cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Internet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪntəˌnɛt/
enpr: ĭnʹtərnĕt'
ipa: /ˈɪn(t)ɚˌnɛt/
ipa: [ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌnɛt]
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: the Internet
form: internet
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *ənter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *neHd-
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Germanic *natją
Proto-West Germanic *nati
Old English nett
Middle English net
English net
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
Proto-Germanic *werką
Proto-West Germanic *werk
Old English weorc
Middle English werk
English work
English network
English internetwork
English Internet
Coined by the U.S. Defense Department in 1986, shortening of internetwork.
Senses: examples: 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreword", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
[I]f you think the Internet existed in 1970, I can only guess that the education system has left at least one child behind.
glosses: The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.
examples: text: We know how much the Internet has changed America. And we are already an open society. Imagine how much it could change China. Now, there is no question – China has been trying to crack down on the Internet. Good luck. That's sort of like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall.
ref: 2000 March 8, 32:26 from the start, in Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China, spoken by Bill Clinton, via C-SPAN, retrieved 17 Jun 2025:
text: Not to be confused with the Josh Hutcherson Saturday Night Live sketch that's almost impossible to find online, the tragedy of Peanut, an Instagram-famous squirrel that was euthanized late last month, has sent the internet into mourning.
ref: 2024 November 4, Kate Lindsay, “Can We Please Not Politicize Peanut's Death?”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2024:
glosses: The global community of individuals communicating via the Internet.
Derived terms: break the Internet
Internet feed
Internet of Everything
Internet of Things
Internet Protocol
Internet service provider
Swatch Internet Time
the Internet never forgets
Related terms: extranet
intranet
gobsmackingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gobsmackingly
form: most gobsmackingly
Etymology: From gobsmacking + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 1992, Mark Lewisohn, Root Into Europe, BBC Guide to Comedy
Astonishingly blunt, completely oblivious to the fact that his opinions and rudeness might be alien or offensive to others, and gobsmackingly ignorant of any other point of view.
text: The AAA company Millie’s suing is run by a crooked mogul played by Taika Watiti, doing a gobsmackingly awful caricature of modern tech-bro arrogance.
ref: 2021 August 6, A. A. Dowd, “The Ryan Reynolds action-comedy Free Guy is a Truman Show for the Fortnite age”, in The A.V. Club:
text: “September was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist, absolutely gobsmackingly bananas,” said Zeke Hausfather, at the Berkeley Earth climate data project.
ref: 2023 October 5, Damian Carrington, “‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Astonishingly; amazingly.
factionalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: factionalisms
Etymology: From factional + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The splitting of a group into factions.
glosses: Conflict between factions.
Related terms: factionalistic
factionalist
kalon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek καλόν (kalón); related to κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”).
Senses: glosses: Ideal perfect beauty in the physical and moral sense, especially as perceived by Greek philosophers.
park that thought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parks that thought
form: parking that thought
form: parked that thought
form: parked that thought
Senses: topics: management
glosses: Alternative form of hold that thought.
covered bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covered bridges
Senses: glosses: A bridge with a (usually wooden) house-like structure covering it, to protect it from the elements.
toruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Replace 2 and 4 by thickened toruses 2′ and 4′ enclosing 3′ and replace 1 and 5 by the remaining regions.
ref: 1952, F. B. Fuller, Note on trajectories in a solid torus, in Annals of Mathematics 56(3), p439
text: Since we're discussing cosmic geometry, I will mention that the rings of angels are what mathematicians call toruses or anchor rings—i.e., doughnut-like shapes.
ref: 2000, George L. Hersey, Architecture and Geometry in the Age of the Baroque, page 29:
text: Germain Kreweras ... enumerated spanning trees on grids, cylinders, and toruses, as well as oriented spanning trees on directed toruses such as Oₘ × Oₙ.
ref: 2005, Donald E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming vol. 4 fasc. 4, p103
glosses: plural of torus
rogue wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rogue waves
Senses: examples: text: Then one giant crest spills green water over the bow and stops our 100-ton vehicle as though it had ploughed into a gargantuan hay bale. . . . The rogue wave our experimental 78-foot craft hit must have been well over 10 feet high.
ref: 1974 June, Ben Kocivar, “75-knot ocean-going surface-effect ship”, in Popular Science, volume 204, number 6, retrieved 28 Oct 2015, page 91:
text: One of her owners, Mark Litchfield, was quoted by United Press International as saying a “rogue wave” might have knocked the ship over.
ref: 1984 June 4, Robert D. McFadden, “18 Missing, 1 Dead and 9 Rescued as Tall Ship is Lost near Bermuda”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Oct 2015:
text: Scientists still don't know exactly how rogue waves occur, nor do they know how to predict them.
ref: 2010 March 4, Bryan Walsh, “Cruise-Ship Disaster: How Do ‘Rogue Waves’ Work?”, in Time, retrieved 28 Oct 2015:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
nautical
sports
surfing
transport
glosses: An unexpected, dangerously large wave.
Synonyms: episodic wave
disbud
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈbʌd/
Forms: form: disbuds
form: disbudding
form: disbudded
form: disbudded
Etymology: From dis- + bud.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To remove buds from a plant in order to promote growth and health in the remaining buds.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: To remove horn-buds from a young calf, lamb or goat kid, to prevent growth of horns.
Derived terms: disbudder
keet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: keets
form: 'keet
Etymology: Clipping of parakeet.
Senses: glosses: A lorikeet or parakeet.
keet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: keets
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: A guineafowl.
glosses: A young guineafowl.
Synonyms: guinea keet
guinea-keet
Guinea keet
Guinea-keet
rouille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːi/
rhymes: -uːi
Forms: form: rouilles
Etymology: Borrowed from French rouille (“rouille (sauce); rust”); the sauce is so named because its colour resembles that of rust.
Senses: examples: text: Serve with grated Parmesan cheese and a rouille sauce [...].
ref: 1958, Alice B[abette] Toklas, “Soups”, in Aromas and Flavors of Past and Present, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Lyons Press, 1996, →ISBN, page 5:
text: ROUILLE SAUCE / Strongly flavored, served with fish soups or bouillabaisse.
ref: 1975, Irma S[tarkloff] Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, “Savory Sauces and Salad Dressings”, in Joy of Cooking, 1st Scribner edition, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, published 1995, →ISBN, page 366, column 1:
text: Rouille: Garlic, Saffron, and Pepper Mayonnaise [...] After you have added a few drops of oil, add saffron and a pinch of cayenne. Gradually whisk in remaining oil in a slow, thin stream until sauce is thickened to a mayonnaise consistency. Taste the rouille and add additional cayenne, if desired.
ref: 2003, Michael A. Kornfield, “Sauces”, in Table for Two in Paris: Cookbook & Music CD, White Plains, N.Y.: Peter Pauper Press, →ISBN, page 36:
text: In the Northwest one finds fritters coated with not-too-finely ground hazelnuts, with crab on the inside; in that case called crab cakes, spiked with chopped scallion and bell or hot red pepper, served with rouilles of mustard and racy mayonnaise.
ref: 2003, John Weston, “Or a Snake when He Asks for Fish”, in Dining at the Lineman’s Shack, Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 41:
text: Chicken bouillabaisse with Rouille [...] I'm taking some liberties by calling this recipe a bouillabaisse. The classic recipe, of course, is a venerable fish stew that originated in Marseille. It's flavored with saffron and garnished with a rouille sauce. [...] To serve, divide the bouillabaisse among 4 soup plates and top with the Rouille.
ref: 2010 April, Sara Moulton, “Plenty of Poultry”, in Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 174:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A type of sauce from Provence, France, often served with fish dishes, consisting of egg yolk and olive oil with breadcrumbs, chili peppers, garlic, and saffron.
rabbin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rabbins
Senses: examples: text: Vain and futilous are the feavourish dreams of the antient Rabbins
ref: 1659, Samuel Lee, Orbis miraculum, or, The temple of Solomon […] :
glosses: Dated form of rabbi.
divisi
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian divisi.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
antonyms: non divisi
glosses: divided (within one instrumental part, simultaneous notes between two or more players)
divise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: divises
form: divising
form: divised
form: divised
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of devise.
roll up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rolls up
form: rolling up
form: rolled up
form: rolled up
form: rollup
form: roll-up
Etymology: The "arrive by vehicle" sense involves the notion of being on wheels (or, similarly, on tank treads); it is conceptually coordinate with walk up as in "approach"; thus, both can take to as preposition (e.g., roll up to, walk up to, belly up to).
Senses: examples: text: The shopkeeper had to roll up the poster to make it easier to carry.
text: When they told you not to fold, spindle, or mutilate a punchcard, the spindling referred to rolling it up.
text: He rolled up his shirt sleeves.
antonyms: unroll
unscroll
roll down
glosses: To make something into a particular shape, especially cylindrical or fold-like.
antonyms: unroll
unscroll
roll down
unroll
unpack
glosses: To make something into a particular shape, especially cylindrical or fold-like.
To pack up into a bundle or bindle.
synonyms: pack up
pack
examples: text: The audacity of that man rolling up in court was astounding.
antonyms: unroll
unscroll
roll down
glosses: To make something into a particular shape, especially cylindrical or fold-like.
To create a cigar or cigarette, or a joint.
examples: text: The shopkeeper had to roll up the security barrier to open the shop.
synonyms: wind up
antonyms: roll down
wind down
glosses: To raise (a car window, rolling door, or rolling security barrier).
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: To roll the dice necessary to create a character for a game, especially a role-playing game.
examples: text: We thought Jim would be late for the wedding, but then we saw him roll up in front of the church in his Mercedes.
text: Don't be rolling up to my door without calling ahead.
glosses: To arrive by vehicle, usually by car.
Derived terms: roll up on
roll up one's sleeves
roll up the sidewalks
Related terms: roll with
roll up
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: rollup
form: roll-up
Etymology: The "arrive by vehicle" sense involves the notion of being on wheels (or, similarly, on tank treads); it is conceptually coordinate with walk up as in "approach"; thus, both can take to as preposition (e.g., roll up to, walk up to, belly up to).
Senses: examples: text: Roll up, roll up! Pies for sale!
glosses: Used to call the attention of potential purchasers.
roll up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roll ups
form: rollup
form: roll-up
Etymology: The "arrive by vehicle" sense involves the notion of being on wheels (or, similarly, on tank treads); it is conceptually coordinate with walk up as in "approach"; thus, both can take to as preposition (e.g., roll up to, walk up to, belly up to).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rollup.
Dubai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /duːˈbaɪ/
ipa: /dʊˈbaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: Dubayy
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic دُبَيّ (dubayy).
Senses: examples: text: Three Philippine women working in Dubai died in their car, trapped by waters gushing down the street.
ref: 2024 April 25, Angela Dewan, “Scientists find the fingerprints of climate change on Dubai’s deadly floods”, in CNN:
glosses: A city in the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Dubai emirate.
holonyms: United Arab Emirates
glosses: An emirate of the United Arab Emirates.
Derived terms: Dubaier
Dubaian
Dubaite
Dubaization
Dubai chocolate
feel sorry for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feels sorry for
form: feeling sorry for
form: felt sorry for
form: felt sorry for
Senses: examples: text: I am down, down, down / I feel so sorry for myself / I get down, down, down / And I need somebody's help
ref: 2011, Rachel Platten, “Overwhelmed”, in Be Here:
synonyms: word: commiserate
word: take pity on
word: commiserate
word: compassion
word: compassionate
word: condole
word: feel someone's pain
word: feel sorry for
word: mercify
word: pity
word: rue
word: take pity
glosses: To pity; to show pity for.
frilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪld/
rhymes: -ɪld
Forms: form: more frilled
form: most frilled
Senses: glosses: Having frills, frilly.
Derived terms: frilled agama
frilled dragon
frilled lizard
frilled-neck lizard
frilled neck lizard
frilled shark
southern African frilled shark
unfrilled
frilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪld/
rhymes: -ɪld
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frill
go by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes by
form: going by
form: went by
form: gone by
Senses: examples: text: I like to sit and watch the world go by. The rest of the day went by quickly.
synonyms: word: pass by
word: go by
word: fly by
word: forpass
word: forthglide
word: overgo
word: pass
word: pass by
word: roll on
word: slip by
word: transpass
glosses: To pass or go past without much interaction.
examples: text: His full name is Ernest Tinkleton, but he goes by Ernie.
glosses: To be called, to use as a name.
examples: text: I go by they/them pronouns.
synonyms: use
glosses: To suggest or request that other people use a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
raw_tags: with gender pronouns as object
examples: text: I'm only going by what my teacher said.
text: a good rule to go by
text: The uncared-for external appearance of the tanks is nothing to go by, for the glass-lined tanks are kept in perfect condition.
ref: 1959 March, R. C. Riley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, page 155:
text: Or perhaps we will sink back into our culture of complacent exceptionalism and await the next plague that will surely arrive. To go by recent history, that moment will come sooner than we think.
ref: 2020 April 9, Richard Horton, “Coronavirus is the greatest global science policy failure in a generation”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
go in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes in
form: going in
form: went in
form: gone in
Senses: examples: text: It's getting cold. Let's go in.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, in.
examples: text: It's chilly now the sun's gone in.
qualifier: moon or stars
glosses: To become obscured by clouds.
raw_tags: of the sun
examples: text: I wish I'd known that going in.
glosses: To begin or become involved in some activity.
examples: text: If you guys are fixing up that boat together to share it, I'll go in too.
glosses: To share in part of a project's or plan's duties or costs.
examples: text: You have to tell him a hundred times if you want it to go in.
synonyms: sink in
glosses: To become understood or accepted.
raw_tags: of a fact or concept
examples: text: Our next step is to meet with Dr. Wells (surgeon) to discuss our next step. It looks like he will have to go in and see exactly what it is, then if cancer, extract it.
ref: 2012, Tim Layman, Death Was Not an Option!, page 73:
glosses: To perform invasive surgery.
examples: text: You went in on him with a knife?
glosses: To beat up or attack.
Related terms: go into
go in for
go in on
come in
gold medal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gold medals
Senses: examples: text: Great Britain has collected its first gold medal of the London Games after Heather Stanning and Helen Glover won the coxless pairs with a stunning performance that will spark a mass outpouring of celebration and relief across the country.
ref: 2012 August 1, Owen Gibson, “London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal”, in The Guardian Unlimited:
glosses: A medal made of, or having the color of, gold, given as a prize for winning.
glosses: Finishing in first position, winning.
Derived terms: gold medalist
gold medallist
Related terms: silver medal
bronze medal
blue ribbon
silver medal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver medals
Senses: glosses: A medal made of, or having the color of, silver, given as a prize for finishing in second place.
glosses: Finishing in second position, being a runner-up.
Derived terms: silver medalist
silver medallist
Related terms: gold medal
bronze medal
bronze medal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronze medals
Senses: glosses: A medal made of, or having the color of, bronze, given as a prize for finishing in third place.
glosses: Finishing in third position.
Derived terms: bronze medalist
bronze medallist
Related terms: silver medal
gold medal
hectolitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hectolitres
form: hectoliter
Etymology: From French hectolitre. By surface analysis, hecto- + litre.
Senses: glosses: A unit of volume or capacity equivalent to 100 litres. Symbol: hL
Related terms: decalitre
gigalitre
kilolitre
megalitre
hectoliter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hectoliters
Etymology: From French hectolitre, equivalent to hecto- + liter.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hectolitre.
kilolitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilolitres
form: kiloliter
Etymology: From kilo- + litre.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: megalitre < gigalitre
Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre < millilitre < litre
glosses: A unit of volume equivalent to 1000 litres, and equal to one cubic metre. Symbol: kL or kl.
Related terms: decalitre
gigalitre
hectolitre
megalitre
megalitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megalitres
form: megaliter
Etymology: From mega- + litre.
Senses: examples: Holonym: gigalitre
Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre < millilitre < litre < kilolitre
glosses: A unit of volume equivalent to 1,000,000 litres. Symbol: ML or Ml.
Related terms: decalitre
gigalitre
hectolitre
kilolitre
gigalitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigalitres
form: gigaliter
Etymology: From giga- + litre.
Senses: examples: Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre < millilitre < litre < kilolitre < megalitre
glosses: A unit of volume equivalent to 10⁹ litres (one billion [British billion] liters). Symbol: GL or Gl.
Related terms: decalitre
hectolitre
kilolitre
megalitre
teralitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teralitres
form: teraliter
Etymology: From tera- + litre.
Senses: glosses: A unit of volume equivalent to 10¹² litres. Symbol TL
Synonyms: cubic kilometre
petalitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petalitres
form: petaliter
Etymology: From peta- + litre.
Senses: glosses: A unit of volume equivalent to 10¹⁵ litres. Symbol: Pl
exalitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exalitres
form: exaliter
Etymology: From exa- + litre.
Senses: glosses: A unit of volume equivalent to 10¹⁸ litres. Symbol: El
yottalitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yottalitres
form: yottaliter
Etymology: From yotta- + litre.
Senses: glosses: A unit of volume equivalent to 10²⁴ litres, symbol Yl.
nanolitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanolitres
form: nanoliter
Etymology: From nano- + litre.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: microlitre < millilitre < litre < kilolitre < megalitre < gigalitre
Meronym: picolitre
glosses: A unit of volume equivalent to 10⁻⁹ litres. Symbol: nL or nl.
Derived terms: subnanolitre
raspberry tart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raspberry tarts
Senses: glosses: A tart with raspberries or raspberry jam as filling.
examples: text: "Are we talking a delicate little Scandinavian pfft, or the whole raspberry tart?"
ref: 2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 28:
glosses: A fart.
Derived terms: raspberry
acyl anhydrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acyl anhydride
acid anhydrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acid anhydride
acyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acyl
Rydberg atoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rydberg atom
bit parts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bit part
allide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /æˈlaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
Forms: form: allides
form: alliding
form: allided
form: allided
Etymology: From Latin allīdō.
Senses: examples: text: The ship allided with the pier.
text: ...the presumption operable here is the standard to which the operator is held: prudently navigated vessels do not allide with wharfs or moored vessels or aids to navigation.
...Implicit in the presumption is the standard of care to which an operator is held, i.e., prudently navigated vessels do not allide with fixed, charted structures.
ref: 1984 "United States. National Transportation Safety Board Decisions Volume IV: Enforcement Decisions in Aviation and Marine Cases. January 1, 1982 — December 31, 1984 pp 2020 — 2021
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To impact a stationary object.
Related terms: allision
collide
three wise men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In reference to the three wise kings, or Magi, in the story of Christ's birth.
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: three of a kind kings
devil's hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devil's hands
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: three of a kind sixes
spolvero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian spolvero.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: Synonym of pouncing (“type of reproduction by means of powder”).
synonyms: word: pouncing
extra: type of reproduction by means of powder
aces and spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A poker hand containing only a pair of aces.
topics: bridge
games
glosses: A bridge hand with opening points based primarily on aces, so that there are not enough winners.
up-and-down straight draw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: up-and-down straight draws
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A poker hand that has four cards to a straight, where there are two different ranked cards that will complete the straight. E.g. 4-5-6-7, either a 3 or 8 could make a straight. It is used only when the player has not yet received all the cards she will receive for a particular hand.
gutshot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gutshoot
gutshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gutshots
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Alternative form of gut-shot.
A poker hand which is four cards to a straight, where only one rank can complete a straight. E.g. 3-4-6-7, only a five completes the straight; A gut-shot straight.
examples: text: A 22-year-old soldier with thoracic gutshot injury and subsequent right-sided pneumonectomy and partial left-sided lung resection went into critical respiratory failure.
ref: 2011, Alois Philippa, Matthias Arltb, Matthias Amannb, Dirk Lunzb, Thomas Müllerc, Michael Hilkera, Bernhard Grafb, Christof Schmida, “First experience with the ultra compact mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation system Cardiohelp in interhospital transport”, in Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgery, volume 12, number 6:
text: But we never got to take the shot I'd been trained to take, that beautiful single shot that takes out a man's head, or the gutshot—Chris Kyle's favorite—that allows him to bleed out and die a little slower, maybe think about all the ways he might have lived a different and better life.
ref: 2013, Anthony Swofford, Death of an American Sniper, →ISBN:
text: Despite the fact that we still don't know if I'll survive because of the gutshot, I still feel the trip was worth it.
ref: 2014, Kelly M. Johnson, New Realities and Wavering Truths, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: Alternative form of gut-shot.
A shot in the gut.
gutshot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: For the first group, hunting is the gutshot deer gasping to death while its killer has given up pursuit, the woman in Maine shot in her own backyard by a hunter who thought her brown coat and white mittens meant a deer, and hoarse, bloodthirsty varmint hunters "blazing" away
ref: 1995 Autumn, Thomas L. Altherr, John F. Reiger, “Academic historians and hunting: A call for more and better scholarship”, in Environmental History Review, volume 19, number 3:
text: He never got used to the sight of elk with broken hips, missing legs and hooves, damaged backs, and gutshot skeletons that trailed in for the security and protection of his ranch.
ref: 2008, Laurie Wagner Buyer, Spring's Edge: A Ranch Wife's Chronicles, →ISBN, page 29:
text: We look like a couple of gutshot iguanas!
ref: 2009, K Vonnegut, Bluebeard: a novel:
glosses: Alternative form of gut-shot.
Shot in the gut.
examples: text: The Calamity had convinced some Americans that hell was at hand -- and now Charlie Hart was driving the road that led there, Interstate 15 from Las Vegas to the California border on any given Sunday, losers beating their ways home, hungover and sick and feeling gutshot, got to go to work in the morning, lost too much money, maxed out the Visa, should not have slept with that mortgage broker from Atlantic City, he was married, I was drunk, we didn't use a rubber, should not have gone with that hooker, my last cash and now God knows what diseases, warts, viruses, rot I have in my body, stayed too long at the tables, I was up at one point, should've quit then, lost one thousand dollars or fifty thousand or five hundred, it was meant for the rent, the mortgage, the tuition, the baby's doctor or the baby's goddamn new pair of shoes that keep getting referenced at the craps tables...
ref: 2005, David Lozell Martin, Facing Rushmore, →ISBN, page 214:
text: Patterson grins a grin that he means to be rakish, but he's pretty sure it just comes off as gutshot.
ref: 2014, Benjamin Whitmer, Cry Father, →ISBN, page 149:
text: And I saw him on the street yesterday and he looked gutshot—
ref: 2015, Annabeth Albert, Served Hot, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of gut-shot.
Extremely dismayed or distressed.
belly buster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belly busters
Senses: examples: text: The food looks every bit as mouth-watering as the chain's 2,500-calorie belly-buster meals.
ref: 2015, Tamara Thompson, Fast Food, page 29:
glosses: A very large meal.
examples: text: Laughter from everyone. Even Mr. Poteet, tired of trying to drill history into the heads of the twins, lets out with a real belly buster.
ref: 2008, Bill Blankenship, Daisy on Wheels, page 83:
glosses: A loud, exuberant laugh.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A poker hand which is four cards to a straight, where only one rank can complete a straight. E.g. 3-4-6-7, only a five completes the straight.
examples: text: The derrickman releases the "stabbing board", a pivoting plank like a diving board, then walks out to the very end and, wearing a safety harness called a "belly buster", leans out at a horrific angle to make sure the pipe is lined up straight.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, page 68:
qualifier: oil industry
glosses: A type of safety harness with a belt that wraps tightly around the belly.
Related terms: belly-busting
double belly buster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double belly busters
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A poker hand where two different ranks could complete the straight, but the new card would not be the highest or lowest card in the straight. E.g. 2-4-5-6-8, either a 3 or a 7 could complete the straight
double gut shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double gut shots
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A poker hand where two different ranks could complete the straight, but the new card would not be the highest or lowest card in the straight. Example: 2-4-5-6-8, where a 3 or 7 could complete the straight.
serjeanty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːdʒənti/
ipa: /ˈsɑːrdʒənti/
Forms: form: serjeanties
form: sergeanty
form: sergeantry
form: serjanty
form: serjeantry
Etymology: From Middle English sergeauntie, serjaunte, from Old French serjantie, sergantie and Medieval Latin serjantia, sergantia. Compare sergeancy.
Senses: examples: text: The manor of Scrivelsby in England, has since the Middle Ages, been held by the Marmion family in grand serjeanty in exchange for their service as King's or Queen's Champion.
topics: law
glosses: A land tenure in which a tenant provided his liege with some kind of personal service, as opposed to nonpersonal service, such as paying tax (socage)
Hyponyms: grand serjeanty
petit serjeanty
Coordinate terms: knight's fee
knight service
chief constable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chief constables
Senses: glosses: The chief of police of most territorial UK police forces, except the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police.
supercoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercoils
Etymology: From super- + coil.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A coil of the DNA helix upon itself, such as a figure eight.
Related terms: supercoiling
topoisomerase
supercoil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: supercoils
form: supercoiling
form: supercoiled
form: supercoiled
Etymology: From super- + coil.
Senses: examples: text: After deproteination, the migration of the assembled form II DNA will remain unchanged, appearing not to have been supercoiled by nucleosomes.
ref: 1995, Sara J. Felts, “Assembly and Transcription of Chromatin Templates Using RNA Polymerase III”, in Martin J. Tymms, editor, In Vitro Transcription and Translation Protocols, →ISBN, page 58:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To twist circular DNA into a supercoil.
supercoiling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + coiling.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The coiling of the DNA helix upon itself, which can disrupt transcription and lead to cell death.
Related terms: topoisomerase
topoisomerase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɒpəʊˌaɪˈsɒməˌɹeɪs/
ipa: /ˌtɑpoʊˌaɪˈsɑməˌɹeɪs/
Forms: form: topoisomerases
Etymology: From topo- + isomerase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: isotopomerase
glosses: Any of several enzymes that affect the topology of DNA, especially ones that relax supercoiling.
nanofocusing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + focusing.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The use of arrays of very sharp points, or tiny gaps between particles, to control the concentration of light energy on nanometre scales, and to prevent diffraction
aristolochic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: aristolochin
aristolochine
glosses: A carboxylic acid derived from phenanthrene extracted from plants of the family Aristolochiaceae; though sometimes used as a herbal remedy, it is a rodent carcinogen and can cause endemic nephropathy in humans.
interleaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interleave
interleaving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interleavings
Senses: glosses: The action of interleaving.
glosses: Data that has been interleaved.
glosses: Data that has been interleaved.
One interleaving of abc and 123, out of twenty, is 1ab2c3.
One interleaving of abc and 123, out of twenty, is 1ab2c3.
osmoregulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osmoregulations
Etymology: From osmo- + regulation.
Senses: glosses: The homeostatic regulation of osmotic pressure in the body in order to maintain a certain water content (concentration of electrolytes, pH, etc).
Derived terms: hyperosmoregulation
hypoosmoregulation
Related terms: osmoregulative
osmoregulator
gershayim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew גרשיים / גֵּרְשַׁיִם (gersháyim, literally “two apostrophes”).
Senses: glosses: The Hebrew character ״, used to indicate acronyms and other multi-letter abbreviations.
wastewater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wastewaters
form: waste water
form: waste-water
Etymology: From waste + water.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: sewage, sullage, graywater, blackwater, washwater, poop water (informal)
text: The commission's recommendations would require the removal of toxins and heavy metals from wastewaters that now run into regional rivers and New York Harbor untreated, and collect at their bottom.
ref: 1976 September 10, Ronald Sullivan, “PROGRAM SHAPES UP ON HARBOR SLUDGE”, in The New York Times:
text: As the zoogleal slime reenters the wastewater, excess solids and waste products are stripped off the media as sloughings. These sloughings are transported with the wastewater flow to a settling tank for removal.
ref: 2012, Frank Spellman, Revonna Bieber, Environmental Health and Science Desk Reference, page 831:
text: Flash forward to 2017, early in the Trump presidency. From the wastewaters of the internet, cryptic comments float up from an anonymous figure known only as Q.
ref: 2023 February 20, Dwight Garner, “QAnon and the Fear and Loathing of an American Conspiracy Theory”, in The New York Times:
coordinate_terms: nightsoil
;
stormwater
glosses: Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products.
skrike
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹaɪk/
Forms: form: skrikes
form: skriking
form: skriked
form: skriked
Etymology: From Middle English skriken, a borrowing from Old Norse skríkja (“to scream”) (compare Old English sċrīċ, sċrēċ > English shriek/screech), literally "bird with a shrill call," referring to a thrush, possibly imitative of its call. Attested from c 1573.
Senses: examples: text: The yells and yammering, croaking, jibbering and jabbering; howls, growls and curses; shrieking and skriking, that followed were beyond description.
ref: 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit:
text: It's not as if you're skriking brats.
ref: 1973, Alan Garner, Red Shift:
glosses: To cry, sob, cry out or yell; to scream.
skrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹaɪk/
Forms: form: skrikes
Etymology: From Middle English skrike, scryke (also skryche, schryke, shryke). Cognate with Old Frisian skrichte, Middle Low German schrichte.
Senses: examples: text: c''' 1573, attested by J. Raine
at what tyme the said Herrison wyfe gave a skrike.
text: Aw gav a skrike.
ref: 1824, Allan's Tynside Songs, page 182:
glosses: A cry or scream.
glosses: The mistle thrush.
Related terms: shrike
Madeira cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Madeira cakes
Senses: glosses: A simple cake, rather like a pound cake, with added lemon zest but no fruit; traditionally eaten with a glass of Madeira wine.
don't take any wooden nickels
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: HELMER: What the hell, Nora? NORA: So long, Kid, don't take any wooden nickels!
ref: 1914, Puck, volume 76, page 21:
text: Well, I only meant to write a line and I've written pages! Well, don't take any wooden nickels.
ref: 1917, William Ely Hill, Among Us Mortals: Pictures and Legends by W.E. Hill:
text: For conversation pieces . . . the whacky necklace called "Don't take any wooden nickels!" at $1.83 (designed by Martha Sleeper).
ref: 1938, "Macy's College Shop" [display advertisement], New York Times, 14 Aug, p. 19
text: H. T. Webster's comic strip, "The Timid Soul," in the Oakland Tribune of September 10, 1950 used the tendency to repeat worn phrases as the subject for the hero's good intentions. The following are recorded: . . . Don't take any wooden nickels.
ref: 1951 Jan, “Folklore in the News: Cliché Strip”, in Western Folklore, volume 10, number 1, page 84:
text: Don't take any wooden nickels
When you sell your soul
A devil of a time awaits you
When the party's over
You're on your own.
ref: 2000, Mark O. Everett, “Wooden Nickels”, in Daisies of the Galaxy, performed by Eels:
glosses: One should not permit oneself to be cheated or duped; one should not be naive.
Related terms: wooden nutmeg
shogunal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈʃoʊɡənəl/
Forms: form: shōgunal
Etymology: From shogun + -al.
Senses: examples: text: ordered to comply with shogunal demands in accord with the law...
ref: 1994, Mary Elizabeth Berry, The culture of civil war in Kyoto, Diane Publishing, page 35:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a shogun.
examples: text: the military-aristocratic Ch'oe family, which passed its shogunal type authority down hereditarily through four generations.
ref: 1975, James B. Palais, Politics and policy in traditional Korea, Harvard University Press, pages 11–12:
glosses: Resembling a shogun.
qindar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qindars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of qintar.
bid price
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bid prices
Senses: topics: business
finance
synonyms: bidding price
antonyms: ask price
asking price
glosses: The price offered by a potential buyer when bidding for goods.
wikipedia: bid price
rock group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rock groups
Senses: glosses: A group of musicians who regularly perform rock music together.
Synonyms: rock band
rock groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rock group
rock bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rock band
Third-World
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of third-world.
whirlwinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whirlwind
quit claim deed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quit claim deeds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quitclaim deed.
for all intents and purposes
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: to all intents and purposes
form: eggcorns
form: intensive
form: intrinsic
form: intense
form: intense and
form: intended
Etymology: From the 16ᵗʰ century English-law phrase “to all intents, constructions, and purposes”, which is found in an act adopted under Henry VIII in 1547.
Senses: examples: text: For all intents and purposes, the case is closed.
text: This treaty, for all intents and purposes, is no longer viable.
synonyms: practically
for all practical purposes
in practice
glosses: For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect
Synonyms: effectively
essentially
in essence
in effect
practically
virtually
Wycliffite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪklɪfaɪt/
Forms: form: more Wycliffite
form: most Wycliffite
Etymology: From Wycliffe + -ite.
Senses: examples: ref: 1993, Anne Hudson, Two Wycliffite Texts: The Sermon of William Taylor, 1406 — The Testimony of William Thorpe, 1407:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the mediaeval English theologian John Wycliffe (mid-1320s–1384), his ideas, or his English translation of the Bible (Wyclif’s Bible).
Wycliffite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪklɪfaɪt/
Forms: form: Wycliffites
Etymology: From Wycliffe + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A follower of John Wycliffe.
neat freak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neat freaks
Senses: examples: text: Calling all neat freaks! This expandable under-the-sink organizer makes it easy to keep your cleaning products and spare toiletries organized.
ref: 2024 October 8, Lauren Gruber, Megan Uy, “We Found Sooo Many Viral TikTok Items on Sale for October Prime Day”, in Cosmopolitan:
synonyms: clean freak
glosses: A person obsessed with tidiness or cleanliness.
Derived terms: neat-freakery
Related terms: mysophobia
restrictive covenant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restrictive covenants
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An agreement between parties limiting or restricting the use of land owned by one of the parties.
examples: 2019, Paul Greco, "How To Make Sure Restrictive Covenants Survive A Restructuring", Life Science Leader, VertMarkets.
Careful to protect the goodwill it is developing with these providers, the life sciences company decides to use restrictive covenants — i.e., noncompetes, in the popular vernacular — to ensure the sales reps cannot compete for a period of time after changing jobs and potentially transfer the value of burgeoning customer relationships to some new employer.
topics: law
glosses: A noncompete agreement
pixel tracking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of code associated with a single pixel tag (invisible to the user) to monitor the activity of the user, especially his use of advertisements
to this end
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: To this end, I have started the "Save the Penguins Fund."
glosses: To achieve the previously specified goal.
tumoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tumor + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a tumor/tumour.
Derived terms: antitumoral
circumtumoral
extratumoral
intertumoral
intratumoral
juxtatumoral
neurotumoral
nontumoral
paratumoral
peritumoral
pretumoral
protumoral
pseudotumoral
condition precedent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conditions precedent
Senses: topics: law
glosses: a condition imposed on an agreement that must be satisfied before property is transferred between parties.
topics: law
glosses: a condition depending upon an uncertain event which must be fulfilled before an obligation arises or a legal transaction takes effect.
Synonyms: suspensive condition
yellow dog contract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow dog contracts
Etymology: So called because such agreements were thought to reduce employees to the status of yellow dogs (“worthless things”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees, as a condition of employment, not to be a member of a labor union whilst employed.
stative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪtɪv/
rhymes: -eɪtɪv
Forms: form: statives
Etymology: From Latin stativus.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A construct asserting that a subject has a particular property.
full stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʊl ˈstɒps/
Senses: glosses: plural of full stop
idiosyncrasies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪdɪə(ʊ)ˈsɪŋkɹəsis/
ipa: /ˌɪd.i.əʊˈsɪŋ.kɹə.sis/
ipa: /ˌɪdi.əˈsɪŋkɹəsis/
Senses: glosses: plural of idiosyncrasy
planish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplænɪʃ/
Forms: form: planishes
form: planishing
form: planished
form: planished
Etymology: From Latin planus (“flat”).
Senses: examples: text: Although much of the copperwork done in school workshops is planished only once, many craftsmen planish their work three or four times in order to get a perfect finish.
ref: 2014, P. F. Lye, Metalwork Theory, page 35:
glosses: To repeatedly hammer (a sheet of metal) so as to shape and smooth it or create a decorative indented finish.
Derived terms: word: planished
word: planisher
word: planishing
word: unplanished
return ticket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: return tickets
Senses: topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: A ticket granting permission to travel to a place and return.
Synonyms: round-trip ticket
Coordinate terms: round trip
Related terms: day return
return fare
rubber policeman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubber policemen
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a flexible rubber scraper attached to a glass rod, used in chemistry laboratories for amalgamating and transferring solid residues in gravimetric analysis.
vasty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: vastier
form: vastiest
Senses: examples: text: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: […] the pattern of life it offers has a homely grace. It reminds you of a placid rivulet, meandering smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees, till at last it falls into the vasty sea; […]
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 7”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
glosses: vast
boggery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Possible obsolete corruption of "bog".
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of buggery.
preglacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + glacial.
Senses: glosses: Before an ice age (usually referring to the Pliocene)