cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
go back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes back
form: going back
form: went back
form: gone back
Senses: examples: text: We were getting cold so we decided to go back.
text: Humans had discovered fire and there was no going back.
text: He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again […] she found her mother standing up before the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side.
ref: 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC:
text: Wrex: I escaped with my life. But not before I sank my dagger deep into my father's chest.
Wrex: That... is why I left. And that's why I'll never go back.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:
glosses: To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
Derived terms: go back on
go back to
go back to where you came from
Related terms: come back
turn back
testiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: testinesses
Etymology: From testy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being testy.
testily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more testily
form: most testily
Etymology: From testy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […]thinking it urgent to say something, I asked him presently if he felt any cold draught from the door, which was behind him.
"No, no!" he responded shortly and somewhat testily.
ref: 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XXXIII, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: `We have been looking for a mystery, and we certainly seem to have found one.' `What do I make of it? Why, that your poor dear father was off his head, of course,' I answered, testily.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: "Sit ye down, I'm sayin'," said Uncle Jobson testily.
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 43:
text: “Starve? Stuff and nonsense!” he retorted testily. “No able-bodied fellow need starve nowadays. [...] Pshaw! Starve! That's always your, cuckoo cry!”
ref: 1942 January 31, The Voice, Hobart, page 5, column 2:
text: 'Oh, for heaven's sake,' said Prak and died testily.
ref: 1995, Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: a Trilogy in Five Parts, →ISBN, page 458:
glosses: In a testy way; in the manner of someone who is testy.
thermals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermal
glosses: thermal underwear
propositi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propositus
Levites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Levite
angerness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anger + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: circa 1350: Anonymous, Hymn to Virgil; quoted in:
text: Hail, innocent of angerness / Our takel, our tol, that we on trow; […]
ref: 1860, George Gilfillan, Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets:
glosses: Affliction or trouble.
marketableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From marketable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being marketable.
Synonyms: marketability
cargo cults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cargo cult
exponentiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛkspəˈnɛnʃi.eɪt/
Forms: form: exponentiates
form: exponentiating
form: exponentiated
form: exponentiated
Etymology: Ultimately from exponent. Perhaps from exponentiation.
Senses: examples: text: In order to solve the equation we must exponentiate.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To use exponentiation.
examples: text: Let us exponentiate x to obtain xⁿ.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To raise (a number or mathematical expression) to a power; to apply an exponent to a mathematical expression.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To apply a mathematical exponentiation function.
examples: text: "SCP-7579 developed internal camouflage so a shmuck like yourself would speculate on it, then convince a more powerful shmuck unlike myself to buy it time. It's probably smarter than us, it's definitely smarter than you, and every second of its existence exponentiates the time and resources I'll have to spend cleaning up your mess."
ref: 2022 October 18, Placeholder McD, “SCP-7579 [offset 1]”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2024:
glosses: To increase (something) exponentially.
Coordinate terms: tetrate
pentate
hexate
Derived terms: exponentiator
unexponentiated
botteghe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottega
wifferdill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wifferdills
form: whifferdale
form: whifferdill
Senses: examples: text: Doolittle executed a grand wifferdill—rapidly climbing to exchange airspeed for altitude—after completing the course, then a perfect landing.
ref: 2003, Dik Alan Daso, Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary, →ISBN, page 20:
text: When not breeding, they whirl in rings above the earth, dive for flies with gaping, froglike mouths, and perform whifferdales and rolls, glancing in and out of sight.
ref: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 24:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An elaborate, multiaxis aerobatic manoeuvre, especially one in which an aircraft makes a series of very tight turns in order to reverse its direction of travel.
solidi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solidus
perrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perrots
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of periot.
periot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periots
Senses: glosses: A unit of weight, 9,600 of which make a grain.
Related terms: perrot
foreste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forestes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of forest.
Nessies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nessie
helping verbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helping verb
capitani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capitano
tetraethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetra- + ethyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Four ethyl groups in a molecule.
Derived terms: tetraethyl lead
wunderkinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvʊndəˌkɪndɐ/
/ˈwʌndɚ.kɪndə(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: plural of wunderkind
ottavini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ottavino
Cilicia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈlɪsɪə/
ipa: /sɪˈlɪʃə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Cilicia, from Ancient Greek Κιλικία (Kilikía).
Senses: glosses: An ancient region in southeastern Asia Minor in modern Turkey, famed for cilice, i.e. haircloth made from the hair of Cilician goats.
Derived terms: Cilician
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Related terms: cilice
Belizean Kriol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The lingua franca of Belize: a creole which emerged from the fusion of English and Mískito, with some influence from Spanish, numerous West African languages, and Jamaican creoles of the 17th and 18th centuries.
conserver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conservers
Etymology: From conserve + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, conserves.
Derived terms: nonconserver
marring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: […]Hath all his ventures fail'd? What, not one hit?
From Tripolis, from Mexico, from England,
From Lisbon, Barbary, and India?
And not one vessel scape the dreadful touch
Of merchant-marring rocks?
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: present participle and gerund of mar: ruining, thwarting, spoiling.
marring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marrings
Etymology: From mar + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Unable to read even as much of them as the scamps who wrote them and could read nothing more, the smuggler had finally trained himself to ignore them; they were marrings to be overlooked while the eye was out for other, more meaningful detail.
ref: 1985, Samuel R. Delany, Flight from Nevèrÿon:
glosses: Something that mars or spoils; a blemish.
breast feeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of breast feed
XDR
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of extremely drug resistant (used to refer to strains of tuberculosis).
Hypernyms: DR
MDR
Hyponyms: TDR
Derived terms: XDR-TB
freedman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freedmen
Etymology: From freed + man.
Senses: examples: text: The nomen belonged to all members of a gens and to all those attached to it (women, clients, and freedmen included).
ref: 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv:
text: Education was a high priority for Appalachian freedmen and freedwomen just as it was for blacks throughout the Reconstruction South.
ref: 2001, John C. Inscoe, “Introduction”, in Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation, page 7:
glosses: A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.
Hypernyms: ex-slave
freeman
Derived terms: freedmanship
Related terms: freedwoman
breastfeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of breastfeed
breastfeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breastfeed
breastfeeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛstˌfidɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
Forms: form: breastfeedings
Etymology: From breast + feeding.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
synonyms: breastfeed
glosses: An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
Hypernyms: word: feeding
english: terms applicable to any mammals (including quadrupeds and whales)
translation: terms applicable to any mammals (including quadrupeds and whales)
alt: suckling
word: nursing
Coordinate terms: bottlefeeding
Derived terms: brelfie
breastfeeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛstˌfidɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
Etymology: From breast + feeding.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of breastfeed
breast feed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breast feeds
form: breast feeding
form: breast fed
form: breast fed
form: breastfeed
form: breast-feed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of breastfeed.
breastfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of breastfeed
breastfeedings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breastfeeding
letter of comfort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: letters of comfort
form: comfort letter
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A letter that is not legally binding but provides some form of assurance about the financial position of an entity.
negative pledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: negative pledges
Etymology: The idea (and hence presumably the name) developed in the United States, and then went global. (Reference: Trevor Sykes, The Bold Riders, second edition, 1996, →ISBN, page 8.)
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A type of loan or loan condition in which the borrower agrees with the lender not to allow any other lender or creditor to rank ahead for payment in the event of a liquidation. Such a loan is unsecured (ie. not backed by a charge over specific assets).
vendor bid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vendor bids
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A type of bid at an auction which is made by the auctioneer on behalf of the vendor, without any desire to buy the article. This is used as a tactic to keep the bids moving, or to persuade buyers to pay more, or merely to have a higher price to report if the property is passed in. Such a bid is in essence a fiction; if not clearly announced as such, it approaches the deliberate deception of a dummy bid.
dummy bid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dummy bids
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A bid made at an auction, by a dummy bidder acting in collusion with the auctioneer or vendor, designed to deceive genuine bidders into paying more.
Related terms: donkey bid
gimme five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gimme a five.
plaster of Paris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plaster-of-Paris
Etymology: So named after a large gypsum deposit at Montmartre, Paris.
Senses: examples: text: Treatment of an acute occult dislocation of the ankle consists of immobilization in a snugly fitting plaster-of-paris cast, with little padding.
ref: 1954 February 15, D. Keith Millett, Myron O. Henry, “Occult Ankle Dislocations”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 93:
synonyms: gypsum plaster
plaster
glosses: A hemihydrate of calcium sulfate, made by calcining gypsum, that hardens when moistened and allowed to dry; used to make casts, molds and sculpture.
wikipedia: Montmartre
building society
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: building societies
Senses: topics: banking
business
glosses: A type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to buy houses, from other members' pooled savings and/or money borrowed wholesale.
Coordinate terms: topics: banking
business
word: credit union
topics: banking
business
word: mutual savings bank
topics: banking
business
banking
business
word: savings and loan
foumart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfuːmə(ɹ)t/
/ˈfuːmɑː(ɹ)t/
Forms: form: foumarts
form: foulmart
form: fullmart
Etymology: From Middle English fulmard, from Old English fūl (“foul”) + mearþ (“marten”), in reference to its offensive smell.
Senses: glosses: A European polecat; a member of the Mustelidae family.
monkey see, monkey do
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Monkeys are known for imitating others.
Senses: examples: text: Monkey see, monkey do / Don't ever make the first move, just let 'em come to you
ref: 2003, Eminem, “Monkey See, Monkey Do”, in Straight from the Lab:
text: Then why Hong Kong people stock toilet paper? Because monkey see monkey do. Hong Kong people stock toilet paper because people scared toilet paper come from China, tomorrow China no toilet paper, we all cannot go pang sai.
ref: 2020 February 20, Chan Chun Sing, as quoted, “Full transcript of 25-minute leaked audio recording of Chan Chun Sing dialogue with SCCCI”, in Mothership.sg:
glosses: A conventional explanation for mimicry, especially of a foolish action done with no consideration of the consequences.
echogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echogenicities
Etymology: From echogenic + -ity.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The ability to create an echo that can be detected in an ultrasound examination.
Derived terms: normoechogenicity
Related terms: echogenic
hyperechogenic
hyperechogenicity
hypoechogenic
hypoechogenicity
generalisability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalizability.
tune up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tunes up
form: tuning up
form: tuned up
form: tuned up
Senses: glosses: To make adjustments (to an engine or bicycle drivetrain) in order to improve its performance.
glosses: To make preparations for vigorous exercise; to warm up.
glosses: To begin to sing or play music.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To tune one's instrument in preparation for performance.
examples: text: “We finally stopped roustin' him and decided to tune him up instead, every chance we got.”
“Tune him up?”
“Yeah, that's an expression for beatin' the living dog shit outta somebody.”
ref: 2007, Michael Berish, Reflections from the Pit, →ISBN:
text: “I mean, I had to tune her up a bit. She bitched a lot and never did any work. Sometimes, you know, you just gotta get their attention, whack 'em a little."
ref: 2015, Joe Peters, Bill Fleming, Code Black, →ISBN, page 264:
text: [T]hey couldn't tune him up because the murder had to look like he died in his sleep.
ref: 2017, Jeff Gulvin, The Contract: A John Q Thriller, →ISBN:
glosses: To beat up (someone).
Synonyms: sense: improve the performance of an engine
word: soup up
Hypernyms: tune
Related terms: tune-up
vedute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veduta
enthusiasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enthusiast
vallate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vallate
form: most vallate
Senses: glosses: cup-shaped or circumvallate
macigni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macigno
sestine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sestines
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
synonyms: sestina
glosses: A sextain.
district heating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements.
Synonyms: teleheating
Related terms: district cooling
subscriptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subscription
throttling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throttle
throttling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: throttlings
Senses: glosses: The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications network by controlling the package flow rate, in order to minimise congestion.
glosses: Reduction in amount of chemical or other fluid in process such as a heating or ventilation system.
glosses: Reduction in flow rate between two points caused by an intermediate restriction, device, structure or configuration.
drott
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drotts
Etymology: From the name of the Drott Manufacturing Company, founded by Edward Drott in 1916.
Senses: examples: text: The drivers of bulldozers, drotts, and other types of mechanical shovels worked long hours in appalling weather.
ref: 1969, Nan Bowie, Mick Bowie: the Hermitage Years, page 158:
glosses: An earthmoving machine similar to a bulldozer, but with a front bucket that can be used for scooping and lifting soil, rather than merely pushing it.
Related terms: drott-kvaett
consultancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consultancy
entrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entrant
raita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raitas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi रायता (rāytā).
Senses: examples: text: The raita is one of the best in town; goat-cheese kulcha is an unusual and tasty take on Indian bread.
ref: 2009 January 16, Marian Burros, “Penn Quarter’s International Flavor”, in New York Times:
glosses: A condiment made from seasoned yogurt used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia.
Synonyms: pachadi
Related terms: tzatziki
raita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rayta
Etymology: From the Hindi idiom रायता फैलाना (rāytā phailānā), which means to "spill the raita" or "make a mess".
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A Hindu who does not support Hindutva, a liberal Hindu, especially (highly derogatory) as considered a traitor to India or race traitor towards Indians.
Synonyms: word: Jaichand
Coordinate terms: sarkari Muslim
Derived terms: Raytawing
civil marriage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: civil marriages
Senses: glosses: A marriage performed by a government official instead of by a member of the clergy.
fuck it
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: fuck it !
Senses: examples: text: I was going to clean my room, but thought "fuck it, nobody's going to see it."
text: I took a pill in Ibiza / To show Avicii I was cool / And when I finally got sober, felt 10 years older / But fuck it, it was something to do
ref: 2015, “I Took a Pill in Ibiza”, in At Night, Alone., performed by Mike Posner:
glosses: An expression of great indifference or nonchalance.
examples: text: Fuck it, I can't be arsed to look for that bloody key anymore.
glosses: An expression of frustration.
examples: Honey, would you please help me serve the hors d'oeuvres?
You know,... I'm really busy right now hosting and entertaining all my friends...
Fuck it! I'll do it myself.
glosses: An expression of anger or dismissal; forget it.
Synonyms: I don't care
screw it
screw this
fuck this
fucking hell
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌkɪŋ ˌhɛl/
ipa: /ˈfɐkɪŋ ˌhɛl/
Senses: examples: text: Fucking hell, that wrestler's huge.
glosses: An exclamation of great surprise.
examples: text: Fucking hell, why are you so bloody late?
glosses: An exclamation of anger.
examples: text: Fucking hell, what the fuck?
glosses: An exclamation of bewilderment.
Synonyms: sense: expression of surprise
word: wow
sense: expression of anger
word: dammit
Derived terms: king-hell
kin ’ell
chuffing hell
pay up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pays up
form: paying up
form: paid up
form: paid up
Senses: examples: text: At Whitsunday and Martinmas I will have enough to pay up the incumbrance of £3000 due to old Moss's daughter.
ref: 1825 December 14 (date written), Walter Scott, “[Entry dated 14 December 1825]”, in David Douglas, editor, The Journal of Sir Walter Scott […], volume I, Edinburgh: David Douglas, published 1890, →OCLC:
text: "Suppose we sell off all the horses, and sell one of your farms, and pay up square?"
ref: 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 21, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC:
text: We could pay up the mortgage on the house, and have something left over.
ref: 1875, Horatio Alger, chapter 2, in Herbert Carter's Legacy:
text: The Citizen gained eighteen subscribers; four old ones paid up their accounts.
ref: 1910, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 16, in The Fortune Hunter:
text: [T]he decision pushes Simpson's potential financial obligation to a whopping $33.5 million[…]and left Simpson lawyers swearing that there was no way their client could ever pay up.
ref: 1997, Taran Provost, “$25 Million”, in Time:
text: According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
ref: 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
glosses: To pay in total a sum which is owed, especially when the sum has been owed for a period of time.
Synonyms: word: pay off
Allyson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Allysons
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Alison.
Related terms: Alyson
Alix
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.lɪks/
rhymes: -ælɪks
homophone: Alex
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages, an Old French form of Alice.
Beverley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛvə(ɹ)li/
Forms: form: Beverleys
form: Beverly
Etymology: From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).
Senses: glosses: A place name:
A market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
glosses: A place name:
A community in the Rural Municipality of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A place name:
A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
glosses: A place name:
A town and local government area (the Shire of Beverley) in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Bev
Beverly
Tanganyika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /tæŋɡənˈjiːkə/
/tæŋɡəˈniːkə/
Etymology: After Lake Tanganyika, from Swahili changanyika (“to mix”) which might have meant where the water of the rivers mix.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Lake Tanganyika, a lake in Africa.
synonyms: word: Lake Tanganyika
extra: a lake in Africa
glosses: A former British mandate and territory and, between 1961 and 1964, an independent country in East Africa which became most of Tanzania.
glosses: A province (Tanganyika Province) in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Capital: Kalemie. It borders into the lake.
Derived terms: Tanganyikan
Tanzania
Related terms: German East Africa
Baikal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪˈkæl/
ipa: /ˌbaɪˈkɑːl/
rhymes: -æl
Etymology: From Russian Байка́л (Bajkál, “Baikal”), from Buryat Байгал нуур (Bajgal nuur, “Lake Baikal”), perhaps ultimately from the Turkic *bāy (“rich”), and *köl, *kȫl (“lake”), with reference to the abundance of high-quality salmon in the lake. The Turkic origin is rejected by Vasmer. Native Mongolic origins have also been proposed.
Senses: examples: text: Of the Mongall Tartars.
The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignifies the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China. From this wall they ſtretch themſelves northward as far as the river Amoor; and from the Amoor, weſtward, to the Baykail ſea ; where they border with the territories of the Kontayſha, or prince of the black Kalmucks. On the fouth, they are bounded by a nation called Tonguts, among whom the Delay Lama has his residence.
ref: [1767, Annual register, or a view of the history and politics and literature for the year, page 38, column 2:
glosses: A large freshwater lake in Siberia, Russia.
glosses: Baikal (Soviet and Russian non-alcoholic beverage)
Synonyms: english: common form found in English
translation: common form found in English
word: Lake Baikal
english: from East Asian poetry and fiction
translation: from East Asian poetry and fiction
word: North Sea
Derived terms: Baikalia
Baikalian
Baikal Mountains
Baikal oilfish
Baikal seal
Transbaikal
Related terms: roman: of Baikal
english: younger sister
translation: younger sister
word: Khövsgöl Nuur
golomyanka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golomyankas
Etymology: From Russian голомя́нка (golomjánka).
Senses: synonyms: Baikal oilfish
glosses: Either of two species of fish of the family Cottidae, endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia (Comephorus baicalensis and Comephorus dybowskii).
omul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omuls
Etymology: From Russian о́муль (ómulʹ).
Senses: glosses: Any of the salmon-like fish of species Coregonus migratorius (syn. Coregonus autumnalis migratorius), native to Lake Baikal in Siberia
OM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Occupy movement.
glosses: Initialism of Order of Merit, a dynastic order of the Royal House of Windsor.
OM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OMs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of outer marker.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of otitis media.
glosses: Initialism of old measurement.
examples: text: Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all.
ref: 1967, CQ: the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 23, numbers 7-12, page 140:
synonyms: OB
qualifier: CB radio slang
glosses: Initialism of old man (term of address for a male).
glosses: Initialism of operations manager.
OM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of Olympique de Marseille.
Roller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rollers
Senses: examples: text: Only I thought private eyes were supposed to be discreet; you could hardly call yourself that when you drive a Roller.
ref: 1991, Sally Wentworth, Taken on Trust, page 9:
glosses: A Rolls-Royce car
Arianna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Arianna, from Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Sagittario
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the constellation Sagittarius, in which it is located as seen from Terra.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The black hole located at the center of the Milky-Way Galaxy.
Synonyms: Sagittarius A*
Sagittarius A-Star
Sgr A*
Arianne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Ariane or Ariadne.
Related terms: Ariadne
Ariana
Ariane
Arianna
Ariarne
Aryanne
Brandi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: 'Brandi's father owns a number of radio stations across the country.' He smiled. 'Beware of women whose first names are potable.'
'I'll keep it in mind.'
'Actually, her real name is Brenda. She was named after Brenda Marshall, who was an actress in the forties. Apparently, my father-in-law was a huge fan.'
ref: 1997, Joy Fielding, Missing Pieces, page 85:
glosses: A female given name from English, variant of Brandy.
Breanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Celtic languages, of American usage, variant of Brianna.
Camryn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Cameron.
Kamryn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "What kind of name is Kamryn, anyway?" Adele asked me without shame. "A made-up one," was my terse reply. - - - So, her asking about my moniker when she was Girly Two-Hyphen Name was an audacious step to take. "It's not a spelling mistake? Your name is Kamryn. K-A-M-R-Y-N," she spelled it out. "Not C-A-M-E-R-O-N, Cameron like the boy's name?" "Actually, it is. I thought it'd be fun to pretend it was spelled differently. I love people asking me about it. You're so wise, you caught me. You're clearly Miss Marple's clever younger sister."
ref: 2006, Dorothy Koomson, My Best Friend's Girl, Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, page 25:
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Cameron.
Kameron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Cameron.
cloud up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clouds up
form: clouding up
form: clouded up
form: clouded up
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
weather
glosses: To become cloudy or overcast.
glosses: To become cloudy or clouded.
raw_tags: of a clear liquid or surface
glosses: To become blank or confused due to shock or trauma.
raw_tags: of a face
glosses: To form a cloud (as in a dust cloud)
cunty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌnti/
rhymes: -ʌnti
Forms: form: cuntier
form: cuntiest
Etymology: From cunt + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I remember she had a pretty cunty smell, and her breath was awful.
ref: 1975, George MacBeth, The Samurai, page 54:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the female genitalia.
examples: text: Do me the courtesy, please, of not being totally cunty. You just turn into this raving, paranoid, twelve-foot cunt.
ref: 2002, D. L. Lepidus., The Best Stage Scenes of..., page 167:
glosses: Highly objectionable.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: him: you better not be a cunty clock when i get home
[a picture of a clock shaped like a woman is attached]
ref: 2023 March 19, @alex_abads (on Twitter)
glosses: Strongly feminine in appearance.
examples: text: As noted above, "cunt" or "cunty" has evolved in Ballroom parlance to mean exactly what Banks defines it as: feminine and strong.
ref: 2022, Lauron J. Kehrer, Queer Voices in Hip Hop: Cultures, Communities, and Contemporary Performance, page 59:
text: no but like… as homophobic as this is it’s also so cunty, i want it on my wall
ref: 2023 May 27, @joshleonn (on Twitter), quoted in 2023 June 1, "I Want This On A T-Shirt": A Conservative Tried To Tweet An Anti-LGBT+ Graphic, And Gay Twitter Completely Flipped It Around, BuzzFeed (republished by Yahoo)
text: How many times do I need to say this? Sym is for the gays for one simple fact: she’s cunt. If you don’t understand what it is to be cunty then you simply won’t get it.
ref: 2023 January 26, i-like-c0ck (on reddit), in "Symmetra is a ‘gay icon’?", Reddit
qualifier: LGBTQ slang
glosses: Amazing or very good or cool, especially with regard to femininity.
Derived terms: cuntily
cuntiness
Related terms: serve cunt
embiggened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmˈbɪɡə̆nd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of embiggen
embiggening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmˈbɪɡə̆nɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of embiggen
embiggens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmˈbɪɡə̆nz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of embiggen
Erick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eric
form: Erik
form: Eriq
form: Erique
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages, a rare spelling variant of Eric that can also be explained as a form of Frederick.
Related terms: Ericka
Eric
Erich
Erik
Eriq
Erique
cunting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cunt + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: I fucking hate doing the cunting washing-up. Let's get a maid.
text: Now, there's seven words you can't say on a TV set
But this is the pissing fucking cunting internet
ref: 2019, “George Carlin vs Richard Pryor”, Peter Shukoff, ZEALE, Jackie Tohn, Gary Anthony Williams, Lloyd Ahlquist (lyrics), Tone Jonez and Hollywood Legend Productions (music), performed by Epic Rap Battles of History:
glosses: An intensifier, used to describe something unwanted or undesirable.
cunting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuntings
Etymology: From cunt + -ing.
Senses: examples: We went out for drinks last night and had a jolly good cunting.
glosses: The act of getting cunted.
cunting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From cunt + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: [Pazuzu to Chris MacNeil] Do you know what she did? Your cunting daughter?
ref: 1973, William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist, spoken by Pazuzu (Mercedes McCambridge):
glosses: present participle and gerund of cunt
Related terms: cunt
em- -en
Language: English
Part of speech: circumfix
Pronunciation: /ɛmˈ- -n̩/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of en- -en used prebilabially, that is, when the word to which it is applied begins with ‘b’, ‘p’, or ‘m’.
Jayden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒeɪdn̩/
rhymes: -eɪdən
Forms: form: Jaden
form: Jaiden
Etymology: Invented at the end of the 20th century by American parents who wanted to combine the initial "J" with the fashionable sound of Aidan, Braden, Caden and Hayden. It has been unisex from the very beginning because it resembles both Jay and Jade.
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name originating as a coinage.
Related terms: Jadon
Jaydon
Jaden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name originating as a coinage, variant of Jayden.
Caden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪdn̩/
rhymes: -eɪdən
Forms: form: Kaden
form: Kaeden
form: Kaiden
form: Kayden
form: Caeden
form: Caiden
form: Cayden
Etymology: Invented by American parents in the 1990s to rhyme with the equally fashionable Aidan, Braden, Hayden and Jayden.
Senses: glosses: A male given name originating as a coinage.
glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage.
Hayden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪdn̩/
rhymes: -eɪdən
Etymology: Originally a place name, from Old English heg (“hay”) + denu (“valley”). Alternatively, from Middle Dutch heiden (“heathen”).
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, in general use since the 1990s.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Blount County, Alabama.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Gila County and Pinal County, Arizona.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Routt County, Colorado.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Kootenai County, Idaho.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Spencer Township, Jennings County, Indiana.
glosses: A hamlet in Boddington parish and Staverton parish, Tewkesbury borough, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9023).
Derived terms: Hayden Peak
Haydenville
prebilabial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹiːbaɪˈleɪbɪəl/
ipa: /ˌpɹiːbaɪˈleɪbiəl/
Etymology: From pre- + bilabial.
Senses: glosses: Occurring immediately before a bilabial consonant, i.e. before /m/, /p/, /b/, /ɸ/, /β/, /β̞/, /ʙ/, or /ʘ/.
raw_tags: of a speech sound
Brady
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹeɪdi/
rhymes: -eɪdi
Forms: form: Bradish
Etymology: From Old English brād (“broad”) + ēage (“eye”) and brād (“broad”) + ēġ (“island”); or from Irish Ó Brádaigh.
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English of English origin.
glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Pondera County, Montana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Lincoln County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of McCulloch County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Grays Harbor County, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in Michigan (2), Ohio (1) and Pennsylvania (5).
Brodie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹoʊdi/
homophone: Brody
Forms: form: Brody
form: Brodi
form: Brodey
Etymology: Scottish habitational surname of uncertain meaning. Probably of Pictish or Gaelic origin. Some of the suggestions that have been advanced as to the meaning of the name Brodie are:
* "ditch" or "mire", from the old Irish word broth;
* "muddy place", from the Gaelic word brothach;
* "a point", "a spot", or "level piece of land", from the Gaelic word Brodha;
* or originated from the Pict name Brude, Bruid or Bridei from King Bridei of the Picts.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A hamlet in Moray council area, Scotland, the location of Brodie Castle (OS grid ref NH9757).
Derived terms: Brodie knob
Brodie's abscess
Brodie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹoʊdi/
homophone: Brody
Forms: form: Brodies
form: Brody
Etymology: Named after Steve Brodie (1861–1901), who made a disputed claim to have jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and survived.
Senses: examples: text: "We don't believe this bird took a Brodie," Bruckman told them. "He wouldn't know the meaning of remorse, and he's not the suicidal type. […]
ref: 1960, Martin M. Frank, Diary of a D.A., page 26:
glosses: A suicidal leap.
examples: text: August Marien took a brodie (any one is apt to) by getting married last month.
ref: 1916, The American Photo Engraver, volume 9, page 536:
glosses: A risky enterprise; a chance taken.
Bryson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaɪsən/
rhymes: -aɪsən
Etymology: From Brice + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A village and municipality on the Ottawa River in Quebec, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pettis County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A minor city in Jack County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms: Bryson City
Brysonesque
Brysonian
Cominetto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The fourth largest island in the archipelago of Malta.
Bernadette
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɜː.nəˈdɛt/
ipa: /ˌbɜɹ.nəˈdɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Etymology: From French Bernadette, made famous by St. Bernadette of Lourdes.
Senses: examples: text: Bernadette Woolley was aware that her name was professionally inappropriate. She tended to get a lot of jokes about it. There had even been recommendations that she change it. The pious connotations put men off, it was averred. Non-Catholics recognised her allegiance at once because of the label, and scorned her for it; while co-religionists, reminded inappropriately of the Virgin apparition at Lourdes, blushed, or sniggered, or asked for another girl.
ref: 1983, A. N. Wilson, Scandal: or Priscilla's Kindness, Penguin, published 1985, →ISBN, page 1:
text: As they walked farther along the concourse, Bernadette said, "You call me Bernadette. Aunt won't be necessary. And I don't like Bernie. Or Aunt Bernie or Auntie. For a while, when I was twelve, I wanted everyone to call me Detta. No reason except that I was twelve and trying to fit whatever name sounded more glamorous than Bernadette. I like to be called Bernadette. I've become my name."
ref: 1995, E. L. Konigsburg, T-Backs, T-Shirts, Coat, and Suit, Simon & Schuster, published 2008, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: A female given name from French.
Fungus Rock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island of the Republic of Malta.
Christy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪsti/
rhymes: -ɪsti
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Christopher.
glosses: Alternative form of Christie, A diminutive of the female given name Christina and related names.
glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A township in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States.
Manoel Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the islands in the Republic of Malta, named after the Grand Master Manoel de Vilhena.
Kristi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪsti/
rhymes: -ɪsti
Senses: examples: text: Kristi Noem[…] may have committed a class two misdemeanor offence when her fated dog Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehair pointer Noem deemed “untrainable” for hunting pheasant, killed a neighbor’s chickens.
ref: 2024 April 29, Martin Pengelly, Ramon Antonio Vargas, “Kristi Noem’s story of killing her dog points to class two misdemeanor”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Christina, variant of Christie.
Kristie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪsti/
rhymes: -ɪsti
Senses: glosses: A variant of Christie, a diminutive of Christina and related female names.
Kristy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪsti/
rhymes: -ɪsti
Senses: glosses: A variant of Christie, a diminutive of Christina and related female names.
poltergeister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒltəɡaɪstə/
Senses: examples: text: According to the pagan notion, the influence of spirits came from without; according to that of the Judaic–Christian system, the devil entered into the body of the man, and before the sorcerer could cease to practice his arts he must be expelled thence by spiritual force. Amongst the heathen, an idiot was supposed to be made so by the elves; the accused lunatic was said to be possessed. The elves stole the children of the heathen and left a changeling in its place: amongst the Christians, the devil entered the changeling. The devils, however, took possession of horses and cattle as well as of men, as Noisy Ghosts — Poltergeister. Amongst the heathen, at most, the little Grey Man took up his quiet abode there, not to mock, but to help, — not to terrify and injure.
ref: 1854, Joseph Ennemoser, The History of Magic, page 119:
text: They felt slaps from invisible beings — in short, all the manifestations traditionally attributed to Poltergeister were reported as having occurred.
ref: 1935, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook, page 453:
text: …whatever goes on inside must be the activity of spirits — especially poltergeister, in which Price believes…
ref: 1947, Australasian Association of Philosophy, The Australasian Journal of Philosophy, page 261:
text: …men — haunted not by ghosts of the dead but by tiresome spirits such as Poltergeister or the nightmare who may be conceived of as activities of a witch.
ref: 1974, Martim de Albuquerque, Notes and Queries, page 433:
ref: 1993, Peter Munz, Philosophical Darwinism: On the Origin of Knowledge by Means of Natural Selection, page 79:
text: Pars-religious interests: some Subjects showed interests in astrological maps, or parapsychological phenomena, or positive thinking power and communication, or horoscope, numerology, haunted houses and poltergeister.
They are, after all, idiots, not mental poltergeister…
ref: 1994, Jozef Conveleyn, Dirk Hutsebaut, Belief and Unbelief: Psychological Perspectives, page 144:
text: (…)Sachs tells his people, after a Midsummer’s Eve when irrational Poltergeister were on the loose, that if they respect their own traditions they will conjure…
ref: 2003, M. Owen Lee, Athena Sings: Wagner and the Greeks, page 74:
glosses: plural of poltergeist
Related terms: zeitgeister
zeitgeister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡saɪtɡaɪstɐ/
ipa: /ˈzaɪtɡaɪstə/
Senses: examples: text: Ages, Zeitgeister, national, and racial minds seem to me to have outlived their usefulness, if they ever had any…
ref: 1940, Project Muse, Journal of the History of Ideas, page 292:
text: In its largest dimension the dual theme of the novella is an historical antithesis: two ages, two Zeitgeister stand tensely opposed to each other in the painful period of transition.
ref: 1974, Dennis MacCort, Perspective on Music in German Fiction: The Music-fiction of Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl, page 127:
text: The moral to this anomaly may be that Zeitgeister are unreliable because afflicted with tunnel vision.
ref: 1977, Joseph Chamberlain Furnas, Stormy Weather: Crosslights on the Nineteen Thirties: An Informal Social History of the United States 1929–1941, page 369:
text: There is also a sense in which particular Zeitgeister may have an impact upon facets of the results that are gleaned from an empirical study.
ref: 1996, Leslie J. Francis, Susan H. Jones, Psychological Perspectives on Christian Ministry: A Reader, page 58:
glosses: plural of zeitgeist
Related terms: poltergeister
Zeitgeister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zeitgeist
homoepitaxial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homoepitaxial
form: most homoepitaxial
Etymology: From homo- + epitaxial.
Senses: qualifier: materials science
glosses: Having the same orientation.
Derived terms: homoepitaxially
Related terms: epitaxy
fueled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfjuː.əld/
ipa: /ˈfjuːld/
Forms: form: fuelled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fuel
Derived terms: fossil-fueled
hydrazine-fueled
multifueled
multi-fueled
nonfueled
oil-fueled
unfueled
pussy-whipped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pussy-whipped
form: most pussy-whipped
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pussywhipped.