cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
amoralism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amoralisms
Etymology: From amoral + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Acknowledging the force of that intuition is, however, quite compatible with the possibility of amoralism.
ref: 1988, David McNaughton, Moral vision: an introduction to ethics, page 139:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: doctrine which advocates absence of, or indifference towards any morality.
Related terms: amoral
amoralist
amoralistic
moralisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moralism
immoralistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immoral + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to immoralism.
glosses: Advocating immoralism.
raw_tags: of a person
Related terms: immoral
immoralist
flight risk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flight risks
Senses: examples: text: The court took flight risk into consideration when deciding bail for Mr Smith.
topics: law
glosses: The possibility that a person under the custody of law enforcement will abscond if granted bail.
examples: text: The court refused to grant Mr Smith bail as he was considered a flight risk.
topics: law
glosses: A person who is considered likely to abscond.
dispreference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dispreferences
Etymology: From dis- + preference.
Senses: examples: text: As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn […]
ref: 2014, Geoffrey N. Leech, The Pragmatics of Politeness, page 31:
antonyms: preference
glosses: The quality or state of preferring a thing less than an alternative.
Related terms: disprefer
dislike
distaste
aversion
disinclination
feng shuiing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feng shui
feng shuied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feng shui
feng shuis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feng shui
selfdoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selfdom
Kyusakamoto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the object 6980 Kyusakamoto; named after Kyu Sakamoto (1941–1985), a Japanese singer.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An asteroid discovered in 1993 by Japanese astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe.
Castilians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Castilian
spitting distance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spitting distances
form: shouting distance
Senses: examples: text: [N]o less than forty defaulters in the executive, within spitting distance of the President, have not alone been proved so, but still retain their places.
ref: 1840, A. Traveller, Notes upon Canada and the United States: from 1832 to 1840, Rogers and Thompson (Toronto), p. 180
text: In these craft they risk the extreme perils of the sea. . . . They have been within spitting distance of collision and bumping distance of the bottom.
ref: 1899 April 27, Rudyard Kipling, quoted in "A Fleet in Being: Men who take their chances," West Coast Times (New Zealand), p. 4 (retrieved 15 Oct 2010)
text: They live within spitting distance of a busy runway at London's Heathrow Airport.
ref: 1972 September, John Pearson, “Science Worldwide”, in Popular Mechanics, page 36:
text: "Look around. Justice Building. County Jail. Sheriff's Department. A thousand cops within spitting distance."
ref: 2007, Paul Levine, Trial & Error, →ISBN, page 120:
glosses: A short distance.
Related terms: a hoot and a holler
hop, skip, and a jump
stone's throw
bowel movements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowel movement
Abrasax
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɹæsəks/
rhymes: -æsəks
Forms: form: Abraxas
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin Abrasax, from Ancient Greek ἀβραξάς (abraxás) or ἀβρασάξ (abrasáx), possibly from the numerical value of the Greek letters, which is 365.
Senses: glosses: A theonym of unclear signification, commonly invoked as a magic word on amulets, talismans, and papyri in the Mediterranean basin from the 2nd century B.C. until the 13th century, and viewed in Gnosticism as one of the Archons who follows Sabaoth when he leaves the ranks of the Demiurge to become an aeon alongside Sophia.
Abrasax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɹæsəks/
rhymes: -æsəks
Forms: form: Abraxas
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin Abrasax, from Ancient Greek ἀβραξάς (abraxás) or ἀβρασάξ (abrasáx), possibly from the numerical value of the Greek letters, which is 365.
Senses: glosses: A gem engraved with the word Abrasax or Abraxas.
Synonyms: Abrasax stone
Republic of Lithuania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Republic of Lithuania
Etymology: Calque of Lithuanian Lietuvos Respublika
Senses: glosses: Official name of Lithuania: a country in northeastern Europe.
Republic of Latvia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Republic of Latvia
Etymology: Calque of Latvian Latvijas Republika.
Senses: glosses: Official name of Latvia: a country in northeastern Europe.
Toisanese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Taishanese
form: Toishanese
form: Hoisanese
Etymology: From Toisan + -ese. From Cantonese 臺山 /台山 (toi⁴ saan¹).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Taishanese.
synonyms: word: Taishanese
Toisanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Taishanese
form: Toishanese
form: Hoisanese
Etymology: From Toisan + -ese. From Cantonese 臺山 /台山 (toi⁴ saan¹).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Taishanese.
synonyms: word: Taishanese
Toisanese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Taishanese
form: Toishanese
form: Hoisanese
Etymology: From Toisan + -ese. From Cantonese 臺山 /台山 (toi⁴ saan¹).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Taishanese.
synonyms: word: Taishanese
Hoisanese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hoisan + -ese. From Taishanese 臺山 /台山 (hoi³ san¹).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Taishanese.
synonyms: word: Taishanese
Hoisanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Hoisan + -ese. From Taishanese 臺山 /台山 (hoi³ san¹).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Taishanese.
synonyms: word: Taishanese
Hoisanese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hoisan + -ese. From Taishanese 臺山 /台山 (hoi³ san¹).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Taishanese.
synonyms: word: Taishanese
Synonyms: Taishanese
Toishanese
Toisanese
Taishanese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Taishan + -ese. From Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān).
Senses: glosses: A Yue Chinese lect spoken in the greater Taishan area of Guangdong Province, China.
Taishanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Taishan + -ese. From Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān).
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the area of greater Taishan of Guangdong Province, China; its people; their descendants; the main dialect of the region.
Taishanese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Taishan + -ese. From Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān).
Senses: glosses: A person who speaks the dialect of Taishanese.
glosses: A person from the area; or descended from people of the area of greater Taishan in Guangdong Province, China.
Synonyms: Toisanese
Toishanese
Hoisanese
postjudice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊstdʒʊdɪs/
Forms: form: postjudices
Etymology: From post- + (pre)judice.
Senses: examples: text: There is a mixture of good sense and of what, for want of a better name, people call prejudice: but to this mixture we owe our stability. The proper word is postjudice, a clinging to past experience, often longer than is held judicious by after times.
ref: 1879, Charles L. Dodgson, Euclid and his Modern Rivals, Appendix II:
text: Prejudice, in fact, is not so much the great intellectual sin as a thing which we may call, to coin a word, “postjudice,” not the bias before the fair trial, but the bias that remains afterwards.
ref: 1903, GK Chesterton, Robert Browning:
text: There is another prejudice, or post-judice rather, that may have conditioned my choice of heroes and heroines.
ref: 1999, Alistair Cooke, Memories of the Great and the Good:
glosses: An opinion or bias acquired after the fact, or after a given event.
Dulux dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dulux dogs
Etymology: From long-running use as a mascot of the Dulux paint company.
Senses: glosses: An Old English Sheepdog.
wikipedia: Dulux
Dulux dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dulux dog
Old English Sheepdogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Old English Sheepdog
four sheets to the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By analogy with three sheets to the wind.
Senses: examples: text: 1975 Tom Waits, "Spare Parts 1 (A Nocturnal Emission)," Nighthawks at the Diner, Asylum Records
You see, it's a well known fact, you know / I'm four sheets to the wind, I'm glad you're gone
text: After a couple of hours many people were four sheets to the wind, having had a few too many drinks.
ref: 2005 Richard LeVine, Awakening Waves: A True Adventure Story, Warm Wisdom Press, p133
text: He would flee the apartment when the baby fussed and cried, only to return much later four sheets to the wind.
ref: 2009, Linda Hamalian, The Cramoisy Queen: A Life of Caresse Crosby, SIU Press, page 9:
glosses: Extremely drunk.
Synonyms: three sheets to the wind
flash-ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flash-balls
form: flashball
form: Flash-Ball
Etymology: From the trademark Flash-ball, from flash + ball.
Senses: synonyms: defense ball launcher
hypernyms: riot gun
glosses: A form of handgun that fires projectiles of rubber or similar material, used mainly by law enforcement officers for riot control.
examples: text: French security forces fired tear gas and flash-balls after a march through picturesque central Paris went from peaceful to provocative.
ref: 2019 January 5, “France: Year’s 1st yellow vest event brings tear gas, fires”, in AP:
synonyms: rubber bullet
glosses: The projectile fired from this gun.
thermographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermography
tomographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tomography
uranographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uranography
urographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urography
monographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monography
flash-balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flash-ball
Tite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A sector in the Quinara Region of Guinea-Bissau.
Baruch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbä rəx/
ipa: /ˈbɛ ɹəx/
ipa: /ˈbɑɹ.ux/
ipa: /bəˈrux/
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ (Barukh, “blessed”). Cognate with Arabic بَارَك (bārak, “Barak”).
Senses: examples: text: Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 36:4:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Any of a number of Old Testament men, including the scribe and companion of Jeremiah.
glosses: A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Sarthe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Le Mans (INSEE number 72).
glosses: A right tributary of the Loire in northwestern France, flowing through the departments of Orne, Sarthe and Maine-et-Loire.
Derived terms: Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Gironde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒɪˈɹɒnd/
ipa: /ʒɪˈɹɒnd/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪˈɹɑnd/
rhymes: -ɒnd
Etymology: Borrowed from French Gironde.
Senses: glosses: The largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.
glosses: An estuary in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France, formed by the merger of the rivers Garonne and Dordogne; in full, the Gironde estuary.
Isère
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Isère, from the Roman name, Latin Isara.
Senses: glosses: A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
glosses: A river in southeast France, flowing through the departments of Savoie, Isère and Drôme.
pawned off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pawn off
pawning off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pawn off
pawns off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pawn off
comedietta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comediettas
Etymology: From the Italian diminutive of commedia (“comedy”).
Senses: examples: text: He once lay in hiding for two months with the duchesse du Maine at Sceaux, where were produced the comedietta of La Prude and the tragedy of Rome sauvée, […]
ref: 1911, G[eorge] Sa[intsbury], “Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume XXVIII, New York, N.Y.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., page 201, column 2:
glosses: A dramatic composition of the comedy class, but not so much elaborated as a regular comedy, and generally consisting of one or at most two acts.
Estremadura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Extremadura: An autonomous community in western Spain.
reard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪːd/
ipa: /ˈɹɛːd/
ipa: /ˈɹɪ(ə)ɹd/
ipa: /ˈɹɛ(ə)ɹd/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)d
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
Forms: form: reards
Etymology: From Middle English rerde, rerd, from Old English reord (“voice, speech, language”), from Proto-Germanic *rizdō, *razdō (“voice, language, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *res- (“to shout, speak”). Cognate with Old High German rarta (“sound, voice, harmony”), Old Norse rǫdd (“voice, speech, song”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 (razda, “tongue, speech, language, dialect”).
Senses: glosses: A voice; a sound.
glosses: Fame, renown.
reards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reard
broom wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broom wagons
Senses: qualifier: cycle racing
glosses: A vehicle that follows a cycling race, picking up stragglers and carrying food and equipment.
Marton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Any of numerous villages in England.
A village in Lindal and Marton parish, Barrow-in-Furness borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD2477).
glosses: Any of numerous villages in England.
A hamlet in Burton Constable parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA1739).
glosses: Any of numerous villages in England.
A locality in Bridlington parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA2069).
glosses: Any of numerous villages in England.
A suburban area and electoral ward in south-east Blackpool district, Lancashire, which includes Great Marton and Little Marton (OS grid ref SD3335).
glosses: Any of numerous villages in England.
A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4068).
glosses: A town in Rangitikei district, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Long Marton
Enawene Nawe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A small tribe who live by fishing and gathering in Mato Grosso state, Brazil.
piscola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piscolas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish piscola, blend of pisco + cola.
Senses: glosses: A highball cocktail popular in Chile, made of pisco and usually cola.
pisco sour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pisco sours
Senses: glosses: A Peruvian cocktail containing pisco, lemon or lime juice, egg whites, simple syrup, and bitters.
split tender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: split tenders
Senses: examples: text: In some cases the customer will present the gift card and a credit card for the difference, but some merchant's Point of Sale systems lack the capacity to handle a split tender such as this.
ref: 2004, Mark Furlette, Prepaid Card Markets and Regulation, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Two or more different forms of payment in a single transaction; typically cash and credit card.
bield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bields
form: beeld
form: beild
Etymology: From Middle English belde, beeld, beld, from Old English bieldu (“courage, boldness”), from Proto-Germanic *balþį̄ (“boldness”), from *balþaz (“bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old High German baldī (“boldness, courage”) (Middle High German belde), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (balþei, “boldness, courage”). More at bold.
Senses: glosses: Boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance.
glosses: Resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance.
examples: text: This breast, this bosom soft, shall be thy bield / 'Gainst storms of arrows, darts, and weapons thrown.
ref: 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book XVI, xlix
glosses: Shelter, refuge or protection.
glosses: A place of shelter, a refuge.
Derived terms: bieldy
Related terms: bold
bield
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bields
form: bielding
form: bielded
form: bielded
form: beeld
form: beild
Etymology: From Middle English beelden, belden, from Old English byldan, bieldan (“to encourage, embolden”), from Proto-Germanic *balþijaną (“to make bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old Saxon beldjan (“to encourage”), Old High German baldēn (“to make bold”) (Middle High German belden), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (balþjan, “to make bold”).
Senses: glosses: To make bold, give courage or confidence to.
glosses: To defend, protect or shelter.
Synonyms: encourage
bields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bield
bields
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bield
Little Russian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Ukrainian language, especially when (possibly erroneously) considered to be mutually intelligible with the Russian ("Great Russian") and Belarusian ("White Russian") languages.
Little Russian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Little Russians
Senses: examples: text: A well-defined ethnical line is all that separates the Slovaks from the Magyars and the Little Russians.
ref: 1906, Thomas Čapek, The Slovaks of Hungary:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Little Russia (i.e. Ukraine).
raw_tags: in a Russian Empire context
Related terms: Little Russia
Little Russianness
Little Russian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Little Russia.
de factos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of de facto
defactos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defacto
knagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knag
heam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhiːm/
Forms: form: heams
Etymology: Dialectal form of hame (“membrane”). Compare Old English ċildhama (“womb”), Low German hamen (“afterbirth”), Middle Dutch hame (“covering, sheath”). More at hame.
Senses: glosses: The amniotic sac; afterbirth or secundus of an animal.
netput
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netputs
Etymology: Blend of net + output
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: net output
closedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From closed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being closed.
up-gaze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of upgaze.
up gaze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of upgaze.
tasklist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tasklists
Etymology: From task + list.
Senses: synonyms: agenda
to-do list
worklist
glosses: A list or database of tasks to be completed.
shopping list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shopping lists
Senses: glosses: A list, written on e.g. a piece of paper, of items that need to be bought.
examples: text: This is no place for shopping list of my likes/dislikes/accomplishments, but if you're really special, & unattached, let's meet.
ref: 1978 December 9, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 14:
text: WMRE [West Midlands Rail Executive] would also go further, with other lines on its shopping list for upgrade.
ref: 2022 December 28, Philip Haigh, “Building the case for West Midlands rail improvements”, in RAIL, number 973, page 24:
coordinate_terms: laundry list
want list
wanted list
wish list
glosses: A list of related items; especially, a list of desired items.
lifelog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lifelogs
form: lifelogging
form: lifelogged
form: lifelogged
Etymology: From life + log.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To capture and record images of one's entire life.
Related terms: lifelogger
lifelogging
lifelog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lifelogs
Etymology: From life + log.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A collection of images of events in one's life, analogous to a weblog.
lifelogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lifelog
lifelogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The practice of capturing and recording images of one's entire life.
lifelogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lifeloggers
Etymology: From life + logger.
Senses: glosses: A person who practices lifelogging.
shopping trolley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shopping trolleys
Senses: examples: text: 2007, Scott Moeller, Chris Brady, Intelligent M&A: Navigating the Mergers and Acquisitions Minefield, John Wiley, UK, 2011, unnumbered page,
As Wal-Mart builds up its knowledge of what goes into your shopping trolley, it can aid the positioning of goods as well as the pricing of complementary goods.
text: Children are often placed in shopping trolleys; in the designated seats as well as in the trolley itself.
A fall from a shopping trolley is a regular occurrence, possibly due to diminished attention of the parents while shopping.
ref: 2010, Rob A. C. Bilo, Simon G. F. Robben, Rick R. van Rijn, Forensic Aspects of Pediatric Fractures, Springer, page 123:
text: Which payment system and shopping trolley software is right for you?[…]When you go to the supermarket or other retail outlet, you pick goodies off the shelves and put them in a shopping trolley.
ref: 2011, Kim Gilmour, Dan Matthews, Greg Holden, Starting and Running an Online Business For Dummies, UK, page 255:
glosses: A shopping cart.
shopping agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shopping agents
Senses: glosses: A shopping bot.
shopping precinct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shopping precincts
Senses: examples: text: Above the concourse, and connected with it by stairs and escalators, will be shopping precincts and an entertainment centre.
ref: 1964 April, “News and Comment: New Street to be completely rebuilt”, in Modern Railways, page 222:
glosses: shopping mall; shopping centre
claytronics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A proposed system of programmable matter consisting of very many nanoscale robots (termed catoms) that would interact to form structures
Related terms: claytronic
shoulder bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoulder bags
Senses: glosses: Any bag with a single strap designed to be carried on the shoulder.
claytronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to claytronics
Derived terms: catom
catom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catoms
Etymology: Blend of claytronic + atom.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale robot, many of which would interact to form claytronic structures.
showperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showpersons
form: showpeople
Etymology: From show + person.
Senses: glosses: A showman or showwoman.
sick note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sick notes
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: excuse (US), aegrotat
related: word: sicknote
antonyms: fit note
hypernyms: doctor's note
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note#Noun
glosses: A doctor's note that certifies that the patient is ill, and therefore unable to go to work, school, etc.
Related terms: sick day
sick leave
sick list
sick up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sicks up
form: sicking up
form: sicked up
form: sicked up
Senses: examples: text: I had like pains all over and felt I could sick up and at the same time not sick up, and I began to feel like in distress, O my brothers, being fixed rigid too on this chair.
ref: 1962, Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, published 1963, →ISBN, page 102:
text: "... Anyway, this chick was drinking shots with Dave and Eric and this other chick, and she started getting sick. Eric was like 'Don't let 'er sick up in 'ere,” and next thing anybody knew, she sticks her head out the window and blew lunch all over.”
ref: 2011, Cameron Bortz, Bermuda High, page 113:
glosses: To vomit.
sick list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sick lists
form: sicklist
Senses: glosses: A list of people who are ill.
Related terms: disabled list
guestlist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guestlists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of guest list.
guestlist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: guestlists
form: guestlisting
form: guestlisted
form: guestlisted
Senses: examples: text: Once a magnet for the A-list, his last birthday party was attended poignantly by Vernon Kay (also guestlisted for the Presidents Club).
ref: 2018 January 15, Marina Hyde, “Britain’s ghastliest financial sublebrities – a who’s who”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of guest list.
sideroad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sideroads
form: side road
Etymology: From side + road.
Senses: examples: text: The path of renunciation has many sideroads.
ref: 1975, Dale E. Peterson, The clement vision: poetic realism in Turgenev and James, page 100:
synonyms: side street
glosses: A lesser road leading off a main road.
shoogle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊɡəl/
Forms: form: shoogles
form: shoogling
form: shoogled
form: shoogled
Senses: examples: text: I heard the sparks who drove us saying something like, ‘You keep these three Doc; we'll shoogle up the mess boys and find some breakfast.’
ref: 2005, David Fiddimore, Tuesday's War, unnumbered page:
text: Suddenly, a rhythmic shaking and rattling overtook the room, shoogling and shimmying the structure in time to the acid jazz stomp riverboat boogie shuffle beat of the song.
ref: 2005, Neil Keir Henderson, An English Summer in Scotland and Other Unlikely Events, page 225:
text: He dipped it, scooped up a sheet's worth of pulp from the vessel and shook it even, rocking it back and forth to let out the water. There is a wonderful Scots word, ‘shoogle’, for precisely this rocking motion. After shoogling the frame, he let it drip for a few seconds, then, as if opening the window, he raised the deckle and lifted out the gauze.
ref: 2008, Mandy Haggith, Paper Trails: From Trees to Trash - The True Cost of Paper, page 25:
glosses: To shake or rock rapidly.
shoogle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊɡəl/
Forms: form: shoogles
Senses: examples: text: First and foremost, howsever, gie that sleepy body, Dirdumwhamle, a shoogle out o' his dreams.
ref: 1850, John Galt, The Entail, page 299:
text: To him, it might as well have been music, and his subsequent display of dance kicks and bum shoogles, had them all in hysterics.
ref: 2010, Steward Gemmill, The Treasures of Drumory, page 1342:
text: And when he would be sayin' good-bye to them from the brudge, he would chust take off his hat and give it a shoogle, and put it on again; his manners wass complete.
ref: 2012, Neil Munro, The Vital Spark, page 54:
glosses: An act of shoogling; a shake.
Derived terms: shoogly
Related terms: shoggle
shoogly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: shooglier
form: shoogliest
Senses: glosses: shaky, giddy, unsteady, rickety
shoofly pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ʃuː.flaɪ.paɪ/
Forms: form: shoofly pies
form: shoo-fly pie
Etymology: From shoo + fly + pie. So called because the molasses attracts flies, which must be shooed away.
Senses: examples: text: Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy / Make your eyes light up / Your tummy say, "Howdy." / Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy / I never get enough of that wonderful stuff.
ref: 1945, “Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy”, Sammy Gallop (music):
synonyms: shoofly cake
glosses: A fluffy pie made from molasses with a crumb cake top, traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch.
guestlists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guestlist
skate over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skates over
form: skating over
form: skated over
form: skated over
Senses: synonyms: skate around
glosses: To avoid addressing or tackling.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: To defeat convincingly; trounce.
ski'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: To differentiate from skied, the past tense of sky.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ski
skurfing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of ski + surfing
Senses: glosses: A water sport similar to waterskiing except that a single board is used instead of skis.
skywalker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskaɪwɔːkə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈskaɪwɔkəɹ/
Forms: form: skywalkers
Etymology: From sky + walker.
Senses: examples: text: A particularly brave tribe of Native Americans, the Mohawks, have been called skywalkers because of their ability to navigate heights (Hill, 1987). Members of the tribe became particularly well known when they assisted with the building of the Empire State Building and other Manhattan skyscrapers. […] Their membership in these small, tight-knit groups likely promoted bravery among the skywalkers.
ref: 2004, Christopher Peterson, Martin E. P. Seligman [et al.], Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227:
glosses: One who walks in the sky.
A member of the Mohawk group of Native Americans; especially one who is or was involved in steelworking on tall buildings in New York City.
glosses: One who walks in the sky.
Any ironworker working at a height.
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examples: text: […] and help individual skywalkers feel at home in their new surroundings. Many times, Seitz said, pedestrians will feel ill at ease on a skywalk at first because they have lost their street corner orientation.
ref: 1983, Industrial Photography, volume 32, United Business Publications, page lxxiii:
text: And if you notice an unusually litter-free skywalk, don’t presume that your fellow skywalkers have taken it upon themselves to give a hoot.
ref: 1989 March, Greg Evans, “Conventional Wisdom”, in Cincinnati, volume 22, number 6, CM Media Inc., →ISSN, page 48:
text: Since the view from the skywalk opened onto a huge expanse of brick—an adjacent building had been torn down—officials from the city decided that a wall painting would provide a beautiful and stimulating sight for the skywalkers.
ref: 1998, Gregory Wolfe, Sacred Passion: The Art of William Schickel, University of Notre Dame Press, page 104:
glosses: One who walks in the sky.
One who walks along a skywalk or skyway.
Ramadans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ramadan
sleep off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sleeps off
form: sleeping off
form: slept off
form: slept off
form: sleep it out
form: sleep it off
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, drugs with drowsiness as a side-effect (eg certain types of analgesia, antidepressants) are best administered in the evening so that patients can sleep off the effect and be alert the following day.
ref: 2003, Christine Brooker, Maggie Nicol, Nursing adults: the practice of caring:
glosses: To get rid of (a pain, illness, condition) by sleeping.
sleep over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sleeps over
form: sleeping over
form: slept over
form: slept over
Senses: synonyms: word: stay over
word: stop
word: keep
word: lodge
word: quarter
word: sleep over
word: sojourn
word: stay
word: stay over
word: stop
word: stop off
word: stop over
word: tarry
glosses: To spend the night as a guest in someone's home.
Related terms: word: sleepover
pressure valve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pressure valves
Senses: examples: text: WikiLeaks might have provided a pressure valve for those agents who were terribly worried about what might happen and frustrated by their superiors' seeming indifference.
ref: 2010 October 15, Los Angeles Times:
glosses: A valve designed to open when subjected to a given amount of pressure. Also used figuratively.
smoking room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoking rooms
form: smoking-room
Senses: synonyms: smokeroom
smoke room
glosses: A room designated for people who wish to smoke.
smoker's cough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoker's coughs
Senses: examples: text: At home he was never without a cigarette, and, over the years, he developed a smoker’s cough and labored breathing.
ref: 2005, Bob Knopes, Any Damn Fool Can Be a Farmer: Growing Up on a Wisconsin Farm, Badger Books Inc., →ISBN, page 147:
glosses: A persistent cough resulting from habitual smoking.
snaggletooth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snaggleteeth
form: snaggletooths
form: snaggle-tooth
Etymology: From snaggle + tooth.
Senses: glosses: A tooth inside the mouth that is unaligned or broken.
glosses: A predatory fish of the genus Astronesthes, so-called because of its teeth.
Synonyms: topics: fish
ichthyology
zoology
biology
natural-sciences
word: stareater
Derived terms: snaggletoothed
snipefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snipefishes
form: snipefish
Etymology: From snipe + fish.
Senses: glosses: Either of the two species of fish of the genus Macroramphosus.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Macroramphosus scolopax
word: longspine snipefish
taxonomic: Macroramphosus gracilis
word: slender snipefish
snot rocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snot rockets
Senses: examples: text: Today's worshiper of Beavis and Butthead would tie the handkerchief around his head, put a finger to the side of his nose and launch a snot rocket. Cool.
ref: 1995 February 18, “Keep That Soul Out Of Your Eyes”, in Gettysburg Times:
text: The bully is firing snot rockets. He holds his head back and blocks one nostril with his finger, blowing out the other one. Small hard gobs of mucus are flying around him.
ref: 2005, Richard Scrimger, From Charlie's Point of View:
text: Yes, sometimes the fastest thing running is your nose. But please, focus on where you aim your snot rocket, or your spit.
ref: 2008, Runners World, Vol. 43 No. 9, September
glosses: A jet of mucus deliberately expelled from one's nostril.
snowfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From snow + folk.
Senses: glosses: Collectively, snowpeople
social drinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social drinkers
Senses: glosses: Someone who only drinks alcohol when with acquaintances who are drinking.
Related terms: social smoker
social smoker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social smokers
Senses: glosses: Someone who only smokes with other people who are smoking.
sofa bed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sofa beds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sofa-bed.
Sogdian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Soghdian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sogdiana
Sogdian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sogdians
form: Soghdian
Senses: glosses: A native of Sogdiana
Sogdian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Soghdian
Senses: glosses: An extinct Middle Iranian language spoken around Sogdiana.
going concern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: going concerns
Senses: examples: text: If the bank does not act swiftly to push the CDS price back down, the regulator seizes the assets, wipes out shareholders and sacks the management. The bank is recapitalised as a going concern and later sold.
ref: 2009 May 14, “Dilute or die”, in The Economist:
text: At Acromas, the balance sheet is more than £1bn in the red [...] and a pre-tax loss of £300m was recorded in the year to January 2009. But Acromas is still regarded as a viable going concern.
ref: 2010 February 22, The Guardian:
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: A successfully operating enterprise.
Spanish omelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spanish omelets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Spanish omelette.
sparking plug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparking plugs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of spark plug.
synonyms: word: spark plug
speech day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speech days
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A school event where prizes are given out to pupils, and speeches are made by guest speakers.
speed hump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speed humps
Senses: glosses: A small speed bump.
Deep North
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
Senses: glosses: Queensland, sometimes with the addition of the Northern Territory.
Related terms: Deep South
speed demon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speed demons
Senses: glosses: Anything that is extremely fast and reckless.
speed trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speed traps
Senses: glosses: A section of a roadway where speeds of vehicles are monitored by authorities; especially, one where the police presence is somewhat hidden, so as to catch the speeders in the act for enforceability.
Related terms: speeder
speeding
speed limit
speedometer
radar gun
spidergram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spidergrams
Etymology: From spider + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A spider diagram
dental notation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A system used by dentists for associating information with a specific tooth.
Srebrenica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/
ipa: /ˌʃɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/
ipa: /-ˈnɪtsə/
rhymes: -iːtsə
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica.
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in the easternmost part of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was the site of an ethnic cleansing massacre in July 1995.
Srebrenica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/
ipa: /ˌʃɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/
ipa: /-ˈnɪtsə/
rhymes: -iːtsə
Forms: form: Srebrenicas
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica.
Senses: examples: text: And another Srebrenica, a Lidice, a Babi Yar . . .
ref: 2008, Ralph Peters, Never Quit the Fight, →ISBN, page 132:
text: The West had seen enough of Milosevic and they would not tolerate the possibility of another Srebrenica.
ref: 2011, Western Intervention in the Balkans: The Strategic Use of Emotion in Conflict, Roger D. Petersen, →ISBN, page 155:
text: I think we all saw that very strong leader in The Times on Saturday, with the suggestion that the UN was walking, in the case of Jonglei, into another Srebrenica or another Rwanda.
ref: 2012 January 17, Canon Ian Woodward, in comments before the United Kingdom House of Commons, published in South Sudan: prospects for peace and development, fifteenth report of session 2010–12 →ISBN, page 15
glosses: An ethnic cleansing massacre, a localized genocide.
Related terms: Vietnam
Chernobyl
stabvest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stabvests
Etymology: From stab + vest.
Senses: glosses: A vest designed to protect against stabbing.
star-nosed mole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: star-nosed moles
Senses: synonyms: condylure
starnose
glosses: A mole of species Condylura cristata, identified by the 22 sensory appendages around the snout.
false dawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false dawns
Etymology: From false + dawn, calque of Arabic صُبْح كَاذِب (ṣubḥ kāḏib).
Senses: examples: text: The moon was low down, and there was just the glimmer of the false dawn that comes about an hour before the real one.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills:
glosses: A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world.
examples: text: As Congo nears the 50th anniversary of its independence from Belgium on June 30th, Mr Chebeya’s murky death suggests that 2006 was a false dawn.
ref: 2010 June 10, “It could be a cover-up”, in The Economist:
text: This, it must be stressed, is not to mark Arsenal out as potential Premier League winners or acclaim them as the finished product - there have been false dawns before, under both current manager Mikel Arteta and his predecessor Unai Emery.
ref: 2022 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win”, in BBC Sport:
text: After decades of false dawns, the impending creation of Great British Railways, dovetailing with a new government and the need to address the climate crisis much more seriously, offers a new opportunity to create a viable plan for electrifying more of the British rail network.
ref: 2024 August 7, Ben Jones, “Power cut: Britain's missed opportunities”, in RAIL, number 1015, page 33:
glosses: Something engendering premature hope; a promising sign which in fact leads to nothing.
Synonyms: zodiacal light
starting gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starting guns
Senses: examples: text: No one told you when to run / You missed the starting gun
ref: 1973, Roger Waters, “Time”, in The Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Pink Floyd:
topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: starting pistol
starter pistol
glosses: A gun fired to start a race.
examples: text: “In the fight for voting rights, this vote was the starting gun, not the finish line,” said Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader. “We will not let it go. We will not let it die. This voter suppression cannot stand.”
ref: 2021 June 22, Nicholas Fandos, “Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Dealing Blow to Biden and Democrats”, in The New York Times:
text: Innocuous as it sounds, this note was a starting gun for a resource race on the planet’s last vast frontier: the abyssal plains that stretch between continental shelves deep below the oceans.
ref: 2021 September 27, Jonathan Watts, “Race to the bottom: the disastrous, blindfolded rush to mine the deep sea”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: starting signal
glosses: A signal to start or proceed; something that triggers an event or situation.
Derived terms: fire the starting gun
Related terms: green light
morning gun
state school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: state schools
Senses: glosses: A government-funded school, paid for by taxes.
inforces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inforce
inforcing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inforce
inforced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inforce
enates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enate
inrage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inrages
form: inraging
form: inraged
form: inraged
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of enrage.
inrages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inrage
inraging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inrage
inraged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inrage
Upper Lusatian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a Slavic language spoken in part of Saxony
Synonyms: Upper Sorbian
Related terms: Lower Lusatian
Lower Lusatian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a Slavic language spoken in part of Brandenburg
Synonyms: Lower Sorbian
Related terms: Upper Lusatian
classpath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classpaths
Etymology: From class + path.
Senses: qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: The path on a file system where the Java virtual machine should look for user-defined classes and packages when running Java programs.
Hypernyms: path
binary-compatible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more binary-compatible
form: most binary-compatible
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: able to run the same binary code intended to be run on another computer
steam up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: steams up
form: steaming up
form: steamed up
form: steamed up
Senses: glosses: To become steamy.
examples: text: The bathroom mirror steamed up when he opened the shower door.
text: The large plateglass window, from which I had an excellent view of the countryside the following day, was prevented from steaming up by a de-misting device.
ref: 1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 493:
synonyms: fog up
glosses: To become coated with condensation.
examples: text: It takes about an hour to steam up the locomotive.
glosses: To bring (a steam boiler) up to working steam pressure: to build up a head of steam inside (a boiler).
examples: text: Engine 99 had been steaming up since 21:00.
text: "The master of the Nan-Shan [...] desired Mr. Rout to have steam up to-morrow afternoon at one o'clock sharp."
ref: 1919, Joseph Conrad, Typhoon, page 8:
glosses: to build up a head of steam.
examples: text: I'll steam up a bunch of dumplings.
glosses: To cook by steaming.
Related terms: word: steaming up
stepwife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepwives
Etymology: From step- + wife.
Senses: glosses: The ex-wife of one's spouse.
stinkeroo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stinkeroos
Etymology: From stinker.
Senses: glosses: Something bad, contemptible or of otherwise low quality.
stinkpot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stinkpots
Etymology: From stink + pot.
Senses: glosses: An annoying, bad or undesirable person.
glosses: A common musk turtle of species Sternotherus odoratus, of southeastern Canada, .
glosses: A southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus).
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A motorboat.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A stinkball.
limax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Cylindrus is a simple shell, without a hinge, formed of one continued piece, and of a figure approaching to a cylinder […]. The animal inhabiting the Cylindrus is a limax.
ref: 1752, John Hill, A General Natural History, page 141:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A slug or slug-like creature.
Related terms: limace
liquamen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin liquamen.
Senses: examples: text: The kitchen maid would lay out the ingredients: bunches of herbs, a jar of cuminseeds, the bearded leeks, garlic, the honey jar, the olive-oil cruet—and, of course, the liquamen.
ref: 2018, Betty Wason, Cooks, Gluttons and Gourmets: A History of Cookery:
glosses: A fish sauce used in Ancient Rome.
Related terms: garum