cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jĭn
ipa: /d͡ʒɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: djinn
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: djinn
ipa: /ɡɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: djinn
enpr: jĭn
ipa: /d͡ʒɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: djinn
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: djinn
ipa: /ɡɪn/
Forms: form: gins
Etymology: Borrowed from Dharug dyin (“woman”), but having acquired a derogatory tone.
Senses: examples: text: His next shot was discharged amongst the mob, and most unfortunately wounded the gin already mentioned ; who, with a child fastened to her back, slid down the bank, and lay, apparently dying, with her legs in the water.
ref: 1869, Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, volume 1, page 273:
text: On December 28, in the same year [1828], he [John Allen] fought single handed a tribe of native blacks, numbering from thirteen to eighteen, besides "gins" to bring them spears, waddies, etc.
ref: 1879 December 31, “Obituary”, in The Hobart Mercury, page 2:
text: 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXI, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt
From my position I could see the gins pointing back, and as the men turned they looked for a moment and then made a wild rush for the entrance.
text: How they must have laughed about the strutting of her whose mother was a wanton and aunt a gin!
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XXI, in Capricornia, D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 353:
text: Dad said Shoesmith and Thompson had made one error that cost them their lives by letting the gins into the camp, and the blacks speared them all.
ref: 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 179:
text: But there was this gin there, see, what they called a kitchen girl.
ref: 2008, Bill Marsh, Jack Goldsmith, Goldie: Adventures in a Vanishing Australia, unnumbered page:
qualifier: now considered offensive
glosses: An Aboriginal woman.
Synonyms: lubra
Derived terms: blackgin
gin burglar
gin burglary
gin hunter
gin jockey
gin shepherd
gin stealer
gin’s piss
Related terms: blackgin
gin
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: enpr: jĭn
ipa: /d͡ʒɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: djinn
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: djinn
ipa: /ɡɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: djinn
Etymology: Cognate to Scots gin (“if”): perhaps from gi(v)en, or a compound in which the first element is from Old English ġif (English if) and the second is cognate to English an (“if”) (compare iffen), or perhaps from again.
Senses: examples: text: […]for pronouncing according as one would ſay at London I would eat more cheeſe if I had it, the Northern man ſaith, Ay ſuld eat mare cheeſe gin ay hadet, and the Weſterne man ſaith Chud eat more cheeſe an chad it.
ref: 1605, Richard Verstegan, Restitution of Decayed Intelligence, in Antiquities: Concerning the Most Noble, and Renowned English Nation:
text: Gin the plough rests on the bank, / The loom, the nation, dies.
ref: 1804, Robert Couper, Poetry, I. 196:
text: An' gin I'm weel and can keep sober / You may look for it in October.
ref: 1809, Thomas Donaldson, Poems, section 76:
text: He's get han' and siller, / Gin he fancies me.
ref: 1815, Robert Anderson, Ballads in the Cumberland dialect, page 152:
text: yon felley at Barleigh has wrote farrantly (fairly) to my naunt; gin Robin could bur see ť letter he'd foind no fawt wi' me.
ref: 1860, J. P. K. Shuttleworth, Scarsdale; Or, Life on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Border, Thirty Years Ago, page 158:
text: Wheeah, Ah thinks thee could, gin ye tried.
ref: 1870, John Christopher Atkinson, Lost; or, What came of a slip from 'honour bright'., page 19:
text: "Aw'd never ha slept i' mi bed gin that little un had bin dreawnded, an' me lookin' on loike a stump. Neay; that lass wur Bess, moi wench. We'n no notion wheer th' lad's mother is." Mr. Clough would have pressed the money upon him, but he put it back with a motion of his han.
ref: 1876, Mrs. George Linnaeus Banks, The Manchester Man, page 15:
text: […] gin schoo sets off in a tantrum an' flaah's t'mistress wiv her blutherin […]
ref: 1880, Wooers, Banks, I. iv:
glosses: If.
frolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɒlɪk/
ipa: /ˈfɹɑlɪk/
rhymes: -ɒlɪk
Forms: form: more frolic
form: most frolic
form: frolick
Etymology: From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”).
The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with -ly, -like.
Senses: examples: text: The frolick wind that breathes the Spring,
Zephyr with Aurora playing,
As he met her once a Maying
There on Beds of Violets blew,
ref: 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems, London: Humphrey Moseley, page 31:
text: For women, born to be controul’d,
Stoop to the forward and the bold,
Affect the haughty and the proud,
The gay, the frollick, and the loud.
ref: 1682, Edmund Waller, “Of Love”, in Poems, &c. written upon several occasions, and to several persons, 5th edition, London: H. Herringman, published 1686, page 73:
text: You meet him at the tables and conversations of the wise, the impertinent, the grave, the frolic, and the witty; [...]
ref: 1766, Joseph Addison, The Spectator - Volume 5 - Page 304:
text: Beale, under this frolic menace, took nothing back at all; he was indeed apparently on the point of repeating his extravagence, but Miss Overmore instructed her little charge that she was not to listen to his bad jokes [...].
ref: 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
glosses: Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
glosses: Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.
frolic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɒlɪk/
ipa: /ˈfɹɑlɪk/
rhymes: -ɒlɪk
Forms: form: frolics
form: frolicking
form: frolicked
form: frolicked
form: frolick
Etymology: From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”).
The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with -ly, -like.
Senses: examples: text: We saw the lambs frolicking in the meadow.
text: Fools on parade frolic and fuck about to make her gaze
Turn to a scribble on a page by a picture that holds her absence
But you're daft to think she'd care
ref: 2009, Alex Turner, “Secret Door”, in Humbug (album), performed by Arctic Monkeys:
text: “So, so beautiful. I'm gonna do one last roly-poly before we go. [snorting, squealing] At least I had one moment of joy in a life of drudgery. Where will the truffle hunt take us next?” “Nowhere. You're free, Jamebone. I'm releasing you from nose jail.” “Really? I can stay here in this paradise and prance and frolic?” “Just stick to frolicking.” “[emotional] Thank you, Mr. Bender. You're the kindest person I've ever met.” “Really? [crying] That's horrible.”
ref: 2025 September 15, David A. Goodman, “The Trouble with Truffles” (18:04 from the start), in Futurama, season 10, episode 9, spoken by Jambone (Maria Bamford):
glosses: To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
glosses: To cause to be merry.
Derived terms: rollick
frolic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɒlɪk/
ipa: /ˈfɹɑlɪk/
rhymes: -ɒlɪk
Forms: form: frolics
form: frolick
Etymology: From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”).
The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with -ly, -like.
Senses: examples: text: the annual jubilee […] filled the souls of old and young with visions of splendour, frolic and fun.
ref: 1876, Louisa May Alcott, “The King of Clubs and the Queen of Hearts”, in Hallberger's Illustrated Magazine: 1876:
text: By the old-fashioned magnificence of this procession, it might worthily have included his Holiness in person, with a suite of attendant Cardinals, if those sacred dignitaries would kindly have lent their aid to heighten the frolic of the Carnival.
ref: 2012 (original 1860), Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun - Page 276
glosses: Gaiety; merriment.
examples: text: He would be at his frolic once again.
ref: 1680, James Dillon, 3rd Earl of Roscommon, Art of Poetry:
glosses: A playful antic.
examples: text: He came clattering up to the school door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making or “quilting frolic,” to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel’s
ref: 1820, Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow:
glosses: A social gathering.
Derived terms: frolicful
frolicker
frolicky
frolicly
frolicness
frolic of his own
frolic pad
frolicsome
milling frolic
turtle frolic
Related terms: cavort
furlough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɜː(ɹ).ləʊ/
ipa: /ˈfɝ.loʊ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ləʊ
Forms: form: furloughs
Etymology: From Dutch verlof (“furlough”), probably from Middle Low German verlōf (“furlough, permission”) (possibly via German Verlaub), from the verb verlōven (“to allow”), from Old Saxon far- + levian (“to give over, leave”).
From Middle Low German also German Verlaub, Danish forlov. Doublet of leave.
Senses: examples: text: And I had a lot of things on my mind and I pretty well forgot my promise to Mama until I got shipped home on a special furlough for her funeral.
ref: 1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues”, in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, published 1965:
glosses: A leave of absence or vacation.
especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner.
glosses: A leave of absence or vacation.
especially one granted to a missionary.
glosses: The documents authorizing such leave.
examples: text: The state estimates the one-day-a-month furlough spread over the 18 months of the plan would amount to a 5 percent cut in pay.
ref: 2008 November 7, Jon Ortiz, “State workers rip Schwarzenegger's job furlough plan”, in The Sacramento Bee:
glosses: A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.
Derived terms: prefurlough
furlough
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɜː(ɹ).ləʊ/
ipa: /ˈfɝ.loʊ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ləʊ
Forms: form: furloughs
form: furloughing
form: furloughed
form: furloughed
Etymology: From Dutch verlof (“furlough”), probably from Middle Low German verlōf (“furlough, permission”) (possibly via German Verlaub), from the verb verlōven (“to allow”), from Old Saxon far- + levian (“to give over, leave”).
From Middle Low German also German Verlaub, Danish forlov. Doublet of leave.
Senses: glosses: To grant a furlough to (someone).
examples: text: This implies, for example, that firms should not revise their estimated production capacity downwards when furloughing workers, but should do so after laying off staff permanently.
ref: 2025 January 24, Niklas Amberg, Richard Friberg, Chad Syverson, “Have We Got News For You: Firm-Level Evidence on the Optimal Choice of Expected Capacity Utilization”, in NBER Working Papers, number 33400, page 4:
glosses: To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough.
Derived terms: furlougher
unfurloughed
freebooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːbuːtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: freebooters
Etymology: From free + booty + -er. Calque of Dutch vrijbuiter (literally “free booty-er”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (occupational suffix). Doublet of filibuster.
Senses: examples: text: The military aspect should, however, be carefully studied, as the result may be to dispel the time-honoured connection between forest and freebooter under modern conditions with long-range rifles.
ref: 1901 May 10, G. H. Davies, “Forest in War”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 5, page 142:
glosses: An adventurer who pillages, plunders, or thieves privately or for compensation; or wages ad-hoc war on other nations, similar to mercenary; also a "freeboot".
glosses: One who rehosts online media without authorization, a form of intellectual property theft; one who freeboots.
Synonyms: pirate
mercenary
conquistador
filibuster
Coordinate terms: privateer
Derived terms: freebooting
Related terms: filibuster
holster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒlstə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈhoʊlstə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɒlstə(ɹ)
rhymes: -əʊlstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: holsters
Etymology: From Dutch holster (“pistol-case, holster”), from Middle Low German holster, from Old Saxon *holster, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hulastrą, *hulistrą (“hull, case, covering”).
Cognate with Old English heolstor (“a covering, veil, hiding-place”), Danish hylster (“pistol case, envelope”), Icelandic hulstur (“sheath”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂 (hulistr, “covering”). Compare German Halfter (“pistol case”). Related to hull, hele.
Senses: examples: text: Goring, like himself, had sprang forwards, first snatching a pistol from his holsters, and discharging it at him who seemed to be the chief of the party,—the man reeled and fell; but his fall was instantly avenged.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 35:
text: Marion Wheeler took the seat, brushing the hem of her suit jacket aside to reveal a concealed holster. "You do know I carry a gun?"
ref: 2023 October 22, HarryBlank, “Waiting to Happen”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024:
glosses: A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.
glosses: A belt with loops or slots for carrying small tools or other equipment.
Derived terms: cock holster
holster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒlstə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈhoʊlstə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɒlstə(ɹ)
rhymes: -əʊlstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: holsters
form: holstering
form: holstered
form: holstered
Etymology: From Dutch holster (“pistol-case, holster”), from Middle Low German holster, from Old Saxon *holster, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hulastrą, *hulistrą (“hull, case, covering”).
Cognate with Old English heolstor (“a covering, veil, hiding-place”), Danish hylster (“pistol case, envelope”), Icelandic hulstur (“sheath”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂 (hulistr, “covering”). Compare German Halfter (“pistol case”). Related to hull, hele.
Senses: glosses: To put something in a holster.
Derived terms: holsterable
reholster
unholster
mannequin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măn′ĭ-kĭn
ipa: /ˈman.ɪ.kɪn/
note: conservative Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian
ipa: /ˈmæn.ɪ.kɪn/
ipa: /ˈmɛn.ə.kən/
rhymes: -ænɪkɪn
homophone: manakin
homophone: manikin
Forms: form: mannequins
form: manikin
form: mannikin
form: manequin
Etymology: Borrowed from French mannequin, derived from Old French [Term?] (“little man, figurine”), derived from Middle Dutch mannekijn (“little man”) (see English manikin), diminutive of man (“man”). By surface analysis, man + -kin. Compare ramequin/ramekin. Doublet of manakin and manikin.
Senses: examples: text: At the same time, Mr. Bolton was intrigued by Mr. Sundsbo’s proposal to make models look like mannequins because it spoke to the blurring of boundaries — between good and evil, angels and demons, nature and technology, permanence and decay — that was a consistent theme of the McQueen collections.
ref: 2011 April 13, Eric Wilson, “A Mannequin in Every Sense”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: There was a time when a mannequin was the sculptural equivalent of fashion model. Like a fashion model, the mannequin was intended to reflect our social, professional and aesthetic aspirations.
ref: 2013 August 16, Barbara Brownie, “Mangled mannequins – what happened to shop-window dummies?”, in The Guardian:
text: With the idea that guests may feel lonely eating at a restaurant that can only reach 50% capacity[…]the restaurant will be placing mannequins throughout its dining rooms.
ref: 2020 May 14, Lauren Aratani, “Model companions: restaurant solves social distancing dilemma with mannequins”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes.
glosses: A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery.
glosses: An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR.
examples: text: […]all of which made a perfect neutral background for the mannequins who moved around swiftly, gracefully, exhibiting one glorious creation after another.
ref: 1951, Denise Robins, Heart of Paris, Ulverscroft, →ISBN, page 14:
synonyms: fashion model
glosses: A person who models clothes.
Derived terms: mannequinlike
Related terms: little man
measles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmizəlz/
ipa: /ˈmiːzəlz/
Forms: form: measle
form: the measles
form: measels
Etymology: Either from Middle Dutch masels (“blood blisters, measels”) or Middle Low German maselen (“red blemishes, measels”), both from Old High German masala (“blood blister, phlegmon”). Doublet of measlings. Cognate with mazer & mase and Middle Low German masele & māsel. Influenced in pronunciation and some senses by mesel (“leprous, leper”).
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of measle
measles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmizəlz/
ipa: /ˈmiːzəlz/
Forms: form: measle
form: the measles
form: measels
Etymology: From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”).
Senses: glosses: plural of measle
glosses: Alternative form of mesels: Leprosy.
roster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒs.tə/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˈɹɔ.stɚ/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈɹɑ.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈɹɔs.tə/
ipa: /ˈɹɒs.tə/
ipa: [ˈɹɔ̟s.tə]
rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: rosters
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch rooster (“gridiron, table, list”), from Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast.
Senses: examples: text: I'm number 12 on the roster for tonight's game.
text: Its 50 H-7 2-8-8-2's (30 of which found their way onto the Union Pacific roster in 1945) were simple mainly because a tunnel in the Alleghenies would not accommodate the low-pressure cylinders of any Mallet larger than a 2-6-6-2.
ref: 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 60, referring to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway:
text: As everyone knows, almost all booked passenger and freight trains are diagrammed into rosters for engines and men, and in an operating Utopia everything would work out daily according to plan.
ref: 1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 131:
text: [So many of] the crew, men and officers alike, read them as to make me feel safe in asserting unreservedly that the Nathan James numbered in her company more Turgenev scholars than any other vessel on the United States Navy's entire roster of ships.
ref: 2013, William Brinkley, The Last Ship, Penguin, →ISBN, page 132:
text: The result was that trains ran as normal on November 7 and 9, although there was still disruption on Saturday November 5, owing to the short notice as rosters were hurriedly rewritten. Rosters are typically agreed a week in advance.
ref: 2022 November 16, Mel Holley, “Network News: Rail strikes halted to allow for "intensive negotiations"”, in RAIL, number 970, page 8:
glosses: A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.
examples: text: The secretary has produced a new cleaning roster for the Church over the remainder of the year.
glosses: A list of the jobs to be performed by members of an organization and often with the date and time that they are expected to perform them.
examples: text: Before uni starts check your work roster with your uni schedule to make sure there are no clashes with your classes.
ref: 2017 February 22, “5 things all supermarket workers should know before uni starts”, in SDA, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2022:
glosses: A schedule or timetable setting out shift times and dates for each employee of a business.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A bracketed list that shows the elements of a set.
Derived terms: duty roster
Related terms: rota
roster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒs.tə/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˈɹɔ.stɚ/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈɹɑ.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈɹɔs.tə/
ipa: /ˈɹɒs.tə/
ipa: [ˈɹɔ̟s.tə]
rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: rosters
form: rostering
form: rostered
form: rostered
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch rooster (“gridiron, table, list”), from Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast.
Senses: examples: text: I have rostered you for cleaning duties on the first Monday of each month.
text: New York Central rostered literally hundreds of engine subclassifications in contrast to the Spartan simplicity of Pennsy's ranks.
ref: 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., pages 18–19:
text: C. J. Boocock, "The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works", pages 160-161:
After speedy repairs, No. 35018 worked the train successfully for several days and was then rostered to the 7.20 a.m. Eastleigh-Waterloo.
"Motive Power Miscellany", page 184:
The Guildford-Havant and Alton lines were also employed for Waterloo-Bournemouth and Weymouth traffic; some expresses diverted via the former route had to be re-rostered for light Pacifics, as the "Merchant Navy" class is barred from the Netley line.
ref: 1961 March, Trains Illustrated:
glosses: To place the name of (a person) on a roster.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To show the elements of a set by listing them inside brackets.
Derived terms: roster on
rove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəʊv/
ipa: /ɹoʊv/
rhymes: -əʊv
Forms: form: roves
form: roving
form: roved
form: roved
Etymology: Probably from Middle English *roven, a Midlands variant of Northern Middle English raven (“to wander”), from Old Norse ráfa (“to rove; stray about”). Cognate with Icelandic ráfa (“to wander”), Scots rave (“to wander; stray; roam”).
Senses: examples: text: And thou […] that with thy cruell dart / At that good knight so cunningly didst roue […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To shoot with arrows (at).
examples: text: Now that he was in his prime, there was no simian in all the mighty forest through which he roved that dared contest his right to rule, nor did the other and larger animals molest him.
ref: 1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 1, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, June 1914, →OCLC:
text: And a rovin’, a rovin’, a rovin’ I'll go / For a pair of brown eyes
ref: 1985, Shane MacGowan, “A Pair of Brown Eyes”, in Rum Sodomy & the Lash, performed by The Pogues:
glosses: To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
examples: text: Roving the field, I chanced / A goodly tree far distant to behold.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: The rein-deer, which in Scandinavia can scarcely exist to the south of the sixty-fifth parallel, descends, in consequence of the greater coldness of the climate, to the fiftieth degree, in Chinese Tartary, and often roves into a country of more southern latitude than any part of England.
ref: 1832, Charles Lyell, chapter VI, in Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation, volume II, London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 94:
glosses: To roam or wander through.
examples: text: Although both [flax and wool] must be roved and spun upon similar principles, each requires peculiar modifications in its machinery.
ref: 1835, Andrew Ure, The Philosophy of Manufacturers:
glosses: To card wool or other fibres.
glosses: To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
glosses: To draw through an eye or aperture.
glosses: To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
examples: text: pirates, roving up and downe the sea
ref: 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
Derived terms: rover
roved
roving
Related terms: reeve
rove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəʊv/
ipa: /ɹoʊv/
rhymes: -əʊv
Forms: form: roves
Etymology: Probably from Middle English *roven, a Midlands variant of Northern Middle English raven (“to wander”), from Old Norse ráfa (“to rove; stray about”). Cognate with Icelandic ráfa (“to wander”), Scots rave (“to wander; stray; roam”).
Senses: glosses: A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
glosses: A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.
examples: text: In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt.
ref: 1745, [Edward Young], “Night the Ninth and Last. The Consolation. Containing, among Other Things, I. A Moral Survey of the Nocturnal Heavens. II. A Night-Address to the Deity. […]”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC, page 318:
glosses: The act of wandering; a ramble.
Derived terms: rove beetle
rove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəʊv/
ipa: /ɹoʊv/
rhymes: -əʊv
Etymology: Inflected forms.
Senses: glosses: simple past of rive
glosses: simple past of reeve
skipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈskɪpɚ/
rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: skippers
Etymology: From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, borrowed from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz. Piecewise doublet of shipper, from ship + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: master
captain
glosses: The master of a ship.
glosses: A coach, director, or other leader.
examples: text: But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool
ref: 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
Derived terms: skipperless
skipper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈskɪpɚ/
rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: skippers
form: skippering
form: skippered
form: skippered
Etymology: From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, borrowed from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz. Piecewise doublet of shipper, from ship + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Tourist subs, which could once be skippered by anyone with a U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license
ref: 2019, Tony Perrottet, “A Deep Dive Into the Plans to Take Tourists to the ‘Titanic’”, in Smithsonian Magazine:
glosses: To captain a ship or a sports team.
skipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈskɪpɚ/
rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: skippers
Etymology: From Middle English skippere, skyppare, equivalent to skip + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
glosses: A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One who jumps rope.
examples: text: Blue skippers in sunny hours ope and shut
Where wormwood and grunsel flowers by the cart ruts […]
ref: c. 1864, John Clare, We passed by green closes:
glosses: Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
glosses: Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).
examples: text: Skipper, stand back; 'tis age that nourisheth
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: A young, thoughtless person.
glosses: The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
Derived terms: cheese skipper
chequered skipper
dingy skipper
Essex skipper
European skipper
fiery skipper
grass-skipper
grizzled skipper
iris-skipper
large chequered skipper
large grizzled skipper
large skipper
Lulworth skipper
palmetto skipper
paradise skipper
sand-skipper
sedge-skipper
shield-skipper
small skipper
water skipper
zestos skipper
skipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈskɪpɚ/
rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: skippers
Etymology: Probably from Welsh ysgubor (“a barn”).
Senses: glosses: A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
Derived terms: skipper-bird
skipper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈskɪpɚ/
rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: skippers
form: skippering
form: skippered
form: skippered
Etymology: Probably from Welsh ysgubor (“a barn”).
Senses: glosses: To take shelter in a barn or shed.
skipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈskɪpɚ/
rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: skippers
Etymology: Unknown, perhaps related to jumper.
Senses: examples: text: Plain nylon doeks...Men's knitted skippers, long sleeves, three buttons in front.
ref: 1971 June 26, Golden City Post:
text: The special constables..were issued with one pair of boots, two overalls, one raincoat, and two skippers — but no shirts or warm coats.
ref: 1987 August 19, Eastern Province Herald:
text: My neighbour's little boy pestered his dad for a 'Viva' T-shirt. This long-suffering man pointed out to his son that he had been sharing his w:Cosatu skipper with him.., but the kid..did not want to wear it any longer as it was not, as he put it, 'skipa sa Mandela'.
ref: 1990 May 26, O. Musi, Drum Magazine:
synonyms: jumper
tee-shirt
glosses: A short-sleeved (or long-sleeved) tee-shirt, or sweatshirt.
slurp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɜːp/
ipa: /slɝp/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: slurps
form: slurping
form: slurped
form: slurped
form: slorp
Etymology: From Middle Dutch slurpen, slorpen (“to sip, slurp”), from Old Dutch *slurpan, from Proto-West Germanic *slurp- (“to sip, slurp”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-, *srobʰ- (“to sip, slurp, gulp”). Cognate with West Frisian sloarpe, sloarpje, slurvje (“to slurp”), German schlürfen (“to sip, slurp”), Swedish slurpa (“to slurp”), Norwegian slurpe (“to slurp”). Compare also Saterland Frisian slubberje (“to slurp”), German Low German slubbern (“to slurp”), Middle High German sluppern (“to slurp”), Swedish, Norwegian, and Icelandic slupra (“to slurp”), Middle High German sürfeln, sürpfeln (“to sip, slurp”), Latin sorbeō (“to suck up, imbibe, absorb”). Often treated as onomatopoeic in modern writing.
Senses: examples: text: They sat in the kitchen slurping their spaghetti.
text: As the crowd cackles and caws, a white-backed vulture snakes its head deep into the wildebeest’s eye socket and hurriedly slurps, with grooved tongue, whatever it can before being ripped from its place at the table.
ref: December 2015, Elizabeth Royte, “Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2015:
glosses: To eat or drink noisily.
examples: text: The mud slurped under our shoes.
glosses: To make a loud sucking noise.
Derived terms: slurper
slurpsome
slurp up
slurpy
slurp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɜːp/
ipa: /slɝp/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: slurps
form: slorp
Etymology: From Middle Dutch slurpen, slorpen (“to sip, slurp”), from Old Dutch *slurpan, from Proto-West Germanic *slurp- (“to sip, slurp”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-, *srobʰ- (“to sip, slurp, gulp”). Cognate with West Frisian sloarpe, sloarpje, slurvje (“to slurp”), German schlürfen (“to sip, slurp”), Swedish slurpa (“to slurp”), Norwegian slurpe (“to slurp”). Compare also Saterland Frisian slubberje (“to slurp”), German Low German slubbern (“to slurp”), Middle High German sluppern (“to slurp”), Swedish, Norwegian, and Icelandic slupra (“to slurp”), Middle High German sürfeln, sürpfeln (“to sip, slurp”), Latin sorbeō (“to suck up, imbibe, absorb”). Often treated as onomatopoeic in modern writing.
Senses: glosses: A loud sucking noise, especially one made in eating or drinking.
examples: text: I took another slurp of my soup.
glosses: A mouthful of liquid sucked up.
smelting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smelt
smelting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smeltings
Senses: examples: text: Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.
ref: 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.
Derived terms: smelting works
Related terms: smelt
smelter
smuggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmʌɡəl/
rhymes: -ʌɡəl
Forms: form: smuggles
form: smuggling
form: smuggled
form: smuggled
form: smuckle
Etymology: From earlier smuckle, either from Dutch smokkelen (“to smuggle”), a frequentative form of Middle Dutch smūken (“to act secretly, be sneaky”), from Old Dutch *smugan, or from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German smuggeln; all are from Proto-West Germanic *smeugan (“to creep; slip through or into”).
cognates and related terms
Cognate with Saterland Frisian smuggelje (“to smuggle”), West Frisian smokkelje (“to smuggle”), German Low German smuggeln, smuckeln (“to move insidiously, smuggle”), German schmuggeln (“to smuggle”), Danish smugle (“to smuggle”), Swedish smuggla (“to smuggle”). Related also to Icelandic smjúga (“to creep, penetrate”), Swedish smyga (“to sneak, slip, crawl, lurk, steal”), German schmiegen (“to nestle, wrap, snuggle”), Old English smēogan, smūgan (“to creep, crawl, move gradually, penetrate”).
Senses: examples: text: A lorry driver who smuggled illegal immigrants into the UK in the back of his trailer has been jailed.
ref: 2018 July 20, “Lorry driver jailed for smuggling illegal immigrants into UK”, in cps.gov.uk, London: Crown Prosecution Service, retrieved 20 Jul 2018:
synonyms: run
glosses: To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties
examples: 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/
While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival.
glosses: To bring in surreptitiously
glosses: To fondle or cuddle.
glosses: To thrash or be thrashed by a bear's claws, or to swipe at or be swiped at by a person's arms in a bearlike manner.
Derived terms: smuggle past
smuggling
smuggler
spook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: spo͞ok
ipa: /spuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
enpr: spo͝ok
ipa: /spʊk/
Forms: form: spooks
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch spook (“ghost”), from Middle Dutch spooc (“spook, ghost”). Cognate with Middle Low German spôk, spûk (“apparition, ghost”), Middle High German gespük (“a haunting”), German Spuk, Danish spøge (“to haunt”), Swedish spöke (“ghost”).
Senses: examples: text: The building was haunted by a couple of spooks.
text: "I'll say what I think, no more and no less, and I won't be scared by you or your spooks into altering my opinions."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: A ghost or phantom.
glosses: A hobgoblin.
examples: text: The big spider gave me a spook.
glosses: A scare or fright.
examples: text: From Ian Fleming to John Le Carre - authors have long been fascinated by the world of espionage. But, asks the BBC’s Gordon Corera, what do real life spooks make of fictional spies?
ref: 2009 July 24, “Spies like them”, in BBC News Magazine:
text: The congressional study frets that Huawei’s and ZTE’s products could be used as Trojan horses by Chinese spooks.
ref: 2012 October 13, “Huawei and ZTE: Put on hold”, in The Economist:
text: The hard right is on the march in Europe. The Alternative for Germany, a party declared extremist by domestic spooks, scored a record result in a national election in February.
ref: 2025 September 23, “Six books to read to understand Europe’s hard right”, in The Economist, →ISSN:
topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.
examples: text: Some won't take spooks—hell, don't make no difference to me.
ref: 1976, Paul Schrader, Taxi Driver, spoken by Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro):
text: "[…] Dryades Street and that whole uptown neighborhood is gonna be worth a fortune once the white people take it back from you spooks and develop it. […]"
ref: 2002 February, Don Spears, Playing for Keeps, Los Angeles: Milligan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 179:
glosses: A black person.
examples: text: He who is infatuated with Man leaves persons out of account so far as that infatuation extends, and floats in an ideal, sacred interest. Man, you see, is not a person, but an ideal, a spook.
ref: 1845, Max Stirner, translated by Steven T. Byington, Der Einzige und sein Eigentum; republished as The Ego and His Own, Dover, 2005:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
examples: text: Commonly, the surgeons view nonsurgeons with disdain. The most disdain is directed toward the “shrinks” or the “spooks,” as the psychiatrists are called.
ref: 1975, Robert O. Pasnau, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, page 124:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A psychiatrist.
topics: gambling
games
glosses: A player who engages in hole carding by attempting to glimpse the dealer's hole card when the dealer checks under an ace or a 10 to see if a blackjack is present.
spook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: spo͞ok
ipa: /spuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
enpr: spo͝ok
ipa: /spʊk/
Forms: form: spooks
form: spooking
form: spooked
form: spooked
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch spook (“ghost”), from Middle Dutch spooc (“spook, ghost”). Cognate with Middle Low German spôk, spûk (“apparition, ghost”), Middle High German gespük (“a haunting”), German Spuk, Danish spøge (“to haunt”), Swedish spöke (“ghost”).
Senses: examples: text: The hunters were spooked when the black cat crossed their path. The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran.
text: As that was happening, an East Midlands train came through at 90mph. George [a Labrador] was spooked as the train went past him and ran backwards across the neighbouring slow lines and off towards the sidings.
ref: 2022 August 10, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 963, page 71:
glosses: To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).
examples: text: The deer spooked at the sound of the dogs.
glosses: To become frightened (by something startling).
glosses: To haunt.
Derived terms: spookhouse
spookiness
spookish
spookmaster
spook out
spooky
suspook
stoke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: stōk
ipa: /stəʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
enpr: stōk
ipa: /stoʊk/
Forms: form: stokes
form: stoking
form: stoked
form: stoked
Etymology: From Middle English stoken, from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”) or Middle Low German stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from Old Dutch *stokon or Old Saxon *stokon, both from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn, from Proto-Germanic *stukōną (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to push, beat”).
Cognate with Middle High German stoken (“to pierce, jab”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to push, thrust”). Alternative etymology derives the Middle English word from Old French estoquer, estochier (“to thrust, strike”), from the same Germanic source. More at stock.
Senses: examples: text: Ne short swerd for to stoke with point bityng / No man ne drawe ne bere it by his syde / Ne no man shal un to his felawe ryde / But o cours with a sharp ygrounde spere
ref: 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Knẏghtes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 34, recto, lines 1688–1691:
english: No man shall draw a short sword with a sharpened point for piercing thrusts, nor will bear any such weapon by his side. Neither shall any man ride toward his opponent with a sharp-ground spear more than once.
translation: No man shall draw a short sword with a sharpened point for piercing thrusts, nor will bear any such weapon by his side. Neither shall any man ride toward his opponent with a sharp-ground spear more than once.
glosses: To poke, pierce, thrust.
stoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: stōk
ipa: /stəʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
enpr: stōk
ipa: /stoʊk/
Forms: form: stokes
Etymology: From Middle English stoken, from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”) or Middle Low German stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from Old Dutch *stokon or Old Saxon *stokon, both from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn, from Proto-Germanic *stukōną (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to push, beat”).
Cognate with Middle High German stoken (“to pierce, jab”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to push, thrust”). Alternative etymology derives the Middle English word from Old French estoquer, estochier (“to thrust, strike”), from the same Germanic source. More at stock.
Senses: glosses: An act of poking, piercing, thrusting
stoke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: stōk
ipa: /stəʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
enpr: stōk
ipa: /stoʊk/
Forms: form: stokes
form: stoking
form: stoked
form: stoked
Etymology: From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from Dutch stoker, from stoken (“to kindle a fire, incite, instigate”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from stock (“stick, stock”), see: tandenstoker. Ultimately the same word as above.
Senses: glosses: To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
examples: text: Stoking the star maker machinery behind the popular song
ref: 1974, Joni Mitchell, Free Man in Paris:
text: To stoke motivation and ambition, focus instead on the road ahead.
ref: 2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, →ISBN, page 120:
text: But, backed by a partying crowd in cowboy hats and fine voice, it was a display that only stoked belief that the Red Roses can make good on their status as tournament favourites after losing in five of the past six finals.
ref: 2025 August 22, Mike Henson, “England open World Cup with 11-try win over USA”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To encourage a behavior or emotion.
glosses: To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
Derived terms: stokehole
stoke up
Related terms: stoker
stoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: stōk
ipa: /stəʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
enpr: stōk
ipa: /stoʊk/
Forms: form: stokes
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Misconstruction of stokes, a unit of kinematic viscosity.
monosodium glutamate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sodium + glutamic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid; present in soy sauce; used as a condiment in Chinese and Japanese cooking, and as a food additive to enhance flavor and add the umami taste. Abbreviations: MSG, E621.
Synonyms: E621
sodium glutamate
ajinomoto
Hypernyms: sodium glutamate
Derived terms: monosodium glutamate symptom complex
Related terms: -ate
disodium glutamate
glutamate
glutamic acid
mono-
sodium
sodium glutamate
sword fighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swordfighting
Senses: glosses: Dueling with swords; fighting an opponent when both are using swords as weapons.
glosses: The practice of crossing urine streams with another man while both urinating.
topics: lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Mutual penile frottage.
comatose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊ.məˌtoʊs/
ipa: /ˈkɒm.əˌtəʊs/
ipa: /ˈkoʊ.məˌtoʊs/
ipa: /ˈkɑm.əˌtoʊs/
Forms: form: more comatose
form: most comatose
Etymology: * perhaps from French comateux
* From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”) (genitive κώματος (kṓmatos)). Equivalent to coma + -ose (“full of”)
Senses: examples: text: the patient was comatose for 2 weeks before finally passing away.
glosses: In a coma: unconscious.
examples: text: Weary of big Sunday dinners that leave you feeling comatose (and result in your having to spend Sunday evening scrubbing the kitchen)?
ref: 1988, Vicki Lansky, Fat-proofing your children-- so that they never become diet-addicted adults., page 24:
text: The thought of food snapped her out of her comatose demeanor.
ref: 2009, Joel Schnoor, I Laid an Egg on Aunt Ruth's Head, page 180:
text: I felt comatose, passing time instead of living as passions went unfulfilled.
ref: 2009, Daylle Deanna Schwartz, Nice Girls Can Finish First, page xi:
text: But most of all I'm sick of feeling comatose, like I'm walking through a fog.
ref: 2015, Delilah S. Dawson, Servants of the Storm, page 14:
glosses: Drowsy or lethargic.
examples: text: She was lying comatose on the sofa.
glosses: Fast asleep.
Derived terms: comatoast
comatose fever
comatosely
comatoseness
comatose sleep
erotocomatose
precomatose
semicomatose
Related terms: coma
braindead
vegetative