cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Sulek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Suleks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
uninterfered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + interfered.
Senses: examples: text: Within the limits prescribed by policy, the owner is allowed to exercise his natural powers over the subject-matter uninterfered with, and is more or less protected in excluding other people from such interference.
ref: 1881, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Common Law:
glosses: Not interfered with.
Derived terms: uninterfered with
Dongquan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東犬 /东犬.
Senses: examples: text: Dongju Island is part of Juguan County. The old name of Juguan County was Bai Quan, meaning white dogs in Chinese because the contours of the mountains on Dongju and Xiju Island looked like dogs. Dong means east, and Xi means west in Chinese. So, those two islands were called Dongquan and Xiquan Island.
After KMT took over Taiwan, the names of both islands were changed to Dongju and Xiju. Ju is the metaphor of taking back the lost land.
ref: 2022 March 22, Anusha Lee, “Matsu Islands 2: Dongju Island, Dongquan Lighthouse, Mysterious Little Bay, and Chipinglong Archaeological Site”, in Taiwan Hikes, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2022:
text: Located in the border area of Matsu, Dongju Island (formerly known as Dongquan) has developed relatively slowly compared to the other three townships in Matsu. However, this has also preserved the natural resources, geographical landscapes, and historical assets of Juguang Township.
ref: 2023 September 14, “Dongju Community Development Association [東莒社區發展協會]”, in Ministry of Culture, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2023, Community Builders:
english: 東莒社區發展協會
translation: 東莒社區發展協會
glosses: Former name of Dongju.
Huberman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hubermans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Tateng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 大嶝 (Dàdèng) Wade–Giles romanization: Ta⁴-têng⁴.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dadeng.
piss-all
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of piss all.
fuck-all
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fuck all.
YAWF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Forming alliances with other groups on the left was important to YAWF, for its disciplined cadres wished to influence and then take over their allies' organizations.
ref: 1994, Kenneth J. Heineman, Campus Wars: The Peace Movement at American State Universities in the Vietnam Era, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 110:
glosses: Initialism of Youth Against War and Fascism.
WWP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Workers World Party.
pole-star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole-stars
Senses: examples: text: But it [our hotel] has one great advantage for a stranger, by being in the market place, and the next neighbour of the huge church of St. Nicholas: […] A better pole-star could scarcely be desired.
ref: 1817, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Satyrane’s Letters. Letter II. (To a Lady.)”, in Biographia Literaria; or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, volume II, London: Rest Fenner, […], →OCLC, pages 214–215:
text: Who can doubt that poetry will revive and lead in a new age, as the star in the constellation Harp, which now flames in our zenith, astronomers announce, shall one day be the pole-star for a thousand years?
ref: 1837 August 31, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The American Scholar. An Oration Delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at Cambridge, August 31, 1837.”, in J[ames] E[lliot] Cabot, editor, Nature, Addresses, and Lectures (Emerson’s Complete Works; I), Riverside edition, London: The Waverley Book Company, published 1883, →OCLC, page 84:
text: Love was her pole-star. What was Jason's? Only the blankness of despair.
ref: 1889 June–November, Hall Caine, “Strong Knots of Love”, in The Bondman. A New Saga. […], volume II (The Book of Michael Sunlocks), London: William Heinemann, published January 1890, →OCLC, page 118:
glosses: Alternative form of pole star.
Lou Reed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Rhyming slang, after the musician Lou Reed.
Senses: examples: text: 'Want some Lou Reed?' asked Spam.
'Nah. I'll stick to the bevvy.'
ref: 1998, Toni Davidson, Intoxication: An Anthology of Stimulant-based Writing, page 44:
glosses: Speed (the recreational drug).
wikipedia: Lou Reed
soap brick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soap bricks
Senses: glosses: The long piece of solid soap from which the smaller soap bars are cut for individual use; a soap loaf.
'lude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'ludes
Senses: examples: text: Most people like to drive on speed or cocaine with plenty of whiskey mixed in. This gives you the confidence you want and the need for plowing through red lights and passing trucks on the right. But don't neglect downs and ’ludes and codeine cough syrup either.
ref: 1979 March, P. J. O'Rourke, “How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink”, in National Lampoon, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2003:
glosses: Alternative form of lude (“the drug Quaalude”).
'lude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'ludes
Senses: examples: text: Preludes have been pretty conservative compared to the rest of their competition, but the new 'lude is loaded to the windowsills with sex appeal and individuality.
ref: 1991 December, Popular Mechanics, volume 168, number 12, page 48:
glosses: A Honda Prelude sports car.
'ludes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'lude
soap bricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soap brick
lunatic soup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Anyway, Malcolm was really down last Sunday dinner-time and was knocking back the lunatic soup like there was no tomorrow […]
ref: 1984, Mike Harding, When the Martians Land in Huddersfield, page 15:
glosses: Alcoholic drink.
mistressminding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mistressmind
mistressminded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mistressmind
junipery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more junipery
form: most junipery
Etymology: From juniper + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a junipery scent
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of juniper.
Tungcheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 東城 /东城 (Dōngchéng) Wade–Giles romanization: Tung¹-chʻêng².
Senses: examples: text: […]of the "May 7" Cadre School of the Tungcheng District in. Peking Municipality.
ref: 1974 May 17, Peking Review, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2013:
text: In the past few days, such get-togethers were held by armymen and people in various districts, counties and many grassroots units in the capital. The Tungcheng District invited combat heroes who distinguished themselves in the battle to defend China's Hsisha Islands, to make reports.
ref: 1975 August, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East, number 3, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service, →OCLC, page 3:
text: The story of the hapless young lovers[...]The two of them—workers at two neighboring factories in Peiping’s Tungcheng district—had been close since childhood and decided that they were old enough and good enough to get married. They went to the district office for registration but were told that they should first get permission—letters of introduction for marriage registration—from their work units.
ref: 1976 August 15, L. Chen, “No room for love in Maoist world”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVII, number 32, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
text: The former Tungcheng District bicycle flywheel plant (now under the Peking Municipal First Bureau of Light Industry), without asking permission from the Peking Municipal Revolutionary Committee, last July privately signed an agreement with the Hsiaohuangchuang production brigade of Taiyangkung commune in Chaoyang District and illegally occupied 16 mou of farmland.
ref: 1978 December 6 [1978 November 28], “Seriously Attend to Land Requisitioning”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 235, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, translation of original by Ou Ching-lin [2976 1987 2651], →ISSN, →OCLC, page E 12:
glosses: Alternative form of Dongcheng.
Dugher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An uncommon surname.
luncheon truncheon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luncheon truncheons
Senses: examples: text: “Well, as your hubby doesn't seem remotely interested in ya, if ya do crave a bit of luncheon-truncheon” — Towtruck patted her posterior beneath the sheet — “I'd be only too happy to slip you the sausage. […]”
ref: 2005, Kathy Lette, Dead Sexy, page 116:
glosses: The penis.
luncheon truncheons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luncheon truncheon
lummock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lummocks
Senses: examples: text: Jimbo—not there, you great lummock, push it over here.
ref: 2016, Tony Weston, Catching the Arrow, page 174:
glosses: Alternative form of lummox.
lummuxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lummux
lummockses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lummocks
unniecely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unniecely
form: most unniecely
Etymology: From un- + niecely.
Senses: examples: text: The jaded tastes of tea-sippers in London and in every other place where the name of Duke of Westminster conjures up visions of stately baronial halls received a fillip when the duke announced he was bringing a suit for libel against his own niece, Lady Sibell Lygon, a magazine writer. The duke, it appeared, took grave exception to what he regarded as unniecely remarks concerning him personally in Lady Sibell’s writing.
ref: 1934 January 7, Charles E. Harner, “Over Seas”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume LXVI, number 209, Atlanta, Ga., page ten A, column 1:
text: Lucas’s first instinct was to give her a hug and assure her that everything was all right. But with Julie thinking definitely unniecely thoughts about him, he didn’t dare embrace her.
ref: 1990, Pat Tracy, chapter 2, in Tiger by the Tail, New York, N.Y.: Silhouette Books, →ISBN, page 23:
text: It was just a brief kiss, one that even Bernadine would have thought entirely appropriate between an uncle and niece had she happened to see it. But its briefness wasn’t the whole story. In that scant second that his lips claimed hers, Stacey felt herself suffused with warmth as a most unniecely heat flooded her body.
ref: 1990, Candace Schuler, Wildcat, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 194:
text: Still, she knew it was not merely unladylike but also unniecely to begrudge her beloved aunt the happiness of her Lester.
ref: 1997, Alice Duncan, Wild Dream, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing, →ISBN, page 148:
text: "You know, 'Uncle' is just a term of endearment. We are not really related. And I didn't come all the way from Moskva just for the government." She pulled my face down against hers, and gave me a distinctly un[-]niecely kiss.
ref: 2013, Charles Lee Jackson II, The Emperor’s Gambit (The Emperor’s Secret Files), →ISBN:
glosses: Not niecely.
Kolodij
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolodijs
form: Kolodii
form: Kolodiy
form: Kolodei
form: Kolodej
form: Kolodey
Etymology: From Ukrainian Колодій (Kolodij), from Ukrainian колодій (kolodij, “wheelwright”), from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kolodii
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolodiis
form: Kolodij
form: Kolodiy
form: Kolodei
form: Kolodej
form: Kolodey
Etymology: From Ukrainian Колодій (Kolodij), from Ukrainian колодій (kolodij, “wheelwright”), from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
meatball flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meatball flags
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A black flag with a solid orange circle, used to summon a damaged car to the pits for repairs.
examples: text: Then came a report over the radio from one of St. Los pilots. He was reporting seeing ships, and they weren't American. Worse still, they were close. Incredulous, Admiral Sprague demanded confirmation, and, circling in closer, the pilot radioed back: "I can see pagoda masts. I see the biggest meatball flag on the biggest battleship I ever saw!" He wasn't wrong, either - that "meatball flag'" was flying from the vast battleship Yamato. All 70,000-plus tons of her were steaming, at speed, straight towards them, and she wasn't alone.
ref: 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 1:21 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
glosses: A white flag with a solid red circle and sixteen red rays radiating from the central circle, used as a symbol of Imperial Japan.
meatball flags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meatball flag
Kolodiy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolodiys
form: Kolodii
form: Kolodij
form: Kolodei
form: Kolodej
form: Kolodey
Etymology: From Ukrainian Колодій (Kolodij), from Ukrainian колодій (kolodij, “wheelwright”), from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
meatless loaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meatless loaves
form: meatlessloaf
Senses: examples: text: I’m still thinking about meatloaf, only without the meat. Meatless loaf, Jayme calls it, which I think is a pretty good name, suggesting as it does the origin of the dish while simultaneously denying its original main ingredient. I would have probably come up with something like “tofu loaf.” Which, let us admit it, sounds terrible.
ref: 1997, Jack Butler, chapter 24, in Jack's Skillet, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, page 118:
text: When I became a vegetarian the hardest thing I had to learn was to make a good gravy. I think you will find this one good over mashed potatoes, meatless loafs, dumplings, Neatballs (page 10), or prepared seitan.
ref: 1998, Dionne Stevens, chapter 15, in The First Book of Vegetarian Cooking: More Than 300 Recipes Combining Great Taste with Good Nutrition, Prima Publishing, page 370:
text: This might look like a long list of ingredients, but using a food processor to blend everything up makes this recipe a snap to make. I tried many different versions of this before I finally landed upon a recipe that makes a moist, firm meatless loaf that doesn’t fall apart. Pan-fry leftover slices for an excellent “meatloaf” sandwich the next day.
ref: 2016 April 24, Leinana Two Moons, chapter 8, in Baconish: Sultry and Smoky Plant-Based Recipes from BLTs to Mac & Cheese, Vegan Heritage Press, page 170:
glosses: A vegan or vegetarian meatloaf made without meat.
Hyponyms: nut loaf
vegetable loaf
veggie loaf
meatless loaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meatless loaf
meatlessloaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Sprinkle 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese on each meatlessloaf slice and brown in a skillet, then sandwich it between 2 slices of bread.
ref: 2008, Lynette Rohrer Shirk, The Everything Whole Grain, High Fiber Cookbook:
text: Ocean had made over 50 Meatlessloaf recipes, each one a bit different; […]
ref: 2022, Gary Alexander, A Book of Facts:
glosses: Alternative form of meatless loaf.
speedpaints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speedpaint
nonsnacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsnackers
Etymology: From non- + snacker.
Senses: examples: text: The nonsnackers in our study gained less weight over two months.
glosses: One who does not eat snacks.
nonsnackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsnacker
snackish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snackish
form: most snackish
Etymology: From snack + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of snacky (“resembling or characteristic of a snack”).
synonyms: word: snacky
extra: resembling or characteristic of a snack
glosses: Synonym of snacky (“desiring a snack”).
synonyms: word: snacky
extra: desiring a snack
Kolodey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolodeys
form: Kolodei
form: Kolodej
form: Kolodii
form: Kolodij
form: Kolodiy
form: Kolodzei
form: Kolodzej
form: Kolodzey
form: Kolodziej
Etymology: From Russian колодей (kolodej), Ukrainian колодій (kolodij), Czech koloděj, or Slovak kolodej. Less commonly, a respelling of Kolodziej. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kolodei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolodeis
form: Kolodej
form: Kolodey
form: Kolodii
form: Kolodij
form: Kolodiy
form: Kolodzei
form: Kolodzej
form: Kolodzey
form: Kolodziej
Etymology: From Russian колодей (kolodej), Ukrainian колодій (kolodij), Czech koloděj, or Slovak kolodej. Less commonly, a respelling of Kolodziej. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kolodej
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolodejs
form: Kolodei
form: Kolodey
form: Kolodii
form: Kolodij
form: Kolodiy
form: Kolodzei
form: Kolodzej
form: Kolodzey
form: Kolodziej
Etymology: From Russian колодей (kolodej), Ukrainian колодій (kolodij), Czech koloděj, or Slovak kolodej. Less commonly, a respelling of Kolodziej. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
overdiagnostic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to overdiagnosis.
underdiagnostic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to underdiagnosis.
leniolisib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kinase inhibitor used to treat activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome (APDS).
rezafungin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antifungal drug of the echinocandin class.
ARFIDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ARFID
cutting logs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cut logs
cuts logs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cut logs
Strathernian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Strathernian
form: most Strathernian
Etymology: From Strathern + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Marilyn Strathern (born 1941), British anthropologist.
unavoidant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unavoidant
form: most unavoidant
Etymology: From un- + avoidant.
Senses: glosses: Not avoidant.
whip some skull on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whips some skull on
form: whipping some skull on
form: whipped some skull on
form: whipped some skull on
Senses: glosses: To give oral sex to someone.
whirling pits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the whirling pits
Senses: examples: text: I note with interest Paul Dawson's query as to whether or not one's direction of rotation during the alcohol induced phenomenon known as "the whirling pits" depends upon the hemisphere in which one is situated (Letters, 1 September, p 643).
ref: 1983, New Scientist, volume 100, number 1380, page 218:
text: I ended up with the whirling pits, being sick in the bathroom for hours. It should have put me off booze forever […]
ref: 2000, Alison Pressley, Changing Times: Being Young in Britain in the '60s, page 71:
text: That hideously addictive, ruinous mix of tobacco and hash, the violently, wrenching, contrasting, simultaneous expansion and depression of the senses can be truly horrible, the whirling pits.
ref: 2001, F. A. Casemore, Skylarks: For Myself, Lest I Forget, or Die Unsung, page 358:
glosses: An unpleasant sensation of spinning after consuming alcohol or other drugs.
woopsie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woopsies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whoopsy (in all senses)
woopsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woopsie
dip one's wick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dips one's wick
form: dipping one's wick
form: dipped one's wick
form: dipped one's wick
Etymology: See wick (“the penis”).
Senses: examples: text: "Maybe you were too eager to dip your wick to see the obvious facts," Ibanez told Nascimbeni, eyes flashing.
ref: 2023 October 8, HarryBlank, “Taking the Lead”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 26 May 2024:
glosses: Of a man: to have sex.
wings it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wing it
winging it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wing it
winged it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wing it
wrongo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wrongos
Etymology: From wrong + -o.
Senses: examples: text: On Nixon's side, if you were not for us, you were against us; on the extreme anti-Nixon side, if you were for him, you were a wrongo; on the pro-Nixon zealot's side, a wrongo had no rights.
ref: 2005, Before The Fall: An Inside View Of The Pre-Watergate White House, page 314:
text: They kept pretty much to themselves, a difficult thing to do on a boat designed for overall togetherness extending to monkeys, marmosets, parrots and a four-foot alligator. He—the man, not the alligator—looked like a wrongo.
ref: 2015, David Dodge, The Last Match:
glosses: Synonym of wrong 'un (“dishonest or disreputable person”).
synonyms: word: wrong 'un
extra: dishonest or disreputable person
wrongos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrongo
obscurings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obscuring
saucerian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saucerians
Etymology: From saucer + -ian, in reference to flying saucers.
Senses: examples: text: The saucerians are here from another, dying, planetary system; they contact Marvin later, and now talk slowly enough to make themselves understood.
ref: 2017, Bill Warren, Keep Watching the Skies!:
glosses: An extraterrestrial being visiting the Earth.
examples: text: The “contactees” or “saucerians” surfaced in 1952 in southern California. They presented themselves as selected by superior beings from other planets for a special assignment—save the world.
ref: 2001, David A. Clary, Before and After Roswell, page 63:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
ufology
synonyms: contactee
glosses: A person who has communicated with an extraterrestrial being.
saucerians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saucerian
bandageable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bandage + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be bandaged.
whipnoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whipnose
yank around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yanks around
form: yanking around
form: yanked around
form: yanked around
Senses: glosses: Synonym of jerk around (“to cheat or treat unfairly”).
synonyms: word: jerk around
extra: to cheat or treat unfairly
yanked around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yank around
yanks around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yank around
yanking around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yank around
yanks off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yank off
yanking off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yank off
yanked off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yank off
wiggerish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wiggerish
form: most wiggerish
Etymology: From wigger + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Before I get on a roll with wiggerness, let me just say that I'm guilty of past wiggerish activities. I've used slang that made no sense to anyone, and I lived by the code of 40s, blunts, bitches, and bus fare.
ref: 2014, Christopher T. Heist, What I've Learned: An Encyclopedia of Perpetual Bullshit, page 686:
glosses: Like or characteristic of a wigger (white person infatuated with black culture).
Kolessar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolessars
Etymology: Alternative spelling of Kolesar. From Slovak kolesár or Serbo-Croatian kolesar, both meaning "wheelwright".
Senses: glosses: A surname.
flerfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flerf
cornkister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornkisters
Etymology: From corn + kist + -er, from Scottish dialect kist (“a chest”).
Senses: glosses: A Doric comic song of the late 19th of early 20th century, in the tradition of a bothy ballad.
cornkisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cornkister
flerf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flerfs
Etymology: Humorous modification of flat-earther, with th-fronting.
Senses: examples: text: Flerfs often employ logical fallacies to justify their belief.
glosses: A flat-earther.
drive someone to the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drives someone to the wall
form: driving someone to the wall
form: drove someone to the wall
form: driven someone to the wall
Senses: examples: text: Then we had some further conversation and I drove him to the wall, as I always did in conversation; that is, I rather attacked him; I did attack him.
ref: 1882, Henry H. Alexander, Edward Denison Easton, Report of the Proceedings in the Case of the United States Vs. Charles J. Guiteau, page 497:
text: The new pupil did not appreciate the rough handling, and, well, he did not exactly lose his temper, but at any rate he attacked suddenly and furiously, and so surprised his teacher that he drove him to the wall.
ref: 1930, Hilda Orchardson Gray, The Life of Sir William Quiller Orchardson:
glosses: To push someone to extremities.
Related terms: drive someone up the wall
Kolodzej
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolodzejs
form: Kolodei
form: Kolodej
form: Kolodey
form: Kolodii
form: Kolodij
form: Kolodiy
form: Kolodzei
form: Kolodzey
form: Kolodziej
Etymology: From Polish Kołodziej, Upper Sorbian kołodźej, or Belarusian каладзей (kaladzjej). Alternatively, from Russian Колодзей (Kolodzej), itself from Polish or Belarusian. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь (“wheelwright”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
sand-pride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand-prides
Senses: synonyms: European river lamprey
mud lamprey
glosses: Any of species Lampetra fluviatilis (syns. Petromyzon branchialis, Ammocaetes branchialis) of lampreys found in the rivers of Britain.
sand-prides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand-pride
limber tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: broken tail
cold tail
dead tail
frozen tail
swimmer's tail
glosses: Acute caudal myopathy in dogs, causing the tail to become painful and flaccid.
broken tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of limber tail.
synonyms: word: limber tail
cold tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of limber tail.
synonyms: word: limber tail
dead tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of limber tail.
synonyms: word: limber tail
frozen tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of limber tail.
synonyms: word: limber tail
swimmer's tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of limber tail.
synonyms: word: limber tail
SCRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SCR
deltasatellite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deltasatellites
Senses: examples: text: The purple and green parts of deltasatellite SCR represent the predicted conserved stem-loop and secondary stem-loop structures, respectively.
ref: 2019, R. Vinoth Kumar, Geminiviruses: Impact, Challenges and Approaches, page 149:
text: Deltasatellites do not encode any gene in their genomes. However, they share some common features.
ref: 2021, Encyclopedia of Virology, page 246:
text: Several types of DNA satellites have been described to be associated with begomoviruses: betasatellites, alphasatellites, and deltasatellites.
ref: 2023, Elvira Fiallo-Olivé, Jesús Navas-Catillo, “Molecular and Biological Characterization of a New WOrld Mon-/Bipartite Begomovirus/Deltasatellite Complex Infecting Corchorus siliquosus”, in Giuseppe Parrella, Paul Leslie Guy, Toufic Elbeaino, editors, Emerging and Reemerging Plant Viruses in a Context of Global Change:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: alphasatellite
betasatellite
glosses: A small non-coding DNA satellite about 700 nt long, associated with helper begomoviruses.
deltasatellites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deltasatellite
titanmagnetite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titanmagnetites
Etymology: From titano- + magnetite.
Senses: examples: text: The basalt of Goose Island of the Ice Harbor Member is unique for the occurrence of microphenocrysts of ilmenite and titanmagnetite.
ref: 1983, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, page 9:
text: Often, glomeroporphyritic joints of plagioclase or pyroxenes with titanmagnetites are found.
ref: 2012, Francesco Stoppa, Updates in Volcanology, page 106:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Magnetite containing TiO₂ in solid solution.
titanmagnetites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of titanmagnetite
smvt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Filter-avoidance spelling of smut.
🌽
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the rhyme of corn with porn.
Senses: glosses: Filter-avoidance spelling of porn.
🌽
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: Suggests a person being "corncobbed" or refusing to admit defeat in an argument.
tinkety-tonk
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "On the roof. Right! Well, tinkety-tonk, then, for the moment," said his lordship, and pattered off down the stairs.
ref: 1927, P. G. Wodehouse, The Small Bachelor:
text: I'm so pleased you're coming.
Tinkety tonk
Daph
PS No wild oats yet
ref: 2012, Rachel Johnson, Winter Games:
glosses: Goodbye.
examples: text: There goes the piano, tinkety-tonk, and there don't go my feet.
ref: 2008, Elizabeth Laird, Paradise End, page 139:
text: […] the main tinkety-tonk piano theme tune to the St. Trinian's films […]
ref: 2021, Scala Radio's A Soundtrack for Life:
glosses: The tinkling sound of light piano music.
Related terms: honky-tonk
Drogubite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Drogubites
form: Draguvite
form: Drugubite
form: Druguvite
Senses: glosses: A member of the Drougoubitai.
Druguvite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Druguvites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Drogubite.
Drogubites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Drogubite
Draguvite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Draguvites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Drogubite.
Drugubite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Drugubites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Drogubite.
Drugubites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Drugubite
Draguvites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Draguvite
DCN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DCNs
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of dorsal cochlear nucleus.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of dynamic circuit network.
DCNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DCN
Liffey water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the name of the Irish river. Possibly also rhyming slang for porter (“kind of beer”).
Senses: examples: text: Good value over a pint of Liffey-water, but so what?
ref: 1996, Theatre Record, volume 16, numbers 9-15, page 40:
text: It serves a decent pint of Liffey water, as well as beaming in football from the British Isles.
ref: 2011, Time Out Rome, page 218:
glosses: Guinness (brand of dark stout beer)
dabloons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dabloon
leg biter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leg biters
Senses: examples: text: “Well, Mose's Landing now has over one hundred people, with a couple dozen leg biters. Isn't it time for a school?”
ref: 2015, Arthur Hamilton, Jonathan's Journey:
glosses: Synonym of ankle-biter (“a small child”).
synonyms: word: ankle-biter
extra: a small child
leg biters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leg biter
Cronenbergs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cronenberg
ledgebag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ledgebags
Senses: examples: text: Dinner isn't for three hours. If you're Someone's Cousin (see here) you can probably drink right through and become the ledgebag with his tie around his head for Journey's 'Don't Stop Believing' but not everyone can manage that.
ref: 2016, Colm O'Regan, Bolloxology:
text: If ever there was proof of what a total ledgebag I am, I fucking step foot into a bog for the first time in my life and find a fucking bog body.
ref: 2017, Blindboy Boatclub, The Gospel According to Blindboy in 15 Short Stories:
glosses: Synonym of lege (“a legend; a person held in high regard”).
synonyms: word: lege
extra: a legend; a person held in high regard
ledgebags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ledgebag
disabusal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disabusals
Etymology: From disabuse + -al.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of disabusing (someone, of some flawed notion), or an instance of doing so.
disabusals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disabusal
wig cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wig caps
Senses: glosses: A thin cap worn under a wig to hold back the real hair and retain the wig in place.
wig caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wig cap
sine-Gordon equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sine-Gordon equations
Etymology: Pun on the well-known Klein–Gordon equation.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A kind of nonlinear hyperbolic partial differential equation involving the d'Alembert operator and the sine of the unknown function.
Related terms: kink
sine-Gordon equations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sine-Gordon equation
kickiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kicky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being kicky.
kick at an open door
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kicks at an open door
form: kicking at an open door
form: kicked at an open door
form: kicked at an open door
Senses: examples: text: Instead of making hard choices and hard decisions, the EU prefers to kick at an open door. By opting for easy policies, everyone agrees — simply because there is nothing to disagree with.
ref: 2010, Derk Jan Eppink, Bonfire of bureaucracy in Europe:
glosses: To carry out a redundant activity.
Related terms: knock on an open door
knock at an open door
kangaroos in the top paddock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of a kangaroo loose in the top paddock.
kangaroo code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes, especially when working on large projects or with multiple programmers, it can become hard to avoid kangaroo code, that is, code that jumps from function to function and even jumps around within the same class.
ref: 2016, J. F. DiMarzio, The Debugger's Handbook, page 25:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
hypernyms: spaghetti code
glosses: Poorly structured program code consisting of many jumps.
jump salty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jumps salty
form: jumping salty
form: jumped salty
form: jumped salty
Senses: examples: text: I will have to jump salty
Lord, 'cause it went against my rules
Now, if you think that he liked it
Hoo-well, you just a black-eyed fool
ref: 1940s, Washboard Sam, "My Feet Jumped Salty" (song)
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To become angry.
jumps salty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jump salty
jumping salty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jump salty
jumped salty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jump salty
tourniqueting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tourniquet
tesvino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tesgüino.
pink tets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pink tet
blue tets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue tet
acceleration lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acceleration lanes
Senses: synonyms: merge lane
glosses: A lane that allows traffic entering a highway to accelerate to the speed of through traffic before merging with it.
acceleration lanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acceleration lane
merge lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merge lanes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acceleration lane.
synonyms: word: acceleration lane
merge lanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merge lane
lock off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lock offs
form: locking off
form: locked off
form: locked off
Senses: examples: text: Tina locked me off when she found out what happened.
glosses: To stop talking to (someone); to cut (someone) out; to ghost (someone).
examples: text: They locked me off the property.
glosses: To keep (someone) out of (something or someplace) using a lock.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
weaving
glosses: To turn in the warp thread or strands of a piece of cloth when finished to stop strands unravelling.
acetopurpurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular red dye.
locked off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lock off
lock offs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lock off
locking off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lock off
acoustic shadow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acoustic shadows
Senses: synonyms: sound shadow
glosses: An area through which sound waves fail to propagate, due to obstruction or disruption.
sound shadow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sound shadows
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acoustic shadow.
synonyms: word: acoustic shadow
acoustic shadows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acoustic shadow
sound shadows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sound shadow
JCAH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.
JCAHO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
jerican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jericans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jerrycan.
jericans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jerican
Phaup
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Phaups
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Jewish Science
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Judaic spiritual movement comparable with the New Thought movement.
jikungu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Telfairia pedata.
jog-trot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jog-trots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jogtrot.
jog-trots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jog-trot
jointly and severally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In a joint and several manner.
joy girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joy girls
Etymology: Calque of French fille de joie.
Senses: glosses: A female prostitute.
joy girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joy girl
kerchieflike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kerchieflike
form: most kerchieflike
Etymology: From kerchief + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a kerchief.
lactovegetarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The practice of following a lactovegetarian diet.
lake shore disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Grand Traverse disease.
synonyms: word: Grand Traverse disease
Grand Traverse disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: lake shore disease
glosses: A disease of cattle caused by cobalt deficiency.
Sayyids
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sayyid
Sayyids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sayyid
Scandihoovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Scandihoovian
form: most Scandihoovian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Scandahoovian.
Scandihoovian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scandihoovians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Scandahoovian.
Scandihoovians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scandihoovian
scaphocephalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of scaphocephaly.
synonyms: word: scaphocephaly
scatter cushion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scatter cushions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of throw pillow.
synonyms: word: throw pillow
scatter cushions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scatter cushion
sceneryless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scenery + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without scenery.
scarplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarplets
Etymology: From scarp + -let.
Senses: glosses: A small scarp.
scarplets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarplet
scazontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Of or relating to a scazon.
scazontic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scazontics
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A scazon.
scholarlily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scholarlily
form: most scholarlily
Etymology: From scholarly + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Evidently the Pliny-emblem playfully teaches a moral lesson to the scholarlily oriented reader.
ref: 2021, Karl A. E.. Enenkel, Jan de Jong, Jeanine de Landtsheer, Recreating Ancient History, page 282:
glosses: In a scholarly manner.
schmierkase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smearcase.
Schoenfeld's purple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Düsseldorf paint manufacturer Dr. Fr. Schoenfeld & Co., founded by German chemist Franz Schoenfeld (1834–1911).
Senses: examples: text: The sepals cameo pink, barred and mottled with Schoenfeld's purple.
ref: 1932, The Philippine Journal of Science, volume 47, page 209:
glosses: A reddish-purple color.
Schoenfeld's purple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Named after Düsseldorf paint manufacturer Dr. Fr. Schoenfeld & Co., founded by German chemist Franz Schoenfeld (1834–1911).
Senses: examples: text: Few wartlike, Schoenfeld's purple sclerotia are produced.
ref: 1927, Otto August Reinking, Tropical Fusaria, page 225:
glosses: Of a reddish-purple color.
Schlippe's salt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Johann Karl Friedrich von Schlippe (1799–1867).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The nonahydrate of sodium thioantimoniate, having the chemical formula Na₃SbS₄·9H₂O.
schoolteachery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more schoolteachery
form: most schoolteachery
Etymology: From schoolteacher + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a schoolteacher.
scientific creationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of creation science.
synonyms: word: creation science
bottom dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottom dogs
Senses: examples: text: There was also a belief that they had been taken advantage of - "kicked from pillar to post, the bottom dogs in the labour market because of the inherent love of railmen for their jobs", according to one NUR member.
ref: 2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 38:
antonyms: top dog
glosses: An underdog (someone at a disadvantage).
bottom dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottom dog
realloy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: realloys
form: realloying
form: realloyed
form: realloyed
Etymology: From re- + alloy.
Senses: glosses: To alloy again.
realloyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of realloy
realloys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of realloy
realloying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of realloy
strike at the heart of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strikes at the heart of
form: striking at the heart of
form: struck at the heart of
form: struck at the heart of
Senses: examples: text: Beeching's proposals struck at the heart of the railway industry's ethos and what it meant to be a railway worker.
ref: 2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 38:
glosses: To attack the central or most important part of (something).
food literacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of food literacy
struck at the heart of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strike at the heart of
Soltman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Soltmans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
psychotization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of making psychotic.
stochastic terrorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stochastic terrorists
Senses: glosses: One who commits stochastic terrorism.
Anderson localization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anderson localizations
Etymology: Named after the American physicist P. W. Anderson.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: strong localization
glosses: In condensed matter physics, the absence of diffusion of waves in a disordered medium.
Anderson localizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anderson localization
stochastic terrorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stochastic terrorist
Habsburg jaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Habsburg jaws
Etymology: So called from its prevalence in members of the House of Habsburg, which can be traced in their portraits.
Senses: glosses: A prognathous jaw.
Related terms: Habsburg lip
Habsburg jaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Habsburg jaw