cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
polytheism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒl.ɪˈθiː.ɪz.əm/
Forms: form: polytheisms
Etymology: From French polythéisme, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) and θεός (theós, “god”), corresponding to poly- + theism.
Senses: examples: text: And remember when Lokmân said unto his son, as he admonished him, Oh my son, give not a partner unto GOD; for polytheism is a great impiety.
ref: 1734, George Sale, transl., Alcoran of Mohammed:
glosses: The belief in the existence of multiple gods.
examples: text: The Chaldeans worshipped the seven planets. These seven planets were the "Seven Great Gods" of the ancients, and constituted a polytheism, the component members of which varied in importance, with the moon occupying the premier position.
ref: 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 14:
glosses: A religion or belief system with multiple gods.
Related terms: polydeism
polydeist
polytheist
polytheistic
polytheistical
polytheistically
atheism
henotheism
kathenotheism
monotheism
pantheon
theism
computer science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: computer sciences
Senses: glosses: The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.
Synonyms: computing
datalogy
comp sci
CS
Related terms: algorithm
data structure
informatics
information science
information theory
mathematics
IRC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Internet Relay Chat.
examples: text: Additionally, highly compensated employees or workers with earned income exceeding the dollar amount in effect under IRC section 414(q)(1)(B)(i) are ineligible to receive the deduction.
ref: 2025 May 23, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill”, in United States House Committee on Ways & Means, page 12:
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Internal Revenue Code.
glosses: Initialism of International Rescue Committee.
Derived terms: IRCer
IRC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IRCs
form: IRC's
Senses: qualifier: Postal Romanization
glosses: Initialism of international reply coupon.
IRC
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: IRCs
form: IRCing
form: IRCed
form: IRCed
Senses: examples: text: <Xantha> <- irced 2 yrs without aliases […]
ref: 1995, Stuart Harris, The Irc Survival Guide:
text: […] IRCing can confirm the observation that work and play appear to constitute a continuum for the digerati.
ref: 2002, James Arnt Aune, Selling the Free Market:
text: […] not that this is strange or anything, I do the same thing myself when I'm IRCing — there're some real weirdos out there roaming the Net […]
ref: 2004, Allison Rushby, Friday Night Cocktails:
glosses: To participate in Internet Relay Chat.
few
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /fjuː/
ipa: /fɪu̯/
ipa: [fjʉː]
ipa: [fjʉ͡u]
rhymes: -uː
homophone: phew stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Etymology: From Middle English fewe, from Old English fēaw (“few”), from Proto-West Germanic *fau, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz (“few”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”).
Cognate with Old Saxon fā (“few”), Old High German fao, fō (“few, little”), Old Norse fár (“few”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus, “few”). Also related with Latin paucus (“little, few”) and pauper (“poor”), from which latter English poor and pauper; see these.
Senses: examples: text: Many are called, but few are chosen.
glosses: Few people, few things.
I love you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪ ˈlʌv juː/
ipa: /aɪ ˈlʊv juː/
Senses: examples: text: "I love you, Mom," said Candace.
text: I love you, Lolly: I should have been saying it at the end of every one of those goddamn Sunday-evening calls. Should have been calling her. I love you: Why did that simple three-syllable sentence always get stuck in my throat?
ref: 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.73
glosses: An affirmation of affection or deep caring, especially to a family member.
examples: text: The dark days are gone and the bright days are here / My sunny one shines so sincere / Sunny, one so true / I love you
ref: 1976, Boney M., “Sunny”, in Take the Heat off Me:
glosses: An affirmation of romantic feeling to a lover or spouse.
examples: text: I love you, man, but you need some professional help.
glosses: A platonic expression of strong inclination or liking to a friend.
Synonyms: english: pager slang
translation: pager slang
word: 143
word: ILY
Related terms: I'm in love with you
do you love me?
beer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bîr
ipa: /bɪə/
ipa: /bɪɚ/
ipa: /bɪɹ/
ipa: /biə/
ipa: /biɹ/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /bɛː/
note: Indic
ipa: /bia̯(ɾ)/
note: non-rhotic, also
ipa: /biːɾ/
homophone: bier
homophone: bere
homophone: bare (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: bear (cheer–chair merger)
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: beers
form: beering
form: beered
form: beered
Etymology: From Middle English bere, from Old English bēor (“beer”) (Oxford OED notes: "rare, except in poetry"), from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”) (putatively from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewsóm), meaning “brewer's yeast”.
However, also see the "beer" entry on EtymOnline (q.v.), which links a connection to monastic Vulgar Latin *biber (“a drink, beverage”), from Latin bibere (“to drink”). Samuel Johnson in his famous 18th-century A Dictionary of the English Language guessed it was from (unattested) Welsh *bîr; he distinguished it in his time from ale — the ancient usual word — by beer being older-aged and/or smaller.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bjoor (“beer”), West Frisian bier (“beer”), Dutch bier (“beer”), German Low German Beer (“beer”), German Bier (“beer”), dialectal Swedish bjor, bör (“beer”), Norwegian Nynorsk bjor (“beer”), Faroese bjór (“beer”), Icelandic bjór (“beer”).
Senses: examples: text: No doubt he then can feed us, wine us, beer us, And cook us something that can warm and cheer us.
ref: 1870, Sidney Daryl, His First Brief. A Comedietta in Clement Scott, Drawing-room Plays and Parlour Pantomimes, Robson and Sons, pages 303–304
text: “Beer me!” said Goody. “Also your weed is shit. Where’s the good stuff, dude?”
ref: 2010, Steve Brezenhoff, The Absolute Value of -1, Carolrhoda Lab, page 121:
text: I heard Patty Marsh yelling, ‘Beer him, Eleanor!’
ref: 2013, Janet E. Cameron, Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World, Hatchette Books Ireland, page 124:
text: “Beer me!” To his astonishment she obeyed his command, appearing a minute later with a glass of beer and a wry smile.
ref: 2013, R. D. Power, Forbidden, page 39:
glosses: To give beer to (someone).
examples: text: In Japan, students on a Friday night announce “Let's beer!”
ref: 2008, Charles Foran, Join the Revolution, Comrade: Journeys and Essays, page 83:
glosses: To drink beer.
beer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bîr
ipa: /bɪə/
ipa: /bɪɚ/
ipa: /bɪɹ/
ipa: /biə/
ipa: /biɹ/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /bɛː/
note: Indic
ipa: /bia̯(ɾ)/
note: non-rhotic, also
ipa: /biːɾ/
homophone: bier
homophone: bere
homophone: bare (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: bear (cheer–chair merger)
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈbi.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈbiː.ə/
enpr: bîr
ipa: /bɪə/
ipa: /bɪɚ/
ipa: /bɪɹ/
ipa: /biə/
ipa: /biɹ/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /bɛː/
note: Indic
ipa: /bia̯(ɾ)/
note: non-rhotic, also
ipa: /biːɾ/
homophone: bier
homophone: bere
homophone: bare (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: bear (cheer–chair merger)
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: beers
form: be-er
Etymology: From Middle English beere, equivalent to be + -er.
Senses: examples: text: That meant, among other things, that he was going to be a fast-moving doer. And even when he was three or four, it wasn't hard for me to know that this wasn't going to be easy. Because Albert was a beer. Born that way.
ref: 1990, Budge Wilson, “Be-ers and Doers”, in The leaving, and other stories:
glosses: One who is or exists.
Synonyms: word: ale
word: amber fluid
word: amber nectar
word: beer
word: bitter
word: brew
word: brewski
word: brewsky
word: cold one
word: coldie
word: liquid bread
word: oat soda
word: reeb
word: suds
word: tinnie
word: wobbly pop
Hypernyms: word: alcoholic beverage
word: drink
Hyponyms: word: barley wine
word: belly vengeance
word: black stuff
word: Broon
word: Broonale
word: brown ale
word: bock
word: draught
word: golden ale
word: homebrew
word: India pale ale
word: IPA
word: Kölsch
word: lager
word: lambic
word: microbrew
word: mild
word: new
word: old
word: pale ale
word: pilsener
word: pilsner
word: pils
word: porter
word: session ale
word: session beer
word: session bitter
word: shandy
word: stingo
word: stout
word: weissbier
word: witbier
Meronyms: word: adjunct
word: alcohol
word: barley
word: ester
word: head
word: hop
word: water
word: yeast
Related terms: word: afterbear
word: forebear
word: gage
word: half
word: jug
word: middie
word: pint
word: pitcher
word: pony
word: pot
word: schooner
word: barrel
word: bottle
word: can
word: cask
word: keg
word: :Category:Beer
EBITDA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːbɪtˈdɑː/
ipa: /əˈbɪtdɑː/
ipa: /ˈɛbɪtdɑː/
Senses: examples: text: As a result, “adjusted taxable income” corresponds with the financial accounting concept of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA).
ref: 2025 May 23, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill”, in United States House Committee on Ways & Means, page 22:
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Acronym of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, revenue after the subtraction of dividends but before the deduction of interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
Coordinate terms: EBIT
EBITA
encrypt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkɹɪpt/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Forms: form: encrypts
form: encrypting
form: encrypted
form: encrypted
Etymology: From en- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).
Senses: examples: text: All messages on this platform are doubly encrypted to increase security.
synonyms: encode
antonyms: decode
decrypt
glosses: To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
Derived terms: encryptable
encrypter
encryptor
reencrypt
self-encrypting
signcrypt
superencrypt
unencrypt
Related terms: encryption
OCR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Oxford, Cambridge & RSA (examination board).
examples: text: “As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads.
ref: 2024 November 14, Lauren del Valle, “After suicide of nonbinary teen, DOE finds multiple Title IX violations at Oklahoma school district”, in CNN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Office for Civil Rights.
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Initialism of Office of the Chief Rabbi.
OCR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OCRs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of optical character recognition (the technology or principle).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of optical character reader (the scanning device).
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of obstacle course racing.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of obstacle course race.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Initialism of one coat render.
OCR
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: OCRs
form: OCRing
form: OCRed
form: OCRed
Senses: examples: text: Google Book Search is a tool from Google that searches the full text of books that Google scans, OCRs, and stores in its digital database.
glosses: To perform optical character recognition upon.
Derived terms: OCRable
ASAP
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.sæp/
ipa: /ˌeɪ.ɛs.eɪˈpiː/
rhymes: -æp
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: asap
Etymology: From the 1950s. First known use in a book of Captain Annis G Thompson, who was involved in the Korean War, The Greatest Airlift (1954). Originally used in the meaning "as soon as militarily possible" by military forces.
Senses: examples: text: Susan, please check those figures ASAP!
antonyms: at leisure
glosses: Initialism of as soon as possible.
wikipedia: 1950s
Korean War
Synonyms: stat
mann
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manns
form: mannen
Etymology: Borrowed from German Mann (“man”).
Senses: examples: text: The mann moves like a king but is not royal; he cannot castle and he’s allowed to be captured. The mann is most popular for chess theorists who wish to discuss the king as an attacking piece, or for chess puzzles that wish to use a non-royal king.
ref: 2018 October 12, aabicus, “My 7 Favorite Fairy Chess Pieces”, in The Daily SPUF:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A fairy chess piece that can move to any adjacent square. It moves like a king but is not a royal piece.
pseudo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsjuː.dəʊ/
ipa: /ˈsuː.dəʊ/
ipa: /ˈsu.doʊ/
Forms: form: pseud-
Etymology: From Middle English pseudo- (but uncommon before Modern English), from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”).
Senses: glosses: False; not genuine; fake.
glosses: Quasi-; almost.
Synonyms: sense: false
word: mis-
Derived terms: pseudodiaxial
pseudodicotomous
pseudodiequatorial
pseudodoxy
pseudo-Latin
pseudo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈs(j)uːdəʊ/
ipa: /ˈsuːdoʊ/
rhymes: -uːdəʊ
homophone: sudo
Forms: form: pseudos
form: pseud
Etymology: From Middle English, derived from prefix pseudo-, itself derived from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”).
Senses: glosses: An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
glosses: A poseur; one who is fake.
topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel-industry
glosses: pseudo-city code
examples: text: Issues such as verifiability (for age declared), anonymity (in spite of pseudos and avatars) and traceability are at stake[…]
ref: 2011, Divina Frau-Meigs, Media Matters in the Cultural Contradictions of the "Information Society", page 299:
glosses: A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity.
glosses: Clipping of pseudoephedrine.
pseudo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈs(j)uːdəʊ/
ipa: /ˈsuːdoʊ/
rhymes: -uːdəʊ
homophone: sudo
Etymology: From Middle English, derived from prefix pseudo-, itself derived from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”).
Senses: examples: text: Last week saw perhaps the first major showdown between the pseudo cryptolibertarianism they both espouse and that old-fashioned, resolutely analogue concept known as the nation state. For anyone who has spent any time pondering the intergalactic levels of entitlement among the tech broligarchy and the – until now – total impunity they’ve faced, the arrest and subsequent charging of Durov was a singular moment.
ref: 2024 August 31, Carole Cadwalladr, “Don’t rejoice yet, Elon Musk and his tech bros-in-arms are winning the global battle for the truth”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2025:
glosses: Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham.
glosses: Insincere.
Derived terms: pseudo anime
sub rosa
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌb ˈɹəʊzə/
ipa: /ˌsʌb ˈɹoʊzə/
Forms: form: more sub rosa
form: most sub rosa
Etymology: PIE word
 *upó
The adverb and adjective are an unadapted borrowing from Late Latin sub rosā (literally “under the rose”), from Latin sub (“beneath, under”) + rosa (“rose”) (possibly from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wardah (“flower; rose”) and Proto-Indo-European *Hwerdʰ-, possibly a metathesis of *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; to rise”)). The reason for the reference to a rose is uncertain, though it has been suggested that it derives from the Ancient Greek myth that Aphrodite (the goddess of love) gave a rose to her son Eros (the god of love and sex), who in turn gave it to Harpocrates (the god of silence, confidentiality, and secrets) to ensure that Aphrodite’s sexual indiscretions were not revealed. Roses thus became a symbol of secrecy—they were, for example, used at meetings to pledge the participants not to disclose what had been discussed. Compare under the rose which is attested earlier.
The noun is derived from the adverb and adjective.
Senses: examples: text: They held the meeting sub rosa.
text: By the by, I wonder some of you lawyers (sub rosa, of course) have not quoted the pithy lines in Mandeville […]
ref: 1833 July 1, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Mandeville’s Fable of the Bees—Bestial Theory—Character of Bertram—Beaumont and Fletcher’s Dramas—Æschylus, Sophocles, Euripides—Milton”, in H[enry] N[elson] C[oleridge], editor, Specimens of the Table Talk of the Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge. […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], published 1835, →OCLC, pages 203–204:
text: I run my boat into New York, buy from Yankee firms, sub rosa, of course, and away I go.
ref: 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter IX, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC, part II, page 188:
synonyms: behind the scenes
under the rose
under the table
antonyms: above-board
openly
publicly
glosses: Covertly or in secret; confidentially, privately, secretly.
sub rosa
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌb ˈɹəʊzə/
ipa: /ˌsʌb ˈɹoʊzə/
Forms: form: more sub rosa
form: most sub rosa
Etymology: PIE word
 *upó
The adverb and adjective are an unadapted borrowing from Late Latin sub rosā (literally “under the rose”), from Latin sub (“beneath, under”) + rosa (“rose”) (possibly from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wardah (“flower; rose”) and Proto-Indo-European *Hwerdʰ-, possibly a metathesis of *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; to rise”)). The reason for the reference to a rose is uncertain, though it has been suggested that it derives from the Ancient Greek myth that Aphrodite (the goddess of love) gave a rose to her son Eros (the god of love and sex), who in turn gave it to Harpocrates (the god of silence, confidentiality, and secrets) to ensure that Aphrodite’s sexual indiscretions were not revealed. Roses thus became a symbol of secrecy—they were, for example, used at meetings to pledge the participants not to disclose what had been discussed. Compare under the rose which is attested earlier.
The noun is derived from the adverb and adjective.
Senses: examples: text: He began a sub rosa campaign of obstruction, terror and depredation along the Thurn and Taxis mail routes.
ref: 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 6, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 160:
synonyms: word: behind the scenes
word: under the rose
word: under the table
word: abstruse
word: behind the scenes
word: catlike
word: stealth
word: clandestine
word: cloak-and-dagger
word: concealed
word: confidential
word: covert
word: deep-laid
word: dern
word: disguised
word: furtive
word: huggermugger
word: hush-hush
word: inconspicuous
word: incognito
word: low profile
word: lurksome
word: lurky
word: mousy
word: obfuscated
word: off-the-books
word: on the down-low
word: on the sly
word: secret
word: secretive
word: slinky
word: sly
word: sneaky
word: stealthy
word: sub rosa
word: surreptitious
word: under-the-table
word: under the radar
word: under wraps
word: undercover
word: underground
word: unperceived
antonyms: above-board
open
public
glosses: Carried out confidentially or secretly.
antonyms: explicit
expressed
spoken
glosses: Not formally stated; implicit, tacit, unspoken.
sub rosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌb ˈɹəʊzə/
ipa: /ˌsʌb ˈɹoʊzə/
Forms: form: subrosa
form: sub-rosa
Etymology: PIE word
 *upó
The adverb and adjective are an unadapted borrowing from Late Latin sub rosā (literally “under the rose”), from Latin sub (“beneath, under”) + rosa (“rose”) (possibly from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wardah (“flower; rose”) and Proto-Indo-European *Hwerdʰ-, possibly a metathesis of *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; to rise”)). The reason for the reference to a rose is uncertain, though it has been suggested that it derives from the Ancient Greek myth that Aphrodite (the goddess of love) gave a rose to her son Eros (the god of love and sex), who in turn gave it to Harpocrates (the god of silence, confidentiality, and secrets) to ensure that Aphrodite’s sexual indiscretions were not revealed. Roses thus became a symbol of secrecy—they were, for example, used at meetings to pledge the participants not to disclose what had been discussed. Compare under the rose which is attested earlier.
The noun is derived from the adverb and adjective.
Senses: examples: text: Questions about Esparza's surveillance practices were exacerbated by an incident in December 2003, in which another subject of a sub-rosa complained of being followed by Esparza wielding a video camera.
ref: 2006 March 23, Daniel Blackburn, “Fraud Busters”, in New Times:
topics: law
glosses: Covert surveillance video used as evidence against applicants for workers' compensation to show they are not in fact (seriously) injured.
FAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FACs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Forward Air Control.
glosses: Initialism of flow-accelerated corrosion.
glosses: Initialism of flow-assisted corrosion.
glosses: Initialism of Fellow of the Atlantic Council.
glosses: Initialism of Fatal accident control.
trade union
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trade unions
form: trades unions
form: trades union
Senses: examples: text: When the first wave of postwar immigrants arrived in Britain in the 1950s and ’60s, it was a period of rising wages, full employment, an expanding welfare state and strong trade unions. Today, Britain’s manufacturing base has all but disappeared, working-class communities have disintegrated, unions have been neutered and the welfare state has begun to crumble.
ref: 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times:
text: , labour union (Canada), labor union (Canada, US)
synonyms: union
glosses: An organization whose members belong to the same trade and that acts collectively to address common issues.
Derived terms: trade unionism
Related terms: enterprise union
enterprise union
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enterprise unions
Senses: glosses: A form of trade union where all members work for the same company rather than having the same trade.
umbrella
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/
ipa: /ˈʌm.bɹɛl.ə/
note: Indic
ipa: /əmbrəˈlɑ/
rhymes: -ɛlə
Forms: form: umbrellas
form: umbrellaing
form: umbrellaed
form: umbrellaed
form: brelly
form: brellie
form: brolly
form: humbrella
form: ombrella
form: umbrello
form: umbreller
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ombrella, umbrella (“parasol, sunshade”), diminutive of ombra (“shade”) (or from a Late Latin or Medieval Latin umbrella), from Latin umbra (“shadow”).
Senses: examples: text: Experts with saws and ladders came and lopped off the lower branches. This sent the tree's growth rushing violently to her head in a lush overhanging which umbrellaed the House of All Sorts.
ref: 1944, Emily Carr, “Life Loves Living”, in The House of All Sorts:
text: Huge pine and eucalyptus umbrellaed the grounds, airconditioning the morning.
ref: 2008, Jonathan Kellerman, Bad Love: Alex Delaware 8:
glosses: To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.
examples: text: Bright yellow gowns fit them tightly and umbrellaed from their waist to just below the knees.
ref: 2011, B. A. Rothwell, The Peaceful Queen, page 31:
glosses: To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.
examples: text: The light catches the filigreed tendrils and graceful motion of the jellies, their orange bodies umbrella-ing along like fairy parasols come to life.
ref: 1997, National Geographic Traveler, page 36:
glosses: To move like a jellyfish.
full whack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full whacks
Senses: examples: text: We had to pay the full whack.
glosses: The entire amount.
full whack
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: To the maximum extent.
white-collar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: other: /ˌwaɪt ˈkɑlər/
Forms: form: more white-collar
form: most white-collar
form: whitecollar
form: white collar
Etymology: From the color of dress shirts worn by professional and clerical workers, as opposed to the rugged denim and chambray shirts normally worn by manual workers.
Senses: examples: text: This being a motion picture star is a real business. It's a job, and not always a white collar one, either.
ref: 1929 December, Betty Boone, “The Price of this Stardom”, in Screenland, page 22:
synonyms: word: black-coated
glosses: Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar.
glosses: Pertaining to the culture of white-collar workers, as values, politics, etc.; contrasted with blue-collar.
Derived terms: white-collar boxing
white-collar crime
white-collar work
white-collar worker
Related terms: blue-collar
gray-collar
green-collar
grey-collar
no-collar
open-collar
pink-collar
chairman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɛːmən/
ipa: /ˈtʃɛɹ.mən/
rhymes: -ɛːmən
Forms: form: chairmen
Etymology: From chair + -man.
Senses: glosses: A person presiding over a meeting.
examples: text: When I got ready to leave, why, Chairman Mao came down to the plane. Chairman Mao gave me some Chinese rugs and told me that I was the only prisoner of war that had ever come through there from North China.
ref: 2003, William L. Taylor, Wake Island : the Alamo of the Pacific, History Channel, →OCLC:
text: Unsurprisingly, the Group was highly critical of the BTC's organisation and finances, and this prompted Marples to bring forward the Transport Act 1962, which created BR as a standalone entity with its own Board, headed by a full-time chairman. Beeching accepted this latter position, and initially became the BTC chairman in June 1961.
ref: 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43:
glosses: The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
examples: text: Mr Western entered; but not before a small wrangling bout had passed between him and his chairmen; for the fellows, who had taken up their burden at the Hercules Pillars, had conceived no hopes of having any future good customer in the squire […]
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 618:
text: Mr. Winkle, catching sight of a lady's face at the window of the sedan, turned hastily round, plied the knocker with all his might and main, and called frantically upon the chairman to take the chair away again.
ref: 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers:
glosses: Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.
Hypernyms: chair
chairperson
presiding officer
presider
Coordinate terms: chairwoman
Derived terms: barangay chairman
chairmanager
chairmaness
chairmanlike
chairmanly
chairmanship
cochairman
subchairman
vice chairman
vice-chairman
chairman
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɛːmən/
ipa: /ˈtʃɛɹ.mən/
rhymes: -ɛːmən
Forms: form: chairmans
form: chairmaning
form: chairmanning
form: chairmaned
form: chairmaned
form: chairmanned
form: chairmanned
Etymology: From chair + -man.
Senses: glosses: To serve as chairman.
bit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭt
ipa: /bɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: bits
form: bitting
form: bitted
form: bitted
Etymology: From Middle English bitte, bite, from Old English bita (“bit; fragment; morsel”) and bite (“a bite; cut”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô and *bitiz; both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). More at bite.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian bit, Saterland Frisian Bit, Dutch bit, German Low German Beet, Biet, German Biss and Bissen, Danish bid, Swedish bit, Icelandic biti.
Senses: glosses: To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
bit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭt
ipa: /bɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology: See bite. Replaced a former strong past tense, seen in Middle English bot and Old English bāt.
Senses: examples: text: Your dog bit me!
glosses: simple past of bite
examples: text: I've been bit by your dog!
glosses: past participle of bite, bitten
raw_tags: in UK
in US
bit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭt
ipa: /bɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology: See bite. Replaced a former strong past tense, seen in Middle English bot and Old English bāt.
Senses: examples: text: Even though he's bit, of course the zombies would still chase him.
text: Fortunately, someone who gets skeeter-bit this much may develop an immunity to the skeeter's saliva
ref: 1984 July, Field & Stream, volume 89, number 3, page 24:
text: Only the year before, the conjure man had brought in the Jackson County madstone, from way over in Illinois, for a white peddler that had been dog-bit, and the man went ahead and died just the same
ref: 1992, Robert Lewis Taylor, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters:
text: He will not — he'll tell you not to be loco, climbing up trees late at night when you'll get bug-bit to death plus you can't see anything
ref: 1998, Adele Griffin, Rainy Season, page 121:
glosses: Having been bitten.
Derived terms: dogbit
snakebit
bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭt
ipa: /bɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: bits
Etymology: Coined by John Tukey in 1946 as an abbreviation of binary digit, probably influenced by connotations of “small portion”. First used in print 1948 by Claude Shannon. Compare byte and nybble, with similar food associations.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: b
glosses: The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
examples: text: status bits on IRC
text: permission bits in a file system
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
information-theory
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
examples: text: The researchers found that the original texts spanned a variety of entropy values in different languages, reflecting differences in grammar and structure.
But strangely, the difference in entropy between the original, ordered text and the randomly scrambled text was constant across languages. This difference is a way to measure the amount of information encoded in word order, Montemurro says. The amount of information lost when they scrambled the text was about 3.5 bits per word.
ref: 2011 May 17, Lisa Grossman, “Entropy Is Universal Rule of Language”, in Wired Science, retrieved 26 Sep 2012:
topics: computing
engineering
information-theory
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A unit of measure for information entropy.
glosses: A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
Hyponyms: hidden bit
high-order bit
least significant bit
most significant bit
qubit
Derived terms: 128-bit
16-bit
32-bit
64-bit
7-bit
8-bit
ancilla bit
bit array
bitarray
bit banging
bit bashing
bitboard
bitcent
bit-compressed
bit-count integrity
bit crusher
bit decay
bit-depth
bit depth
biter
bitfield
bitfilter
bitflag
bitflip
bit interval
bitlength
bitline
bit map
bitmap
bit-map
bitmask
bitness
bit nibbler
bit-paired
bit plane
bitplane
bitpop
bitrange
bit rate
bitrate
bit rot
bitrot
bitscore
bitset
bit shift
bit slice
bitsquatting
bitstate
bitstream
bitstring
bit string
bit stuffing
bitter
bit time
BitTorrent
bitvector
bitwidth
bitwise
bucky bit
fakebit
gibibit
great bit bucket in the sky
high bit
high order bit
interbit
kibibit
killbit
mebibit
multibit
parity bit
pebibit
quadbit
quantum bit
quettabit
ronnabit
sign bit
sticky bit
tebibit
Related terms: ban
nat
qubit
steganography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstɛɡ.ənˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
ipa: /ˌstɛ.ɡəˈnɔ.ɡɹə.fi/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στεγανός (steganós, “cover, roof”) + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The practice of hiding messages, so that the presence of the message itself is hidden, often by writing them in places where they may not be found until someone finds the secret message in whatever is being used to hide it.
glosses: Specifically: the use of small computer files to communicate secret information.
Related terms: word: steganalyst
word: steganogram
word: steganographer
word: steganographic
word: steganophony
topics: biology
natural-sciences
word: steganopod
word: cryptography
mondegreen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏnd′əgrēn
ipa: /ˈmɒndəɡɹiːn/
ipa: /ˈmɑndəɡɹiːn/
Forms: form: mondegreens
Etymology: Coined by American journalist and editor Sylvia Wright in 1954 in Harper's Magazine from mishearing a line in the Scottish ballad The Bonnie Earl o' Moray: “They have slain the Earl o' Moray, / And laid him on the green”, the second line being misheard as, “And Lady Mondegreen”.
Senses: examples: text: Our report of a relative who, as a child, thought the classic version of the Lord's Prayer began "Our father, a chart in heaven, Harold be thy name" stated that this type of mistake is known as an eggcorn. A number of readers have suggested that instances like this in which a whole phrase rather than just a word is misheard, should be called mondegreens rather than eggcorns.
ref: 2006 November 18, “Feedback”, in New Scientist, archived from the original on 24 May 2016, page 218:
text: The title lyric ["Bei Mir Bistu Shein"], the only part of the original Yiddish preserved by Cahn, was a mondegreen waiting to happen—“My Mere Bits of Shame” and “My Beer, Mr. Shane” were among the earliest recorded mishearings—but the language barrier didn't […]
ref: 2012, Gary Rosen, Unfair to Genius: The Strange and Litigious Career of Ira B. Arnstein, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: mishearing
glosses: A form of (possibly intentional) error arising from mishearing a spoken or sung phrase, possibly in a different language.
glosses: A misunderstanding of a written or spoken phrase as a result of multiple definitions.
Coordinate terms: catachresis
eggcorn
malapropism
Related terms: daffynition
folk etymology
Hobson-Jobson
soramimi
BCE
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: B.C.E.
Senses: examples: text: Socrates was tried and executed in the year 399 BCE.
text: We now know that circa 1600 BCE, the angara were created and seeded across Heleus by the Jardaan. Records of this process are less substantial than ancient angaran history, but it was apparently in service of a grand experiment.
ref: 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Angara: History Codex entry:
text: The earliest reliable accounts of Chinese eclipses come from Spring and Autumn Annals (Ch’un-ch’iu), recording eclipses from 772 to 481 BCE, including a total solar eclipse in 709 BCE.
ref: 2017, Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, “Ancient Efforts to Understand”, in Totality: The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38:
text: The ancient Greek historian Herodotus claimed that the forebears of the Lycians, the Trm̃mili, "sprang originally from Crete", though modern-day scholars believe they were an Anatolian people who became Hellenised after Alexander the Great seized the region from the Persians in 333 BCE. […] Formed in the 2nd Century BCE and composed of 23 city-states, the Lycian League was the world's first democratic union, a model of a strong confederacy based on popular and proportional representation.
ref: 2023 September 7, Alastair Gill, “The ancient civilisation that inspired US democracy”, in BBC Travel, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2023:
topics: chronology
hobbies
horology
lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of Before the Common Era, Before the Current Era, or Before the Christian Era.
Synonyms: BC
BC
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: B.C.
form: b.c.
form: bc
Etymology: Calque of Latin ante Christum, popularized with the 1627 publication of De doctrina temporum by French theologian Denis Pétau.
Senses: examples: text: The Han Dynasty ruled China from 206 BC to AD 220.
text: [...]Hi vang, King of Yen and of Corea, was defeated, taken and killed in the Year 259 before the Birth of Chriſt, according to the Chineſe Hiſtory, and Tſin vang was acknowledged for Emperor of all China by the Name of Tſin chi hoang ti.
ref: [1739 [1735], P. Du Halde, “Geographical Obſervations on the Kingdom of Corea”, in The General History Of China, 2nd edition, volume IV, →OCLC, page 388:
glosses: Initialism of Before Christ.
Synonyms: BCE
BC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: B.C.
form: b.c.
form: bc
Senses: coordinate_terms: AB
MB
NB
NL
NS
NT
NU
ON
PE
QC
SK
YT
glosses: Initialism of British Columbia: a province of Canada.
glosses: Initialism of Baja California: a state of Mexico.
glosses: Initialism of Boston College.
qualifier: chiefly Baguio
glosses: Initialism of Baguio City.
Derived terms: BC Coast
BCer
BC Interior
Coast of BC
Interior of BC
BC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BCs
form: B.C.
form: b.c.
form: bc
Senses: glosses: Initialism of birth control.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of benzalkonium chloride.
topics: government
military
navy
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of battlecruiser.
examples: text: This would be a BC-breaking change.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of backward compatibility.
glosses: Initialism of border collie.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of borough council.
BC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: B.C.
form: b.c.
form: bc
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of board-certified.
CE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: C.E.
Senses: examples: text: 1066 CE.
text: Elasar ben Kalir's birthplace is unknown, and the dates given for his birth range from 800 to 1000 C.E.
ref: 1901, Nina Davis, Songs of Exile, by Hebrew Poets, page 12:
text: The present-day city of Ji’an at the southern tip of Jilin province was the second capital (3-427 CE) of the Gaogouli kingdom during its middle period.
ref: 2004, Xiaoneng Yang, “Early Imperial China (Qin Dynasty through Southern and Northern Dynasties Period)”, in Xiaoneng Yang, editor, New Perspectives on China's Past: Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century, volume 2, Yale University Press; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 324:
glosses: Initialism of Common Era, Current Era, or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.
glosses: Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.
glosses: Initialism of Canadian English (also sometimes colloquially called "Canadian" or even "Canajan").
glosses: Abbreviation of Ceará: a state of Brazil.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Common Entrance.
Synonyms: topics: time
word: AD
topics: time
word: A.D.
topics: time
alt: Era Vulgaris; pseudo-Latin used by Thelemites
word: e.v.
word: C of E
word: CanE
word: Canadian
CE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CEs
form: C.E.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of civil engineer.
glosses: Initialism of computer engineer.
hypernyms: education
glosses: Initialism of continuing education.
glosses: Initialism of capillary electrophoresis.
glosses: Initialism of close encounter.
Synonyms: sense: civil engineer
word: Civ.E.
sense: civil engineer
word: CIV E
point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: point
ipa: /pɔɪnt/
rhymes: -ɔɪnt
Forms: form: points
form: pointing
form: pointed
form: pointed
form: p'int
Etymology: From Middle English pointen, poynten, by apheresis of apointen, appointen, appoynten. See appoint.
Senses: examples: text: And he, that points the Centinel his room,
Doth license him depart at sound of morning Droom.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To appoint.
sun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭn
ipa: /sʌn/
ipa: /sʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
homophone: son
Forms: form: the sun
form: Sun
form: sonne
form: sunne
form: ☉
Etymology: From Middle English sonne, sunne, from Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen-, oblique of Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). See also Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, German Low German Sünn, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Icelandic sunna; outside of Germanic, Welsh huan, Sanskrit स्वर् (svàr), Avestan 𐬓𐬇𐬧𐬔 (xᵛə̄ṇg)). Related to sol, Sol, Surya, and Helios. More at solar.
Senses: examples: text: And the cite hath no nede of the ſunne nether of the mone to lyghten hit. For the bꝛynghtnes off God dyd light hitt: and the lambe was the light off hit.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Revelacion off Sanct Jhon the Devine xxj:[23], folio cccxlij, recto:
text: "I suppose I may have leave to do that!" Yes, she could do that, he said, but there was no road to that place; it lay east of the sun and west of the moon, and she could never find her way there.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 233:
text: 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: The star that Earth revolves around, and from which it receives light and heat.
sun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭn
ipa: /sʌn/
ipa: /sʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
homophone: son
Forms: form: suns
form: sunning
form: sunned
form: sunned
form: Sun
form: sonne
form: sunne
form: ☉
Etymology: From Middle English sonne, sunne, from Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen-, oblique of Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). See also Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, German Low German Sünn, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Icelandic sunna; outside of Germanic, Welsh huan, Sanskrit स्वर् (svàr), Avestan 𐬓𐬇𐬧𐬔 (xᵛə̄ṇg)). Related to sol, Sol, Surya, and Helios. More at solar.
Senses: examples: text: Beautiful bodies lying on the beach, sunning their bronzed limbs.
text: There were lots of zany antics and we tried not to stare too obviously at the beautiful women toplessly sunning themselves...
ref: 2000, William Laurance, Stinging Trees and Wait-a-Whiles: Confessions of a Rainforest Biologist:
text: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
synonyms: apricate
glosses: To expose to the heat and radiation of the sun.
glosses: To warm or dry in the sunshine.
glosses: To be exposed to the sun.
topics: alternative-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.
Hypernyms: bask
Derived terms: sun up
Related terms: aphelion
helio-
parhelion
perihelion
solar
sunn
sun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭn
ipa: /sʌn/
ipa: /sʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
homophone: son
Forms: form: suns
form: sun
Etymology: From Japanese 寸 (sun). Doublet of cun.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Japanese unit of length, approximately 30.3 millimetres (1.193 inches).
sun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭn
ipa: /sʌn/
ipa: /sʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
homophone: son
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sunn (“the plant”).
man
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæn/
ipa: /mæn/
ipa: [mɛən]
ipa: [meən]
ipa: [mẽə̃n]
ipa: [mɑn]
ipa: [mɛn]
ipa: /mæːn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: mang
form: mane
form: mans
form: mon
form: mxn
form: mans
form: mens
form: mandem
form: mens
form: mxn
form: myn
Etymology: From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- m, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”). Doublet of Manu.
See also Saterland Frisian Mon, West Frisian man, Dutch man, Low German Mann, German Mann, Swedish man, Norwegian Nynorsk mann, Danish mand.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of manly. (Only used in man enough.)
synonyms: word: manly
extra: Only used in man enough.
man
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæn/
ipa: /mæn/
ipa: [mɛən]
ipa: [meən]
ipa: [mẽə̃n]
ipa: [mɑn]
ipa: [mɛn]
ipa: /mæːn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: mang
form: mane
form: mans
form: mon
form: mxn
form: mans
form: mens
form: mandem
form: mens
form: mxn
form: myn
Etymology: From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- m, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”). Doublet of Manu.
See also Saterland Frisian Mon, West Frisian man, Dutch man, Low German Mann, German Mann, Swedish man, Norwegian Nynorsk mann, Danish mand.
Senses: examples: text: Man, that was a great catch!
text: The 19 meandering minutes of Dark Star are attractive enough but, man, they go on, while poor Creedence Clearwater Revival – headliners, with Bad Moon Rising still in the charts – are watching the clock tick in the wings.
ref: 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian:
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:man.
related: word: maaan
glosses: Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.