cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
slyboots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slyboots
form: sly-boot
form: sly-boots
form: slyboot
Etymology: From sly + boots.
Senses: examples: text: But Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots, so untransportable and unbarrelable a commodity, that it is as bad to catch as light.
ref: 1838 July 24, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Literary Ethics. An Oration Delivered before the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College, July 24, 1838”, in J[ames] E[lliot] Cabot, editor, Nature, Addresses, and Lectures (Emerson’s Complete Works; I), Riverside edition, London: The Waverley Book Company, published 1883, →OCLC, page 166:
text: "Oh, you sly-boots!" says the Countess. "Guess you come after the old lady's money!"
ref: 1858–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “Troubles and Consolations”, in The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume II, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1859, →OCLC, page 283:
text: You're such a slyboots, old cocky. I could kiss you.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 15]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: Peter: All we gotta do is tell a little white lie. Just go with it. [dials phone] Is this the Grant-a-Dream Foundation? My son Chris is dying!
Chris: Holy crap, no! Oh, my God!
Peter: That was the lie.
Chris: Oh, you slyboots.
ref: 2000 April 4, Chris Sheridan, “If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'”, in Family Guy, season 2, episode 9:
text: This slyboots took me for a ton of money, made me do whatever she wanted.
ref: 2004, Umberto Eco, Geoffrey Brock, transl., The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, New York, N.Y.: Harvest/Harcourt, page 54
text: Cruz was obviously analogizing Bernie Sanders to the Bolsheviks and Hillary Clinton to the Mensheviks. The oleaginous Texan is an erudite slyboots, but his history is off-kilter.
ref: 2015 November 1, Hendrik Hertzberg, “That G.O.P. Debate: Two Footnotes”, in The New Yorker:
synonyms: artful dodger
con artist
operator
rogue
glosses: A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.
sly-boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sly-boots
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of slyboots.
slyboot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slyboots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slyboots.
sly-boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sly-boots
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of slyboots.
tell the truth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tells the truth
form: telling the truth
form: told the truth
form: told the truth
Senses: examples: text: That year a U.S. appeals court found the program Snowden had exposed was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth.
ref: 2022 September 26, “Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Snowden”, in Mark Trevelyan, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2022, Europe:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, truth.
tell the truth
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Then it sneezed. Considering what it was smelling, that was no surprise. Tell the truth, I'd gotten so used to the jof jof dung that I didn't notice it anymore.
ref: 1991, Mike Sirota, Bicycling Through Space and Time:
glosses: Used to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of statements; equivalent to "to tell the truth".
Synonyms: sense: asserting frank honesty of statement
word: frankly
sense: asserting frank honesty of statement
word: honestly
sense: asserting frank honesty of statement
word: tell you the truth
Related terms: tell the truth and shame the devil
tell you the truth
liplock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪpˌlɒk/
Forms: form: liplocks
form: lip lock
form: lip-lock
Etymology: From lip + lock.
Senses: examples: text: We figgered a gal might give us a lil liplock.
ref: 1989, Charles Nelson, Panthers in the Skins of Men, page 25:
text: The character is also denied an affirming liplock with her female love interest—a former taboo that was long ago shattered by L.A. Law, Roseanne and, earlier this season, Relativity (men kissing men, on the other hand, remains, for now, a no-no).
ref: 1997 April 14, Bruce Handy, “Roll Over, Ward Cleaver”, in Time:
text: Dhiraj leaned over and kissed her on the lips. She gently returned the liplock.
ref: 2015, Bryan Cohen, Portal Combat:
glosses: A kiss or the act of kissing; especially a long, passionate kiss.
examples: text: Regardless of whatever other qualities may differentiate Sooner fishermen, they are identical in that each has spent a good part of their lives dreaming about catching one nice bass — a whopper of such bulk that the traditional thumb and forefinger liplock wouldn't be nearly enough to hoist their catch into the boat.
ref: 1991, Outdoor Oklahoma - Volumes 47-48, page 31:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A maneuver in which a fish is hooked by a curled finger inserted under the gill cover and extending to the fish's jaw.
Hypernyms: lock
liplock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪpˌlɒk/
Forms: form: liplocks
form: liplocking
form: liplocked
form: liplocked
form: lip lock
form: lip-lock
Etymology: From lip + lock.
Senses: examples: text: In terms of effectiveness, it must have been a pretty decent line, because she just smiled and liplocked me.
ref: 1993, Louis M. Crosier, Losing It: The Virginity Myth, page 83:
text: A bout with the common cold was fair tradeoff for the chance to liplock with Joy Jeffers, the prettiest girl in school.
ref: 2000, John Paschal, Mark Louis, The Single Man, page 116:
text: Of course, I hadn't told David that I regarded him as sort of an amphibious starter kit, one of a series of frogs I would need to liplock on my way to finding, if not an actual prince, at the very least a somewhat normal guy.
ref: 2005, Cathryn Michon, The Grrl Genius Guide to Sex (with Other People):
glosses: Alternative form of lip-lock.
Related terms: lock lips
lip-lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lip-locks
Senses: examples: text: But if he's recently switched from cheek-peck to lip-lock, something's up.
ref: 1997, Mademoiselle: The Magazine for the Smart Young Woman:
text: After lots of talk about "the perfect kiss," their close-up lip-lock is surprisingly boring.
ref: 2007 December 20, Matt Stevens, “E! Reviews: P.S. I Love You”, in E! Online, retrieved 23 Jan 2008:
text: A couple minutes of lip-lock, and she'd been trying to get into his pants.
ref: 2008, Pamela Clare, Unlawful Contact, page 147:
glosses: Alternative spelling of liplock.
Long kiss
examples: text: Many bass anglers I've known prefer a lip-lock to this gill method, and it surely does work for hoisting ol' funnel-mouth into the boat.
ref: 1974, Bob Zwirz, The ABC's of fishing, page 48:
text: The Leech Lake lip-lock may sound more difficult, but it's really quite easy to perform and works well on a pike that persists in rolling away from you.
ref: 1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly, page 129:
glosses: Alternative spelling of liplock.
Technique for hooking a fish
lip-lock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lip-locks
form: lip-locking
form: lip-locked
form: lip-locked
Senses: examples: text: And I'm hardly a lesbian assistant! I mean, I am an assistant, and I do like Ellen DeGeneres's talk show, and sometimes I watch The L Word, but that doesn't mean I want to lip-lock the ladies.
ref: 2008, Jordan Cooke, Loose Lips #2:
text: In Psalm 85, it says that "justice and peace/ mercy and truth" have kissed. In Jesus they lip-locked forever.
ref: 2009, Leonard Sweet, So Beautiful: Divine Design for Life and the Church:
text: Michelle and Evan begin to lip-lock, and Amy tries not to watch.
ref: 2010, Wes E. Samuels, Amy's Dreams, page 52:
glosses: To kiss for an extended period of time.
examples: text: Never try to lip-lock a brawling bigmouth after dark.
ref: 1992, Michigan Out-of-doors - Volume 46, page 40:
text: If any professional angler can tell you the best way to lip-lock a lunker, it's Jimmy Houston.
ref: 2007, Field and Stream - Volume 112, page 70:
text: To lip-lock a fish, curl your index and middle finger, then gently slide those two fingers under the gill cover and forward toward the fish's nose, applying slight outward pressure with your fingertips until your fingers stop just under the fish's jaw.
ref: 2008, Jack Burns, Rob Kimm, Pro Tacticsᵀᴹ: Muskie, page 52:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: To hook a fish by inserting a curled finger under the gill cover and extending it to the fish's jaw.
lip lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lip locks
Senses: examples: text: And I was able to do it without breaking our lip lock.
ref: 2008, Ni-Ni Simone, Shortie Like Mine:
text: Still, she recognized Fred as she drew back from a lingering lip lock planted squarely across Dell's lips.
ref: 2014, Dan Frank, 1 Week:
text: I turned and planted a juicy lip lock on her, to which she responded enthusiastically.
ref: 2014, Jase Robertson, Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl:
glosses: Alternative form of liplock.
Long kiss
examples: text: Fish with teeth or those so heavy that they require more than a lip lock can be handled with a gill-cover grip when subdued at boatside.
ref: 2012, Jay Cassell, The Ultimate Guide to Fishing Skills, Tactics, and .Techniques:
glosses: Alternative form of liplock.
Technique for hooking a fish
lip lock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lip locks
form: lip locking
form: lip locked
form: lip locked
Senses: examples: text: Now I know you're supposed to lip lock in the movies, right?
ref: 1990, Walter Dean Myers, The Mouse rap, page 141:
text: For us black folk, I don't care if King Tut got it on with his male servants, or if Benjamin Banneker liked to lip lock with menfolk in between writing all those damn almanacs.
ref: 2004, Steven G. Fullwood, Funny, page 40:
text: When I don't have a boyfriend with which to talk, or to lip lock.
ref: 2013, Aeon Sage, Sacrificing Safety: Epilog: Sacrificing Sanity, page 41:
glosses: Alternative form of lip-lock.
To kiss.
examples: text: Wading angler (above) is about to lip lock a chunky black bass.
ref: 1990, Mark Thiffault, Illustrated Guide to Better Fishing, page 9:
text: To lip lock a Fattie on a hook: The sharp end enters the mouth and exits the jaw downward behind the lower lip.
ref: 2011, R.G. Webb, Walleye, the Moving Target:
glosses: Alternative form of lip-lock.
To hook a fish.
juvenile delinquent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juvenile delinquents
Etymology: From juvenile + delinquent.
Senses: examples: text: This cow-creamer, in case you're interested, was a silver jug or pitcher or whatever you call it shaped, of all silly things, like a cow with an arching tail and a juvenile-delinquent expression on its face, a cow that looked as if it were planning, next time it was milked, to haul off and let the milkmaid have it in the lower ribs.
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:
topics: law
glosses: A persistent young offender; an antisocial minor, one who has committed criminal acts such as theft or violence.
Synonyms: word: juvenile offender
word: juvey
Related terms: juvenile hall
cassole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cassoles
Etymology: Borrowed from French cassole, from Occitan caçòla.
Senses: glosses: A roughly conical earthenware vessel, glazed inside, used in cooking.
Related terms: cassoulet
mostaccioli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian mostaccioli.
Senses: examples: text: My husband provided the keg of beer and Tina made huge bowls of mostaccioli (not lasagna, never in ten years lasagna!).
ref: 1988 May 27, Barbara W. Siebel, “Tina and Rosie's Farewell”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: A type of penne pasta which resembles ziti.
zeppole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeppoles
form: zeppoli
Senses: examples: text: Of all the spots the franchise could have chosen, why, he asks, did it have to be on the other side of the wall where two centurion busts stand guard above customers waiting for zeppoles or Sicilian slices?
ref: 2007 August 6, David Gonzalez, “A Neighborhood Balks at a Chain Restaurant”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of zeppola.
zeppole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zeppola
tolde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of told.
deadnettle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛdnɛtəl/
Forms: form: deadnettles
form: dead-nettle
Etymology: From dead + nettle.
Senses: glosses: Any plant of a species in genus Lamium, which closely resembles the nettle, but does not possess stinging hairs.
Derived terms: deadnettle leaf beetle
enrols
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enrol
deadness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdnəs/
Forms: form: deadnesses
form: deadnesse
Etymology: From dead + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: O may it be my constant care to watch and pray; the neglect of which was the chief cause of my former deadness.
ref: 1840, John Wesley, The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M, page 334:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The state of not being alive; lifelessness.
examples: text: He complained that the deadness of the balls affected his game.
glosses: A lack of elasticity.
examples: text: The deadness of the champagne made it undrinkable.
glosses: A lack of sparkle in a fizzy drink.
examples: text: The deadness of his expression told everything, without him having to speak.
glosses: A lack of animation in a person.
Synonyms: inertness
inanimateness
inelasticity
inelasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inelasticities
Etymology: From in- + elasticity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being inflexible.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The insensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
Synonyms: stiffness
rigidity
achievings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈt͡ʃiːvɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of achieving
dead set against
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dead against.
vacciner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vacciners
Etymology: From vaccine + -er.
Senses: synonyms: vaccinator
vaccinist
glosses: One who administers vaccines.
pretermitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹiːtə(ɹ)ˈmɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pretermit
rejuvenates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rejuvenate
afore-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From a- + fore-.
Senses: glosses: Previously.
kaval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kavals
Senses: examples: text: MATT DARRIAU’S PARADOX TRIO (Thursday) In addition to Mr. Darriau — on clarinet and saxophones as well as kaval (an end-blown flute) and gaida (a kind of bagpipe) — this exuberant Bulgarian-improv band features Brad Shepik’s guitars, Rufus Cappadocia’s cello and Seido Salifoski’s hand drums.
ref: 2007 July 27, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A chromatic end-blown flute of Asia and eastern Europe.
Depp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Depps
Senses: glosses: A surname.
kes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kesh.
kes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: topics: biology
birdwatching
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: The kestrel.
anesthetists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anesthetist
algorithmically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From algorithmic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Using an algorithm.
Related terms: algorithm
algorithmic
dunned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Ephraim set about raising the money to restore Vatopaidi to its former glory. He dunned the European Union for cultural funds.
ref: 2010 October 1, Michael Lewis, “Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds”, in Vanity Fair:
glosses: simple past and past participle of dun
Derived terms: undunned
goo-goo eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: N.d., Harry S. Sargent (attributed), "Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes", in, 1902, Jack Haverly, Negro Minstrels, Frederick J. Drake & Company, page 106,
Just because she made dem goo-goo eyes, she did up quick a chap about my size;
Now I wish I had that roll, and the watch and chain she stole,
Just because she made dem goo-goo eyes.
text: So why did you shoot goo-goo eyes at me?
ref: 2005, John Connolly, “The Reflecting Eye: A Charlie Parker Novella”, in Nocturnes, Atria Books, →ISBN, page 319:
text: I made the opposite of goo-goo eyes at him. Or at least, I tried. "I don't believe I need to make goo-goo eyes to hook up."
ref: 2006, Kelly McClymer, Getting to Third Date, Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 97:
glosses: A romantic look at something or someone.
Related terms: puppy dog eyes
advisive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more advisive
form: most advisive
Etymology: From advise + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Advisory in tone and content.
Derived terms: advisiveness
Related terms: advice
advisor
after-party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːftəpɑːti/
ipa: /ˈæftɚˌpɑɹti/
Forms: form: after-parties
form: afterparty
Etymology: From after- + party.
Senses: examples: text: Henri, lord of Nassau-Breda: a member of the Golden Fleece who would joust alongside Philip and then host lavish banquets and after-parties that lasted ‘well nigh the whole night’ […].
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 224:
synonyms: afterglow
coordinate_terms: afterafterparty
glosses: A party that happens after an official, often public, party or event.
class ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: class rings
Senses: glosses: A ring for one's finger that shows the school that one attended and the year of graduation.
running mate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: running mates
form: running-mate
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A candidate on a joint ticket.
examples: text: My first decision after being assured of victory was to choose my running mate. I decided that I needed to compensate for my lack of experience in Washington, and seriously considered Senators John Glenn, Frank Church, Scoop Jackson, Ed Muskie, and Walter Mondale.
ref: 2011, Jimmy Carter, White House Diary, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 5:
text: Noem’s latest justification for fatally shooting Cricket at her farm[…]comes as fellow Republicans have all but written off her chances of being chosen as Donald Trump’s running mate in November’s presidential election.
ref: 2024 May 5, Ramon Antonio Vargas, Edward Helmore, “Kristi Noem defends killing dog: ‘I’m tired of politicians pretending to be what they’re not’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A candidate for the US vice-presidency.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: One of a pair of ships with coordinated, often reciprocal, sailing schedules.
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: One of a pair of horses running the same race for the same stable or owner.
Synonyms: sense: political candidate on the same ticket or for US vice-presidency
word: ticketmate
tex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: texes
Senses: glosses: A milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber.
Derived terms: decitex
Related terms: denier
tex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: texes
Senses: examples: text: I have walked, […] painting these texes on every wall.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles:
glosses: Alternative form of text.
from here to Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: 2004 June 24–30, "Jeff Gordon Never Gets Tired Of Seeing Face On Cheap Plastic Crap", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 197,
And then there's strolling through the aisles at Wal-Mart and seeing his face on everything from here to Sunday, like the Jeff Gordon 8-piece BBQ Set, the Jeff Gordon Edition Tire Valve Caps, and, for the ladies, the Jeff Gordon DuPont Racing #24 Clutch.
glosses: Everywhere; all over the place.
settle someone's hash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: settles someone's hash
form: settling someone's hash
form: settled someone's hash
form: settled someone's hash
Senses: examples: text: Wait and see old Caleb Quirk get into the box. I'll settle his hash in half a minute.
ref: 1851, S. G. Warren, Ten Thousand a Year, Jesper Harding, page 344:
text: “But wait till I light on you, no matter where it is, I’ll settle your hash for a bit, yer little swine!”
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 13”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
text: 2004 July 8–14, "Devious Rabbit Tricks Bush Into Signing Gun Ban", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 202,
"Sez Pezziden' Bush, sezee, 'I'm gwine ter settle yo' hash, ole Rabbit....'"
glosses: To physically or verbally subdue someone.
IPCF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of interprocess communication facility.
glosses: Initialism of isopropenyl chloroformate.
glosses: Initialism of industrial pointed coordinated function.
cholagogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholagogues
form: cholagog
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any agent that promotes the discharge of bile.
Derived terms: anticholagogue
cholagogic
laff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of laugh.
laff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: laffs
form: laffing
form: laffed
form: laffed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of laugh.
tough love
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: [H]e found himself surrounded by a circle of caring friends and relatives who told him one by one that they loved him but could not continue to live with him or be his friend the way he was. As one of his closest friends recalled, it was a show of tough love.
ref: 1995 April 12, Jane E. Brody, “Personal Health: Intervening with someone who drinks too much”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Apr 2015:
text: [W]hen it came to Latin America's economic travails, Bush adhered to the principle of tough love: no more bailouts.
ref: 2002 August 19, Tim Padgett, Andrew Downie, “Bush's Lost Continent”, in Time, retrieved 06 Apr 2015:
text: And she offers tough love: “There are no ugly women in the world, just lazy ones,” she says during a “Mind Your Manners” hygiene lesson in which she instructs her students to smell their used dental floss to find out if they have bad breath.
ref: 2023 January 2, Maureen O’Connor, “The Etiquette Guru Who Broke Up With a Boyfriend Over Text”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: The compassionate use of stringent disciplinary measures, to attempt to improve someone's behavior.
tough love
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tough loves
form: tough loving
form: tough loved
form: tough loved
Senses: examples: text: She could not be "tough loved" into improving her behavior and saddling her with full responsibility for her problems would have been inappropriate.
ref: 1986, Joseph A. Muldoon, James F. Crowley, One step ahead: early-intervention strategies for adolescent drug problems, page 137:
text: These folks "tough loved" Jim into sobriety.
ref: 1997, Anthony Walsh, Correctional assessment, casework, and counseling, page 241:
text: The biggest fear of the adults and the audience was that they would fall prey to the gangsters who offered cars, zoot suits, and dough in exchange for a few minor “jobs,” but all they needed was a caring newspaper reporter, cop, or priest to tough love them onto the straight and narrow.
ref: 2013, Jeffery P Dennis, Queering Teen Culture: All-American Boys and Same-Sex Desire in Film and Television, page 33:
glosses: Alternative form of tough-love.
softnose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒftnəʊz/
ipa: /ˈsɔftˌnoʊz/
ipa: /ˈsɑftˌnoʊz/
Forms: form: soft-nose
form: soft nose
Etymology: From soft (adjective) + nose.
Senses: examples: text: Questions that have arisen regarding the "stopping power" of the modern small-caliber bullet, particularly in view of the reduction of the caliber of the rifle in some services to 0.25 inch, or even less, have led to propositions to adopt soft-nose or "mushrooming" bullets, which will be deformed on striking an animate object, inflict a more dangerous wound, and increase the shock over that given by a hard bullet of the same caliber and weight, which would penetrate the body without deformation. […] The soft-nose bullet is inferior in accuracy, and is especially inferior in its ability to penetrate hard substances used for defensive purposes, making it almost useless to reach troops under cover that would be dislodged by the service bullet.
ref: 1897, “Seacoast Guns”, in Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of War for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1896, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 21:
text: When I got the rifle I shot a coyote in a trap, to see what effect the soft nose bullet would have. He was struck back of shoulder, and a hole torn, where bullet entered, about 3½ inches in diameter.
ref: 1898 September, A. A. Haines, “The Ideal Gun for Coyotes [letter]”, in G[eorge] O[liver] Shields, editor, Recreation, volume IX, number 3, New York, N.Y.: G. O. Shields (Coquina), →OCLC, page 216, column 1:
text: The soft nose bullet if it is fired and hitting any hard object, especially bone, it flattens and becomes distorted and is no longer round and has a tearing force with it.
ref: 1935 November 11, J. C. Shields, witness, New York Life Insurance Company, Petitioner, vs. Stella Jane Gamer, as Executrix of the Will of E. Walter Gamer, also Known as Edward W. Gamer, Deceased: Transcript of Record (Supreme Court of the United States; no. 323), Washington, D.C.: Judd & Detweiler, […], published 31 December 1937, page 184:
text: The softnose technique involved placing an inhibitor on a blaster, which allowed a laser to travel at slower speeds, actually penetrating the target. Initially developed for mining purposes, they were quickly adapted by some greedy weapons manufacturer.
ref: [2002, Eoin Colfer, “Cruisin’ for Chix”, in Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Miramax Books; Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, →ISBN, page 35:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
synonyms: soft point
glosses: Of a bullet: lacking a jacketed nose and thereby deforming greatly on impact, causing a large amount of damage; soft-nosed.
softnose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒftnəʊz/
ipa: /ˈsɔftˌnoʊz/
ipa: /ˈsɑftˌnoʊz/
Forms: form: softnoses
form: soft-nose
form: soft nose
Etymology: From soft (adjective) + nose.
Senses: examples: text: The soft nose when it strikes a hard substance, mushrooms, would leave ten times as large a hole as a hard nose bullet striking the same substance. A soft nose bullet would leave a ragged edge.
ref: 1935 November 11, Clyde L. McNeil, witness, New York Life Insurance Company, Petitioner, vs. Stella Jane Gamer, as Executrix of the Will of E. Walter Gamer, also Known as Edward W. Gamer, Deceased: Transcript of Record (Supreme Court of the United States; no. 323), Washington, D.C.: Judd & Detweiler, […], published 31 December 1937, page 215:
text: And get a couple of boxes of .40 caliber Glasers, too. And about a dozen boxes of .30 caliber softnoses for my SKS. You need some cash for all that?
ref: 2000, John W. Myers, “Can Your Home Fort be Defended if Attacked? Or, ‘Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition’”, in The Crossland Shootpout: Adventures of a Photojournalist, Lincoln, Neb.: Writers Club Press, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 116:
text: The softnoses were just as quickly outlawed, for the obvious reason that these weapons were designed to kill, and not to incapacitate.
ref: [2002, Eoin Colfer, “Cruisin’ for Chix”, in Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Miramax Books; Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, →ISBN, page 35:
text: On the upside, I guess the sniper keeps the kids home at night. They're at that age where they prefer tear-assing around town to spending time at home. Judy's 15, and that means all she thinks about is boys. Too bad for her none of her knights in shining armor have been willing to risk a .270 Winchester softnose between the eyes.
ref: 2004 October 27, William Gussie [pseudonym], “Man, I Wish that Sniper would Go Away”, in The Onion, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2018:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
synonyms: soft point
coordinate_terms: hollow point
glosses: A bullet of this kind; (uncountable) bullets of this kind collectively.
meany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meanies
Etymology: From mean + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of meanie.
meanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meany
glosses: plural of meanie
Sandland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sandlands
form: sandland
Etymology: From sand + -land.
Senses: examples: text: I think a move to Sandland would be in order for someone here....
ref: 1998 November 14, bumprr@halcyon.com, “Re: Falcon 4.0 out in Bagdad !!!”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim (Usenet):
text: 2003 May 9, "St. Dave" , "Baboons and Politics", alt.politics.gw-bush and alt.discordia, Usenet,
With any luck, this missive will absolutely enrage the feebs who insist that human " troops " sent to Sandland are great and brave and deserving of "honour"....
text: Note this came after Osama or somebody pretending to be him, makes a tape calling for the uprising against the US in Sandland and also against Mulsim nations' leaders that support the US.
ref: 2003 July 6, "Tom B" , “Re: Group Member Committee Agenda”, in rec.skydiving (Usenet):
text: The sailor is fine, got an email, and (we hope) leaving Sandland in a few weeks.
ref: 2007 July 29, marybones@rcn.com, “OT: Baby pictures from Iraq, all personal”, in misc.writing.screenplays.moderated (Usenet):
glosses: Collectively, the Middle East and North Africa.
sandland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I'll be in the UAE for a few days and admittedly the timing could have been better. If a war starts while we're down there I'll be in sandland for a while as being in an airliner above that part of the world would not the wisest move.
ref: 1998 February 21, Par Willen , “Re: Anybody here know Bill Clinton?”, in rec.motorcycles.harley (Usenet):
text: 2004 June 26, xtmprszntwlfd@erols.com, "Somebody in sandland gets it.", alt.religion.islam and uk.religion.islam, Usenet.
text: 2004 November 11–17, "U.S. To Send 30,000 Mall Security Guards To Iraq", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 311,
"I had to retrain my eye to spot the particular dangers over here in sandland," London said.
glosses: Alternative form of Sandland.
Hessians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hessian
absorbably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more absorbably
form: most absorbably
Etymology: From absorbable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an absorbable manner.
Related terms: absorb
absorbedly
absorbently
absorbingly
absorbently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more absorbently
form: most absorbently
Etymology: From absorbent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an absorbent manner.
Related terms: absorb
absorbably
absorbedly
absorbingly
abri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɹiː/
ipa: /ɑːˈbɹiː/
ipa: /əˈbɹi/
ipa: /ɑˈbɹi/
ipa: /æˈbɹi/
Forms: form: abris
Etymology: Borrowed from French abri (“shelter”), from Old French abrier (“to shelter”), see below.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: a shelter; a cavity in a hillside; a shelter on the side of hill with an overhung rock as its roof
trommels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trommel
trommel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɒməl/
rhymes: -ɒməl
Forms: form: trommels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Trommel (“drum”).
Senses: examples: text: This trommel is very compact and will give four sizes of product.
ref: 1871, Rossiter W. Raymond, Mines and Mining of the Rocky Mountains, the Inland Basin, and the Pacific Slope, J. B. Ford & Company, page 697:
topics: business
mining
glosses: A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.
glosses: A rotating drum for sorting items, such as waste for recycling.
Derived terms: trommel screen
the British are coming
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From a famous line supposedly uttered by the American Paul Revere.
Senses: glosses: A warning that enemies are about and a battle is about to begin.
glosses: A statement of impending doom.
aromatique
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aromatique
form: most aromatique
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of aromatic.
krama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: krama
form: kramas
Etymology: Borrowed from Khmer ក្រមា (krɑɑmaa).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Cambodian garment with many uses, including as a scarf or bandana or to carry children.
krama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A polite and formal style of the Javanese language.
en famille
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒ̃ faˈmiː/
ipa: /ˌɑn fɑˈmi/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: Borrowed from French en famille (literally “in family”).
Senses: glosses: with one's family, or as a family
examples: text: Then be careful how you accept invitations. To a large dinner, or an evening party, you may go with pleasure and safety indiscriminately, be the party of what side it may; but a breakfast or dinner, en famille, with those whom hereafter you will know as political opponents, may embarrass you exceedingly.
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 199:
glosses: informally
glosses: at home
cordectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: cordectomies
Etymology: From cord + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of a cord, especially that of the vocal cord.
control theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: control theories
Senses: glosses: An interdisciplinary branch of engineering and mathematics, dealing with the control of the behavior of dynamical systems.
Related terms: systems theory
systems science
cybernetics
flush toilet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flush toilets
Senses: synonyms: flushing toilet
glosses: A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.
Synonyms: toilet
Hyponyms: sitting toilet
squat toilet
toilet
batture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battures
Etymology: From French batture. Doublet of batter.
Senses: examples: text: The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the levee," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the levee.
ref: 1826, William Christy, A Digest of Martin's Reports:
glosses: A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.
Derived terms: batturate
navigation channel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: navigation channels
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A deeper channel cut into the sea or river bed, to enable larger ships to pass through to a port.
anthropophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthrophobia
Etymology: From anthropo- + -phobia. Both elements are borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) respectively.
Senses: examples: text: The affection is unlike anthropophobia, because this is characterized by dislike of men, and decided aversion to sexual intercourse.
ref: 1880, Edward Bliss Foote, Plain Home Talk about the Human System, 4th edition, page 438:
text: It was when anthropophobia set in, when he was made uneasy by people who walked too close to him, that, sagely viewing his list and seeing how many phobias were now checked, he permitted himself to rest.
ref: 1925, Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith:
text: He was suffering from anthropophobia, a typical Japanese symptom which shows alienation, and liberation, from the embracing community.
ref: 2004, Toshio Kawai, “Postmodern consciousness in the novels of Haruki Murakami,”, in The Cultural Complex: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives on Psyche and Society, →ISBN, page 97:
glosses: A profound fear of human beings, or of human society.
Synonyms: social anxiety
social phobia
Derived terms: anthropophobe
anthropophobic
anthropophobiac
Related terms: androphobia
gynephobia
misanthropy
double-barrelled shotgun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-barrelled shotguns
form: double-barreled shotgun
Senses: glosses: A type of shot-firing gun with two long, parallel barrels, allowing the user to fire twice in quick succession.
double-barreled shotgun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-barreled shotguns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of double-barrelled shotgun.
sawn-off shotgun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sawn-off shotguns
form: sawed-off shotgun
Senses: examples: text: I never really got there / I just pretended that I had / Words are blunt instruments / Words are sawn-off shotguns
ref: 2007, “Jigsaw Falling into Place”, in In Rainbows, performed by Radiohead:
glosses: A shotgun whose barrel(s) has been shortened for ease of concealment and to give a larger spread, though with more limited range (often for illegal purposes).
sawed-off shotgun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sawed-off shotguns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sawn-off shotgun.
amendation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amendations
Etymology: From amend + -ation. Piecewise doublet of emendation.
Senses: glosses: The result of making an amendment to a document etc; an amendment
reggie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛdʒi/
rhymes: -ɛdʒi
Forms: form: reggy
Etymology: Clipping of regular + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Being regular marijuana, as opposed to good-quality marijuana.
old time used to be
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old time used to be's
Senses: examples: text: I thought I spied my old time used to be[…]Roberta done quit me, I can't see no peace
ref: 1940, Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, “Roberta”:
text: Somebody loan me a dime, I need to call my old time used to be.
ref: 1969, Fenton Robinson, “Loan Me a Dime”, in Boz Scaggs, performed by Boz Scaggs:
glosses: Ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend. Often used in songs.
boycotter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boycotters
Etymology: From boycott + -er.
Senses: examples: text: As early as 1955[…], he spoke in what Sundquist calls his “ornate metaphorical style,” evident in his first speech to the boycotters.
ref: 2009 January 18, Anthony Lewis, “A New National Scripture”, in New York Times:
glosses: Someone who engages in a boycott
dedos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dedo
tiger's eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiger's eyes
form: tiger's-eye
form: tiger eye
form: tigereye
Senses: examples: text: Every one noticed her eyes; the brown iris had golden glints that made them look like gold-stone, or, in softer lights, like that Colorado mineral called tiger-eye.
ref: 1913 June, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter I, in O Pioneers!, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC, part I (The Wild Land), page 11:
glosses: A chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky lustre.
chatoyant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃəˈtɔɪ.ənt/
Forms: form: more chatoyant
form: most chatoyant
Etymology: From French chatoyant, present participle of chatoyer (“to iridesce, like a cat's eye”), from chat (“cat”, because of the reflective qualities of a cat's eye).
Senses: examples: text: chatoyant effect
text: I managed to move sufficiently to see at the top, as I fired up the stairs, the yellow face of Dr. Fu-Manchu, to see the gleaming, chatoyant eyes, greenly terrible, as they sought to pierce the gloom.
ref: 1913, Sax Rohmer, chapter XXIII, in The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu:
text: Cover a tin using two or more colors of chatoyant clay separated by black strips.
ref: 2013, Gail Ritchey, Artful Polymer Clay: Techniques for Stylish Jewelry and Decor, Kalmbach Books, →ISBN, page 71:
topics: jewelry
lifestyle
glosses: Having a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.
Related terms: chatoyancy
chatoyant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃəˈtɔɪ.ənt/
Forms: form: chatoyants
Etymology: From French chatoyant, present participle of chatoyer (“to iridesce, like a cat's eye”), from chat (“cat”, because of the reflective qualities of a cat's eye).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hard stone, such as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wavy light.
unchangeably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unchangeably
form: most unchangeably
Etymology: From unchangeable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: God is infinitely and unchangeably good.
glosses: In a way that cannot be varied, or changed.
Synonyms: immutably
unalterably
pavillion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pavillions
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pavilion (obsolete, except in the names of theatres, hotels, etc.)
legitimise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: legitimises
form: legitimising
form: legitimised
form: legitimised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of legitimize.
Derived terms: delegitimise
legitimisation
preatmospheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + atmospheric.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing a meteoroid as it approaches the atmosphere
nonchondritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + chondritic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or characteristic of a nonchondrite.
nonchondrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonchondrites
Etymology: From non- + chondrite.
Senses: glosses: Any meteorite that is not a chondrite.
Related terms: achondrite
chondrule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒndɹuːl/
Forms: form: chondrules
Etymology: A diminutive from Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain”), in imitation of granule.
Senses: synonyms: chondre
chondrus
glosses: A small, round granule, formed from molten rock, found in chondritic meteorites.
Related terms: chondrite
achondrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achondrites
Etymology: From a- + chondrite.
Senses: examples: text: The study confirms a 20-year-old theory that balsaltic^([sic]) achondrite meteorites are projected off the surface of the asteroid 4 Vesta, the second largest asteroid in the solar system, which lies between Jupiter and Mars.
ref: 1993 April 27, “SCIENCE WATCH; New Light Is Shed On Moon's Brightness”, in The New York Times:
text: The Vestan, Lunar, and Martian meteorites are achondrites.
ref: 2011, Dieter Rehder, Chemistry in Space:
topics: astronomy
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules.
Derived terms: achondritic
angrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angrites
Senses: glosses: An achondrite consisting mostly of augite with some olivine and troilite
Derived terms: angritic
gold dust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Gold in the form of very small pieces, or flour gold.
examples: text: The wine list harbours some great bottles, mature clarets and Burgundies as well as a clutch of fine Germans (gold-dust these days in restaurants) […]
ref: 1996, Jim Ainsworth, Passport's Guide to Britain's Best Restaurants:
glosses: Anything of great value.
synonyms: golden-tuft alyssum
golden-tuft madwort
rock madwort
glosses: A basket of gold plant (Aurinia saxatilis).
aubrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aubrites
Senses: glosses: An achondrite composed mostly of enstatite
chassignite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chassignites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An achondrite composed mostly of olivine
nakhlite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nakhlites
Senses: glosses: Any achondrite composed of an aggregate of diopside and olivine; thought to originate from Mars
ureilite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɔːɹiɪlʌɪt/
ipa: /ˈjʊəɹiɪlʌɪt/
Forms: form: ureilites
Etymology: From Russian урейлит (urejlit), named after the Mordovian village of Novy Urey, where a meteorite of this type fell on 4 September 1886.
Senses: examples: text: Early inspections of the meteorite revealed it to be a ureilite, an unusual composition that does not match other space rocks known to have come from the moon or Mars.
ref: 2018 April 18, Ian Sample, “Diamonds in Sudan meteorite 'are remnants of lost planet'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An achondrite composed mostly of olivine and clinobronzite with some diamond or graphite.
geocacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geocachers
Etymology: From geocache + -er. First attested in 2000. See additional etymology at geocache.
Senses: examples: text: Couple of geocachers found a floater at Wilson's Pond about an hour ago. Nasty. The perp took her tongue and her face. [...]
ref: 2008, Colleen Coble, Abomination, page 20:
text: Whatever a cache leads to, the process of finding the cache will usually stir the geocacher's curiosity to the point of learning something. As geocachers learn more about the area in which they are caching, they will have a natural tendency to pay attention to the setting and their surroundings.
ref: 2010, J. Kevin Taylor, DuAnn Kremer, Katherine Pebworth, Peter Werner, Geocaching for Schools and Communities, Human Kinetics, page 20:
text: Like any outdoor activity, geocaching involves some inherent risk, and many geocachers enjoy manageable risks.
ref: 2011, Terry Marsh, Geocaching in the UK, page 113:
antonyms: muggle
glosses: A person who hides or seeks objects as part of the pastime of geocaching.
bunnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌnɪt
Forms: form: bunnets
form: bunnit
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bonnet.
glosses: A style of flat cap traditionally made from wool, commonly worn by farmers and country gentlemen in cool climates.
Related terms: tam o'shanter
toorie bunnet
geocachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geocacher
flower girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flower girls
form: flowergirl
Senses: glosses: A participant in a wedding procession, whose responsibility is usually to spread flower petals on the floor before the bride, or to carry a bouquet of flowers.
glosses: A girl who sells flowers.
glosses: A female flower child.
gibibytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gibibyte