the cathedral [at Gloucester]: "a cross, 426 feet long; the oldest parts are the Norman crypt and nave, built in 1089."
ref: 2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56:
synonyms: get carried away
gild the lily
overegg
over-egg the pudding
overdo
take (something) too far
glosses: To go too far; to exceed reasonable bounds.
Asif
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew אסף (asef, “to gather”); or Persian, Urdu آصف (āsaf, “name of Solomon's vizier”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Persian or Urdu.
take heart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌteɪk ˈhɑːt/
ipa: /ˌteɪk ˈhɑɹt/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: takes heart
form: taking heart
form: took heart
form: taken heart
Senses: examples: text: I took heart in the assurance that the issue was already solved.
text: England will not be catapulted among the favourites for Euro 2012 as a result of this win, but no victory against Spain is earned easily and it is right they take great heart from their efforts as they now prepare to play Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday.
ref: 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: take courage
;
buck up
antonyms: lose heart
glosses: To be courageous; to regain one's courage.
Related terms: have a heart
heartiness
hearty
take heart
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌteɪk ˈhɑːt/
ipa: /ˌteɪk ˈhɑɹt/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Senses: examples: text: Take heart, help will arrive shortly and everything will be fine.
glosses: Used when encouraging someone to bear or take up a difficult situation.
stubborn as a mule
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely stubborn
quick as a flash
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: In reference to the rapidity of flashes of lightning.
Senses: synonyms: fulgurant
fast as lightning
lightning fast
lightning-quick
in a flash
quick as a fox
qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely quick.
quick as a flash
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: In reference to the rapidity of flashes of lightning.
Senses: synonyms: lightning fast
in a flash
lightningly
qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely quickly.
sleep on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sleeps on
form: sleeping on
form: slept on
form: slept on
Senses: examples: text: I like the idea, but let me sleep on it before we go ahead.
text: There's no chance to sleep on the matter. You have to decide now.
glosses: To postpone (a decision) at least overnight, to avoid making a hasty choice.
examples: text: People are really sleeping on that restaurant down the street.
text: I can't believe I slept on that movie for so long.
glosses: To miss or ignore; to underappreciate; to underestimate the quality of something.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleep, on.
Related terms: in the cold light of day
sleep with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sleeps with
form: sleeping with
form: slept with
form: slept with
Senses: examples: text: K.T. Oslin once made a living as a Broadway chorus girl, and when she turned to country in her mid-40s, it was to sing about such nonbucolic topics such as older women sleeping with younger men.
ref: 2001 June 24, "Country Rocks", Time
text: Roy: You remember the woman from last night? She seemed lovely, right?
Moss: She was a delight.
Roy: Yeah. We get outside, there's a group of tramps, two of whom she knows by name. She starts screaming at them, "You owe me money! You owe me money!" She thinks that the tramps owe her money. Next thing I know, it all kicks off. I'm running for my life. It was a horrible evening, a really horrible evening, and she's a really horrible woman.
Moss: Right. But you slept with her?
Roy: Yeah.
ref: 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6
glosses: To have sexual intercourse with.
examples: text: My daughter has to sleep with her teddy bear or she gets scared.
qualifier: literal
glosses: To share a bed or bedroom with.
Synonyms: sense: have sex with
word: copulate with
sense: share a bed or bedroom with
word: sleep
Related terms: sleep with the fishes
snuffles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snuffle
snuffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snuffle
sniffled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sniffle
animal kingdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The regnum Animalia; the set of all animals.
phone-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phone-ins
Etymology: Deverbal from phone in.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
coordinate_terms: phone-out
glosses: A show requiring members of the public to telephone the studio.
examples: text: In another demonstration against the broadcast, members of GLAAD participated in a weeklong phone-in protest to the local PBS affiliate and were told a rebroadcast of the film scheduled for March 29 had been canceled.
ref: 1986 April 5, Bruce Michael Gelbert, “PBS Runs Anti-Black, Anti-Gay AIDS Show”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
glosses: A protest in which a large number of calls are made to the target.
meaning of life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The meaning of life here on earth might be defined as consisting in this: To unfold your self, to work what thing you have the faculty for. It is a necessity for the human being, the first law of our existence.
ref: 1840 May 22, Thomas Carlyle, “Lecture VI. The Hero as King. Cromwell, Napoleon: Modern Revolutionism.”, in On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1840, →OCLC, page 207:
text: I asked myself if this were the meaning of life—to be a work-beast? I knew of no horse in the city of Oakland that worked the hours I worked.
ref: 1913 August, Jack London, chapter VII, in John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 63:
text: But he was no nearer to the meaning of life than he had been before. Why the world was there and what men had come into existence for at all was as inexplicable as ever.
ref: 1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter LIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC, page 274:
topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: A hypothetical answer to all of life's ultimate questions; the purpose or raison d'être of human life.
doze off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dozes off
form: dozing off
form: dozed off
form: dozed off
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, what the train of the future must do is offer a comfortable and enjoyable experience in well-designed carriages that (for example) have pleasant lighting, have seats that align with windows, and which are comfortable enough so that you can doze off without having to call your oesteopath as soon as you wake up.
ref: 2021 April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, in RAIL, number 928, page 47:
glosses: To fall asleep unintentionally.
Synonyms: drop off
sack out
doze off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doze offs
Senses: glosses: A short unintentional nap, an instance of dozing off.
susurruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of susurrus
empty nests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of empty nest
yean
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /jiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
homophone: yeen
Forms: form: yeans
form: yeaning
form: yeaned
form: yeaned
Etymology: From Middle English *yenen, ȝenen, eanen, from Old English *ġeēanian, ēanian (“to yean, bring forth young (usually lambs), bring forth as a ewe”) (for the prefixed form, compare Old English ġeēan, ġeēane (“yeaning”, adjective)), from Proto-West Germanic *gaaunōn, *aunōn (“to yean, lamb”), from *aunōną (“to yean, lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).
Cognate with Scots yean (“to yean”), Saterland Frisian bejänne (“to produce; show signs of calving”), West Frisian antsje, eandsje, inje (“to yean”), Dutch onen (“to yean”), Swedish öna (“to yean”, dialectal). Akin also to Latin agnus, Ancient Greek ἀμνός (amnós), Old Irish úan (“lamb”). See also ean.
Senses: glosses: To give birth to.
raw_tags: of goats or sheep
nesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nester
nester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nesters
Etymology: From nest + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who nests.
examples: text: I suppose, even for a nester, which I most assuredly am, there comes a time for moving on, and the time has finally come for my sother and me to leave Boston's Back Bay for other, not necessarily greener pastures.
ref: 1982 April 3, Nancy Walker, “Moving”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
text: I AM A NESTER. I love our house and the things that fill it. My problem is, I am always on the go, rarely getting the opportunity to be there.
ref: 2002 February 1, Mary Beth Sammons, Gifts With Heart, Conari Press, →ISBN, page 147:
glosses: One who forms a strong attachment to their home.
examples: text: As cow camps were succeeded by the nesters, and towns came to grow at their sites, the springs continued to serve mankind both in an industrial way and as a playground for the ever-increasing population.
ref: 1964, John Hendrix, If I Can Do It Horseback: A Cow-Country Sketchbook, page 22:
glosses: A person who intends to settle in an area without permanent residents; a settler, as distinct from an explorer or pioneer.
Related terms: empty nester
Nyunga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʊŋa/
ipa: /ˈnjuːŋɡə/
Forms: form: Noonga
form: Noongah
form: Noongar
form: Nyoongah
form: Nyoongar
form: Nyungah
form: Nyuunga
Etymology: Borrowed from Nyunga nungar (“a person, a man”).
Senses: glosses: An indigenous people of southwestern Australia.
Nyunga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʊŋa/
ipa: /ˈnjuːŋɡə/
Forms: form: Noonga
form: Noongah
form: Noongar
form: Nyoongah
form: Nyoongar
form: Nyungah
form: Nyuunga
Etymology: Borrowed from Nyunga nungar (“a person, a man”).
Senses: glosses: The Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language, or group of related languages or dialects, spoken by the Nyunga.
Nyunga
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʊŋa/
ipa: /ˈnjuːŋɡə/
Forms: form: Noonga
form: Noongah
form: Noongar
form: Nyoongah
form: Nyoongar
form: Nyungah
form: Nyuunga
Etymology: Borrowed from Nyunga nungar (“a person, a man”).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Nyunga people or their language or culture.
Derived terms: Nyungan
gambrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæmbɹəl/
Forms: form: gambrels
Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”).
Senses: glosses: The hind leg of a horse; the hock.
examples: text: Within two hours the hog - killed, scalded, and scraped of its hair - was hanging pale from a big tree limb by a gambrel stick run through the tendons of its hind feet
ref: 1997, Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 307:
glosses: A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering.
synonyms: gambrel hook
glosses: A kind of meathook shaped roughly like a horse's hind leg.
topics: architecture
glosses: A gambrel roof.
Derived terms: gambrel roof
gambrel-roofed
gambrel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæmbɹəl/
Forms: form: gambrels
form: gambreling
form: gambrelling
form: gambreled
form: gambreled
form: gambrelled
form: gambrelled
Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”).
Senses: examples: text: They raised him so, gambreled up by the bones in his cheek.
ref: 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 9:
text: And meet me; or I'll box you while I have you, And carry you gambril'd thither like a mutton
ref: c. 1615–1616, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher, “The Nice Valour, or, The Passionate Mad-man”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: To truss or hang up using a gambrel.
lebes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lebetes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λέβης (lébēs).
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Greek cauldron, normally of bronze, and often supported by a tripod.
Related terms: lebes gamikos
lectica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lecticas
form: lecticae
Etymology: From Latin lectica (“litter”), from lectus (“bed, couch”) + -ica (“forming related nouns”), q.v.
Senses: glosses: A kind of Roman litter, typically with bedding, curtains, and four legs.
qualifier: inexact
glosses: Synonym of litter, any similar vehicle.
synonyms: word: litter
word: any similar vehicle
dw
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: But...what exactly are celebrities asking for in the first place? It’s a classic chicken-and-egg scenario. Dw, tho, I asked the pros firsthand: What are the elite set asking for this year, for those of us who want to get in on the trends a little early? And they delivered.
ref: 2024 September 5, Beth Gillette, “24 Fall Hair Colors Every Celebrity Is Asking for Rn”, in Cosmopolitan:
related: word: DW
glosses: Initialism of don't worry.
lectisternium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lectisterniums
form: lectisternia
Etymology: From Latin lectisternium.
Senses: glosses: An ancient "feast of the gods", at which images of the gods were set on couches around a feast table.
cocker spaniels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocker spaniel
rice cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rice cakes
Senses: glosses: A food item made from puffed rice congealed in a wafer, usually circular and palm-sized.
glosses: A sticky, dense food item made from rice flour, popular in parts of East Asia.
rice cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rice cake
unknowingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈnəʊ.ɪŋ.li/
Etymology: From unknowing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: An endianness difference can cause problems if a computer unknowingly tries to read binary data written in the opposite format from a shared memory location or file.
ref: 2012, Albert J. Marcella, Cyber Forensics, page 116:
glosses: Without awareness, without intent.
Synonyms: unwittingly
self-love
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + love.
Senses: examples: text: Lizzo, who is known for messages of self-love and wider acceptance, has recently said as much as she shared that she is encouraging a stance of body neutrality for herself and others.
ref: 2023 May 29, Madeline Holcombe, “Lizzo is teaching us about body neutrality. Here is what it means and how to get there”, in CNN:
glosses: Regard for oneself; love of oneself.
glosses: Excessive pride or vanity, overvaluing the self.
examples: text: On the question of masturbation, or self-love, once again the tantric principle applies
ref: 2004, Diana Richardson, Tantric Orgasm for Women, Page 195
glosses: Masturbation.
Related terms: narcissism
other woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: other women
Senses: examples: text: Remembering the turmoil she experienced when her father left her mother, she vowed she would never be the other woman.
text: The other woman finds time to manicure her nails / The other woman is perfect where her rival fails
ref: 1956, “The Other Woman”, Jessie Mae Robinson (lyrics)performed by Sarah Vaughan:
text: I'll be some next man's other woman soon
ref: 2006, Amy Winehouse, Ashford & Simpson, “Tears Dry on Their Own”, in Back to Black, performed by Amy Winehouse:
hypernyms: home wrecker
coordinate_terms: other man
glosses: A woman who is romantically involved with someone (usually a man) already in a committed relationship with another woman, especially a woman having an affair with a married man.
legal eagle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legal eagles
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: examples: text: He made his reputation as a legal eagle as a prosecutor before entering private practice.
glosses: A skillful and adroit attorney
Synonyms: Philadelphia lawyer
legal beagle
legal beagle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legal beagles
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: examples: text: He made his reputation as a legal beagle as a prosecutor before entering private practice.
text: For our part we are quite willing to pass the immortelles to Outerbridge Horsey, Banker Stillman's legal beagle.
ref: 1921 December 24, Implement & Tractor, volume 36, page 21:
text: Marshall, who didn't know the process server was after him until the legal beagle was called off by his congressional bosses, settled the whole affair late this afternoon by giving the committee the papers it wanted.
ref: 1947, Weekly Commercial News, volume 105:
text: You don't want to be a legal beagle about it. You are not a dog! Still, a passing familiarity with employment law isn't such a bad thing when you're working for others.
ref: 2010, Vicky Oliver, 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions, page 103:
glosses: A skillful and adroit lawyer.
Synonyms: Philadelphia lawyer
legal eagle