cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
smacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)
Forms: form: smackers
Etymology: From smack + -er. In reference to lips, from the sound of a loud kiss. In reference to money, cf. ackers (influenced in part by the smacking sound that is sometimes produced when cash is transferred from the hand of one person to the hand of another, or placed onto a hard surface such as a table or counter).
Senses: examples: text: It makes no difference whether the SMC is the smacker or the smackee. Does the SMC talk about physical violence in a matter-of-fact way? This isn't passion; it is evidence of sickness.
ref: 2001, Eric F. Fagan, Cast Your Net:
glosses: One who smacks or spanks.
glosses: One who makes a smacking noise, especially while eating.
examples: text: She planted me with a smacker so scorchy it singed my socks.
ref: 1991, Gary K. Wolf, Who p-p-plugged Roger Rabbit?, page 236:
glosses: A loud kiss.
examples: text: Who can doubt then, that ANACREON'S beauty was furnished with a pair of such exquisite smackers.
ref: 1838, Richard Swainson Fisher, Select Translations from the Greek Minor Poets, with Notes, &c. to which are added a few specimens from the Anthologia Graeca, page 84:
text: Paul makes nude a little bit more racy by adding a little gold speckle to create texture on her lips or by rubbing some shimmery cream eye shadow on her kisser and topping it off with some gloss. It's a good way to jump-start your sexy smacker.
ref: 2006, Kym Douglas, Cindy Pearlman, The Black Book of Hollywood Beauty Secrets:
glosses: (chiefly in the plural) A lip.
glosses: (chiefly in the plural): A unit of currency, especially a dollar or pound.
Derived terms: clam smacker
mets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛts/
rhymes: -ɛts
homophone: Mets
Senses: examples: text: Mets can be found in multiple organs.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of metastases.
on the whole
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: upon the whole
form: upon the matter
form: upon the whole matter
Senses: examples: text: The language was wrong for the period, but, on the whole, I enjoyed the film.
text: Davis had a ball lodged in his body, and his right hand shot off; but on the whole, he seems to have been less damaged than his companion.
ref: 1849, Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, Monday:
text: [H]is class was near enough her own for its manners to vex her. But she found him interesting on the whole.
ref: 1910, E. M. Forster, chapter 5, in Howards End:
text: Both Maidan and Tahrir were peaceful. Maidan was absolutely peaceful, Tahrir saw some unrest but was still peaceful on the whole.
ref: 2012 January 18, Simon Shuster, “The Anti-Putin Movement: An Interview with the Blogger in Chief”, in Time, retrieved 18 Aug 2013:
glosses: For the most part; apart from some insignificant details.
Synonyms: all things considered
by and large
mostly
on tiptoe
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Standing elevated on the tips of one's toes.
examples: text: We crept out on tiptoe so as not to awake the children.
glosses: Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily on the tips of one's toes.
Synonyms: word: atiptoe
english: ballet
translation: ballet
word: en pointe
word: tiptoeingly
word: atiptoe
word: tiptoeing
once and for all
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: They replaced the entire door, in hopes of correcting the sticking and squeaking once and for all.
synonyms: word: for good
word: once for all
word: eventually
word: finally
word: for good
word: for good and all
word: in conclusion
word: in fine
word: in the end
word: lastly
word: once and for all
word: ultimately
glosses: Conclusively, finally, permanently.
once or twice
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Have you changed a tyre before? — Yes, once or twice.
glosses: A small, indefinite number of times.
on demand
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: on-demand
Senses: examples: text: The kitten is being fed on demand.
text: Our new on-demand software delivery system is cutting edge.
text: After the first day of May, 1822, the bank of England, if they shall think fit, may pay or exchange the lawful coin of the realm, for any of their own notes, payable on demand.
ref: 1835, Thomas Stephen, “The Rise, Progress, and Gradual Improvement of the Laws of England”, in The Book of the Constitution of Great Britain: […], Glasgow; Edinburgh: Blackie & Son, […]; Dublin: W. Curry, Jun., & Co.; London: Simpkin & Marshall, →OCLC, pages 275–276:
glosses: When needed or required.
Derived terms: word: video on demand
word: VoD
sense: when needed or required
english: video on demand
translation: video on demand
word: VoD
cakehole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪkhoʊl/
Forms: form: cakeholes
form: cake hole
form: cake-hole
Etymology: From cake + hole.
Senses: examples: text: Shut your cakehole! We've heard enough!
text: He shoved another sandwich down his cakehole.
text: “And what about the nuns?” he asked, wickedly. / “They’re getting reformed!” She refilled his cup. “Sugar?” / “What a memory! One lump, please.” Piers passed her a bun. “Put that in your cake-hole. The nicest one I’ve ever kissed!”
ref: 1946 February, Muriel Hine, chapter XVI, in The Island Forbidden to Man, London: Madder and Stoughton Limited, →OCLC, page 304:
text: One was surprised, she says, to see Cherie filling her cakehole with a helping of each of the three puddings on offer.
ref: 2007 July 17, Oliver Duff, “Who ate all the cakes?”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
synonyms: cookie hole
piehole
gob
face
puss
glosses: The mouth.
trop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trŏp
ipa: /tɹɒp/
ipa: /tɹɔp/
ipa: /tɹɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology: Abbreviation of troponin.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of troponin.
Related terms: trop rock
trop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trŏp
ipa: /tɹɒp/
ipa: /tɹɔp/
ipa: /tɹɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: trops
Etymology: See trope (“cantillation pattern”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trope (“cantillation pattern”).
on-demand
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of on demand.
de trop
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: anglicized, General American
ipa: /dəˈtɹoʊ/
note: anglicized, Received Pronunciation
ipa: /dəˈtɹəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: more de trop
form: most de trop
Etymology: From French de trop (“too much”).
Senses: examples: text: I think that wellingtons are a little de trop for a light shower.
text: "I should only be de trop," said the Captain, looking at them rather wistfully. "I'd best go and talk to the hermit,"—and so he strolled off out of the hum of men, and noise, and clatter of the banquet, into the dark walk, at the end of which lived that well-known pasteboard Solitary.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 6, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: excessive or superfluous
one another
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: one another's
Senses: examples: text: The raw recruits helped one another get over the first few days.
text: Rainy days seemed to follow one another all summer.
text: It is here within the state borders of Ukraine that we can confirm the strength of the borders of all European countries. We can guarantee that nobody will dare to return tyranny to our continent. It is here that the values of our Eur-Atlantic community have been revived by a people that is fighting for freedom and with other nations that help us in the struggle. We are real allies with NATO. We have covered this road to NATO. And in actual fact, we have proven that we are compatible with the standards of the alliance. They are real on the battlefield in every aspect of our cooperation. We trust one another, we help one another, and we are protecting, defending one another and that is our alliance. This is an actual alliance.
ref: 2022 September 30, 3:10 from the start, in Ukraine makes NATO membership bid following Putin's annexation of four Ukrainian regions, spoken by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Al Jazeera:
glosses: Used of a reciprocal relationship among a group of two or more people or things; compare each other.
Synonyms: each other
Related terms: mutual
reciprocal
one after another
one by one
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The passengers escaped through the hatch one by one.
text: The walls are built up stone by stone / The fields divided one by one
ref: 1985, R.E.M., “Driver 8”, in Fables of the Reconstruction:
synonyms: one at a time
one after the other
coordinate_terms: sequentially
step by step
glosses: Individually in succession.
out-and-out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He is an out-and-out idiot.
text: an out-and-out lie
text: We are singled out for meetings by other heterosexaul ^([sic]) women, approved by the superintendent, to gripe about us as lesbians. They are trying to change us, to pick our brains and force their beliefs on us. It is out and out abuse.
ref: 1983 December 10, Mike Riegle, quoting Lorrie Ong and Jackie Jackson, “Sexual Politics of "Crime": Inside and Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 5:
text: I'm sure most of the people in this room will share the same view, but even as an out-and-out atheist one can't help noticing that the role of a god has had an enormously profound impact on human history over many, many centuries.
ref: 1998, Douglas Adams, speech at Cambridge, UK:
text: And if that is my only criticism, then these trains are pretty well 'specced'. These are an out-and-out commuter train - fast, quiet, and well-designed for their role.
ref: 2024 January 24, Pip Dunn, “Adventure on a GA Class 720 Aventra”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 53:
synonyms: word: all-out
word: downright
word: flat-out
word: outright
word: abject
word: frightful
word: absolute
word: arrant
word: categoric
word: categorical
word: complete
word: consummate
word: downright
word: full
word: full-blown
word: full-bore
word: full-on
word: mere
word: outright
word: out-and-out
word: perfect
word: proper
word: pure
word: rank
word: regular
word: right
word: root and branch
word: sheer
word: straight-out
word: thorough
word: thoroughgoing
word: total
word: unadulterated
word: unalloyed
word: unattenuated
word: uncompromising
word: unconditional
word: unfettered
word: unmitigated
word: unqualified
word: unreserved
word: unrestricted
word: utter
word: wholesale
glosses: Complete, utter.
examples: text: For my own part I would sooner eat bread-and-cheese and know myself the possessor of an out-and-out horse, than sell him for the privilege of dining with the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen every day in the year.
ref: 1840 May, Vol XXI Second Series, The Sporting Magazine:
qualifier: animal husbandry
glosses: Thoroughly cross-bred; a breeding strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to maintain a mongrel flock.
Derived terms: out-and-outer
one day
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: One day I shall upgrade my software, but not just yet.
text: This was a voluntary charter flight, not an ICE enforcement operation. All participants were offered the same benefits as any illegal alien who self-deports using the CBP Home App. They received travel assistance, a $1,000 stipend, and preserved the possibility they could one day return to the United States legally.
ref: 2025 May 19, “Project Homecoming Charter Flight Brings Self-Deporters to Honduras, Colombia”, in Department of Homeland Security:
synonyms: one of these days
some day
qualifier: set phrase
glosses: At some unspecified time in the future.
examples: text: One day I was playing with a girl from my class.
text: One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
synonyms: once
glosses: At some unspecified time in the past.
examples: text: You can stay one day or two.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one, day.
Synonyms: word: byembye
word: hereafter
word: in the future
word: later
word: later on
word: one day
word: one of these days
word: someday
word: sooner or later
Hypernyms: word: eventually
word: sometime
one-sided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more one-sided
form: most one-sided
Senses: examples: text: We were robbed! That referee was definitely one-sided.
glosses: Partial or biased in favour of one faction or demographic group.
examples: text: It was a swift, one-sided fight, all over in the second round.
text: Lovenkrands only just failed to connect with another Enrique cross in what was becoming a one-sided affair at Ewood Park but despite Newcastle dominating, Blackburn held out with the half ending goalless.
ref: 2011 February 12, Nabil Hassan, “Blackburn 0 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC:
text: The fight is not all one-sided. Lion is taking a savage beating as the two flagships trade body blows almost independent of the furious carronade going on behind them.
ref: 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 14:13 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022:
glosses: With one competitor dominant over the other.
glosses: Out of proportion or lopsided.
glosses: Having only one side, like a Möbius strip.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Turned to one side.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: That is necessarily or absolutely different than the respective coordinate alethic or temporal modality, but not its opposite.
raw_tags: of a modality
Coordinate terms: two-sided
Derived terms: one-sidedly
one-sidedness
Related terms: ex parte
parti pris
unilateral
Möbius strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɜː.bi.əs stɹɪp/
ipa: /ˈməʊ.bi.əs stɹɪp/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.bi.əs stɹɪp/
Forms: form: Möbius strips
form: Mobius strip
form: Moebius strip
Etymology: Named after August Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868), one of two German mathematicians—the other being Johann Benedict Listing (1808–1882)—who independently discovered the strip at the same time (1858).
Senses: examples: text: Like a mind moving on a Möbius strip of events, one's consciousness goes over the same territory again and again without ever becoming aware of the nature of awareness.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 8:
text: 1991, Theoni Pappas, More Joy of Mathematics, Wide World Publishing, page 117,
B. F. Goodrich Co. has a patent for a Möbius strip conveyor belt. It lasts longer since the wear and tear is spread uniformly over the entire surface.
text: A geometrical model of electron (positron) structure is presented based upon an object of two linked loops obtained by cutting a Möbius strip asymmetrically.
ref: 1992, Speculations in Science and Technology, Volume 15, Elsevier Sequoia, page 221:
text: Proust's novel grew and deepened into over 3,000 pages of everything and nothing: a Möbius strip of profundity twisting into mundanity, mundanity twisting into profundity.
ref: 2013 November 16, Patrick McGuinness, “Who's afraid of Marcel Proust?”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R20:
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses;
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses;
a narrow strip given a half twist and joined at the ends, forming a three-dimensional embedding of said surface.
a narrow strip given a half twist and joined at the ends, forming a three-dimensional embedding of said surface.
Synonyms: word: Möbius band
word: Möbius loop
word: twisted cylinder
Related terms: Möbius group
Möbius scarf
projective plane
cross-cap
♻
nonorientable
one-way
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wʌn.weɪ/
enpr: wŭnʹwāʹ
Etymology: From one + way. First attested in 1906 in reference to one-way tickets; 1914 in reference to one-way streets; 1940 in reference to one-way mirrors.
Senses: examples: text: one-way mirror
text: The town centre is now a system of one-way streets.
text: Traditional feedback collection through pen-and-paper questionnaires and oral reports usually only supplies one-way feedback, from student to teacher.
ref: 2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1087:
antonyms: two-way
bidirectional
glosses: Allowing movement, vision, etc. in only one direction; unidirectional.
examples: text: I bought a one-way ticket to Leeds.
antonyms: round-trip
return
glosses: Allowing travel in only one direction.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Of a function: easy to compute for every input, but hard to invert given the image of a random input.
Derived terms: one-way mirror
one-way street
one-way ticket
one-way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wʌn.weɪ/
enpr: wŭnʹwāʹ
Forms: form: one-ways
form: one-waying
form: one-wayed
form: one-wayed
Etymology: From one + way. First attested in 1906 in reference to one-way tickets; 1914 in reference to one-way streets; 1940 in reference to one-way mirrors.
Senses: examples: text: Over a period of 10 years, the average yield under stubble-mulch tillage has been 10 percent greater than under one-waying with continuous wheat, and 14 percent greater than under one-waying with wheat on fallow.
ref: 1935, Report of the Chief of the Soil Conservation Service, page 58:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To use a disc harrow to turn the soil and kill weeds, in preparation for planting seeds.
one-way street
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-way streets
Etymology: From one-way + street.
Senses: glosses: A road in which traffic is allowed to proceed in only one direction.
glosses: A course of action that cannot be undone.
examples: text: Judaism is not about reading your personal experiences into Jewish ritual, waving a wand, and declaring the result "Judaism". Vietnam has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on Torah values. Torah values can, obviously, have a bearing on Vietnam, or on anything else, but it's a one-way street.
ref: 2006 April 27, Lisa, “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):
text: Romantic love is not selfless but selfish. Although real love is not altruistic, nor is it narcissistic – a 'me-only', one-way street relationship.
ref: 2009, Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou, Handbook of Managerial Behavior and Occupational Health, page 186:
glosses: Something that lacks reciprocity.
on foot
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From Middle English on fote, from Old English on fōte (“on foot”), equivalent to on + foot.
Senses: examples: text: The pub's not far: let's go on foot.
text: At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.
ref: 1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 408:
synonyms: on the hoof
glosses: On one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal.
topics: hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: On the move; astir.
examples: text: [W]ithin a short time it was generally believed at Naples, that a treaty of marriage was on foot between Zeluco and the young lady in question […].
ref: 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 113:
text: ‘I didn't know anything of this sort was on foot.’ Brangwen smiled awkwardly.
ref: 1921, DH Lawrence, Women in Love, Vintage 2008, p. 250
glosses: In progress or in preparation; active, in operation.
Synonyms: sense: walking, jogging or running
word: by foot
sense: walking, jogging or running
word: afoot
on loan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: An ex-L.S.W.R. 0-6-0 goods engine, No. 0395, and a "Terrier" tank-engine, No. 2678, are now on loan.
ref: 1947 May and June, “Notes and News: The Kent & East Sussex Railway Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 182:
text: Shortly thereafter Sugarman learned that the technology behind the pricey sunglasses wasn't on loan from NASA.
ref: 2002, Lou Harry, Sam Stall, As Seen on TV, →ISBN:
text: As you generate your list of references check whether your library holds the books, and if so whether they are on loan.
ref: 2003, Nicholas Clifford, Gill Valentine, Key Methods in Geography, →ISBN, page 27:
text: Bowman only hinted it was “on loan” from the Chatham Dockyard, so I didn't ask more.
ref: 2014, N. Jay Young, A Ship's Tale, →ISBN:
glosses: Loaned or lent, not owned.
on loan
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: She worked on loan from another agency.
glosses: Loaned or lent.
onlooker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒnˌlʊk.ə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: onlookers
Etymology: From on + look + -er, probably from the verb look on, but compare with onlook.
Senses: examples: text: I wasn’t involved in the fight; I was only an onlooker.
text: When the right-away was given, Driver Gibson would give a sonorous blast on Cardean's deep-toned hooter, and amid a flurry of swirling steam the train would move majestically out, with nearly half the city of Carlisle—or so it would appear—as onlookers on the platform.
ref: 1945 May and June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 152:
text: As a result, while the train was being shunted at Bombay, the buffers became locked, producing a situation most intriguing for the onlookers, but exasperating for the exalted passengers and the unhappy railway authorities.
ref: 1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, page 249:
text: Please allow me to adjust my pants
So that I may dance the good time dance
And put the onlookers and innocent bystanders into a trance
ref: 2004, “The Mob Goes Wild”, in Blast Tyrant, performed by Clutch:
glosses: A spectator; someone looks on or watches, without becoming involved or participating.
Synonyms: bystander
thon
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ðʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: thons
form: thonself
Etymology: Proposed in 1858 by Charles Crozat Converse from that + one. Compare also dialectal English and Scots thon (“that; yon”, adjective; pronoun).
Senses: examples: text: Every writer has "thons" verbal likes and dislikes, yet, for the sake of convenience, I trust that even "thon" who dislikes verbal innovations will give my little word a little trial and note for me the result.
ref: 1889 November, C. Crozat Converse, “That Desired Impersonal Pronoun”, in The Writer, volume 3, number 2, Boston: William H. Hills, page 248:
text: Every student should acquaint thonself with some method by which thon can positively correlate the facts of thons knowledge.
ref: 1895, Henry Graham Williams, Outlines of Psychology, 3rd edition, Syracuse: C. W. Bardee, →OL, LCC BF141.W12, page 5:
text: In everi individɥɑl then, ɑr thε elεments ɑut ɵv hwich everi sol haz pɑuer tu ɛlaborɞt ʊntu thonself hwɵtever cɵndishʊn thon dɛzɩrz — tu mɞc fɷr thonself heven ɷr hel, hwichever thon iz wiliŋ tu strɩv fɷr.
ref: 1907 August, C. W. Larisunz, “Thε Sol:—Hwens?—Hwither?”, in Thε Jurnɑl ɵv ɷrthɵεpi & ɷrthɵgrɑfi, volume 24, number 8, page 153:
roman: In every individual then, are the elements out of which every soul has power to elaborate unto thonself whatever condition thon desires — to make for thonself heaven or hell, whichever thon is willing to strive for.
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text: Maybe I don't speak for the average American, but I very much doubt that thon wants that word in thons language or that thon would use it thonself.
ref: 1985, William Knowlton Zinsser, On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction, 3rd edition, New York: Harper & Row, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC PE1429.Z5 1985, page 121:
glosses: they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
examples: text: If Mr. or Mrs. A. comes to the courthouse on Monday next I will be there to meet thon.
ref: 1884 July 23, C. C. Converse, “A New Pronoun”, in The Critic and Good Literature, number 31, New York, published 2 August 1884, page 55:
text: I send my files to Dinsmore with a cutting note too subtle for thon to understand (thon is an imbecile, regardless of thon’s protected status).
ref: 2020, Charlie Kaufman, Antkind, →ISBN, page 102:
glosses: them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
Synonyms: sense: as subject
word: they
sense: as object
word: them
word: ey
word: e
word: sie
word: shi
word: ze
word: per
word: co
Hyponyms: sense: as subject
word: he
sense: as subject
word: she
sense: as object
word: him
sense: as object
word: her
Derived terms: word: thons
word: thonself
Related terms: other attested gender-neutral pronouns
thon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ðʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
ipa: /ðɒn/
rhymes: -ɒn
ipa: /ðʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Etymology: Alteration of yon due to the influence of this and that.
Senses: examples: text: “Whatever are ye lookin' at, Neil?” his mother demanded, looking up from fastening her favorite garnet brooch. “That's the third time ye've had a peek out thon window.” “Not a thing, Mam,” he said, inhaling deeply. “Only taking pleasure in the day. Such beautiful weather, is it not?” Mrs. Forbes sniffed, but obligingly settled her spectacles on[…]
ref: 2010 December 17, Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Anchor Canada, →ISBN:
text: “But”—he spoke in a tone that made Magnus feel like a lad of twelve—“look in the shadows of thon window embrasure and tell me what you see.” Magnus bit back a curse and followed the older man's gaze. “I see Maili, the smithy's daughter.”
ref: 2011 January 4, Allie Mackay, Must Love Kilts, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: Yon.
on the cheap
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Would I take someone here for a first date? No. Would I go here for a cheap bite? Also no, but would I go here to get drunk on the cheap? Absolutely.
ref: 2023 July 21, Billie Schwab Dunn, “I Tried Wetherspoons Food for the First Time-I Feared I'd Get Scurvy...”, in Daily Star:
glosses: Synonym of cheaply or economically.
synonyms: word: cheaply or economically
examples: text: Well, if you buy things on the cheap what do you expect?
glosses: Too cheaply or economically, inexpensive and affordable to the point of substandard quality.
enthusiast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/
ipa: /-θjuː-/
ipa: /-əst/
ipa: /ɪnˈθuziˌɪst/
ipa: /ɛn-/
ipa: /-ˈθju-/
ipa: /-ˌæst/
ipa: /-əst/
ipa: /ɪnˈθʊʉziˌəst/
ipa: /en-/
ipa: /-θïɯ-/
ipa: /-æst/
ipa: /ɪnˈtʰuːziˌəst/
ipa: /en-/
ipa: /-tʰjuː-/
ipa: /-æst/
ipa: /ɪnˈθʉːziˌəst/
ipa: /en-/
ipa: /-θjʉː-/
ipa: /-æst/
Forms: form: enthusiasts
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “(intransitive) be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy, (transitive) inspire”): see enthusiasm.
Senses: examples: text: But Charles Aubyn (for it was he) had, like most enthusiasts, overcalculated the influence of his eloquence; surprise had alone procured him a hearing, and the bold cavaliers around were little in the mood for a homily.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 28:
text: I would challenge any rock enthusiast to refrain from tapping his/her foot when listening to such music.
ref: 2010, Niamh Nic Daeid, Fifty Years of Forensic Science: A Commentary:
synonyms: aficionado
amateur
freak
power user
prosumer
glosses: A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
glosses: A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour.
Synonyms: word: addict
word: buff
word: aficionado
word: amateur
word: enthusiast
word: devotee
word: fancier
word: fan
word: fiend
word: freak
word: junkie
word: maniac
word: votary
word: zealot
Derived terms: enthusiastly
nonenthusiast
penthusiast
Related terms: enthuse
enthusiasm
enthusiastic
-phile
on time
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more on time
form: most on time
form: on-time
Senses: glosses: Punctual or according to schedule; at the planned time.
on time
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The train arrived on time for the first time this week.
text: A company that makes a fetish of never exceeding the budget invites game-playing and other malarky. It is easy to forget the obvious: that it involves no skill to come in on time and under budget if the schedule and budget are generous enough.
ref: 1993, Richard Barry, “Budgeting”, in The Management of International Oil Operations, Tulsa, Ok.: PennWell Books, →ISBN, page 331:
text: My train arrives on time - an eight-car Class 387. A handful of passengers alight, but not too many board - certainly not enough to warrant eight cars.
ref: 2025 October 15, 'Mystery Shopper', “About Anglia... and high scores”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 53:
glosses: Punctually or according to the schedule.
examples: text: They bought their dining-room furniture on time.
glosses: By installments, payments over a period of time.
examples: text: Smith beat Jones on time.
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: By a player's running out of time.
Synonyms: in time
onward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒnwəd/
ipa: /ˈɑnwɚd/
ipa: /ˈɔnwɚd/
Forms: form: more onward
form: most onward
Etymology: From on + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: There was an onward rush as the gates opened.
glosses: Moving forward.
examples: text: Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labour.
ref: a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
english: The New Arcadia
translation: The New Arcadia
glosses: Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
onward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒnwəd/
ipa: /ˈɑnwɚd/
ipa: /ˈɔnwɚd/
Etymology: From on + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: […] yonder cloud
That rises upward always higher,
⁠And onward drags a labouring breast,
⁠And topples round the dreary west,
A looming bastion fringed with fire.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 24:
text: Onward Christian soldiers, marching as to war...
ref: 1871, “Onward, Christian Soldiers”, Sabine Baring-Gould (lyrics):
glosses: In a forward direction.
Synonyms: onwards
Derived terms: onward and upward
onwardly
onwardness
troglodyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɒɡlədaɪt/
ipa: /ˈtɹɒɡləʊdaɪt/
ipa: /ˈtɹɑɡlədaɪt/
ipa: /ˈtɹɑɡloʊdaɪt/
Forms: form: troglodytes
Etymology: From Latin trōglodyta (“cave dwelling people”), from Ancient Greek τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “one who dwells in holes”), from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “to get into”).
Senses: glosses: A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.
examples: text: The cave was populated by albino scorpions, blind salamanders, and other troglodytes.
text: Inhabited as early as the Gallo-Roman era, the caves of the troglodytes are slighted in guidebooks, naturally overshadowed by the chateaus of the kings.
ref: 1997 September 11, Josephine Humphreys, “The Loire Valley, Land of Kings and Troglodytes”, in The New York Times Style Magazine:
glosses: Anything that lives underground.
glosses: The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
examples: text: Blair brought out the febrile intensity of Stanhope, wiring himself into his ever more circumscribed troglodyte world, speculating moodily on the worm that went down when it thought it was coming up. Robert Philp thought Blair's ...
ref: 2013, John Rentoul, Tony Blair: Prime Minister, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
glosses: A reclusive, reactionary or out-of-date person, especially if brutish.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person who chooses not to keep up to date with the latest software and hardware.
Derived terms: trog
troglodyke
troglodytic
crepuscular ray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crepuscular rays
Etymology: From the Latin crepusculum (“twilight”).
Senses: glosses: A sunbeam seen just after sunset or just before sunrise, caused by a cloud below the horizon and dust particles in the air above the horizon.
glosses: A cloud shadow cast on the bright sky.
suffragist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suffragists
Etymology: From suffrage + -ist (“person, agent”).
Senses: examples: text: Other suffragists (like Susan B. Anthony and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont) and “suffragents” helped make the referendum a reality here. Ms. [Elaine] Weiss called New York “the linchpin” that put our country on the path to pass the 19th Amendment in 1920, granting women across the United States the right to vote.
ref: 2017 November 6, Alexandra S. Levine, “New York Today: A Century of Women Voting”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2017:
glosses: A person who promotes suffrage.
glosses: One who votes.
Related terms: suffragette
suffragettism
suffragist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more suffragist
form: most suffragist
Etymology: From suffrage + -ist (“person, agent”).
Senses: examples: text: On June 4 the first speech was made by Senator [James Wolcott] Wadsworth [Jr.] of New York, whose very clever attack upon suffragist tactics was followed by an appeal to the economic fears and prejudices of his own prosperous class: […]
ref: a. 1956, Maud Wood Park, “Belated Victory”, in Edna Lamprey Stantial, editor, Front Door Lobby: A Vivid Account of How the 19th Amendment (Woman Suffrage) Became a Reality, Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, published 1960, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 261:
text: She [Isabella Stewart Gardner] lived during one of the most tumultuous eras in American history, an era that included the Civil War, Reconstruction, the explosion of industrial capitalism and the rise of the socialist, trade-union, Populist, suffragist and transcendentalist movements.
ref: 1998 February 4, Susie Linfield, “A Woman’s Life Overwhelmed by Exclamation Points”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2022:
text: In examples that start from the nation’s earliest days — through suffragist movements, racial integration and the legalization of abortion — some of the biggest opponents of women’s rights have been women.
ref: 2024 November 12, Dionne Searcey, “Was the Trump Election a Setback for Women? Even Women Do Not Agree.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2024:
glosses: Of, relating to, or promoting suffrage.
NEET
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈniːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: neat
Forms: form: NEETs
form: neet
Etymology: Acronym of not in education, employment, or training, originally British government jargon, first attested in the late 1990s. Currently, outside of Britain is largely due to its use in Japanese — especially from anime-related culture — which spread globally online.
Senses: examples: text: The NEET population in 2003, according to a Ministry of Health and Labor estimate last September, was 520,000.
ref: 2005 February 9, The Washington Times, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2005:
text: Studies have shown that NEETs are usually between the ages of 18 to 40 years and may be the victims of family breakdown and mental illness, lack of discipline also contributes to the problem. […] Kudo says the centre offers a one-year programme for NEETS^([sic]) priced at more than 2,000 US dollars per month.
ref: 2006 October 31, Suvendrini Kakuchi, “Turning to 'NEETS' to Cover Labour Shortages”, in Inter Press Service, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2006:
glosses: A person not in employment, education, or training.
Derived terms: NEETbux
Related terms: status zero
NEET
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈniːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: neat
Forms: form: neet
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Eligibility Entrance Test.
on heat
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of in heat.
Derived terms: like a dog on heat
amatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: äʹ-mə-tə-rē
enpr: ăʹ-mə-tô'-rē
ipa: /ˈɑ.mə.tə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈæ.məˌtɔː.ɹi/
ipa: [ˈɑː.mə.tə.ɹɪ]
ipa: [ˈæ.məˌtɔɹ.i]
rhymes: -ɑmətəɹi
rhymes: -æmətɔːɹi
Forms: form: more amatory
form: most amatory
Etymology: From Latin amātōrius (“pertaining to love or a lover”, adjective), from amātor (“a lover”), from amō (“I love”).
Senses: examples: text: Eggs, oysters, too, are amatory food; / But who is their purveyor from above / Heaven knows […]
ref: 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.170:
text: In the desperate search for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14:
glosses: Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
Derived terms: amatorily
Related terms: amateur
amiable
amicable
amorous
on message
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more on message
form: most on message
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Publicly reiterating and supporting the official party policy; conforming to the party’s agreed policies.
on target
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The second quartile's figures were right on target.
text: But the elephants so moved me yesterday that I wanted very much to go [to the circus] again. My sother recognized that when she spoke to me on the phone and after the show she said, "I know when I'm dealing with a three-year old." She was exactly on target, as always.
ref: 1983 December 24, Nancy Walker, “Pachyderms: A Delightful Regression”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 14:
glosses: Accurate, or accurately predicted.
examples: text: Both shots landed on target.
glosses: With accuracy.
examples: text: Everton went close late on but managed just one attempt on target all match.
ref: 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Towards the goal.
raw_tags: of a shot
Synonyms: sense: accurate
word: spot on
sense: accurate
word: cock on
sense: with accuracy
word: accurately
word: exactly
word: on the mark
open sea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open seas
Etymology: From Middle English open see, open se, equivalent to open + sea.
Senses: synonyms: open ocean
glosses: That part of the sea out of sight of land.
glosses: A sea open to all nations, i.e. not a mare clausum.
Related terms: open water
near sighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more near sighted
form: most near sighted
form: nearsighted
form: near-sighted
form: nearsought
Senses: glosses: myopic; unable to see distant objects unaided
insulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnsjʊleɪt/
ipa: /ˈɪnʃʊleɪt/
ipa: /ˈɪnsʊleɪt/
ipa: /ˈɪnsəleɪt/
ipa: [ˈɪns(j)ʊle(ɪ)t]
Forms: form: insulates
form: insulating
form: insulated
form: insulated
Etymology: From Latin īnsula (“isle, island”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or from Late Latin īnsulātus (“made an island”), see etymology at -ate. First attested in the 16th century; the general verb īnsulō (“insulate”) is attested only in New Latin and postdates the English term, but influence from an otherwise unattested Medieval Latin counterpart cannot be ruled out. Piecewise doublet of isolate.
Senses: glosses: To separate, detach, or isolate.
examples: text: Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.
glosses: To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.
Synonyms: isolate
Derived terms: insulating tape
insulation
insulationism
insulationist
insulative
insulator
insulite
reinsulate
superinsulate
underinsulate
uninsulate
Related terms: insulable
insular
insulation
isolation
peninsula
crescive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more crescive
form: most crescive
Etymology: From Latin crēscere (“to increase”).
Senses: examples: text: And so the prince obscured his contemplation
Under the veil of wildness; which, no doubt,
Grew like the summer grass, fastest by night,
Unseen, yet crescive in his faculty.
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Increasing or growing; marked by gradual spontaneous development.
Derived terms: crescively
Dheeraj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hindi, meaning “patience”.
arable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæɹəbl̩/
Forms: form: more arable
form: most arable
Etymology: From Middle English arable, from Middle French arable, from Old French arable, from Latin arābilis, formed from arō (“plow”) + -bilis (“able to be”). Cognate with earable (“arable”).
Senses: examples: text: And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land […]
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter VI, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC, page 50:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
raw_tags: of land
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
qualifier: NGO jargon
glosses: Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).
raw_tags: of land
Derived terms: nonarable
arable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæɹəbl̩/
Forms: form: arables
Etymology: From Middle English arable, from Middle French arable, from Old French arable, from Latin arābilis, formed from arō (“plow”) + -bilis (“able to be”). Cognate with earable (“arable”).
Senses: glosses: Land that can be cropped (i.e., land that is arable); land that is being cropped (i.e., land that is in the cropping phase of a crop rotation, currently being cropped rather than used as pasture or fallow).
interlocutor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/
ipa: /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjətə/
ipa: /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/
ipa: /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑ.kə.təɹ/
ipa: /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.ju.təɹ/
Forms: form: interlocutors
form: interlocutour
Etymology: The agent noun counterpart, via suffix -tor, of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”); borrowed from Medieval Latin interlocūtor.
Senses: examples: text: Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.
ref: 1894, Calvin Thomas, “The Teacher's Outfit in German”, in The School Review, volume 2, number 7, page 406:
text: In the run-up to his return to the White House next Monday, Mr. Trump has rattled the world, and America’s neighborhood in particular, with a list of objectives – buying Greenland, seizing the Panama Canal, making Canada the 51st state – that treat friendly nations as weak interlocutors and impediments to be subdued.
ref: 2025 January 14, Howard LaFranchi, “In Biden-Trump handoff, a foreign policy shift for a changed world?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
synonyms: converser
conversant
conversationalist
partner
collocutor
coordinate_terms: asker
answerer
correspondent
interviewer
interviewee
penpal
glosses: A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.
examples: text: The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.
ref: 1991, Maureen Costonis, “Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress”, in American Music, volume 9, number 3, page 299:
glosses: A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.
topics: law
glosses: An interlocutory judgement or sentence.
Derived terms: interlocutorship
Related terms: elocution
interlocution
interlocutive
interlocutorily
interlocutory
interlocutress
interlocutrice
interlocutrix
locution
locutional
locutionary
locutory
oblocutor
interlocutor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/
ipa: /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjətə/
ipa: /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/
ipa: /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑ.kə.təɹ/
ipa: /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.ju.təɹ/
Forms: form: interlocutors
form: interlocutour
Etymology: From French interlocutoire, from Latin interlocūtōrium.
Senses: examples: text: A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.
ref: 1869, “The Judicial System of Scotland”, in The American Law Register (1852-1891), volume 17, number 5, page 257:
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: A decree of a court.
Rama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɑm(ə)/
ipa: /rɑ.mɑ/
ipa: /ˈɹɑːmə/
ipa: /ˈɹɑmə/
rhymes: -ɑːmə
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit राम (rāma).
* (Oumuamua): The nickname derives from the similarity of Oumuamua to the fictional object "Rama" in the story Rendezvous with Rama, where that fictional object is named for the goddess.
Senses: glosses: A name of the goddess Lakshmi.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
glosses: Alternative form of Rāma (“an incarnation of the god Vishnu in Hinduism”).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Nickname for ʻOumuamua.
glosses: A river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a major tributary of the Neretva.
Related terms: RAMAcraft
RAMADAR
intruder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ənˈtɹudɚ/
ipa: /ɪnˈtɹuː.də(ɹ)/
Forms: form: intruders
Etymology: From intrude + -er.
Senses: examples: text: All intruders will be shot!
glosses: Someone who intrudes.
Derived terms: cyberintruder
intrudress
Related terms: intrude
intrusion
gatecrasher
interloper
peeping tom
persona non grata
encroacher
backseat driver
kibitzer
meddler
nosy parker
marplot
buttinsky
busybody
intrude
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɹuːd/
rhymes: -uːd
Forms: form: intrudes
form: intruding
form: intruded
form: intruded
Etymology: From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).
Senses: examples: text: to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another
text: Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them.
ref: 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:
synonyms: barge in
glosses: To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
glosses: To force in.
Derived terms: intrudable
intruder
intrudingly
nonintruding
reintrude
unintruding
Related terms: intrusion
invade