cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
POETS day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: POETS days
form: poets day
form: poets' day
Etymology: Probably 20th century British; derived from the acronym Piss Off (or Push Off) Early, Tomorrow's Saturday or perhaps earlier Piss Off (or Push Off) Early, Today's Saturday.
Senses: examples: text: He was about to walk out the door when Malika came in with the weighty, leatherbound Consejo book that recorded the Board minutes. Alex′s heart sank. Malika looked surprised.
‘Malika, it′s POETS day. Time to go home.’
‘POETS day?’
‘Yes. Piss Off Early, Tomorrow′s Saturday.’
ref: 2002, M. J. Lynley, Malika, Mithrandir Books, UK, page 177
text: ‘It′s poets′ day,’ said one of the crew. ‘Poets′ day?’ said Tony incredulously. ‘In Leeds?!?’ ‘Yes, POETS — Piss Off Early Tomorrow′s Saturday.’
ref: 2003, Richard Eyre, National Service: Diary of a Decade at the National Theatre, page 14:
text: ‘Check your computer in about an hour′s time. But be warned – POETS day, meaning the CID cupboard might be a bit on the Mother Hubbard side.’
‘Appreciate anything you can get for us, Stan. Happy trails.’ Rebus clicked the phone shut. ‘POETS day,’ he reminded Siobhan.
‘Piss Off Early, Tomorrow′s Saturday,’ she recited.
ref: 2006, Ian Rankin, The Naming of the Dead, published 2008, unnumbered page:
glosses: Friday, the last day of the working week.
Related terms: TGIF
Walpole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔːl.pəʊl/
ipa: /ˈwɔl.poʊl/
ipa: /ˈwɑl.poʊl/
Etymology: From Old English words for "wall" and "pool".
Senses: glosses: An English habitational surname from Old English from either of two places in Norfolk and Suffolk.
glosses: Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, English politician and writer.
glosses: The name of several places:
A civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, that includes Walpole St Andrew and Walpole St Peter.
glosses: The name of several places:
A village and civil parish (served by Cookley and Walpole Parish Council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM3674).
glosses: The name of several places:
A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
Derived terms: Walpole Cross Keys
commonest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The commonest theme in these upgrades has been to create capacity for long-distance trains by diverting local services and slower freight.
ref: 2021 December 15, Philip Haigh, “Remaining ECML upgrades in the 'really difficult' category”, in RAIL, number 946, page 53:
glosses: superlative form of common: most common
severally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəli/
Etymology: From several + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I will diſpatch you ſeuerally. You to Lord Lucius, to Lord Lucullus you, I hunted with his Honor to-day; [...]
ref: c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 85, column 1:
text: For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 12:8–11:
text: The policemen severally presented him with a pipe, a tin of tobacco, two boxes of matches and a dictionary, and then they withdrew leaving him to his own devices.
ref: 1912, James Stephens, The Crock of Gold, New York: MacMillan, published 1926, Book V, p. 229:
text: As it was, they were unable to discuss the details severally as they would have done had murder not become thus wholesale.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter X, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 162:
glosses: separately
examples: text: It tells them that those rules can be broken; and certainly they will break them, not once or twice but severally.
ref: 2012 November 12, Business Daily, Kenya, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2012:
text: It was at the point of confronting Alaba, who had been warned severally along with other tenants, that Ogunyemi met her demise.
ref: 2016 April 29, Nigeria Today:
glosses: Several times, repeatedly
Synonyms: sense: repeatedly
word: again and again
sense: repeatedly
word: over and over
sense: repeatedly
word: over and over again
sense: repeatedly
word: time and again
Derived terms: jointly and severally
unbox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unboxes
form: unboxing
form: unboxed
form: unboxed
Etymology: From un- + box.
Senses: examples: text: The booksellers' tasks were to unbox, shelve, and handle cash.
ref: 2005, Andrew Laties, Rebel Bookseller:
text: Clips in which children’s toys are unboxed are some of the most popular videos on YouTube.
ref: 2014 December 16, Alex Frank, “Happy Unboxing Day! A Small Guide to the Very Large World of Unboxing Videos”, in Vogue:
glosses: To remove from a box.
examples: text: When a boxing or unboxing operation occurs in code, whether it was implicit or explicit, the IL generated includes the box or unbox command.
ref: 2004, Stephen Teilhet, Jay Hilyard, C# Cookbook:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To retrieve (a value of a primitive type) from the object in which it is boxed.
Synonyms: sense: remove from a box
word: unpack
sense: remove from a box
word: uncase
sense: remove from a box
word: undo
Derived terms: unboxing
auxesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auxeses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”).
Senses: examples: text: Avxesis, when we vse a greater word for a lesse, or thus, when the word is greater then the thing is in deede.
ref: 1577, Henry Peacham, Garden of Eloquence:
glosses: A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
Overstatement, hyperbole.
antonyms: meiosis
glosses: A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
Arrangement of a series in ascending order.
examples: text: Auxesis, augmentation, increase.
ref: 1842, R. Dunglison, Medical Lexicon:
text: Botanists do still distinguish between auxesis or growth by expansion, and merisis or growth by cell-multiplication.
ref: 1940 November 9, Nature, 618/1
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The condition of being auxetic
Synonyms: sense: rhetorical increase
word: amplification
sense: rhetorical increase
word: amplificatio
sense: rhetorical increase; good
word: spin
word: hyperbole
sense: ascending series
word: climax
Derived terms: auxetic
auxetically
Related terms: tachyauxesis
heterauxesis
pleonasm
paradiastole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɛrədaɪˈæstəli/
ipa: /ˌpærədaɪˈæstəli/
Forms: form: paradiastoles
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παραδιαστολή (paradiastolḗ), from παρα- (para-, “next to, alongside”) + διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, distinction”).
Senses: glosses: A form of euphemism in which a positive synonym is substituted for a negative word.
Related terms: paradiastolic
cheapness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃiːpnəs/
rhymes: -iːpnəs
Forms: form: cheapnesses
Etymology: From cheap + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: His cheapness was legendary; he refused to use candles or lamps, not to reduce the risk of fire but rather to save a penny.
text: Her mother, in 1684, retiring with'her daughter, for cheapness, to some place in Surrey, (she does not tell us where,) became acquainted with Dr. Glisson […]
ref: 1800, Edmond Malone, The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden:
text: Mrs. Jallatt didn't study cheapness, but somehow she generally attained it.
ref: 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Strategist”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 85:
text: He was also interested in the cost of book production, as can be seen in his article on the cheapness of papyrus as a writing material.
ref: 2004, James Keith Elliott, The Collected Biblical Writings of T.C. Skeat:
synonyms: frugality
meanness
miserliness
niggardliness
parsimony
stinginess
thriftiness
tightness
glosses: The state or character trait of being cheap (stingy).
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: It seems to me that whoever at the Department of Transport or the train operating companies, or both, is specifying the standard of seats these days has taken leave of their senses and opted for cheapness over comfort.
ref: 2023 July 26, Pip Dunn, “Merseyrail '777s' are OK for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 60:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both).
raw_tags: of a product
examples: text: The cheapness of the manufacturing is insulting. [the product is poorly made]
glosses: The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both).
Synonym of shoddiness.
synonyms: word: shoddiness
raw_tags: of a product
examples: text: The cheapness of the offerings is amazing. [the prices are surprisingly good]
glosses: The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both).
Synonym of inexpensiveness; affordability.
synonyms: word: inexpensiveness
extra: affordability
raw_tags: of a product
electric bass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛktɹɪkbeɪs/
Forms: form: electric basses
Senses: glosses: An electric bass guitar with four strings, larger than a normal electric guitar. It has a lower pitch and is often used as a back-up beat for the lead guitar.
Derived terms: electric bassist
hodman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hodmen
Etymology: From hod + -man.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hod carrier.
synonyms: word: hod carrier
laird
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛːd/
ipa: /lɛəɹd/
ipa: /lerd/
ipa: /leːd/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /leəd/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /liəd/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /lɜː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
homophone: laired
homophone: leered (cheer–chair merger)
Forms: form: lairds
form: lairding
form: lairded
form: lairded
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Scots laird, from northern or Scottish Middle English lard, laverd, a variant of lord. The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of hlaford and lord.
Senses: examples: text: But cauld was his hearth ere his youdith was o'er, / An' he delved on the lands he had lairded before; / Yet though he beggared his ha' an' deserted his lea, / Contented he roamed on the banks o' the Dee.
ref: 1874, George Outram, “The Banks o’ the Dee”, in Henry Glassford Bell, editor, Lyrics Legal and Miscellaneous, 2nd edition, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood & Sons, →OCLC, page 86:
text: You'd stand with a single malt, / in braces, admiring a Grinling, / while I did a fingertip search of your face, / [...] / discovering the recesses of baronial you, / lairding it in a rental estate / we were about to lose.
ref: 2008, Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch, “A Pair of Antlers”, in Not in Those Shoes, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 21:
text: Declan observed him, analyzing his reaction. He loved to unnerve his lairding brother.
ref: 2013, Victoria Roberts, chapter 18, in X Marks the Scot, Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks Casablanca, →ISBN, page 194:
text: Classic horror movie The Wicker Man is getting an outside airing at Compton Verney. [...] Set on a remote Scottish island lairded over by the incomparable Christopher Lee, the film strands the viewer – and young policeman Edward Woodward – among a neo-pagan community where blood sacrifice, passion and lust collide in the mist.
ref: 2017 May 13, Ian Hughes, “Date with The Wicker Man for outdoor screening at Compton Verney”, in Leamington Observer, archived from the original on 16 May 2017:
glosses: Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).
start-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: start-ups
Etymology: Deverbal from start up.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of startup.
splendorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more splendorous
form: most splendorous
Etymology: From splendor + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Ensconced in his attentiveness, she was the splendorous sun around which his life revolved.
ref: 2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 215:
glosses: Splendid, having splendor.
Synonyms: splendrous
splendrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more splendrous
form: most splendrous
Etymology: From splendor + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Splendid, having splendor.
Synonyms: splendorous
Derived terms: splendrousness
fougère
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fougères
form: fougere
Etymology: Borrowed from French fougère (literally “fern”), from the perfume Fougère Royale (“Royal Fern”) launched in 1882 by Houbigant.
Senses: examples: text: Fougères are built on an accord between lavender and coumarin, with every conceivable variation and elaboration.
ref: 2010, Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez, Perfumes: The A–Z Guide, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 22:
text: Drakkar Noir, however, was not the kind of fragrance you would want to douse yourself with. It was one of the early aromatic fougeres, and a stonking powerhouse.
ref: 2011 November 3, Ta-Nehisi Coates, quoting shamu1 (Il Mondo di Odore), “Marketing to the Maxim Set, Cont.”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2011:
text: In this example, a fougère type of perfume is inspired by the idea of what a fern would smell like (fougère is the French word for fern). Although some ferns have a light fragrance, the scent of a fougère perfume is an imaginary concept created by the perfumer using the unique scent of coumarin.
ref: 2022, Elise Vernon Pearlstine, Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 217:
qualifier: perfumery
glosses: One of the main olfactive families of perfumes, based on the compound coumarin; (countable) a perfume of that family.
wikipedia: Houbigant Parfum
tyrolienne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɪˌɹoʊliˈɛn/
Forms: form: tyroliennes
Etymology: From French tyrolienne.
Senses: glosses: A traditional folk dance of Tyrol.
glosses: The music for such a dance.
zip wire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zip wires
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zip-wire.
Winthrop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From wines (“friend's”) + þorp (“village”).
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.
A city in Arkansas.
glosses: Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.
A community in Nottinghamshire, England.
glosses: Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.
A city in Iowa.
glosses: Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.
A town in Maine.
glosses: Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.
A city in Massachusetts.
glosses: Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.
A city in Minnesota.
glosses: Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.
A village in Ontario.
glosses: Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.
A town in Washington.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English from the English places.
Derived terms: Governor Winthrop desk
Winthrop desk
Hicks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪks/
homophone: hicks
rhymes: -ɪks
Forms: form: Hickses
form: Higgs
Etymology: From Hick + -s.
Senses: examples: text: Hope Hicks, one of the President’s longest-serving aides, warned Parscale against touting ticket request numbers, reminding him that the number one rule in politics is not to overpromise and underdeliver, a source familiar with the matter said.
ref: 2020 July 13, Michael Warren, Jeremy Diamond, Ryan Nobles and Fredreka Schouten, “Amid rising coronavirus cases, the Trump campaign struggles to get its rally machine going”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Hick, a medieval diminutive of Richard.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Warren County, Ohio, United States.
Synonyms: Hick
Hickson
Higgs
Derived terms: Braxton Hicks contraction
Hicksian
Hicksville
Kaldor-Hicks criterion
Kaldor-Hicks efficiency
Kaldor-Hicks efficient
Kaldor-Hicks improvement
Hicks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪks/
homophone: hicks
rhymes: -ɪks
Forms: form: Higgs
Etymology: From Hick + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of Hick
polylith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyliths
Etymology: From poly- + -lith.
Senses: glosses: A prehistoric monument consisting of many stones.
Coordinate terms: monolith
Related terms: megalith
microlith
constative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnstətɪv/
ipa: /kənˈsteɪtɪv/
rhymes: -ɒnstətɪv
rhymes: -eɪtɪv
Etymology: Coined to translate the German konstatierend, using cōnstāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin verb cōnstō (“I agree, correspond, or fit; I am certain, decided, or consistent”), suffixed with the English -ive, suggesting a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *cōnstātīvus.
Senses: examples: text: Statements are constative utterances.
text: One thing, however, that it will be more dangerous to do, and that we are very prone to do, is to take it that we somehow know that the primary or primitive use of sentences must be, because it ought to be, statemental or constative, in the philosophers' preferred sense of simply uttering something whose sole pretension is to be true or false and which is not liable to criticism in any other dimension.
ref: 1962, J. L. Austin, How to Do Things with Words (OUP paperback edition, page 72)
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to an utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.
Derived terms: constate
constatively
constativeness
Related terms: performative
constative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnstətɪv/
ipa: /kənˈsteɪtɪv/
rhymes: -ɒnstətɪv
rhymes: -eɪtɪv
Forms: form: constatives
Etymology: Coined to translate the German konstatierend, using cōnstāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin verb cōnstō (“I agree, correspond, or fit; I am certain, decided, or consistent”), suffixed with the English -ive, suggesting a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *cōnstātīvus.
Senses: examples: text: The distinction between constatives and performatives is one of the distinctions that he starts questioning.
ref: 2011, Phyllis Kaburise, Speech Act Theory and Communication: A Univen Study, page 77:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.
tapeta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tapetum
lizardman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪz.əd.mæn/
ipa: /ˈlɪz.ɚd.mæn/
Forms: form: lizardmen
Etymology: From lizard + man.
Senses: topics: fantasy
glosses: An intelligent human-like reptile who walks on hind legs and speaks and dresses similar to humans.
wikipedia: Heroes of Land, Air & Sea
Related terms: reptilian
half-elf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-elves
Etymology: From half- + elf.
Senses: topics: fantasy
glosses: A person who is half elven and half human by birth.
Related terms: half-elven
Southern hospitality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The reputation for people in the U.S. South to be particularly warm and welcoming to visitors.
Related terms: Seattle Freeze
alk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alks
Senses: examples: text: […] reindeer, wild boars, beavers, wood-grouse, and geir-birds (the great alk).
ref: 1866, The Archaeological Journal:
glosses: Archaic spelling of auk.
alk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of alkali.
alk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of alkaline.
totalisator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: totalisators
form: totalizator
Senses: examples: text: For example, I may in some places effect marriage by cohabiting, or I may bet with a totalisator machine by putting a coin in the slot.
ref: 1955, J.L. Austin, How To Do Things With Words:
text: At the racing club's expense, many alterations had been made, including converting the totalisator building into a 40-bed ward.
ref: 2018, Anna Rogers, With Them Through Hell, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: the computerised system which runs parimutuel betting, calculating payoff odds, displaying them, and producing tickets based on incoming bets.
Synonyms: tote board
pari-mutuel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpaɹiˈmjuːtʃʊəl/
Forms: form: pari-mutuels
form: paris-mutuels
form: parimutuel
Etymology: From French pari mutuel (“mutual bet”).
Senses: examples: text: There is also a pari-mutuel option. You and a friend can wager that you will each lose 15 pounds over the next two months. If you both succeed, the money is returned. But if one fails while the other succeeds, then the loser pays the winner. If you both fail, then the one who loses the most is the winner.
ref: 2008, Avinash K. Dixit and Barry J. Nalebuff, The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life, W.W Norton & Company, p. 208
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: Any betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and a house take are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all placed bets.
examples: text: The Italian were full of manners and McAdams talked to Catherine while we went down to bet again. Mr Meyers was standing near the pari-mutuel.
ref: 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 129:
glosses: A booth used to place such bets, or a machine used to record bets and calculate payoffs.
Related terms: breakage
tote board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tote boards
Senses: glosses: The computerised system which runs parimutuel betting, calculating payoff odds, displaying them, and producing tickets based on incoming bets.
Synonyms: totalisator
totalizator
court bouillon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: court bouillons
form: courts bouillons
Etymology: French, literally "short broth".
Senses: glosses: A seasoned, aromatic liquid, such as a mixture of water with wine or vinegar and spices and vegetables, used for poaching fish, meat, seafood, or vegetables.
zeekoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeekoes
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch zeekoe.
Senses: glosses: hippopotamus
let go and let God
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets go and lets God
form: letting go and letting God
form: let go and let God
form: let go and let God
Senses: glosses: To consciously surrender one's free will to the will of God.
trake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trakes
Senses: examples: 2001, John Barnes and Buzz Aldrin, The Return, Tor/Forge, →ISBN, page 41,
"[…] I'll do a trake on him, right now, because his breathing isn't good and I think there's a crushing injury to the neck. […]"
2004, Christopher Young, Anno Domini Book III Amalgamation, Lulu Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 150,
"[…] She'll never be able to talk again, and for now she is breathing out of a trake."
2005, Isaiah Baity, Jr., Beyond the Mark of Cain, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 60,
Over time my uncle continued to slowly get better but my aunt was concerned about the tracheotomy hole (trake) in his throat. […] ¶ […] My aunt anxiously tried to instruct her to put the trake back in the hole in his throat.
glosses: Alternative spelling of trach.
trach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trachs
form: trake
Senses: glosses: A tracheotomy or tracheostomy.
glosses: The tube inserted in a tracheotomy.
glosses: One who undergoes a tracheotomy.
trach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: traches
form: traching
form: trached
form: trached
form: trake
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trache (“fit with tracheostomy tube”).
trakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trake
PLM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PLMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of product life-cycle management.
glosses: Initialism of product launch manager.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of periodic limb movement.
PLM
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of police lives matter.
abade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of abode.
abade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of abode.
on the market
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The Aberdeen-Ballater line station house, complete with a non-authentic signal, is on the market for £225,000.
ref: 2021 June 30, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Scotland: Crathes”, in RAIL, number 934, page 31:
glosses: Offered for sale.
glosses: During a real estate auction: going to be sold at that auction, i.e. the bid has reached the vendor's reserve.
glosses: single; not in a committed romantic relationship or otherwise unavailable.
raw_tags: of a person
Related terms: drug on the market
kookier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: 10:23am: Four guys take the one wave, each guy who drops in being kookier than the next. Circus music plays.
ref: 2005 February, “One Day at Off the Wall”, in Tracks, page 86:
glosses: comparative form of kooky: more kooky
departmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪpɑːtˈmɛntəl/
ipa: /ˌdiːpɑtˈmɛntəl/
ipa: /dɪpɑɹtˈmɛntəl/
ipa: /ˌdiːpɑɹtˈmɛntəl/
ipa: /dɪpɐːtˈmentəl/
ipa: /ˌdiːpɐːtˈmentəl/
ipa: /dəpɐːtˈmentəl/
ipa: /ˌdiːpɐːtˈmentəl/
rhymes: -ɛntəl
Etymology: Borrowed from French départemental. By surface analysis, department + -al. Doublet of départemental.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a department.
Derived terms: departmentalism
departmentalitis
departmentalization
departmentalize
departmentally
departmental store
extradepartmental
intradepartmental
multidepartmental
predepartmental
egads
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: egads!
Etymology: From ye gods.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of egad.
Synonyms: wow
internationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: internationalisms
Etymology: From international + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Once again the opposite poles of isolationism and Wilsonian internationalism appeared as alternatives that split the liberal and conservative camps
ref: 1995, Time’s Cycle and National Military Strategy:
text: One day in the not too distant future, we may look back on Donald Trump’s return to power as the death knell of “liberal internationalism.”
ref: 2025 January 23, Ned Temko, “Is the West’s liberal template broken?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Political, economic and cultural cooperation between nations.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology.
topics: architecture
synonyms: International Style
glosses: A major architectural style that was developed in the 1920s and 1930s and was closely related to modernism, characterized by lightweight industrial materials, lack of ornamentation, and flat surfaces.
Derived terms: anti-internationalism
counter-internationalism
proletarian internationalism
Related terms: topics: politics
government
word: antinationalism
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Wanderwort
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: wanderword
word: Kulturwort
Secretary of State
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Secretaries of State
Senses: glosses: Any of several senior government positions whose function varies from nation to nation.
examples: text: When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft jumped into the state’s gubernatorial race last year, the Republican vowed to tackle a slew of culture war issues, promising to fight the “woke politics” of “left-wing” banks and touting how he used his position to enact a regulation targeting those financial firms.
ref: 2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN:
glosses: The chief clerk of a U.S. state.
Related terms: foreign minister
secretary of the commonwealth
paars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paar
Funen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːnən/
Etymology: From Danish Fyn, likely through German Fünen. Related with Danish fyge (“to blow around”), hence "windswept place".
Senses: synonyms: Fyn
glosses: The third largest island of Denmark.
Related terms: word: Zealand
english: Danish: Sjælland; the largest island of Denmark
translation: Danish: Sjælland; the largest island of Denmark
word: Sealand
english: Danish: Nørrejyske Ø
translation: Danish: Nørrejyske Ø
word: North Jutlandic Island
sense: also loosely called
english: Danish: Vendsyssel-Thy
translation: Danish: Vendsyssel-Thy
word: Vendsyssel-Thy
english: Danish: Jylland nord for Limfjorden; the second largest island of Denmark
translation: Danish: Jylland nord for Limfjorden; the second largest island of Denmark
word: Jutland north of the Limfjord
Ningxia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪŋˈʃjɑː/
enpr: nǐngʹshyäʹ
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: Ning-hsia
form: Ninghsia
form: Ningsia
Etymology: c. mid 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寧夏 /宁夏 (Níngxià).
Senses: examples: text: In 1955, the trans-Mongolian railroad was inaugurated and in 1958 the Baotou line was extended to Lanzhou in Gansu, passing through Ningxia.
ref: 1979, Frederic M. Kaplan, Julian M. Sobin, Stephen Andors, “Land and Population”, in Encyclopedia of China Today, Eurasia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38, column 2:
text: FROM Baotou, China’s interior trunk line goes west and then south to one of China’s main concentrations of Muslims, in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. My train left Baotou at 9:16 A.M., and the 317-mile trip took slightly over 10 hours; we arrived at 7:30 P.M., just 19 minutes late, at Ningxia's capital, Yinchuan.
ref: 1993, A. Doak Barnett, “Han and Hui: Ningxia”, in China's Far West: Four Decades of Change, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 95:
text: Local sources said a sit-in protest by hundreds of ethnic Hui Muslims took place on Friday to defend the huge new mosque, which was built last year in the northern region of Ningxia.
ref: 2018 August 10, “Chinese Hui Muslims protest mosque demolition in Weizhou”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2018, Asia:
text: China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reported a new case of African swine fever on a farm in the northwestern region of Ningxia on Tuesday.
ref: 2019 September 10, Dominique Patton, “China reports new African swine fever case in Ningxia”, in Louise Heavens, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 May 2022, Health News:
glosses: A Hui autonomous region of China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan.
wikipedia: Frederick A. Praeger
Synonyms: word: NHAR
muttonhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muttonheads
Etymology: From mutton + head.
Senses: glosses: A stupid or foolish person.
Derived terms: muttonheaded
mutt
nattering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of natter
nattering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natterings
Senses: glosses: Idle chatter.
stuttering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stutterings
Senses: glosses: A speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and by involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds.
glosses: An instance of stuttering.
Synonyms: stammering
Derived terms: covert stuttering
interiorized stutter
stuttering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stutter
stuttering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stuttering
form: most stuttering
Senses: glosses: That stutters.
examples: text: Relieved Chelsea halted their worst run of form since 1999 as a stuttering victory over Bolton gave the champions a first league win in seven matches
ref: 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:
glosses: Hesitant.
Derived terms: stutteringly
Tinker to Evers to Chance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tinker to Evans to Chance
Etymology: A reference to a double play completed by Chicago Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, famously eulogized in a poem.
Senses: glosses: A famous baseball infield double-play combination.
Tinker to Evers to Chance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tinker to Evans to Chance
Etymology: A reference to a double play completed by Chicago Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, famously eulogized in a poem.
Senses: examples: text: The sonarman picks up the enemy, shoots the position to the radar controller sitting near him, and the radar controller, in a Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance play, vectors a hovering helicopter to the spot.
ref: 1957 September, “Can we defend our coasts against Russian subs?”, in Popular Science, volume 171, number 3, page 161:
text: It was like Tinker to Evers to Chance. Colson-Chance then flipped the good news to Hugh Scott, who read Mrs. Beard's denial on the Senate floor that same day.
ref: 1974, Carl Bernstein with Bob Woodward, All the President's Men, page 256:
text: When it comes to computers, though, systems integration is too often more reminiscent of the Keystone Kops than Tinker to Evers to Chance.
ref: 1990, Traffic world, page 37:
text: Prothrombin-to-thrombin-to-fibrin had a Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance simplicity that was 100 percent American in some way.
ref: 1998, Allen B. Weisse, The staff and the serpent, page 61:
text: Spiegel caught the names Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg, whom he gathered were a kind of upscale Tinker to Evers to Chance.
ref: 2001, Richard Powers, Plowing the Dark, page 204:
text: ... a financial Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance operation involving Bankers Life and Casualty, plus an old company called Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association, ....
ref: 2008, Nancy Kriplen, The eccentric billionaire: John D. MacArthur-- empire builder, reluctant, page 67:
glosses: A task accomplished quickly by well-executed teamwork; those involved in the teamwork.
Related terms: hot potato
Tinker to Evans to Chance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Tinker to Evers to Chance.
muttonheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muttonhead
Secretaries of State
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Secretary of State
polyliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polylith
lairds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laird
lairds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of laird
electric basses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric bass
basses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: bases
Senses: glosses: plural of bass
meioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meiosis
auxeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auxesis
amplifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of amplify
amplifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of amplify
amplified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of amplify
amplified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amplified
form: most amplified
Senses: glosses: Having been made the subject of amplification; more potent or stronger, louder
Derived terms: coamplified
nonamplified
overamplified
preamplified
unamplified
kilted sausages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kilted sausage
scattered showers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scattered shower
wintry showers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wintry shower
stegosaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stegosaur
copyright infringements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copyright infringement
infirmaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infirmary
blackflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blackfly
inkblots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inkblot
autoradiograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoradiogram
autoradiographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoradiograph
attenuations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attenuation
speakeasies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speakeasy
hear, hear
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From 1689. Imperative, used as an exclamation to call attention to a speaker; now a general cry of approbation.
Senses: examples: text: Hearty congratulations are in order to Selma for her successful completion of the curriculum. / Hear, hear!
glosses: Let us hear and applaud the previous speaker; I endorse the previous statement; expression of support, agreement, or enthusiasm for what has just been said.
raw_tags: after a toast
Related terms: hear ye, hear ye
now, now
oi oi
oyez, oyez, oyez
shame, shame
there, there
cuz
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌz/
ipa: /kɒz/
ipa: /kəz/
rhymes: -ʌz
rhymes: -ɒz
Senses: glosses: Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).
cuz
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌz/
ipa: /kɒz/
ipa: /kəz/
rhymes: -ʌz
rhymes: -ɒz
Senses: examples: text: "(W)ho knows I wanted her dead? cuz i only told u and (D.B.) so unless u told someone ..."
ref: 2009 March 10, Rosie DiManno, “Murder reduced to infantile online postings”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2009:
glosses: Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).
cuz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌz/
ipa: /kɒz/
ipa: /kəz/
rhymes: -ʌz
rhymes: -ɒz
ipa: /ˈkʌz/
rhymes: -ʌz
ipa: /kʌz/
ipa: /kɒz/
ipa: /kəz/
rhymes: -ʌz
rhymes: -ɒz
Forms: form: cuzzes
form: cous
Etymology: Short for cousin.
Senses: glosses: A cousin (usually as a term of address, but not necessarily towards one's cousin).
Derived terms: cuzzo
calendar month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calendar months
Senses: examples: text: In Calcutta, season tickets are issued only for the calendar month, with a different colour for each month, so that this problem does not arise. The merest whisper of an idea to change Bombay to the Calcutta system brought such a howl of protest in the Press, that it was never seriously contemplated.
ref: 1953 November, 'Erca', “Ticket Frauds in the East”, in Railway Magazine, page 779:
glosses: The period of duration from the first date of one month to the last date of the same month, which can thus vary from 28 to 31 days in length.
fat-kidneyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascall.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: gross and lubberly.
glommer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glommers
Etymology: From glom + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who steals.
glosses: A person who catches or grabs from others.
save vs.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: saves vs.
form: saving vs.
form: saved vs.
form: saved vs.
form: save versus
Senses: qualifier: roleplaying games slang
glosses: In certain games, to successfully guard against a particular danger.
Related terms: saving throw
marginal cost of capital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marginal costs of capital
Senses: topics: business
economics
finance
sciences
glosses: The cost of the marginal unit of capital that a firm could raise.
photo cube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photo cubes
Senses: glosses: A cube-shaped frame holding different photographs on its different sides, often used to show several different members of a family, parts of a vacation, or a timeline of someone's life.
save as
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: saves as
form: saving as
form: saved as
form: saved as
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To enter a dialog box where the user can specify a new filename to save the current document under.
krokodil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Russian крокоди́л (krokodíl, “crocodile”), because of its damaging effects on the skin, possibly related to the chemical name of the precursor α-chlorocodide. Doublet of crocodile.
Senses: examples: text: But other synthetic drugs, such the ones known in the streets as bath salts, now dominate the market in Russia, while the most common sign of krokodil is the quiet devastation it has left behind.
ref: 2016, Simon Shuster, Time magazine:
glosses: The drug desomorphine.
village idiot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: village idiots
Etymology: From the saying “Every village has its village idiot”, alleged to be an old Yiddish proverb.
Senses: examples: text: It is true that the Doocot was occasionally appropriated to other purposes than that of a tolbooth for the sorner, the drunken gipsy, the village idiot at the change of the moon, the swearing bluegown, and the contumacious birdnester on the sabbath; […]
ref: 1825, The Abduction; Or, the Adventures of Major Sarney: A Story of the Times of Charles the Second, volume II, Charles Knight, page 170:
text: "So kindly keep the vainglorious enumeration of your pots for the benefit of those village idiots who compose your particular set of boozing companions."
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 85:
text: To some, Mr. Cagri was the Internet's village idiot, but others were touched by his warmth or just tickled by the absurdity of the whole phenomenon.
ref: 2002 July 4, David F. Gallagher, “Star of 'I Kiss You' Site Moves From Farce to Folklore”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, retrieved 13 Aug 2024:
glosses: A person widely known in their community for their stupidity and ignorant behaviour.
Related terms: village bike
wackyparse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wackyparses
form: wackyparsing
form: wackyparsed
form: wackyparsed
Etymology: From wacky + parse. Coined by James Parry in 1998. Though wackyparsing as a concept probably originated in Kibology (at alt.religion.kibology), at least as early as 1998http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=wackyparsing&qt_s=Search, the term has come to have wider usage, particularly on Usenet.
Senses: examples: text: But "Kibological slip" just doesn't do it. I would prefer a single-word term. Something like "I wackyparsed that as..." or "I incorrgrept you."
ref: 1998 May 9, James Kibo Parry, “Son of Short, Shameful Confession”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):
hypernyms: misparse
glosses: To misread a text to a humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.
WARNO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Information not available for inclusion in the initial WARNO can be included in subsequent warning
ref: 2006. Mir Bahmanyar, Shadow Warriors: A History of the US Army, Page 216 http://books.google.com/books?id=SXv32iVfb1kC&pg=PA216&dq=warno&ei=U49LR-HuOqDktQOGgI3wBg&sig=aZzxJSAvgCueY0iyJiVls7f4hZ8
text: Only address if essential to the WARNO.
ref: 2007, U. S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army Ranger Handbook, page 16:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of warning order.
milkmaid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪlkmeɪd/
Forms: form: milkmaids
form: milk-maid
Etymology: From milk + maid.
Senses: synonyms: dairymaid
dairywoman
coordinate_terms: dairyman
milkman
glosses: A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.
Derived terms: milkmaid's yoke
milkmaidy
mondial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈmɒndi.əl/
Forms: form: more mondial
form: most mondial
form: mundial
Etymology: From French mondial, from Latin mundiālis. Compare Middle English mondiall, mundyall (“worldly, temporal”).
Senses: examples: text: Richard would even discuss her latest column, without in any way averring – even to himself – that what she wrote had all the mondial impact of a used cotton bud falling on to a damp towel.
ref: 1996, Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Bloomsbury, published 2011, page 69:
glosses: Worldwide, global.
wetiko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wetikos
Senses: examples: text: Pennisk wasn't afraid of the wetiko.
ref: 1994, Ronald Lavallée, translated by Patricia Claxton, Tchipayuk, or, The way of the wolf, page 208:
text: Just then a Wetiko charged into view!
ref: 2005, Maggie Siggins, Bitter embrace: white society's assault on the Woodland Cree, page 141:
text: [Jack] Forbes states that the overriding characteristic of a wétiko, a Cree word literally meaning “cannibal,” is “that he consumes other human beings for profit, that is, he is a cannibal” […]
ref: 2001, Arturo J. Aldama, Disrupting Savagism:
glosses: Alternative form of wihtikow.
wharfie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wharfies
Etymology: From wharf + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: “It’s a twenty-four-hour stoppage,” he said. “The wharfies went to the Arbitration Court for another pound a week for something or other, and they didn’t get it, so they’ve stopped work for a day to show their displeasure […]”
ref: 1952, Neville Shute, chapter 9, in The Far Country, London: Heinemann:
text: One night, soon after the battle of the Coral Sea, the US transport ship Shenandoah steamed up the Brisbane River to the wharves at Hamilton. She tied up just before eleven o′clock and at midnight a fresh shift of wharfies began unloading her cavernous holds.
ref: 2000, David Crookes, Someday Soon, unnumbered page:
text: But a group of wharfies rushed the ballot box, opened it, and ripped up some voting slips and threw others over a fence.
ref: 2008, Andrew Faulkner, Arthur Blackburn, VC: An Australian Hero, His Men, and Their Two World Wars, page 152:
text: In Fremantle the wharfies were crucial to my preselection. Gordon Harris was the secretary of the Fremantle wharfies, and we got on amicably until he decided to stand against me in 1958.
ref: 2009, Kim Edward Beazley, Father of the House: The Memoirs of Kim E. Beazley, page 131:
glosses: A wharf worker: synonym of dockworker.