cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Oceanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oceanians
Etymology: From Oceania + -an.
(nation): This term is not used in the novel itself.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Oceania (geographical region or continent).
examples: text: In order to ensure that the Oceanians do get excited about Big Brother—displace, that is, eroticism from its natural object, another individual, to the State—the Party attempts in every way “to remove all pleasure from the sex act. . . . The only recognized purpose of marriage was to beget children for the service of the Party. Sexual intercourse was to be looked on as a slightly disgusting operation, like having an enema” (p. 57).
ref: 1986, Bernard Oldsey, Joseph Browne, editors, Critical Essays on George Orwell, G. K. Hall & Co., →ISBN, page 74:
text: We might suppose that Orwell’s claims about the beliefs of Oceanians are simply implausible: after all, as the little thought experiment I started with demonstrates, we cannot just make ourselves believe on command.
ref: 2018, Iskra Fileva, “Bad Faith and Make-Believe”, in Ezio Di Nucci, Stefan Storrie, editors, 1984 and Philosophy: Is Resistance Futile? (Popular Culture and Philosophy; 116), Open Court Publishing Company, →ISBN:
text: Accordingly, the Ministry behaves in favor of the Party by making necessary amendments and manipulations in mass media to earn the sympathy of Oceanians.
ref: 2018, Murat Kalelioğlu, “Semiotic Analysis”, in A Literary Semiotics Approach to the Semantic Universe of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, section “George Orwell and “Nineteen Eighty-Four””, page 59:
qualifier: literary criticism
glosses: Someone from the fictional nation of Oceania in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
Synonyms: word: Oceanian
Hypernyms: word: inhabitant
word: person
Hyponyms: word: Australian
word: Cook Islander
word: Fijian
word: Kiribatian
word: Marshall Islander
word: Micronesian
word: Nauruan
word: New Zealander
word: Niuean
word: Palauan
word: Papua New Guinean
word: Papuan
word: Samoan
word: Solomon Islander
word: Tahitian
word: Tokelauan
word: Tongan
word: Tuvaluan
word: Vanuatuan
super-duper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈs(j)uː.pəˌduː.pə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsu.pɚˌdu.pɚ/
Forms: form: more super-duper
form: super-duperer
form: most super-duper
form: super-duperest
Etymology: Rhyming reduplication, from super (1940).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: super-superlative
text: Tell your friends who may be Cincinnati-bound about the super-duper Cincinnatian, B&O's latest and classiest train.
ref: 1947, Florence Marshall, Robert V. Schwartz, “Auditor Freight Traffic”, in B and O Magazine, volume 33, page 42:
text: Some markets are super. Our supermarket is super-duper.
ref: 1991, Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain, The Berenstain Bears at the Super-Duper Market, page 3:
glosses: Very excellent; truly great.
examples: text: Hello Kitty is having a Valentine's Day party for all her friends... But when Hello Kitty hurts her leg, all her plans are ruined! Will her party be a super-duper success or a super-duper disaster?
ref: 2006, Kris Hirschmann, Hello Kitty's Super-Duper Valentine's Day Party, page i:
glosses: Major, total, thorough.
Derived terms: superdupervenience
super-duper
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈs(j)uː.pəˌduː.pə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsu.pɚˌdu.pɚ/
Forms: form: more super-duper
form: most super-duper
Etymology: Rhyming reduplication, from super (1940).
Senses: examples: text: No, you are entitled to your own opinion, alright? I'm the tart here. Cher, you've been nothing but super-duper nice to me.
ref: 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Tai (Brittany Murphy):
text: But I'm super-duper hungry. Anybody have a candy bar in their pocket?
ref: 2007, MaryJanice Davidson, Undead and Uneasy: A Queen Betsy Novel:
glosses: Very; extremely.
if you can't beat them, join them
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: if you can't beat them
Senses: examples: text: GWM seeks gay female for liberal marriage. If you can't beat them, join them!
ref: 1985 August 24, “Will You Marry Me? (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 7, page 17:
glosses: If one's adversaries are stronger, it is better to join their side.
Derived terms: if you can't beat them
eat them
panentheist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pænˈɛnθiɪst/
Forms: form: panentheists
Senses: glosses: A person who believes in panentheism.
Related terms: pandeist
panendeist
pantheist
theist
panentheists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pænˈɛnθiɪsts/
Senses: glosses: plural of panentheist
automated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːtəmeɪtɪd/
ipa: /ˈɔ.təmeɪtɪd/
ipa: [ˈɔ.ɾəˌmeɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈɔ.toʊˌmeɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈɔ.ɾoʊˌmeɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈɑ.təmeɪtɪd/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ɾəˌmeɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈɑ.toʊˌmeɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ɾoʊˌmeɪ.ɾɪd]
Senses: glosses: Made automatic.
examples: text: automated process
glosses: Done by machine.
Derived terms: automated clearing house
automated driving system
automated essay scoring
automatedly
automated machine learning
automated manual transmission
automated teller
automated teller machine
nonautomated
unautomated
automated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːtəmeɪtɪd/
ipa: /ˈɔ.təmeɪtɪd/
ipa: [ˈɔ.ɾəˌmeɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈɔ.toʊˌmeɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈɔ.ɾoʊˌmeɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈɑ.təmeɪtɪd/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ɾəˌmeɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈɑ.toʊˌmeɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ɾoʊˌmeɪ.ɾɪd]
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of automate
apostrophes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apostrophe
squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of square
squares
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of square
overdrink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overdrinks
form: overdrinking
form: overdrank
form: overdrunk
Etymology: From Middle English *overdrinken (attested only as a noun overdrink (“excessive drinking”)), from Old English oferdrincan (“to overdrink”), equivalent to over- + drink. Compare German übertrinken (“to overdrink”), Swedish överdrycka (“to overdrink”), Old English oferdrynċ (“excessive drinking, drunkenness”).
Senses: examples: text: There is no disorder of any sort; nowhere in or about the Centennial did I see any one who had overdrunk the health of his country.
ref: 1876, Atlantic Monthly, volume 38, page 107:
glosses: To drink to excess.
Related terms: overdrunken
Darkinjung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Darginyung
form: Darkinung
form: Darkiñung
form: Darkinyung
Senses: glosses: A region of coastal New South Wales, Australia.
examples: text: No. 4 represents the country occupied by the tribes speaking the Darkinung, Wannerawa, Warrimee, Wannungine, Dharrook and some other dialects.
ref: 1898, R. H. Mathews, “Initiation in Australian Tribes”, in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, volume 37:
text: The Darkiñung speaking people adjoined the Kamilaroi on the south-east and occupied a considerable range of country in the counties of Hunter, Northumberland and Cook, extending from Wilberforce and Wiseman’s Ferry on the Hawkesbury river, to Jerry’s Plains and Singleton on the Hunter, and including the basins of the Colo and Macdonald rivers, Wollombi Brook and other streams.
ref: 1903, R. H. Mathews, “Languages of the Kamilaroi and other Aboriginal tribes of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 33:
text: Aboriginal languages spoken in the settled areas of the Cumberland Plain, which lies to the east of the Blue Mountains in the immediate vicinity of Syndey, included speakers of Dharuk, Iyora, Guringgai, Dharawal, Gundungura, Darkinyung and Awabakal.
ref: 1996, Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas:
text: Four languages are recognised as being spoken across the study area at contact: Darginyung, Guringai, Dharuk and Dharawal.
ref: 1999, The Archaeology of Rock Art:
text: Old materials on O1, Dharuk, give 1du as ŋala or ŋalu and there is no explanation for the final vowel (note, though, that ŋali is found in the closely related language O2, Darkinjung).
ref: 2002, R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The extinct language of the people of that region.
Darkinjung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Darginyung
form: Darkinung
form: Darkiñung
form: Darkinyung
Senses: examples: text: Another incident, this time from the country of the Darkinung people (near Newcastle, New South Wales) illustrates our point.
ref: 1995, Tony Swain, Garry Trompf, The Religions of Oceania:
glosses: The Aboriginal people once associated with that region.
stoves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stove
stoves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stove
dumpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌmpi/
rhymes: -ʌmpi
Forms: form: dumpier
form: dumpiest
Etymology: First attested in 1750; exact origin unknown. Perhaps derived from, or cognate with, dumpling, or from the noun sense of dump.
Senses: glosses: Short and thick; stout or stocky.
Derived terms: dumpily
dumpiness
dumpy tree frog
dumpy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌmpi/
rhymes: -ʌmpi
Forms: form: dumpies
Etymology: First attested in 1750; exact origin unknown. Perhaps derived from, or cognate with, dumpling, or from the noun sense of dump.
Senses: examples: text: Yet I don't like dumpies either, and Brown says she is little and stout—the better fitted for a wiry, starved-looking chap like you.
ref: 1857, Charlotte Brontë, The Professor, Smith, Elder & Co., page 102:
glosses: A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.
examples: text: Lager-style beer comes in cans or dumpies (small bottles) for around US$1.10.
ref: 2007, Alan Murphy, Southern Africa, page 414:
text: “Once you start drinking you have many friends drinking with you,” the University of Johannesburg student explained. “I drink whiskey and I drink beer. I drink heavily on weekends but during the week I have about three or four dumpies. I don’t pass out. I just get drunk,” he said.
ref: 2011 July 29, Nalisha Kalideen, “Binge drinking rife at universities”, in Mail & Guardian:
glosses: A small bottle of beer.
examples: text: Most manufacturers have ceased making dumpies, and a number have even stopped making tilting levels, […]
ref: 2012, Raymond Paul, Walter Whyte, Basic Surveying, page 82:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: Ellipsis of dumpy level.
dumpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌmpi/
rhymes: -ʌmpi
Forms: form: dumpier
form: dumpiest
Etymology: From dump + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "I knew it!" Barry screeched. "A dump bike for the dummy. Hey, dumpy boy. Dumper! Ha, haaaaaaaaagh!"
ref: 1983, John Bibee, The Magic Bicycle, page 17:
text: At first, I had no idea you had money, and you didn't seem like a snoot. The place where you were renting was a dumpy place. When you turned out to have money, I was surprised.
ref: 1990 February 4, Vanessa Nemeth, Stephanie Poggi, “Bumps And All”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 12:
text: On the other side of the walls was a dumpy, trash-ridden street of the IZ, not far from an old government building of Saddam Hussein.
ref: 2017, Jade Wu, Flash Points, page 145:
glosses: Of or relating to a garbage dump; rubbishy.
dumpy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌmpi/
rhymes: -ʌmpi
Forms: form: dumpies
Etymology: From dump + -y.
Senses: examples: text: When her animation students at Kansas City Art Institute kept asking why the moms in Pixar have dump-truck asses, Bona Bones […] knew she had to share the answer beyond just the classroom. That’s how she found herself making a TikTok to directly answer the question: “Why do all Pixar moms have such huge dumpies?”
ref: 2022 June 17, Jodie Walker, “What’s Really Behind the Pixar Dump-Truck Meme? A Ringer Investigation.”, in The Ringer:
hypernyms: word: nether region
glosses: Synonym of dump truck (“prominent buttocks”).
synonyms: word: dump truck
extra: prominent buttocks
QTC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QTCs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of quantum tunneling compound.
glosses: Initialism of Quantum Tunneling Composite.
dematerialization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːməˌtɪəɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: dematerializations
form: dematerialisation
Etymology: From de- + materialization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of dematerializing, or becoming immaterial.
topics: business
finance
law
glosses: The substitution of paper-form securities by book-entry securities.
dematerializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dematerialize
dematerialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiː.məˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə.laɪz/
ipa: /ˌdi.məˈtɪɹ.i.ə.laɪz/
Forms: form: dematerializes
form: dematerializing
form: dematerialized
form: dematerialized
form: dematerialise
Etymology: From de- + materialize.
Senses: examples: text: Nightmares were, after all, a type of demon; they could dematerialize in much the way Fiant did.
ref: 2002, Piers Anthony, Ogre, Ogre, page 9:
text: "So, I'll need you to look at the nth field targeting so when the object dematerializes from here, we can rematerialize it there."
ref: 2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 15:
glosses: To disappear by becoming immaterial.
examples: text: Some magicians claim they can dematerialize their bodies and re-materialize them in a different location.
ref: 2009, Etson White, Revelation of God, page 161:
glosses: To cause something to disappear by making it immaterial.
examples: text: Even though the book is still a difficult object to dematerialize and the paper books are not replaceable, the trend seems to be to prefer an e-book rather than a physical book […]
ref: 2013, Mike Friedrichsen, Wolfgang Mühl-Benninghaus, Handbook of Social Media Management:
glosses: To remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.).
Synonyms: sense: disappear
word: disappear
sense: disappear
word: disintegrate
sense: disappear
word: dissolve
sense: disappear
word: vanish
Derived terms: dematerializer
Related terms: dematerialization
materialize
materialization
rematerialize
rematerialization
babytalk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: babytalks
form: babytalking
form: babytalked
form: babytalked
form: baby-talk
Senses: glosses: To speak in baby talk (form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children).
babytalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baby talk.
panentheistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌpænɛnθiˈɪstɪk/
Forms: form: more panentheistic
form: most panentheistic
Senses: examples: text: The mystic is one to whom the unitive, pantheistic, or at least the panentheistic, aspects of the divinity are as congenial as the deistic, polytheistic, and anthropomorphic aspects are to the institutional mind.
ref: 1909, The Quarterly Review, page 124:
text: Just as AR is the whole positive content of perfection, so CW, or the conception of the Creator-and-the-Whole-of-what-he-has-created as constituting one life, the super-whole which in its everlasting essence is uncreated (and does not necessitate just the parts which the whole has) but in its de facto concreteness is created - this panentheistic doctrine contains all of deism and pandeism except their arbitrary negations.
ref: 1964, Charles Hartshorne, Man's Vision of God and the Logic of Theism, page 348:
text: Through panentheistic sensibility, our ancestors conceived a Covenant between Creator and Creation that humankind is enjoined, spiritually and ethically, to uphold.
ref: 1996, Michael W. Fox, The Boundless Circle: Caring for Creatures and Creation, page 266:
glosses: Of or relating to panentheism.
BDU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of battle dress uniform.
Related terms: battle fatigues
Fon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language of Benin and Togo, specifically, in the southern regions corresponding to the former kingdom of Dahomey. Also known as Fongbe or Fɔngbe, it is part of the Gbe family of West African languages.
fresh off the boat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: fob
form: FOB
Senses: examples: text: You were fresh off the boat from Virginia / I had a year in New York City under my belt / We met in a dream, we were both nineteen
ref: 1998, “Two Little Girls”, in Ani DiFranco (lyrics), Little Plastic Castle, performed by Ani DiFranco:
text: Metropolis is the story of a harmless, hapless, nameless young German immigrant, fresh off the boat in 1860-something, who has a knack for naively stumbling into complicated plots through no fault of his own.
ref: 2005, Lev Grossman, "They Built This City (book review)," Time, 20 Mar.
synonyms: word: FOB
glosses: Newly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of their new environment.
Derived terms: fob
dissipates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dissipate
admonished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of admonish
make someone's day
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes someone's day
form: making someone's day
form: made someone's day
form: made someone's day
Senses: examples: text: Thank you for the unexpected gift. It really made my day.
text: Go ahead. Make my day.
ref: 1983, Joseph Stinson, Sudden Impact (motion picture), spoken by Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood):
synonyms: word: cheer up
word: perk up
word: beatify
word: begladden
word: blissen
word: bright
word: cheer
word: cheer up
word: content
word: delight
word: elate
word: enbliss
word: exhilarate
word: fain
word: gay
word: gladden
word: gladden someone's heart
word: gratify
word: happify
word: happy
word: hearten
word: jollify
word: laetificate
word: light up
word: make someone's day
word: perk up
word: please
word: raise someone's spirits
word: rejoice
word: turn the frown upside down
word: upcheer
word: warm someone's heart
word: warm the cockles of someone's heart
glosses: To make someone happy, or be a source of satisfaction, for the rest of the day.
Related terms: daymaker
not give someone the time of day
bindings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binding
identifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of identifier
gridlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɪdˌlɒk/
ipa: /ˈɡɹɪdˌlɑk/
Forms: form: gridlocks
Etymology: From grid + lock.
Senses: topics: road
transport
hypernyms: lock
glosses: A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
glosses: On a smaller scale, the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
examples: text: But no party appeared on track to secure an absolute majority, leaving one of Europe’s largest countries headed for gridlock or political instability.
ref: 2024 July 8, Adam Nossiter, Aurelien Breeden, “5 Takeaways From France’s Snap Election”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
examples: text: God, ngl, some gridlock sounds real good right about now (iykyk)
ref: 2021 November 13, @Nartemis117, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 02 Sep 2025:
text: Why are we still here? Just to suffer? Every night, I can feel my gridlock... And my girldick... even my shenis... The body I've lost... the comrades I've lost... won't stop hurting... It's like they're all still there.
ref: 2022 January 22, @Andtheirva, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 02 Sep 2025:
text: pros of dating me : im cute and nice and i have an integra, my gridlock is perfectly sized ¶ cons of dating me: i WILL leave all my misc car parts, video game accessories, milsurp equipment, and cute girl clothes in your room. this is non-negotionable. this is where it goes now.
ref: 2022 March 18, @stonewall1312, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 02 Sep 2025:
text: Making my girlfriend print out a cute pic of my gridlock so she doesn’t forget what it looks like while she’s away from me.
ref: 2023 March 20, @socalledcharlie, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 02 Sep 2025:
text: Tattoo on my gridlock that says twink death
ref: 2023 November 25, @marufawks, X (formerly Twitter) (post), archived from the original on 02 Sep 2025:
text: […] thalia is a lesbian that dated a trans girl once and got a taste of gridlock and now is exclusively a chaser for trans girls
ref: 2024 March 7, @TheTunnelingCat, X (formerly Twitter) (post), archived from the original on 02 Sep 2025:
qualifier: transgender slang
glosses: Deliberate misspelling of girlcock or girldick.
Derived terms: pedlock
gridlock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɪdˌlɒk/
ipa: /ˈɡɹɪdˌlɑk/
Forms: form: gridlocks
form: gridlocking
form: gridlocked
form: gridlocked
Etymology: From grid + lock.
Senses: glosses: To cause traffic congestion.
Related terms: deadlock
geosynchronous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From geo- + synchronous.
Senses: examples: text: Hiro looks up, focuses his gaze on Earth, zooms in for a look. As he gets closer, the imagery he’s looking at shifts from the long-range pictures coming in from the geosynchronous satellites to the good stuff being spewed into the CIC computer from a whole fleet of low-flying spy birds. The view he’s looking at is a mosaic of images shot no more than a few hours ago.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 250:
glosses: Refers to the orbit of a satellite whose rate of revolution is matched to the rotation period of the Earth. A special case is the geostationary orbit which is circular and equatorial, so that the satellite appears to be fixed over a particular point on Earth's sky.
Derived terms: geosynchronicity
geosynchronously
Related terms: areosynchronous
geostationary
heliostationary
heliosynchronous
ensuing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ensue
ensuing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We watched the derailment and ensuing train wreck with a mixture of fascination and horror.
glosses: Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.
Synonyms: concomitant
Derived terms: ensuingly
repercussion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹiː.pəˈkʌʃ.ən/
ipa: /ˌɹi.pɚˈkʌʃ.ən/
ipa: /ˌɹɛp.ɚˈkʌʃ.ən/
ipa: /ˌɹiː.pəˈkɐʃ.ən/
Forms: form: repercussions
Etymology: From Middle French répercussion, from Latin repercussio (“rebounding; repercussion”), from repercutio (“cause to rebound, reflect, strike against”), from re- + percutio (“beat, strike”), from per- (“thoroughly”) + quatio (“shake”).
Senses: examples: text: You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions.
glosses: A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
examples: text: the repercussion of sound
text: Ever echoing back in endless repercussion.
ref: 1846, Julius Hare, The Mission of the Comforter:
glosses: The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
topics: medicine
obstetrics
sciences
glosses: In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
Synonyms: sense: consequence
word: aftereffect
sense: consequence
word: consequence
everyman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: everymen
Etymology: Perhaps from the Flemish play Elckerlijc (c. 1495) or its English translation Everyman (c. 1520).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: man on the street, John Q. Public (see more there)
text: In the novels of John Updike, sometimes Rabbit is his own man, and sometimes he is everyman.
coordinate_terms: everywoman#Noun
everyboy#Noun
everygirl#Noun
glosses: In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.
Related terms: every man Jack
every man jack
Anytown
bellyaching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellyachings
form: belly-aching
Senses: examples: text: Quit your bellyaching and get back to work!
text: Blessed are the poor, the sick, the crossed in love, for at least other people know what is the matter with them and will listen to their belly-achings with sympathy.
ref: 1934, George Orwell, chapter 15, in Burmese Days:
glosses: Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility.
bellyaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: belly-aching
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bellyache
ophthalmologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒf.θælˈmɒ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /ˌɔf.θə(l)ˈmɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /ˌɑp.θə(l)ˈmɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /ˌɔf.θælˈmɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/
Forms: form: ophthalmologists
Etymology: From ophthalmology + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: eye doctor
oculist
glosses: A medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist.
Derived terms: neuroophthalmologist
neuro-ophthalmologist
nonfiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfictions
form: non-fiction
Etymology: From non- + fiction.
Senses: examples: text: Encyclopedias, how-to manuals and biographies are all considered nonfiction and so are kept in the nonfiction section.
text: A sudoku book sits atop the Nielsen BookScan nonfiction best-seller list.
ref: 2005 May 23, Eric Pfanner, “Puzzling phenomenon sweeps British papers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2021:
glosses: Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.
Derived terms: creative nonfiction
nonfiction novel
Related terms: nonfictional
numbskull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: numbskulls
Etymology: From numb + skull.
Senses: examples: text: Along with addressing the many insufferable numbskulls who populate the site, Musk will have to tackle myriad thorny issues, […]
ref: 2022 April 26, Kara Swisher, “Musk’s Twitter: Weed Memes. Editable Tweets. And the Return of Trump.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of numskull.
Derived terms: numbskullery
infallible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfæl.ɪ.bl̩/
Forms: form: infallibles
Etymology: From Medieval Latin infallibilis, from Latin in- + fallibilis. Compare French infaillible. By surface analysis, in- + fallible.
Senses: glosses: A person who, or an object or process that, is taken as being infallible.
infallible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfæl.ɪ.bl̩/
Forms: form: more infallible
form: most infallible
Etymology: From Medieval Latin infallibilis, from Latin in- + fallibilis. Compare French infaillible. By surface analysis, in- + fallible.
Senses: examples: text: He knows about many things, but even he is not infallible.
text: That there may be Certainty upon an infallible Evidence in Matters of Science, I readily grant you. But since there once were Scepticks in Philosophy as well as Religion, such as doubted of every thing, I very much question, whether the whole World be agreed in this Point; unless you could assure me, that Race of Seekers is now extinct.
ref: 1720, Samuel Fancourt, “The Remarker's second Objection produced and examined”, in An Essay Concerning Certainty and Infallibility: Or, Some Reflections Upon a Pamphlet Stiled, “The Nature and Consequences of Enthusiasm Considered, in Some Short Remarks on the Doctrine of the Blessed Trinity Stated and Defended.” In a Letter to the Author of Those Remarks, London: R. Cruttenden, page 35:
glosses: Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy.
examples: text: Try this infallible cure for hiccups.
text: [L]isten patiently [...] and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.
ref: 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 4, in Frankenstein, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2011:
text: In precisely the same way does a quack doctor prescribe his infallible nostrum to every patient, without taking into account differences of constitution, or [...]
ref: 1833, James Rennie, “The Word Gardening”, in Alphabet of Scientific Gardening for the Use of Beginners, London: William Orr, page 2:
glosses: Certain to produce the intended effect; sure.
Synonyms: faultless
perfect
indefective
inerrant
Derived terms: infallibleness
noninfallible
Related terms: infallibility
infallibly
flashy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: flăsh'ē
ipa: /ˈflæʃi/
rhymes: -æʃi
Forms: form: flashier
form: flashiest
Etymology: From flash + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.
glosses: Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
examples: text: Flow criteria were used for classification […] The criteria chosen were […] (4) the rate of change of flow with time (logged serial correlation coefficients are 0.2 in flashy rivers, but up to 0.98 in stable ones); and (5) the velocity associated with average daily flows (this varies from 1.03 m/s in flashy rivers to 0.08 m/s in lowland ones).
ref: 2014 May 8, S. M. Haslam, River Plants of Western Europe, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: Marked by frequent variations in water amount (compare flash flood).
raw_tags: of a river
examples: text: a flashy light
text: […] the accustomed warmth pierced his marrow, and ran thrilling through his shaken bones; just as when at times, with forked thunder burst, a chinky stream of fire in flashy lightning shoots athwart the skies.
ref: 1826, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The Works of Vergil: Translated into English Prose:
glosses: Flashing; producing flashes.
examples: text: Indeed, he was 'dithguthted' at his condition; and if upon the occasion just described he had allowed himself to be somewhat 'intoxicated with liquor,' I must aver that I do not recollect another instance in which this worthy little gentleman suffered himself to be similarly overtaken. Now and then a little 'flashy' he might be, but nothing more serious—and rely upon it, this was no common virtue in those days.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
glosses: Drunk; tipsy.
Synonyms: sense: producing flashes
word: blinking
sense: producing flashes
word: fulgorous
Derived terms: flashily
flashiness
glimflashy
unflashy
Midas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪ.dəs/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian Μιδας (Midas).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A king who sought and was for a while granted the cherished but subtly dangerous magical power to turn anything he touched into gold.
Derived terms: Midas touch
Midas-like
Midasian
Midan
Midas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪ.dəs/
Forms: form: Midases
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian Μιδας (Midas).
Senses: glosses: A very large champagne bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 30 liters, equivalent to 40 standard bottles.
Related terms: double-edged sword
double-edged sword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-edged swords
Etymology: From the notion that if two sides of the same blade are sharp, it cuts both ways. The metaphor may have originated from the Arabic expression سَيْفٌ ذُو حَدَّيْنِ (sayfun ḏū ḥaddayni, “double-edged sword”) or from the Hebrew expression חרב פיפיות (“double-mouthed sword”).
The metaphor is first attested to in English in the 15th century.
Senses: examples: text: He added: “Facebook is a double-edged sword. You don’t want to support it, but you have to use it in order to reach a large audience.”
ref: 2020 June 23, Tiffany Hsu, “Ad Boycott of Facebook Keeps Growing”, in New York Times:
text: The double-edged sword of movie stardom remains the same as it ever was: when a persona is so fixed in the public mind, it's what people love you for, and it becomes difficult to deviate from.
ref: 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC:
text: Of course, social media is a double-edged sword, and the opportunity for passengers to communicate their feelings to media teams is not always a happy one.
ref: 2021 July 28, Ben Jones, “When BR got cracking after withdrawal of 'Blue Trains'”, in RAIL, number 936, page 32:
text: “Nuclear weapons are becoming part of the international conversation again and that’s a double-edged sword. I’m glad they are, but this is because nuclear risks are rising,” […]
ref: 2023 July 21, Rachel Hall, quoting Sebastian Brixey-Williams, “Anti-nuclear groups welcome Oppenheimer film but say it fails to depict true horror”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A benefit that is also a liability, or (a benefit) that carries some significant but not-so-obvious cost or risk.
examples: text: The unintended ambiguity of the phrase was a double-edged sword: it spurred litigation but it also ended up shielding good-faith actors.
glosses: A neutral principle that has applications that may be either positive (beneficial) or negative (adverse) to one's own interests.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double-edged, sword.
Synonyms: dual-edged sword
two-edged sword
Related terms: dual-use technology
Midas
Trojan horse
a blessing and a curse
blurse
be careful what you wish for
inamicable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inamicable
form: most inamicable
Etymology: From in- + amicable.
Senses: examples: text: The children suffered through their parents' inamicable divorce.
text: The peace talks became inamicable and the participants fired insults at each other.
glosses: Not amicable; unfriendly or hostile.
tollbooth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːθ
Forms: form: tollbooths
form: tolbooth
Senses: glosses: (In this sense usually spelt tolbooth) The traditional municipal building of a Scottish town or burgh, usually including a meeting-hall, court, prison and (eponymically) a place for the receipt of taxes, duties and fines.
glosses: Alternative spelling of toll booth.
scratch-built
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: As from scratch.
Senses: hypernyms: scratch made
glosses: Of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level.
hypernyms: scratch made
glosses: Of a structure, e.g. a car, model or toy: built with minimal cost and at short notice, with rudimentary materials.
Related terms: custom-built
homebuilt
homemade
jerry-built
jury-rigged
purpose-built
vernacular
ende
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endes
Senses: examples: text: For well remembryng how much all good learnyng oweth vnto you for defense therof, as the Vniuersitie of Cambrige, of which my said late husband was a member, haue in chosing you their worthy Chaunceller acknowledged, and how happily you haue spent your time in such studies & caried the vse therof to the right ende...
ref: 1570, Margaret Ascham, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, foreword:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of end.
bentonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bentonites
Etymology: From Benton + -ite, after the place where it was first mined: Fort Benton, Montana.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several impure clay minerals consisting mostly of montmorillonite.
glosses: A porous clay formed by the decomposition of volcanic ash that swells 5 to 6 times its original volume in the presence of water.
Synonyms: E558 when used as an anti-caking agent
Derived terms: bentonitic
bentonitization
K-bentonite
potash bentonite
potassium bentonite
oxygen bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxygen bottles
Senses: glosses: a small gas cylinder of oxygen used in mountain climbing or scuba diving etc
Related terms: oxygen canister
oxygen candle
oxygen cylinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxygen cylinders
Senses: glosses: a gas cylinder containing oxygen
gas cylinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas cylinders
Senses: glosses: A cylindrical vessel capable of containing a compressed gas at high pressure. Sometimes used as the fuel tank for an autogas vehicle.
Synonyms: sense: cylindrical vessel
word: gas bottle
Hypernyms: cylinder
Coordinate terms: gas tank
Related terms: bottled gas
keelson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keelsons
Etymology: Late Middle English kelswayn, from Low German kielswîn, kielswīn, from kiel (“keel of a ship”) (from Old Norse kjǫlr) + swin (“swine”), used as the name of a timber (however, compare sill).
Compare with Dutch kolzwijn, kolsem, Low German, kielswîn, German Kielschwein, Danish kølsvin, kölsvin, all with the same meaning.
Senses: examples: text: With regard to materials, all the frames should be of oak and so should the stem piece, stern post, upper portion of dead woods, knight heads, apron, beams, shelf clamp, bilge strakes, and keelson; the keel will generally be found to be either English or American elm.
ref: 1884, Dixon Kemp, A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing (Fourth Edition), page 13:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A longitudinal beam fastened on top of the keel of a vessel for strength and stiffness.
Coordinate terms: sternson
keep at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps at
form: keeping at
form: kept at
form: kept at
Senses: examples: text: Learning a new language is hard, but if you keep at it, you'll get better.
glosses: To persist in.
examples: text: If he doesn't get back to you right away, just keep at him and eventually you'll get an answer.
glosses: To constrain (a person) to continue doing (a task).
ceorl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceorls
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ċeorl. Doublet of carl, churl, and karl.
Senses: glosses: An Anglo-Saxon churl.
Derived terms: ceorlish
dematerialisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːməˌtɪəɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: dematerialisations
form: dematerialization
Etymology: From de- + materialisation.
Senses: glosses: the act or process of dematerializing
color by number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: color by numbers
form: color by numbers
Senses: glosses: A simple coloring exercise, intended especially for children, consisting of a line drawing that divides the artwork into distinct spaces, the intended color of each indicated by a number and referenced from a key.
glosses: A technique that applies such exercises, as formerly used in the production of large-scale animations for instance.
color by number
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colors by number
form: coloring by number
form: colored by number
form: colored by number
form: color by numbers
Senses: glosses: To complete such an exercise; to carry out such a technique by filling in each space with the appropriate color.
Related terms: paint by numbers
pastimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pastime
pastimes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pastime
keep away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps away
form: keeping away
form: kept away
form: kept away
Senses: examples: text: I'm keeping away from Joe until he calms down.
glosses: To refrain from coming (near).
examples: text: Keep your children away from the construction site: it's dangerous!
text: The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.
ref: 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
glosses: To prevent from coming (near).
color by numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: alternative form of color by number
glosses: plural of color by number
color by numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colors by numbers
form: coloring by numbers
form: colored by numbers
form: colored by numbers
Senses: glosses: alternative form of color by number
keep down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps down
form: keeping down
form: kept down
form: kept down
Senses: examples: text: The dictatorial state keeps down its dissidents very efficiently.
text: Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom / Well, who am I to keep you down? / It's only right that you should play the way you feel it / But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness
ref: 1977, “Dreams”, in Stevie Nicks (lyrics), Fleetwood Mac (music), Rumours, performed by Stevie Nicks:
glosses: To repress.
examples: text: We must keep the noise down, or the neighbours will complain.
text: Keep it down in there! Some of us are trying to sleep!
glosses: To restrain or control (a sound).
examples: text: It is essential to keep the numbers down to avoid overcrowding.
glosses: To cause not to increase or rise.
examples: text: It is difficult to keep anything down when you have the flu.
glosses: To retain in the stomach without vomiting.
examples: text: You had better keep down or they will see you.
glosses: To lie low; to stay concealed by not standing up.
topics: media
printing
publishing
antonyms: keep up
glosses: To refrain from using capital letters more than absolutely necessary.
Derived terms: keep it down
you can't keep a good man down
keep fit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Exercises designed to promote physical fitness if performed regularly.
keep fit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps fit
form: keeping fit
form: kept fit
form: kept fit
Senses: examples: text: I keep fit by kickboxing every week.
glosses: To exercise for physical fitness.
keep from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps from
form: keeping from
form: kept from
form: kept from
Senses: examples: text: It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.
ref: 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
glosses: To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from.
examples: text: What else did your brother keep from me?
glosses: To make and cause to remain secret.
examples: text: He could not keep the sadness from his trembly voice.
text: I don't want to keep you from school.
glosses: To cause to be excluded or not present.
examples: text: As a mother, I wanted to keep my son from harm.
glosses: To protect or preserve from.
keepnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keepnets
form: keep net
Etymology: From keep + net.
Senses: examples: text: Once she'd hooked them, she'd free them and put them in a keep net.
ref: 1973, Elizabeth Mavor, A Green Equinox, Virago, published 2023, page 116:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A net strung on wire hoops and sealed at one end, suspended in water by anglers to keep alive the fish they have caught.
keep off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps off
form: keeping off
form: kept off
form: kept off
Senses: examples: text: Please keep off the grass.
text: You keep the dogs off while I go and knock on the door.
text: "Keep off Conductor Rails" said red-painted notices at the platform ends, for third-rails were laid in many places even where electric trains never normally ran, and there had been many rumours of impending electrification of the Wirral, as a natural extension of the Mersey system, a quarter of a century before the change was actually made.
ref: 1954 March, W. A. Tuplin, “Recollections of the Wirral Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 167:
glosses: To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).
kef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪf
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kif.
keloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: [ˈkiː.lɔɪd]
Forms: form: keloids
form: cheloid
Etymology: 19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid.
Senses: examples: text: It gave her otherwise plain face a broken excitement and blue-blade threat like the keloid scar of the razored man who sometimes played checkers with her grandmother.
ref: 1973, Toni Morrison, Sula:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
Derived terms: keloidal
keloidosis
nonkeloid
keloid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: [ˈkiː.lɔɪd]
Forms: form: keloids
form: keloiding
form: keloided
form: keloided
form: cheloid
Etymology: 19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid.
Senses: examples: text: The scar on his neck from running through that plate glass on one of our licks has keloided smooth and shiny.
ref: 2013, Ann Pearlman, Colton Simpson, Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: To form a keloid.
of that ilk
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see of, that, ilk.
examples: Johnstone of that ilk = Johnstone from Johnstone
glosses: Having a name that is the same as the place where one lives.
mam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mams
Etymology: Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Early Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”).
Alternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.
Senses: examples: text: She'd sit by the fire, arms crossed, demanding that Ruby spike her tea with a cinder. But Ruby would never give in to her demands, no matter how much her mam begged. There was no alcohol in the house now; Arthur had made sure of that in an effort to get Mary sober.
ref: 2021, Glenda Young, The Miner's Lass:
glosses: Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.
Derived terms: mammy
stepmam
Related terms: ma'am
mam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mams
Etymology: From mammary.
Senses: examples: text: There was another teacher […] who came to class fairly often wearing a thin silk blouse and NO BRA. Her 'mams' bounced appropriately, which was of course utterly FASCINATING for every boy in the class.
ref: 2002, David M. Burns, Quests, page 24:
text: She focused her entire mind on that moment she had shared with Shan, the softness of her mams, the wetness of her lips.
ref: 2022, Craig W. Stanfill, The Prophecy of the Heron:
glosses: A woman's breast.