cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
coincide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkoʊɪnˈsaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
Forms: form: coincides
form: coinciding
form: coincided
form: coincided
Etymology: From French coïncider, from Medieval Latin coincidere, from con- + incidere, from in- (“into, to”) + cadere (“to fall, fall down, drop”).
Senses: examples: text: The two squares coincide nicely.
glosses: To occupy exactly the same space.
examples: text: The conference will coincide with his vacation.
text: The last train ran on December 31, 1932, almost unnoticed, for it coincided with the running of the last steam passenger train down the main line from London to Brighton, a much more momentous event.
ref: 1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 835:
synonyms: concur
glosses: To occur at the same time.
examples: text: Our ideas coincide, except in certain areas.
glosses: To correspond, concur, or agree.
Derived terms: coincidence
coincident
coincider
coincidingly
noncoinciding
Related terms: simultaneous
save someone's bacon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: saves someone's bacon
form: saving someone's bacon
form: saved someone's bacon
form: saved someone's bacon
Senses: examples: text: My lawyer got my first DUI expunged and reversed the second one. As a result, when I got my third DUI, legally I was a first offender, and instead of jail I got probation. That lawyer really saved my bacon.
text: [A]n anxious eye had been kept on the pinnace and the vessel she was chasing. "She's up to her," cried Desmond, who was looking through his glass; "she struck without a blow, and there go our fellows tumbling on board. Little doubt, however, about her being a slaver, though, as they must have seen the way in which we got hold of this craft, they thought it as well to save their bacon, and make the best of a bad job."
ref: 1876, W.H.G. Kingston, The Three Commanders:
text: [T]he tide being fortunately in our favour, we reached the Saint Vincent in good time, going up the accommodation ladder on the port side, which, as you know, is devoted to the use of the lower deck portion of the crew, just as Eight Bells struck. "Ha, my lads," cried the Jaunty, who stood by the entry-port, "you've just saved your bacon!"
ref: 1896, J.C. Hutcheson, Young Tom Bowling:
ref: 2010 May 27, “What Steve Ballmer needs to do to save Microsoft's mobile bacon”, in Infoworld.com:
glosses: To rescue a person from a bad situation, especially one that is life-threatening.
Synonyms: pull someone's bacon out of the fire
save someone's skin
unroll
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unrolls
form: unrolling
form: unrolled
form: unrolled
Etymology: From un- + roll.
Senses: examples: text: Unroll your sleeping bag and spread it on the floor of the tent.
glosses: To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
examples: text: We will have to see how the events unroll.
glosses: To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
software-compilation
synonyms: unwind
glosses: To replace (a loop in a program) with a repetitive sequence of the individual instructions that the loop would carry out, sometimes used as an optimization.
Related terms: unfold
unfurl
good voice to beg bacon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: a good voice to beg bacon
Senses: glosses: An unpleasant-sounding voice.
bacon-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: full-faced
glosses: Having a fat, sleek face.
engrossed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˈɡɹoʊst/
rhymes: -əʊst
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of engross
engrossed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˈɡɹoʊst/
rhymes: -əʊst
Forms: form: more engrossed
form: most engrossed
Senses: examples: text: The large, soft dark eyes were raised, but seemed rather engrossed by their own feelings—(thoughts are scarcely tender enough for such a look)—than fixed upon any surrounding object.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 258:
glosses: Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.
glosses: Finalized, written in large letters. (of a document)
Derived terms: engrossed amendment
overengrossed
unengrossed
flim flam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flim flams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flim-flam.
flim-flam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æm
ipa: /ˈflɪmflæm/
Forms: form: flim-flams
form: flimflam
form: flim flam
Etymology: Ultimately a sound-symbolic reduplication, 1538 as noun, 1660 as verb. Perhaps from a dialectal word or North Germanic/Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).
Senses: examples: text: Most reports of supernatural occurrences turn out to be flim-flam when carefully investigated.
synonyms: word: absurdity
word: all my eye
word: all my eye and Betty Martin
word: applesauce
word: bafflegab
word: balderdash
word: balls
word: baloney
word: banana oil
word: Bandini
word: baragouin
word: batcrap
word: batshit
word: bilgewater
word: blah
word: blather
word: blatherskite
word: bobbins
word: bollocks
word: bosh
word: BS
word: bull
word: bullcrap
word: bulldust
word: bull feathers
word: bullshit
word: bullspeak
word: bunk
word: bunkum
word: bushwah
word: clamjamfrey
word: claptrap
word: cobblers
word: codswallop
word: crap
word: crock
word: crock of shit
word: double Dutch
word: double talk
word: doublespeak
word: dribble
word: drivel
word: eyewash
word: fiddle-faddle
word: flapdoodle
word: flim-flam
word: flizz
word: flummery
word: folderol
word: foolishness
word: footle
word: framis
word: fuckery
word: fuckry
word: fudge
word: galimatias
word: garbage
word: garble
word: gibber
word: gibberish
word: gobbledygook
word: gossip
word: Greek
word: guff
word: gup
word: hoax
word: hocus-pocus
word: hogwash
word: hokum
word: hooey
word: horsefeathers
word: horse hockey
word: horse piss
word: horse puckey
word: horseshit
word: humbug
word: Irish bull
word: jabber
word: jargon
word: jibber-jabber
word: jimjam
word: jive
word: junk
word: lallation
word: macaroni
word: malarkey
word: manure
word: meaninglessness
word: moonshine
word: mumbo jumbo
word: nertz
word: nonsense
word: pie in the sky
word: piffle
word: pigswill
word: poppycock
word: prattle
word: put-on
word: rhubarb
word: rhubarb rhubarb
word: rigmarole
word: rot
word: rubbish
word: ruse
word: santorum
word: shit
word: shite
word: skimble-skamble
word: squit
word: stuff
word: stuff and nonsense
word: tommy-rot
word: tosh
word: tush
word: trash
word: tripe
word: twaddle
word: wass
word: whiff-whaff
word: word salad
glosses: Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.
glosses: confidence game, con game
glosses: Table tennis.
Derived terms: english: confidence trickster
translation: confidence trickster
word: flim-flam man
word: flam
word: flim
testicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of testicle
Synonyms: word: testicles
word: testes
word: acorns
word: agates
word: apples
word: apricots
word: bags
word: ballocks
word: balls
word: bangers
word: bannocks
word: baws
word: beans
word: bean bags
word: berries
word: bollocks
word: bolls
word: boys
word: bubbles
word: cherries
word: chicken nuggets
word: chuckles
word: clockweights
word: cobblers
word: cods
word: coin purse
word: cojones
word: crown jewels
word: cubes
word: cullions
word: eggs
word: family jewels
word: giggle berries
word: gonads
word: goolies
word: gooseberries
word: huevos
word: Jacobs
word: Jatz crackers
word: jawbreakers
word: klackers
word: knackers
word: lamb fries
topics: culinary
cuisine
food
lifestyle
word: loins
word: love spuds
word: marbles
word: nadgers
word: nads (UK
word: US)
word: nards
word: nuts
word: orchis
word: pebbles
word: plums
word: potatoes
word: pods
word: profiteroles
word: rocks
word: spuds
word: stepchildren
word: stones
word: store
word: sweetmeats
word: swingers
word: taters
word: teabags
word: tests
word: twins
word: watermelons
word: yams
word: yarbles
Hypernyms: word: endocrine gland
Hyponyms: word: low hangers
Related terms: word: erection
word: glans
word: penis
word: scrotum
word: jerk
GFI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ground fault interrupt.
Related terms: GFCI
GFCI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GFCIs
Senses: coordinate_terms: AFCI
glosses: Initialism of ground fault circuit interrupt/interruptor.
Related terms: GFI
bellyache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛliˌeɪk/
Forms: form: bellyaches
Etymology: From belly + ache.
Senses: examples: text: Eating too much candy can give you a bellyache.
glosses: Any pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen.
Synonyms: stomachache
tummyache
Derived terms: bellyache bush
bellyache root
bellyache weed
bellyache
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛliˌeɪk/
Forms: form: bellyaches
form: bellyaching
form: bellyached
form: bellyached
Etymology: From belly + ache.
Senses: examples: text: Quit bellyaching about the problem and help us fix it.
glosses: To unnecessarily complain or whine, often about simple matters.
Derived terms: bellyacher
no-no
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊnəʊ
Forms: form: no-nos
form: no-noes
form: no no
Senses: examples: text: Smoking indoors is becoming a real no-no these days, in many places.
text: Mr. UDALL. Madam Chairman, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bingham), is wrong in his supposition that the use of a picture is to be prohibited on a newsletter. Let me make some legislative history. The masthead or the heading of a newsletter with a picture of the Member is intended to be approved. As a matter of fact, in this language we turned it around. These no-noes are taken out of the old Post Office Manual, where they had over the years compiled a list of things one could or could not do, and pictures, except to illustrate text, used to be under the prohibitions.
ref: 1973, Franking Privilege for Members of Congress: Public Law 93-191 (Effective December 18, 1973): A Compilation of Legislative History, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 63:
text: And a person of integrity observes all the good sportsmanship rules toward a beaten opponent. Integrity recognizes the integrity of other persons. To do otherwise would be to commit a no-no. And you don’t want to go around committing no-noes, do you?
ref: 1975, William Nesmith, Congratulations, Graduate!, Thomas Nelson, Inc., →ISBN, page 62:
text: Countless issues arise in family life every day, from the litany of no-noes showered on the toddler, to calling the preschooler in for his lunch.
ref: 1975, James H. Ryan, Pablum, Parents & Pandemonium: Glimpses of a Pediatrician’s World, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, →ISBN, page 254:
glosses: Something that is forbidden, prohibited, discouraged or taboo.
examples: text: He threw two no-nos in his career.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A no-hitter; a game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit.
Related terms: no-no boy
mechanical advantage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mechanical advantages
Senses: examples: text: […]and it will always be found, that the mechanical advantage of the wedge may be ascertained by comparing its perpendicular elevation with its base.
ref: 1825, Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Works of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1: Practical Education, Samuel H. Parker, page 304:
text: In the case of a lever with a mechanical advantage of 10 the effort has to move ten times as far as the load. This is the price which must always be paid for a mechanical advantage. Any machine which is designed to have a high mechanical advantage must also have a high velocity ratio. In fact, 'what is gained in force is lost in speed'.
ref: 1965, A. E. E. McKenzie, General Physics, Cambridge University Press, page 76:
text: Mechanical advantage is a ratio of like quantities and therefore has no units.
ref: 2005, Robert Michael Boyce, Arnold Masterman, Plumbing: A Practical Guide for Level 2, Nelson Thornes, page 131:
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ratio of the output force produced by a machine (especially a simple machine) to the applied input force.
Synonyms: leverage
effrontery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈfɹʌntəɹi/
ipa: /ɛˈfɹʌntəɹi/
Forms: form: effronteries
Etymology: From late 17th century French effronterie, from effronté (“shameless, insolent”), from Old French esfronté, from Vulgar Latin *exfrontātus. Compare Latin effrōns (“barefaced”), from the prefix ex- (“from”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English: front). By surface analysis, ef- + front + -er + -y.
Senses: examples: text: We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country.
text: Let not the Englishman in Scotland believe that the undoffed hat, the curt reply, the apparent assumption of equality, all spring from deliberate effrontery, and are wholly beyond the reach of southern influence.
ref: 1859, The Christian Remembrancer, volumes 37-38, page 250:
glosses: Insolent and shameless audacity.
examples: text: Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery.
text: All was going as planned until the bag hit a snag and failed to surround the entire nest. This effrontery was too much. The wasps exploded off the nest at me.
ref: 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, →ISBN, page 92:
glosses: An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
Related terms: affront
binocular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈnɒkjʊlɚ/
Etymology: From French binoculaire.
Senses: examples: text: a binocular microscope or telescope
text: Most animals are binocular.
ref: 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
text: our perception of distance arises from the geometry of binocular vision and our early learning seems based on calculating probabilities.
ref: 2013 July 9, Joselle DiNunzio Kehoe, “Cognition, brains and Riemann”, in plus.maths.org, retrieved 08 Sep 2013:
glosses: Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
Derived terms: binoculared
binocularity
binocularly
binocular O
binocular vision
binoscope
stereobinocular
binocular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈnɒkjʊlɚ/
Forms: form: binoculars
Etymology: From French binoculaire.
Senses: glosses: Attributive form of binoculars.
examples: text: He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
ref: 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind:
glosses: A pair of binoculars.
glosses: Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
Related terms: binoculars
tip off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tips off
form: tipping off
form: tipped off
form: tipped off
Senses: examples: text: An anonymous caller tipped off the police that the suspect would be in the area.
text: Someone must have tipped him off. [A likely explanation for why he has disappeared.]
glosses: To alert or inform (someone), especially confidentially.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To put the ball in play by throwing it up between two opponents.
examples: The game tips off in an hour, so hurry back!
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To put the ball in play by throwing it up between two opponents.
To begin.
raw_tags: of a sports match
glosses: To pour out (liquor); to tip the vessel and drink until it is empty.
qualifier: painting
glosses: To use a particular brush technique for producing a flawless surface on a wet coat of paint.
Synonyms: sense: to alert or inform someone
word: inform
word: grass up
word: snitch
sense: to use a painting technique
word: lay off
Related terms: word: tip over
word: tip out
word: tip-off
tip-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tip-offs
Senses: examples: text: The broken window and overturned plant pots were a tip-off that something was wrong.
glosses: An obvious clue or indication.
examples: text: The police received a tip-off about a recent bank robbery.
text: Haws also alleged that Hay was engaged in a conspiracy to disrupt the parade. "People called a week before and said he would be doing something." The alleged tip-off was anonymous.
ref: 1986 August 16, Marcos Bisticas-Cocoves, “Harry Hay Barred from Carrying NAMBLA Sign”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 5, page 1:
glosses: A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority.
Related terms: word: tip off
masthead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastheads
Etymology: From mast + head.
Senses: examples: text: In most American whalemen the mast-heads are manned almost simultaneously with the vessel’s leaving her port; even though she may have fifteen thousand miles, and more, to sail ere reaching her proper cruising ground.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 35”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The top of a mast.
synonyms: imprint
glosses: A list of a newspaper or other periodical's main staff, contributing writers, publisher, circulation, advertising rates etc.
examples: text: Maree said she felt worse after articles were written about the video, including by this masthead.
ref: 2022 July 14, Stephen Johnson, “Aussie woman given flowers in viral stunt blasts TikTok star”, in Mail Online:
synonyms: nameplate
glosses: The title (normally in a large and distinctive font) of a newspaper or other periodical at the top of the front page; (by extension) the publication itself or the rights to it.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: The logo of a broadcaster used in an ident.
Derived terms: masthead sloop
Related terms: letterhead
masthead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mastheads
form: mastheading
form: mastheaded
form: mastheaded
Etymology: From mast + head.
Senses: examples: text: “I was mast-headed, sir.”
“Mast-headed! how - for what?”
ref: 1838, Frederick Marryat, Rattlin the Reefer:
text: When the ship happened to be in a warm climate, mastheading constituted a fairly mild punishment; indeed, many regarded it as rather a relief from duty. But in inclement weather the experience was most unpleasant.
ref: 2009, Gregory Fremont-Barnes, Nelson's Officers and Midshipmen, page 30:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To send to the masthead as a punishment.
examples: text: It was mastheaded as "Palatka's Only Independent Home-Owned Newspaper."
ref: 1991, John Costello, Ten Days to Destiny, page 542:
glosses: To furnish (a newspaper) with a masthead.
bacon-fed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Fat.
back gammon player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back gammon players
Etymology: Probably derived from a pun on backgammon, with backside and gammon (“the lower or hind part of a side of bacon”) in the context of anal sex.
Senses: examples: text: Sir Thomas found it convenient to believe Doctor Nooth's assertion, and therefore packed up his baggage and effects to sail for England, on board the Triumph, with his military friend and back gammon player, Colonel Willington; this gentleman, while on shore, laughed at the absurdity of fearing the infection, but the moment he was on board, his opinion altered, it shifted with the wind, he began to insinuate, that it might be communicable, and in consequence, Sir George Barlow absolutely refused to permit Sir Thomas, or his baggage, to have a passage in the Triumph: Sir George acted very prudently, and Sir Thomas staid from necessity.
ref: 1808, A Letter to His Majesty: The Bandogs:
text: They always have boys with them because they're all back-gammon players, which is what we call sodomites.
ref: 2009, Rita Monaldi, Francesco Sorti, Secretum, page 623:
text: “Hey, you ain't a backgammon player, are you?” Mr. Temple drew a pistol from his pocket and pointed it at Guy. “Imply once more that I am of that breed who prefer amors with their own sex and I shall blow your head off,” he said levelly.
ref: 2014, M.C. Beaton, His Lordship's Pleasure, →ISBN:
synonyms: gentleman of the back door
usher of the back door
glosses: A person, chiefly a homosexual, who has anal sex.
gentleman of the back door
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gentlemen of the back door
Senses: examples: text: Perkoff is a Gentleman of the Back Door.
ref: 2006 June 18, Philkin Pilcher Klimtin, “Perkoff FAQ.”, in alt.snuh (Usenet):
text: Doll Sneerpiece closed the book. Ruggiero, a Gentleman of the Back Door? Ruggiero, preferring a leg of lamb to proper English beef? Ruggiero, importing Turkish wares to an honest English stall? 'Well then,' said the Doll, 'If it is Sodomy he wants, then a Sodomite he shall have.'
ref: 2013, Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies: A Piece for Three Voices and a Bawd, →ISBN:
text: Queers were often called 'backgammon players' or 'gentlemen of the back door', sometimes engaged in 'caterwauling'.
ref: 2017, P Ackroyd, Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day:
glosses: A man, chiefly a homosexual, who has anal sex.
Synonyms: back gammon player
usher of the back door
one of His Majesty's bad bargains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Suggesting that the soldier is not worth the pay he receives.
Senses: glosses: An incapable (sick, etc) or incompetent soldier.
Synonyms: Queen's hard bargain
malingeror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malingerors
Etymology: From malinger + -or.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of malingerer.
badge-cove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: badge-coves
Senses: qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: A parish pensioner.
glosses: A licensed (badged) beggar.
glosses: An old person; a senior citizen.
Synonyms: sense: old person
word: geriatric
word: oldster
word: senior citizen
word: old person
squint like a bag of nails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: squints like a bag of nails
form: squinting like a bag of nails
form: squinted like a bag of nails
form: squinted like a bag of nails
Senses: examples: text: Does she squint like a bag of nails? Is she hideous? They always are!'
The Earl stood back.'You may judge for yourself,' he said dryly. 'Miss Taverner, little though he may have recommended himself to you, I must beg leave to present my brother, Captain Audley.'
ref: 1935, Georgette Heyer, Regency Buck, page 230:
text: In his own language, he called out, “Where is she then, Rob? Is she hideous? Does she squint like a bag of nails? Does she screech like a shrew with toothache?” This time, the silence was definitely appalled – not least, I suspected, because there was more than a grain of truth in Hereward's unflattering description.
ref: 2005, Mary Lancaster, An Endless Exile, page 21:
glosses: To squint very much, as though one's eyes were directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails.
bakers dozen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of baker's dozen.
ballocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballock
Senses: examples: text: "Turn to gangsterism."
"Sebastian, I couldn't."
"Tone, pride has you at its mercy."
"Has me by the very ballocks."
"Tony, I think a pint would see us right."
"I think you're right for the first time since you last said that."
ref: 1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, published 1955 (France), pages 277–278:
text: JANET. How could you three conspire behind my back –
MRS PAT. Men conspired behind your back. I didn't.
JANET. Oh, ballocks.
MRS PAT. I don't see why we need to keep bringing ballocks into this.
ref: 2009, Don Nigro, Rat Wives and Other Plays, →ISBN, page 23:
text: With his other hand, he palmed Henry's ballocks. “And big ballocks.” He rolled the egg-shaped testicles in his hand, lightly rubbing them together. Henry shuddered, gasped for breath.
ref: 2009, Ava March, Object of His Desire, →ISBN, page 55:
glosses: Alternative form of bollocks.
ballocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ballockses
form: ballocksing
form: ballocksed
form: ballocksed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bollocks.
balum rancum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: And just when did you last see decorous Sea Officers, Lewrie asked himself in wonder at such a ludicrous statement? Leaping rantipole and playing balum-rancum in church? Hymn-singing in brothels?
ref: 2006, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch, page 124:
glosses: A dance, performed by a company of prostitutes naked.
balsam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bôlʹsəm
ipa: /ˈbɔːl.səm/
ipa: /ˈbɔl.səm/
ipa: /ˈbɑl.səm/
rhymes: -ɔːlsəm
Forms: form: balsams
form: balsem
form: balsum
form: balsome
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam”), of Semitic origin (Hebrew בושם (“spice, perfume”)); compare Old English balsam, balsamum (“balsam, balm”), Doublet of balm and desman. Not related to balsa.
Senses: glosses: A sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
glosses: A plant or tree yielding such substance.
glosses: A soothing ointment.
examples: text: Classical music is a sweet balsam for our sorrows
glosses: Something soothing.
glosses: A flowering plant of the genus Impatiens.
glosses: The balsam family of flowering plants (Balsaminaceae), which includes Impatiens and Hydrocera.
glosses: A balsam fir Abies balsamea.
glosses: Canada balsam, a turpentine obtained from the resin of balsam fir.
Synonyms: sense: sweet-smelling oil
word: balm
sense: plant or tree
word: balm
sense: soothing ointment
word: balm
sense: something soothing
word: balm
sense: flowering plant of the genus Impatiens
word: jewelweed
sense: flowering plant of the genus Impatiens
word: impatiens
sense: flowering plant of the genus Impatiens
word: touch-me-not
Derived terms: Abraham's balsam
balsamaceous
balsam apple
balsamarium
balsam Canada
balsamed
balsam fir
balsamic
balsamical
balsamiferous
Balsamina
balsamint
balsam-mint
Balsam Lake
balsam of Acouchi
balsam of aniseed
balsam of Copaiba
balsam of fir
balsam of Gilead
balsam of Judea
balsam of Mecca
balsam of Peru
balsam of saturn
balsam of steel
balsam of sulfur
balsam of sulphur
balsam of Tolu
balsam oil
balsam pear
balsam poplar
balsamroot
balsam spurge
balsam-tansy
balsam tree
balsamweed
balsam willow
balsamy
Canada balsam
friar's balsam
garden balsam
Himalayan balsam
imbalsamation
Mecca balsam
Peruvian balsam
Tolu balsam
true balsam
Turlington's balsam
Umiri balsam
Wade's balsam
wild balsam apple
yellow balsam
Related terms: balm
balsamate
balsamation
Balsaminaceae
balsamine
balsamise
balsamize
balsamitic
balsamo
balsamous
balsamum
opobalsam
opobalsamum
xylobalsamum
balsam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bôlʹsəm
ipa: /ˈbɔːl.səm/
ipa: /ˈbɔl.səm/
ipa: /ˈbɑl.səm/
rhymes: -ɔːlsəm
Forms: form: balsams
form: balsaming
form: balsamed
form: balsamed
form: balsem
form: balsum
form: balsome
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam”), of Semitic origin (Hebrew בושם (“spice, perfume”)); compare Old English balsam, balsamum (“balsam, balm”), Doublet of balm and desman. Not related to balsa.
Senses: glosses: To treat or anoint with balsam.
humbug
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌmbʌɡ/
ipa: /ˈhəmˌbəɡ/
Etymology: Origin unknown; the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) states that “the facts as to its origin appear to have been lost, even before the word became common enough to excite attention”. It has been suggested that the word possibly derives from hummer (“(slang) An obvious lie”), or from hum (“(dialectal and slang) to cajole; delude; impose on”) + bug (“a goblin, a spectre”). In his Slang Dictionary (1864), English bibliophile and publisher John Camden Hotten (1832–1873) suggested a link to the name of the German city of Hamburg, “from which town so many false bulletins and reports came during the war in the last century”, or alternatively a derivation from ambage.
Hotten also said he had traced the earliest occurrence of the word to the title page of Ferdinando Killigrew’s book The Universal Jester (see quotations), which he dated to about 1735–1740. This dating has therefore been adopted by other dictionaries. However, the OED dates the word to about 1750, as the earliest edition of Killigrew’s work has been dated to 1754.
Senses: examples: text: [Mr. Clarendon] Steady. Aristotle laughs at you. / [Mr. Algernon Sidney] Twist. He's an impertinent fellow! I say again—Liberty! freedom! glory! / Steady. Humbug! humbug! humbug!
ref: 1841 October, “Ambition. A Farce.”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume L, number CCCXII, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood & Sons, →OCLC, page 438:
text: "A Merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!" cried a cheerful voice. It was the voice of Scrooge’s nephew, who came upon him so quickly that this was the first intimation he had of his approach. / "Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!" / […] "Christmas a humbug, uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure." / "I do," said Scrooge. "Merry Christmas! what right have you to be merry? what reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough." / "Come, then," returned the nephew gaily. "What right have you to be dismal? what reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough." / Scrooge having no better answer ready on the spur of the moment, said, "Bah!" again; and followed it up with "Humbug."
ref: 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave I. Marley’s Ghost.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 6–7:
text: Then each mentioned some fact, some fantastic presentiment, some instance of souls communicating with each other across space, or some case of the secret influence of one being over another. They asserted and maintained that these things had actually occurred, while the sceptic angrily repeated: / "Humbug! humbug! humbug!"
ref: 1910, Guy de Maupassant, “Magnetism”, in Ball-of-Tallow and Short Stories, New York, N.Y.: The Pearson Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 302:
glosses: Balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish!
Derived terms: bah humbug
pierogi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈɹoːɡi/
ipa: /pɛˈɾoːɡi/
Forms: form: pierogi
form: pierogies
form: pierogis
form: pierogie
form: pierogy
form: pirogi
form: pirogy
form: pirojki
form: pyrogy
form: pyrohy
form: perog
form: pierog
form: pieróg
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish pierogi, the plural of pieróg (“dumpling”), which ultimately is derived from Proto-Slavic *pirъ (“party”). Relationship to Turkish börek is unclear. Doublet of pirogi (from Russian), pirohy (from Czech and Slovak), and pyrohy/pedaheh (from Ukrainian).
Senses: examples: text: Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies.
ref: 2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN:
glosses: A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling.
Synonyms: word: varenyky
word: vareniki
word: pelmeni
word: pedahey
Derived terms: Chinese pierogi
lazy pierogi
pierogi pizza
Related terms: word: potsticker
english: Russian pastry, false friends
translation: Russian pastry, false friends
word: pirozhki
word: pirohy
gherkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɝkɪn/
ipa: /ˈɡɜːkɪn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kɪn
Forms: form: gherkins
form: gerkin
Etymology: From a form of Dutch gurk, an archaic variant of augurk (“small pickled cucumber”), from Low German, from Middle Low German agurke, augurke, probably via Slavic (compare Polish ogórek), from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion, “cucumber”). The underlying Dutch form may be a diminutive (gurkijn) or perhaps more probably the plural (gurken), which was then associated with the English suffix -kin (itself incidentally from Dutch or Low German). Compare German Gurke.
Senses: glosses: A small cucumber, often pickled whole.
glosses: Pickled cucumber regardless of size; a pickle
examples: text: “Even my gherkin is sorry, and it didn't talk shit about anybody," persists Adrian. The edge of Titus's mouth quivers in laughter.
ref: 2008, E. Lockhart, Fly on the Wall:
text: “Yes, daddy,” I moaned, lying big-time as his finger played in my sudsy pussy. “Say please,” he ordered, taking my hand to circle around his gherkin.
ref: 2010, Niobia Bryant, Live and Learn:
text: His gherkin was doing the tent dance, and he couldn't have been prouder.
ref: 2011, James Herbert Edwards, The Guardian Projects: Book Two, page 241:
glosses: The penis.
Derived terms: burr gherkin
jerkin the gherkin
jerk the gherkin
sea gherkin
West Indian gherkin
gherkin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɝkɪn/
ipa: /ˈɡɜːkɪn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kɪn
Forms: form: the gherkin
form: gerkin
Etymology: From a form of Dutch gurk, an archaic variant of augurk (“small pickled cucumber”), from Low German, from Middle Low German agurke, augurke, probably via Slavic (compare Polish ogórek), from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion, “cucumber”). The underlying Dutch form may be a diminutive (gurkijn) or perhaps more probably the plural (gurken), which was then associated with the English suffix -kin (itself incidentally from Dutch or Low German). Compare German Gurke.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Gherkin.
jingoistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡəʊˈɪst.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡoʊˈɪst.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Forms: form: more jingoistic
form: most jingoistic
Etymology: From jingo + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: My editorial angered both the jingoistic war hawks and the anti-war protesters.
text: The truth is that all classes—Christian and non-Christian—have yielded fatally to the pernicious interpretation which interested politicians, soldiers, manufacturers, and Jingoistic writers have put on the real economic needs of the country.
ref: 1915, Joseph McCabe, “The Responsibility of the Churches”, in The War and the Churches, London: Watts & Co. 17 Johnson's Court, Fleet Street, E.C., →OCLC, page 22:
text: All this jingoistic bombast, however, was directed toward defending, not so much the national vernacular as the national belles lettres.
ref: [1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 14, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC, § 2, page 86:
text: If we continue to be limited to our exceedingly fragile existence on spaceship Earth, a natural disaster or our own jingoistic or ecological foolhardiness is almost certain to terminate our existence perhaps centuries or millenia^([sic – meaning millennia]) from today.
ref: 1982, “Replicating Systems Concepts: Self-replicating Lunar Factory and Demonstration”, in Robert A. Freitas, Jr., William P. Gilbreath, editors, Advanced Automation for Space Missions […] (NASA Conference Publication; 2255), Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scientific and Technical Information Branch, →OCLC, page 244, column 2:
text: But are these Olympics also destined to become a jingoistic, flag-waving convention, a world-alienating Patriot Games?
ref: 2002 February 7, Harvey Araton, “Jingoism Is the Way of the Olympics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: This approach plays fast and loose with ordinary people's livelihoods. Yet still, with jingoistic horns and trumpets drowning out the roar of the deep, the stampede towards the cliff's edge gathers pace.
ref: 2017 March 27, “The Observer view on triggering article 50: As Britain hurtles towards the precipice, truth and democracy are in short supply”, in The Observer, London, archived from the original on 17 May 2017:
glosses: Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.
Synonyms: hawkish
Hypernyms: chauvinistic
nationalistic
patriotic
aggressive
hostile
combative
Derived terms: jingoistically
unjingoistic
Related terms: by jingo
jingo
jingoish
jingoism
jingoist
jingoize
brake noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brake noodles
Senses: glosses: A rigid or stiffly flexible sheath used on some bicycles to turn a brake cable neatly around a corner.
pool noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pool noodles
Etymology: From pool + noodle.
Senses: synonyms: noodle
glosses: A long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools.
beat Banaghan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beats Banaghan
form: beating Banaghan
form: beat Banaghan
form: beaten Banaghan
Etymology: The Classic 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue speculates "perhaps Banaghan was a minstrel famous for dealing in the marvellous."
Senses: examples: text: "'Jack Palmer, as I'm a sinner,' cried Titus. 'Why this beats Banaghan. Arrah ! Jack, honey, what does this mean ? Is it yourself I see in such company?'"
ref: 1837, William Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood (Revised) http://books.google.com/books?id=RRoGAAAAQAAJ, page 147
text: "He watched her as she slowly disappeared, and shook his head with a puzzled air. ¶'This beats Banaghan, and he beats --'"
ref: 1875, F.J. Hall, Conquered at Last, page 325:
text: "'So you see, it was a gallimaufry of a mess until you appeared.' ¶ 'Beats Banaghan,' agreed the boy."
ref: 1988, Maureen O'Donoghue, Winner, page 178:
text: "Whenever he can find an audience, Doherty will spin some tale of local history or ancestral lineage in that inimitable Irish blend of fact and blarney. 'He beats Banaghan,' as the Irish saying goes of one who tells wonderful stories."
ref: 2004, David Kales, The Phantom Pirate: Tales of the Irish Mafia and the Boston Harbor Islands, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: To tell wonderful stories, or something which is amazing and remarkable.
TNN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of The Nashville Network.
Banbury story of a cock and a bull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbænbɹi ˈstɔːɹi əv ə ˈkɒk ənd ə ˈbʊl/
ipa: /ˈbænb(ə)ɹi ˈstɔːɹi əv ə ˈkɑk ənd ə ˈbʊl/
Forms: form: Banbury stories of a cock and a bull
form: Banbury story
form: Banbury story of a cock and bull
Etymology: Origin unknown. Folk history claims derivation from the rivalry between two inns in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England, one called “The Cock” and the other called “The Bull”, where travellers would congregate to hear fanciful stories told; one such story involved travellers destined for the city of Banbury. However, there is little evidence supporting this etymology.
Senses: examples: text: BANBURY STORY, of a Cock and a Bull, an Idle relation, in order to pick Acquaintance on the Road, till a convenient Place and Opportunity offer to rob or plunder.
ref: [1725, “BANBURY STORY”, in A New Canting Dictionary: Comprehending All the Terms, Antient and Modern, Used in the Several Tribes of Gypsies, Beggars, Shoplifters, Highwaymen, Foot-Pads, and All Other Clans of Cheats and Villains. …, London: Printed; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, →OCLC:
text: Banbury story of a cock and a bull. A roundabout nonſenſical ſtory.
ref: [1785, [Francis Grose], “Banbury story of a cock and a bull”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London: Printer for S. Hooper, No. 212, High Holborn, →OCLC:
text: A Banbury Story of a Cock and a Bull.—The saying "It is a cock and bull story" is common enough, as every one knows, at the present day; but in former times—I mean in the last century—the phrase always ran thus "It is a Banbury story of a cock and a bull." Can you inform me why was Banbury in particular fixed upon as the locality of the story? —Falgate.
ref: [1856 April 26, Supplement to the Illustrated London News, volume XXVIII, number 796, London: Illustrated London News & Sketch, →OCLC, page 455:
text: Fanny, how is this? I promise you I thought the whole tale a Banbury story, but, upon my soul, what do I find but that fellow closeted with you!
ref: 1955, Georgette Heyer, Bath Tangle, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 149:
text: Balderdash! Do not seek to pull wool over my eyes, miss! Fabricate me no Banbury stories!
ref: 1981, Joan Aiken, The Stolen Lake, London: Jonathan Cape; republished Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, page 75
text: Nor was she uncaring, mean-spirited or likely to go about spreading a Banbury story of a cock and a bull.
ref: 2003, Connie Lane [pseudonym; Constance Laux], The Viscount's Bawdy Bargain, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 56:
text: 'I never got the chance. Mama sent me to my room for telling fibs.' Nella's bottom lip trembled. 'She threatened to paddle me with a hairbrush. Called it a Banbury story of a cock and bull.'
ref: 2010, Michelle Styles, chapter 4, in Compromising Miss Milton (Mills & Boon Historical), Richmond, Surrey: Mills & Boon, →ISBN:
glosses: A roundabout, nonsensical story.
wikipedia: Banbury
Stony Stratford
Synonyms: Banbury tale
cock-and-bull story
Related terms: shaggy dog story
tall tale
whopper
LAX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the IATA airport code.
Senses: examples: text: I have visited more than half a dozen carrier training facilities, spent over 150 hours on jumpseats, piloted a Lockheed 1011 from MIA to LAX, visited numerous towers, rapcons, and centers, and discussed our commercial Air Transport System with everyone involved.
ref: 1975, John H. Reed, National Transportation Safety Board, Safety Information, page 30:
text: Fortunately, most of these were former French colonies, and through a combination of quiet diplomacy and well-placed French nationals in the various air-traffic-control centers, the 300-mile-long stream of American aircraft flew the width of Africa as uneventfully as a red-eye flight from LAX to JFK.
ref: 1994, Tom Clancy, Armored Cav: A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment, New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 281:
text: Nothing happened, mind your business yo step / You know we connect, JFK 2 LAX
ref: 1998, “JFK 2 LAX”, in Moment of Truth, performed by Gang Starr:
text: By the time I landed at LAX and switched my phone out of airplane mode, Hasan Piker had been streaming for three hours.
ref: 2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2025:
glosses: Los Angeles International Airport
bandog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbandɒɡ/
Forms: form: bandogs
form: band-dog
form: ban dog
Etymology: From band + dog.
Senses: examples: text: The horsemen spreading themselves along the side of the cover, waited untill the keeper entered, leading his ban-dog; a large blood-hound tied in a leam or band, from which he takes his name.
ref: 1808, Joseph Strutt, [Walter Scott], “Section [IX]. Chapter II.”, in [Walter Scott], editor, Queenhoo-Hall, a Romance: And Ancient Times, a Drama. […], volume IV, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for John Murray, […]; and Archibald Constable & Co. […], →OCLC, pages 48–49:
text: Patriots may smile; and, using him [ Jean-Paul Marat ] as bandog now to be muzzled, now to be let bark....
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
text: The guns on the fortress responded, but the small calibre made them sound as if they were yapping like bandogs while the bombers bayed and gave tongue like hounds in cry.
ref: 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 934:
glosses: A dog that has been tied up; a mastiff or other kind of guard dog.
glosses: A type of large, ferocious dog, bred by crossing American pit bull terriers with Neapolitan mastiffs.
examples: text: He escaped from that experience confounded, horrified, and conscious of degradation. Those infernal bandogs of the law had treated him as a piece of insensate property to their drivelling mumbo-jumbo, as if mere contact with it had robbed him of all rights to the dignity and integrity of his own ego.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 89:
glosses: Something that or someone who pursues doggedly.
qualifier: cant
glosses: A bailiff or prison guard.
COE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: COEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of code of ethics.
glosses: Initialism of college of education.
glosses: Initialism of college of engineering.
glosses: Initialism of center of excellence.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of cab over engine.
glosses: Initialism of confirmation of enrolment.
glosses: Initialism of close of escrow.
glosses: Initialism of Certificate of Entitlement
COE
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of cab-over-engine.
GU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of general user.
examples: text: GU — Had polyuria (large volumes every hour) yesterday; incontinent when paramedics arrived
ref: 2009, Amy S. Nicholas, Holly S. Divine, “Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Ketoacidosis”, in Terry L. Schinghammer, Julia M. Koehler, editors, Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach, 7th edition, McGraw Hill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 79:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of genitourinary.
ITV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Independent Television, a British commercial television network.
RE
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Forms: form: R_E
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Earth radius: the radius of planet Earth, regarded as a unit of measurement.
qualifier: sum of parts
glosses: The radius of the Earth specifically.
Synonyms: R🜨
R♁
RE
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Regarding, re.
RE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Royal Engineers, a regiment in the British Army.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Rewari Junction railway station in India.
qualifier: classics
glosses: Abbreviation of Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft.