cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
couplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌp.lət/
ipa: /ˈkʌplɪt/
rhymes: -ʌplət
Forms: form: couplets
Etymology: From French couplet, from couple + -et. Doublet of cabaletta.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A set of two things, particularly.
A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
examples: text: 5th Street is one-way west only and 6th Street is one-way east only. Together, they form a couplet in Downtown Los Angeles.
glosses: A set of two things, particularly.
A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
synonyms: one-way pair
examples: text: The dichotomous keys are constructed so that each couplet presents a set of alternative choices.
ref: 2001, Stephen T. Ross, The Inland Fishes of Mississippi, page 33:
text: As long as the correct statement of each couplet is chosen, and the unknown organism is included in the key, a confident identification is usually achieved.
ref: 2004, Shin'ichiro Ishikawa, An Exploration of a New Poetic Expression Beyond Dichotomy:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A set of two things, particularly.
A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.
Synonyms: duo
Derived terms: coupleteer
heroic couplet
rhyming couplet
spondaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin spondaicus, spondiacus, from Ancient Greek σπονδειακός (spondeiakós, “(music) used at a libation”).
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Having or relating to spondees.
trochaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /tɹoʊˈkeɪ.ɪk/
Forms: form: troch.
form: trochaick
Etymology: Either via the French trochaïque or directly from its etymon, the Latin trochaicus, from the Ancient Greek τροχαικός (trokhaikós), from τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), whence trochee.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, in precisely these languages a mechanism could be maintained which preserves the contrast between stressed and unstressed syllables in the trochaic word structure pattern (see 42.3.1) by weakening the onset of a longer or weightier unstressed syllable.
ref: 2022, Marianne Bakró-Nagy, “Consonant gradation”, in Marianne Bakró-Nagy, Johanna Laakso, Elena Skribnik, editors, The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 861:
glosses: Composed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
trochaic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɹoʊˈkeɪ.ɪk/
Forms: form: trochaics
form: troch.
form: trochaick
Etymology: Either via the French trochaïque or directly from its etymon, the Latin trochaicus, from the Ancient Greek τροχαικός (trokhaikós), from τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), whence trochee.
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A poetical composition of this kind.
enjambment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈd͡ʒæm.mənt/
/ɪnˈd͡ʒæmb.mənt/
Forms: form: enjambments
Etymology: Borrowed from French enjambement.
Senses: glosses: A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.
wikipedia: Matthew Arnold
antimetabole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.tɪ.məˈtæ.bə.li/
ipa: /ˌæn.tɪ.mɛˈtæ.bə.li/
ipa: /ˌæn.ti.məˈtæ.bə.li/
ipa: /ˌæn.taɪ.məˈtæ.bə.li/
ipa: /ˌæn.tə.məˈtæ.bə.li/
Forms: form: antimetaboles
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀντιμεταβολή (antimetabolḗ). By surface analysis, anti- (“opposite”) + Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ, “transformation”).
Senses: examples: text: Antimetabole at effect will strain,
And words and terms revers'd employ again.
ref: 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Antimetabole.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 90:
text: "Mankind must put an end to war or else war will put an end to mankind." Many other instances may be found in kind. As one reserves fine china for the most special occasions and in only the most select company, so Kennedy used his beloved antimetabole.
ref: 2008, Michael E Eidenmuller, Great Speeches For Better Speaking, page 92:
glosses: The technique of repeating a phrase while reversing the order of certain elements or its grammatical structure, as a form of juxtaposition.
Related terms: antimetabolic
antimetabolite
metabola
metabolism
anastrophe
chiasmus
carbonless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From carbon + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without carbon.
Derived terms: carbonless copy paper
food coloring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: food colorings
Senses: glosses: US standard spelling of food colouring.
Wesleyanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɛzlɪənɪzəm/
Forms: form: Wesleyanisms
Etymology: Named for founder John Wesley.
Senses: glosses: The theological system propounded by John Wesley; commonly called Methodism.
Related terms: Wesleyan
in the loop
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Please be sure to keep your manager and the customer contacts in the loop if you must make changes.
text: While I knew enough of the key players to be kept in the loop I was hardly the guy they went to to discuss tarsus length on Golden Plovers or the morphological differences in cranial structure of the Wandering Albatross complex.
ref: 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 128:
synonyms: in the know
antonyms: in the dark
out of the loop
glosses: Informed; up to date; having current knowledge; part of the discussion.
Related terms: loop in
out of the loop
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: First use appears c. 1973. See cite below. Its use is thought by some to have roots in computer or telephony terminology.
Senses: examples: text: Automation technology can lead to complacency when it takes the controller ‘out of the loop’ by reducing the need for his interaction with a flightcrew and de-emphasizing the cooperative aspects of the air traffic system.
ref: 1973, International Federation of Air Traffic Controller's Association (contributor), The Controller, Volumes 12-15, page 22:
text: "I was out of the loop," he added, explaining that he was planning to leave government at that time.
ref: 1976 September 16, “Former Nixon Aide Denies Soliciting Campaign Fund”, in New York Times:
text: “Well, we've been out of the loop for a few hours. Anything new that you know?”
ref: 1995, Tom Clancy, Debt of Honor, →ISBN:
text: The members of parliament have felt ignored by their leaders for much of this crisis, and were kept out of the loop during the negotiations.
ref: 2001 August 27, Tony Karon, “Why Macedonians Balk at NATO's Presence”, in Time:
synonyms: out of touch
in the dark
antonyms: in the loop
in touch
glosses: Not informed, up-to-date, or current; not included in a process or discussion.
drive-thru
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The experience prompted her [Chappell Roan] to cultivate an outre persona that allowed the queer musician born Kayleigh Amstutz to express everything she had once repressed, growing up in a Christian community. […] She then hustled her way – via stints back home working in a drive-thru doughnut shop – to a deal with Island.
ref: 2024 August 9, Laura Snapes, “It’s a femininomenon! How Chappell Roan slow-burned her way to stardom”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative spelling of drive-through.
drive-thru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drive-thrus
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of drive-through.
Derived terms: ski-thru
entryway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entryways
Etymology: From entry + way.
Senses: examples: text: There were greeters handing out programmes in the entryway to the museum.
text: In those days the North Pass was the only entryway to the valley that was passable by cart or wagon traffic.
synonyms: entrance
glosses: An opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure; a pathway allowing entry into a locality or region.
Derived terms: arctic entryway
Related terms: doorway
entrance
ingang
foyer
cassis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cassises
Etymology: Borrowed from French cassis.
Senses: glosses: The blackcurrant plant, Ribes nigrum; the flavor of its berries.
examples: text: Cassis and soda is a popular drink.
text: The bartender looked at her malevolently for a moment, shook his head, and walked away to mix the drink. "I never had one of those, those vermouth cassises," Freddie said.
ref: 1972, Evan Hunter, Every Little Crook and Nanny, page 132:
glosses: A liqueur made from these berries, especially crème de cassis.
glosses: A wine flavor note, suggesting the fruity and full-bodied characteristics of the fruit; mostly referred to as simply blackcurrant in the UK, where the fruit is common.
Derived terms: english: creme de cassis
translation: creme de cassis
word: cream de cassis
Related terms: kir
commuted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of commute
commutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of commute
commutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commute
subclinical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sub-clinical
Etymology: From sub- + clinical.
Senses: examples: text: Some conditions may remain subclinical until they resolve without intervention, whereas others worsen from subclinical to clinical status.
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: clinical
nonclinical
glosses: Without signs and symptoms that are detectable by physical examination or laboratory test; not clinically manifest.
raw_tags: of a disease or injury
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Where some criteria are met but not enough to reach the status of a clinical diagnosis.
raw_tags: in diagnosis
examples: text: Off-label use of certain drugs at subclinical dosages has been a theme in realms of activity such as metabolic optimization, weight loss, body hacking, and neurohacking (e.g., nootropics); such drugs include metformin, beta-blockers, and others.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Less than is needed for clinical reasons.
raw_tags: of a dosage
Coordinate terms: clinical
Derived terms: subclinically
Related terms: asymptomatic
subsyndromal
undiagnosed
counter intelligence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of counterintelligence.
counterspy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterspies
Etymology: From counter- + spy.
Senses: glosses: A spy working in counterintelligence.
counterspy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterspies
form: counterspying
form: counterspied
form: counterspied
Etymology: From counter- + spy.
Senses: glosses: To carry out counterespionage.
fighter pilot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fighter pilots
Senses: examples: text: "They all want to be fighter pilots when they grow up nowadays"
ref: 1944 September and October, Railway Magazine, page 274, caption to a cartoon from the Sunday Dispatch, showing two schoolboys with their noses in the air next to a steam locomotive:
glosses: A pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane.
qualifier: CB slang
glosses: An erratic driver who changes lanes often.
men's room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: men's rooms
Etymology: Originally a clipped form of gentlemen's room, originally a separate waiting room for men in public buildings such as railway stations but by the appearance of men's room also used as a euphemism for men's lavatories.
Senses: examples: text: Search the lounge downstairs. The men's room, the ladies' room.
ref: 1929, Daniel Nathan as "Ellery Queen", The Roman Hat Mystery, Ch. iii, p. 31
glosses: A restroom intended for use by males, often including urinals in addition to toilet stalls.
glosses: Other rooms intended for use by men, as waiting rooms, dressing rooms, locker rooms, etc.
Synonyms: bathroom
Coordinate terms: women's room
ladies' room
Derived terms: men's
ladies' room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladies' rooms
Etymology: Originally in reference to any chamber or suite reserved for the use of women, whether public or private. Popularized by its use as a clipped form of ladies' waiting room in reference to gender-separated facilities at train stations, etc. Its use in reference to lavatories replaced other euphemisms including cloak room, lavatory room, toilet room, private room, etc.
Senses: examples: text: The assailants soon became masters of the whole house, except the room where the general was, and which was strongly barred, and they kept up a constant firing of musketry into the windows and doors, except into those of the ladies' room.
ref: 1825, “Peleg Wadsworth”, in American Military Biography, page 198:
text: ...a hanging stair of fifty-one steps... leads to the main hall, ladies' room, and balconies.
ref: 1825, James Haig, A Topographical and Historical account of the Town of Kelso, and of the Town and Castle of Roxburgh, page 137:
glosses: A room belonging to or intended for some or all women, particularly
examples: text: ...Passenger House, containing ticket office, baggage room, ladies' room, gentlemen's room, water closet, say 50 feet by 20 feet...
ref: 1856, Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, volume 14, number 1, page 71:
text: Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes; the ladies' room was clean, and properly furnished, with the exception of two basins which were removed; the privies and urinaries clean...
ref: 1864 January 26, J.G. Lindsay, letter to P.P.L. O'Connel, §8
text: He had no lady with him, and his excuse for being in the ladies' room was, the gentlemen's room was too filthy. The little room into which he had gone was the ladies' water-closet... There were signs plainly printed on the doors, showing which rooms were for gentlemen and which for ladies and over the entrance to the little room, from which appellee was ejected, is printed the words: "Ladies' Private Room."
ref: 1875 January, John Scholfield, opinion of the Illinois Supreme Court in TW&W Ry Co v Williams
glosses: A room belonging to or intended for some or all women
A waiting room in a railway station or other public building intended exclusively for women and usually including a separate women's lavatory.
examples: text: The women's toilet (as distinguished from the ladies' room in a speakeasy, the johnny at school, the little girls' room at a party in an apartment, and the wash-my-hands on a train) was clean enough.
ref: 1935, John O'Hara, BUtterfield 8, Ch. ix, p. 279
glosses: A room belonging to or intended for some or all women
A public restroom intended for use by females.
Synonyms: sense: lavatory
word: bathroom
sense: women's waiting room
word: women's room
Coordinate terms: gentlemen's room
Derived terms: ladies'
ladies
ladies'
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladies
Senses: glosses: possessive case of lady: belonging to some or all ladies.
examples: text: Kemp left me to go to the ladies'. I pulled out a paperback I had in my pocket.
ref: 1968, John Fowles, The Magus, page 568:
text: "...Where's the ladies' in this joint? I've to powder me nose."
ref: 1996, Deirdre Purcell, Roses After Rain, page 335:
text: "I'm dressed as a woman, but I am still technically a man. I believe that to comply with the law of the land I ought to continue to use the Gents', but in order not to look out place I intend to use the Ladies' from now on. I trust none of you will grass on me..."
ref: 2004, David Nobbs, Sex and Other Changes, page 95:
text: When he was quite satisfied with his handiwork, The Poet opened the toilet window, and then walked quickly from the gents' into the ladies'.
ref: 2014, Trevor Dalton, Rhyme for Reason, page 102:
glosses: Clipping of ladies' room (“a lavatory intended for use by women”).
glosses: Short for ladies' department: a section of a department store where clothing is sold for adult females.
Synonyms: sense: facility for urination and defecation
word: bathroom
compares
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of compare
compares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compare
completes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpliːts/
rhymes: -iːts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of complete
completes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpliːts/
rhymes: -iːts
Senses: glosses: plural of complete
compliantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more compliantly
form: most compliantly
Etymology: From compliant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a compliant manner
components
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of component
composes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of compose
concepts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concept
concerns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɝnz/
ipa: /kənˈsɜːnz/
Senses: glosses: plural of concern
concerns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɝnz/
ipa: /kənˈsɜːnz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of concern
creates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of create
cramps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹæmps/
rhymes: -æmps
Senses: glosses: plural of cramp
cramps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹæmps/
rhymes: -æmps
Senses: glosses: A cramping of muscles, especially in the abdomen or uterus.
cramps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹæmps/
rhymes: -æmps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cramp
couples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌpəlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of couple
couples
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌpəlz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of couple
counties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊntiz/
rhymes: -aʊntiz
Senses: glosses: plural of county
counters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counter
counters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counter
cookies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʊkiz/
rhymes: -ʊkiz
Senses: glosses: plural of cookie
glosses: plural of cooky
glosses: plural of cookey
cookies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʊkiz/
rhymes: -ʊkiz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cookie
converts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒn.vəts/
ipa: /ˈkɑn.vɚts/
Senses: glosses: plural of convert
converts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈvɜːts/
ipa: /kənˈvɝts/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of convert
convinces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kənˈvɪnsɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of convince
kiasi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkjɑːˈsiː/
ipa: [ˌkjã˧ˈsiː˦˨]
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: more kiasi
form: most kiasi
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 驚死／惊死 (kiaⁿ-sí, “afraid to die”).
Senses: examples: text: Why are you so kiasi? You won't die from getting a small cut on the finger.
text: If everyone dares to bungee jump, why can't you do the same? Are you kiasi or what?
text: The kia-si/kia-su ("afraid to die/afraid to lose") attitude of the Totalisator Boards in Malaysia and Singapore is deplorable.
ref: 1988 December 11, "Pro Bono Puntero" [pseudonym], “That $5 win minimum [letter]”, in The Straits Times, Singapore, page 35:
text: When you are anxious to make the right travel arrangements, you sometimes cannot help but be inquisitive. For those in the travel business, these whines should be a common affair. But when does being "inquisitive" translate into "irritating", or "anxious" into "kiasi" […]
ref: 1991 April 7, Sandi Tan, “Face-to-face with the kiasu customer”, in The Straits Times, page 8:
text: Do not be alarmed if you have received this yellow cylinder which looks like a stick of dynamite and even had the word "explosive" on it. Last week, one "kiasi" fellow was so alarmed that he called the police […]
ref: 1994 September 14, “Promotion blown out of all proportion”, in The Straits Times, page 22:
text: No lubang, so teruk. Kiasu cannot lose, / Kiasi cannot die; machiam machiam words / We also try. Proper English? So lecheh, / So correct, so actsy for what? […]
ref: 2000, Leong Liew Geok, “Forever Singlish”, in Women without Men, Singapore: Times Books International, →ISBN, page 130:
text: Too often you hear about Singaporeans with the "K syndrome", meaning kiasu (afraid of losing out), kiasi (afraid of dying), kiabor (afraid of wife).
ref: 2001 February 20, Carolyn Chew, “A different take on the Singaporean syndrome”, in Today, page 6:
glosses: Unwilling to take a risk for fear that something bad or unfavorable will happen; cowardly, overly cautious and risk-averse.
Synonyms: cowardly
Derived terms: kiasiness
kiasi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkjɑːˈsiː/
ipa: [ˌkjã˧ˈsiː˦˨]
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: kiasi
form: kiasis
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 驚死／惊死 (kiaⁿ-sí, “afraid to die”).
Senses: examples: text: Apart from the kiasis and kiasus, there are also Singaporeans at the other end of the scale – the healthcare workers who put their lives at risk.
ref: 2003 May 28, Frederick Lim, “Sars and the Singaporean: Crisis has brought out the best and the worst”, in Today, Singapore, page 22:
text: The kiasi (those afraid to die) who insist on seeing a doctor for the most minor complaint such as "my baby sneezed this morning leh".
ref: 2006 July 5, Tan Chek Wee, “Debugging the kiasi, MC takers [letter]”, in Today, Singapore, page 18:
glosses: A kiasi person.
Related terms: kiasu
bating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ
homophone: baiting
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bate
bating
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ
homophone: baiting
Senses: examples: text: [A]nd bating a little wilfulness, and a little selfishness, and a little dandification, I don’t know a more honest, or loyal, or gentle creature.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 54, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: ‘The laws of religious society, bating those which are only subservient to the order necessary to their execution, are immutable, not subject to any authority of the society, but only proposed by and within the society, but made by a lawgiver without the society, and paramount to it.’
ref: 1673-4, John Locke, On the Difference between Civil and Ecclesiastical Power, Indorsed Excommunication
text: I replied, That he was a very unworthy man, if it were true, to speak slightingly of a family, which was as good as his own, bating that it was not allied to the peerage […].
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXIX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
text: There is but little I have heard from you which I did not expect to hear, and which I ought not to have expected; because, bating one circumstance, it is all very true.
ref: 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 303:
glosses: Apart from; except.
bating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ
homophone: baiting
Forms: form: more bating
form: most bating
Senses: glosses: Of the moon, when it is waning.
ras malai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hindi रस मलाई (ras malāī), from रस (ras, “nectar, juice”) and मलाई (malāī, “cream”).
Senses: glosses: A sweet dish found in the Indian subcontinent consisting of sugary cream-colored balls of dough and a creamy sweet liquid.
jungle bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jungle bunnies
Etymology: Originally US English, 1950s. From jungle (“referring to the alleged origins of black people in the African jungles”) + bunny.
Senses: examples: text: Merry Christmas to all the little jungle-bunnies. — From momma jungle bunny.
ref: 1952 December 18, The South Side Times, Fort Wayne, Indiana, page 8, column 6:
text: "[W]e are concerned that outright harassment such as being called nigger, jungle bunny, porch monkey, boy, son, etc., is occurring entirely too much."
ref: 1983 January 14, “Racial incidents, declining sales sour Volkswagen dream”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, page 6:
text: He doesn't say Judge Brown's last name, telling me Brown's just another jungle bunny far as he's concerned, robe or no robe.
ref: 2007, Ron Liebman, Death by Rodrigo, page 90:
glosses: A black person.
cinder block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinder blocks
form: cinderblock
Senses: glosses: A lightweight building block made from cinders and concrete.
Synonyms: breeze-block
clinker block
hollow block
cinderblock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cinder-block
Etymology: From cinder + block.
Senses: examples: text: They lived in an old cinderblock apartment building.
glosses: Made of cinder blocks
cinderblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinderblocks
form: cinder-block
Etymology: From cinder + block.
Senses: examples: text: Investigators also searched a shed behind the house that sat next to two automobiles on cinderblocks.
ref: 2007 April 4, Nate Schweber, “Man Queried in Killings of Prostitutes”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of cinder block.
clinker block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clinker blocks
Senses: glosses: A lightweight building block made from cinders and concrete.
Synonyms: breeze-block
cinder block
hollow block
golden hamster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden hamsters
Senses: glosses: A small rodent of species Mesocricetus auratus, popular as a pet and used for scientific research.
Synonyms: Syrian hamster
Epcot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛpkɒt/
Etymology: Acronym of Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
Senses: glosses: A technology theme park in Florida.
wikipedia: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
sim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪm/
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: sims
Senses: examples: text: They played a flight sim all afternoon.
text: But shooters, sims and real-time strategy games ascended as the industry grew and mouseless home consoles made the genre's mechanics awkward.
ref: 2009 July 11, Darren Zenko, “U.K. pair turn time into romp”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Clipping of simulator.
glosses: Clipping of simulation.
glosses: A simulation session or scenario.
Derived terms: city sim
dating sim
dim sim
farming sim
farm sim
life sim
management sim
racesim
raising sim
sim-com
simrace
sim racer
Related terms: emulator
model
trainer
sim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪm/
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: sims
form: simming
form: simmed
form: simmed
Senses: glosses: Clipping of simulate.
pussycat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pussycats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pussy-cat.
looker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʊk.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈlʊk.ə/
rhymes: -ʊkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lookers
Etymology: From look + -er.
Senses: glosses: One that looks or is actively looking; a watcher; an observer.
glosses: One having a specific look or appearance.
examples: text: Wow, your new man is much more of a looker than your last one!
glosses: Someone or something who is remarkably good-looking.
examples: text: A good real estate agent will screen and separate potential buyers from lookers at the door […]
ref: 2007, Michelle Blain, Your Real Estate Closing Explained Simply:
synonyms: tyre kicker
glosses: A person who pretends to be interested in purchasing something but has no intention of doing so.
Synonyms: sense: good-looking one
word: beautiful person
Derived terms: bad looker
downlooker
good looker
lookership
underlooker
Related terms: looker-on
onlooker
looker-upper
hairbrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairbrushes
form: hair-brush
form: hair brush
Etymology: From hair + brush.
Senses: glosses: A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair
Related terms: comb
hairbrush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hairbrushes
form: hairbrushing
form: hairbrushed
form: hairbrushed
form: hair-brush
form: hair brush
Etymology: From hair + brush.
Senses: examples: text: Bad feeding, adolescence—always a dangerous period for the male—and the brutality and bestiality in the dormitories made life a hell on earth. An apathy settled on me. I withered. I learned nothing; I did nothing. I was kicked, hounded, caned, flogged, hairbrushed, morning, noon, and night.
ref: 1938, C. R. W. Nevinson, Paint and Prejudice, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, pages 11–12:
text: Do you know what it’s like, Brannan, to be flogged and hairbrushed, kicked and cursed every day of your school life? I’m treated worse than a dog and nobody gives a damn—least of all the masters.
ref: 2014, Dominic Luke, Nothing Undone Remained, London: Buried River Press, page 147:
glosses: To spank with a hairbrush.
Related terms: hairbrushing
dodgeball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒd͡ʒˌbɔl/
Forms: form: dodgeballs
form: dodge ball
Etymology: From dodge + ball.
Senses: synonyms: touch the body
glosses: A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition.
glosses: The ball thrown in this sport.
Derived terms: dodgeballer
Related terms: english: children's game
translation: children's game
word: suicide
english: children's game
translation: children's game
word: tag
atop
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology: From a- (“on”) + top.
Senses: examples: text: He sat atop the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.
text: For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop trains of oncoming bridges or tunnels.
ref: 1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 684:
text: A virtue is made out of a necessity, with the child feeling far more atop and master of his oddness, his behavior now deliberate or even clever.
ref: 1966, The Minnesota Review, volume 6, page 242:
text: "And other things," she echoed, nodding slowly and resting her body a little more atop him again.
ref: 2006, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch, page 48:
text: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text
“Monotheism was born here,” Goren tells me atop a cliff overlooking the sheet of iron-colored water.
text: The leading voices of the womanosphere are using a similar strategy. As Brittany Hugoboom put it in an op–ed for the rightwing outlet Quillette: “Conservatives will never win if they imagine themselves as combatants atop defensive battlements, hurling abuse on the mass media. We need to involve ourselves in the creation of pop culture.”
ref: 2025 April 24, Anna Silman, “Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: On the top of.
examples: text: He sat atop of the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.
glosses: On the top (with of).
Synonyms: word: on top
word: ontop
Derived terms: thereatop
atop
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology: From a- (“on”) + top.
Senses: examples: text: He has a handsome face, still bearded in the midst of a mostly clean-shaving nation, and with the white hairs prevalent on the cheeks and temples; his head is bald atop, though hardly from the uneasiness of wearing a crown.
ref: 1909, William Dean Howells, Seven English Cities, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, page 46:
text: The envoy found the French king playing the part of horse while his young son rode atop.
ref: 1978, James C. Humes, Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous, Harper & Row, published 1978, page 102:
text: Everything large or small is carried atop out of habit as much as necessity, like a delightful but defiant challenge to the laws of gravity.
ref: 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 52:
text: Probably cuddled up, spooning. Netflix auto-playing atop their shared covers.
ref: 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN:
glosses: On, to, or at the top.
swirl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɜːl/
ipa: /swɜɹl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: swirls
form: swirling
form: swirled
form: swirled
Etymology: From Middle English swirlen (“to eddy, swirl”), probably from Old Norse *svirla (“to swirl”), a frequentative form of Old Norse sverra (“to swing, twirl”). Cognate with Scots swirl, sworl (“to eddy, swirl”), Norwegian Nynorsk svirla (“to whirl around; swirl”), Swedish sorla (“to murmur, buzz”), Dutch zwirrelen (“to swirl”). Compare also West Frisian swiere (“to reel, whirl”), Dutch zwieren (“to reel, swing around”), German Low German swirren (“to whizz, whirl or buzz around”), German schwirren (“to whirr, whizz, buzz”), Swedish svirra (“to whirr about, buzz, hum”), Danish svirre (“to whizz, whirr”). Related to English swarm.
Senses: examples: text: I swirled my brush around in the paint.
text: The river swirled along.
ref: 1857, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in Two Years Ago, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:
text: The contest was a lot more even in the second half, as the wind swirled around the Stadium of Light, but it took Craig Gardner's superb block to prevent Young getting on the scoresheet.
ref: 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
glosses: To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.
examples: text: Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
ref: 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, “British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 May 2013:
glosses: To circulate.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To mingle interracially.
Derived terms: swirler
swirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɜːl/
ipa: /swɜɹl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: swirls
Etymology: From Middle English swirlen (“to eddy, swirl”), probably from Old Norse *svirla (“to swirl”), a frequentative form of Old Norse sverra (“to swing, twirl”). Cognate with Scots swirl, sworl (“to eddy, swirl”), Norwegian Nynorsk svirla (“to whirl around; swirl”), Swedish sorla (“to murmur, buzz”), Dutch zwirrelen (“to swirl”). Compare also West Frisian swiere (“to reel, whirl”), Dutch zwieren (“to reel, swing around”), German Low German swirren (“to whizz, whirl or buzz around”), German schwirren (“to whirr, whizz, buzz”), Swedish svirra (“to whirr about, buzz, hum”), Danish svirre (“to whizz, whirr”). Related to English swarm.
Senses: glosses: A whirling eddy.
glosses: A twist or coil of something.
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait.
examples: text: She told that white boy she wasn't down with the swirl and to take himself a hike.
text: In truth, it was more to do with keeping up with the latest gossip on YouTube famous interracial ‘swirl’ couples and reality stars.
ref: 2023, Yomi Adegoke, The List, 4th Estate, page 198:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Interracial mingling (e.g. dating, sex, marriage, etc.).
Derived terms: preswirl
swirl flap
swirly
someway
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌmweɪ/
Etymology: From some + way.
Senses: examples: text: Disinclined to read, and slowly pacing the drawing-room, Lord Meersbrook, after looking earnestly at two small pictures, by old masters, which had someway escaped from their brethren, which were heirlooms at Granard Park, he at length began to examine the works of ingenuity which adorned the mantel;...
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 161:
text: By some strange arts Isabel's wonderful story might have been, someway, and for some cause, forged for her, in her childhood, and craftily impressed upon her youthful mind; which so — like a slight mark in a young tree — had now enlargingly grown with her growth, till it had become this immense staring marvel.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities:
text: Robert spoke of his intention to go to Mexico in the autumn, where fortune awaited him. He was always intending to go to Mexico, but someway never got there.
ref: 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
glosses: Somehow.
sleepyhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslipiˌhɛd/
Forms: form: sleepyheads
form: sleepy head
Etymology: From sleepy + head.
Senses: examples: text: Hey now sleepyhead, it's time for you to go to bed.
text: Goodbye, old sleepyhead / I'm packing you in like I said / Take care of everything / I'm leaving my wedding ring
ref: 1947, Willard Robison, “Don't Smoke in Bed”, performed by Peggy Lee:
text: It consists in asking each sleepyhead in turn which 10 characters, historical or fictional, he would choose to be stranded with on a desert island.
ref: 1966 September 23, Ogden Nash, “Book Review: A Precious String of Perelman Pearls: Chicken Inspector No. 23 by S. I. Perelman”, in LIFE, page 11:
text: The following morning, Liz had to come and shake David awake.
“Hey, sleepyhead, rise and shine. I've been tapping your door for the past ten minutes. Aren't you going to college today?”
ref: 2001, Chris d'Lacey, The Fire Within, published 2011, page 185:
text: “Why, yes,” said Augustus, “the birds seem to be the first ones up each morning, awakening the sleepyheads.”
ref: 2007, Jefffrey P. Brown, Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe, page 33:
glosses: A sleepy person.
glosses: The ruddy duck.
Derived terms: National Sleepy Head Day
pricey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹaɪsi/
rhymes: -aɪsi
Forms: form: pricier
form: more pricey
form: priciest
form: most pricey
form: pricy
Etymology: From price + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Yellowstone itself remains the biggest headache, with noncamping accommodations limited to a handful of pricey lodges or cookie-cutter cabins...
ref: 2008, Bradley Mayhew, Carolyn McCarthy, Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks, page 258:
text: But suppose that Britain grasps electricity produced from sources that don't involve burning pricey gas, and thus produces it more cheaply.
ref: 2022 November 16, Philip Haigh, “German study puts hydrogen at the back of the queue”, in RAIL, number 970, page 51:
text: In 2022, organics accounted for 15 percent of all fruit and vegetable sales in the United States despite being far pricier than conventional produce.
ref: 2024 July 1, Susan Shain, “Is Organic Produce Worth the Higher Price?”, in The New York Times:
text: The three priciest areas in the country sit along a coast or near beaches.
ref: 2024 November 28, Josh Ocampo, “Expensive ZIP Codes Have Something in Common”, in The New York Times:
text: For decades hypochlorous acid lingered in the background, used as a disinfectant in specific industrial and commercial contexts that could justify a pricey, on-site manufacturing process to create products on demand.
ref: 2025 May 1, Jen Schwartz, “The magic molecule”, in Scientific American, volume 332, number 5, pages 54-55:
glosses: Expensive, dear.
Derived terms: priceyness
patter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæt.ə/
ipa: /ˈpæt.ɚ/
rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Forms: form: patters
Etymology: 1610s, pat + -er (“frequentative (indicating repeated action)”), of (onomatopoeia) origin.
Senses: examples: text: I could hear the patter of mice running about in the dark.
text: The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.
ref: 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
glosses: A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.
Derived terms: pattersome
pitter-patter
patter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæt.ə/
ipa: /ˈpæt.ɚ/
rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Forms: form: patters
form: pattering
form: pattered
form: pattered
Etymology: 1610s, pat + -er (“frequentative (indicating repeated action)”), of (onomatopoeia) origin.
Senses: examples: text: The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls.
text: The stealing shower […] 'Tis scarce to patter heard.
ref: a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
glosses: To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
examples: 1819 (published in 1835) Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay
Patter the water about the boat.
glosses: To spatter; to sprinkle.
Derived terms: patterer
patter flash
patteringly
patter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæt.ə/
ipa: /ˈpæt.ɚ/
rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Forms: form: patters
Etymology: Noun is from Middle English pater, verb is from Middle English pateren.
Noun attested 1758, originally referring to the cant of thieves and beggers.
Senses: examples: text: This particularly rapid, unintelligible patter isn't generally heard, and if it is it doesn't matter.
ref: 1887, Gilbert and Sullivan, “My Eyes Are Fully Open”, in Ruddigore:
text: Dad, I want to be a jock. All a jock needs is some hep patter and a real gone image. Now, they just don't teach that jazz in college.
ref: 1975, Garry Marshall et al., “Richie's Flip Side”, in Happy Days, season 2, episode 21, spoken by Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard):
text: “Did you say the bodies are getting mixed together with the toxic waste?” [sigh] “Now I got to look at the brochure. Yeah, that's what it says.” “By the way, you're really gonna have to work on your patter a little bit.”
ref: 2010 April 7, Kevin Shinick, “Blob Gets Job” (16:32 from the start), in Ugly Americans, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Mark Lilly (Matt Oberg):
text: As a young man he [Beppe Grillo] performed with a guitar in local bars, but fans preferred his pre-show patter, and he evolved into a successful stand-up comedian.
ref: 2017, Jamie Bartlett, chapter 5, in Radicals, William Heinemann, →ISBN:
glosses: Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
Derived terms: Glasgow patter
patter song
patter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæt.ə/
ipa: /ˈpæt.ɚ/
rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Forms: form: patters
form: pattering
form: pattered
form: pattered
Etymology: Noun is from Middle English pater, verb is from Middle English pateren.
Noun attested 1758, originally referring to the cant of thieves and beggers.
Senses: examples: text: He showed a little of the pride of art in describing the management of his business, but he would not hear that he “pattered:” he talked to his customers, he declared, as any draper, who knew his business well, might talk to his.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor; […], volume I (The London Street-folk. Book the First.), London: [George Woodfall], →OCLC, page 379:
glosses: To speak glibly and rapidly, as does an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
glosses: To repeat the Lord's Prayer.
glosses: To pray.
glosses: To repeat hurriedly; to mutter.
patter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæt.ə/
ipa: /ˈpæt.ɚ/
rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Forms: form: patters
Etymology: From pat + -er (“agent”).
Senses: examples: text: I used to hate head patters, and I have realized that all children dislike being patted on the head.
ref: 1981, Jackie Cooper, Richard Kleiner, Please Shoot Dog, page 50:
glosses: One who pats.
pacemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpeɪsˌmeɪkəɹ/
Forms: form: pacemakers
form: peacemaker
Etymology: From pace + maker.
Senses: examples: text: natural pacemaker
text: cardiac pacemaker
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
examples: text: artificial pacemaker
text: High intensity EMF can have adverse impacts on the operation of implantable medical devices (IMDs) such as pacemakers and defibrillators.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 73:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.
synonyms: pacesetter
glosses: One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
Derived terms: biopacemaker
neuropacemaker
pacemaker current
pacemakerlike
pacemaker syndrome
Related terms: domestique
nothings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nothing
Derived terms: sweet nothings
sweet nothings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweet nothing
Senses: examples: text: Hearing such words as these, in the sweetest, tenderest voice that ever caressed a lover's senses, Basil knew not how to word all that was in his heart. . . . Side by side, forgetful of all but their recovered peace, they talked sweet nothings.
ref: 1904, George Gissing, chapter 28, in Veranilda:
text: [T]he facts, to make matters worse, were made public with the usual affectionate letters that passed between them, full of sweet nothings.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: It is difficult to know how accurate this portrait is, and how much of it consists of sweet nothings whispered into the author's ear by loyal retainers.
ref: 2004 April 25, Joe Klein, “Does Bush Really Get Us?”, in Time, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2010:
glosses: Insubstantial or romantic words that are only meant to flatter, woo, or seduce.
lasagne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈzɑː.njə/
ipa: /ləˈsɑː.njə/
ipa: /ləˈzæn.jə/
ipa: /ləˈzɑ.njə/
Forms: form: lasagnes
Etymology: From Italian.
Senses: glosses: plural of lasagna
examples: text: A lasagne that feels like lasagne except made from mung and urad beans; the whole thing is then served – as if to remind you, again, of what it is not – with a thumb of cucumber.
ref: 2025 February 14, Morwenna Ferrier, “‘Butter is a perception’: inside the UK’s first plant-based Michelin-starred restaurant”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: British English spelling of lasagna.