cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Confederado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Confederados
Senses: glosses: A Confederate expatriate who fled the southern United States for Brazil during Reconstruction; or a descendant of such a person.
Confederados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Confederado
puppuccino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puppuccinos
Etymology: Blend of pup + cappuccino.
Senses: examples: text: You and your dog can enjoy Starbucks together. Order a puppuccino for a cup of whipped cream for your dog. (Doug the Pug got one!) You might have to explain this to your barista, but it is a thing.
ref: 2015 May 29, Danielle Tullo, “10 Secrets Only Starbucks Addicts Know”, in Cosmopolitan:
text: Later, four-legged guests enjoyed a meal of puppy chow from Vestals Catering in Dallas (which also caters events for humans), as well as a puppuccino bar and activities including a ball pit.
ref: 2022 March 16, Sean Malin, “Love Is in the Air. So Is Dander.”, in The New York Times:
text: If you wouldn’t dream of going on vacation without your pet, you’re in luck. […] Perks abound, like “puppuccinos” at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., and paw-and-nose balm at the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Mass.
ref: 2023 May 15, Stephanie Rosenbloom, “Hotels Roll Out the Red Carpet for Pets”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A small amount of whipped cream served in an espresso-sized cup, intended for dogs.
Related terms: puppychino
mouthie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouthies
Etymology: From mouth + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] what on earth is the matter that your little mouthie is bleeding that way like a sheep?”
ref: 1865, [Susan Stirling], “At the Ramsays on a Party Day”, in Sedgely Court: A Tale, volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, page 78:
text: Closed thine eyes and little mouthie; […]
ref: [between 1870 and 1892?], John Blair, “Foreign Poets”, in Collection of Rhymes, &c., Parkhill, Ont.: […] the Gazette Printing House, part II, page 11:
text: Open wide the little mouthie, / Pop one finger in!
ref: 1900 March, “Fingerings”, in The Educational Review, St. John, N.B., page 233, column 1:
text: After cleaning myself up and wiping her cute little mouthie, she was at it again.
ref: 1948 December, Cynthia Medley, “Letter To A Friend”, in The Epaulet, volume IX, number 1, the Students of Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, page 9, column 1:
text: You throw ’em and the dogs go and pick ’em up with their mouthies.
ref: 1909, Alexander F., Isabel C. Chamberlain, “Studies of a Child. IV. “Meanings” and “Definitions” in the Forty-Seventh and Forty-Eighth Months”, in G[ranville] Stanley Hall, editor, The Pedagogical Seminary: A Quarterly; International Record of Educational Literature, Institutions and Progress, volume XVI, Worcester, Mass.: Florence Chandler, […], page 77:
text: Putting the lobster in your little mouthie.
ref: 1989, Daniel Pinkwater, “Psychopathia Snacksualis”, in Fish Whistle: Commentaries, Uncommontaries and Vulgar Excesses, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, part one (Crack the Whip and Pass the Chips), page 19:
glosses: A mouth.
mouthies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouthie
woody wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woody wagons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of woodie wagon.
woodie wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodie wagons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of woodie (“car with wooden bodywork”).
synonyms: word: woodie
extra: car with wooden bodywork
woody wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woody wagon
woodie wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodie wagon
PASLI disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: PASLI stands for "p110 delta activating mutation causing senescent T cells, lymphadenopathy, and immunodeficiency".
Senses: glosses: A rare genetic disorder of the immune system, characterized by recurrent sinopulmonary infections that can lead to progressive airway damage.
mottoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of motto
evil be to him who evil thinks
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Compare with Anglo-Norman honi soit qui mal y pense ("Shame on him who thinks evil of it"), the motto of the Order of the Garter
Senses: glosses: Those who plot to commit evil deeds or harbor disgraceful thoughts deserve to have evil done to them.
Related terms: chickens come home to roost
old sins have long shadows
reap what one sows
sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
what goes around comes around
black aristocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of black nobility.
synonyms: word: black nobility
black nobility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Italian nobiltà nera
Senses: synonyms: black aristocracy
glosses: The Roman aristocratic families who sided with the papacy under Pope Pius IX after the Savoy family-led army of the Kingdom of Italy entered Rome on 20 September 1870, overthrew the Pope and the Papal States, and took over the Quirinal Palace; and any nobles subsequently ennobled by the Pope prior to the 1929 Lateran Treaty.
cheekies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cheekie + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of cheekie
cheekies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cheek + -ie + -s.
Senses: examples: text: […] American Eagle undies, boy briefs and cheekies, […]
ref: 2008, People:
text: We hate to break this to you if you’re newly pregnant, but it won’t be long before those sexy cheekies will barely cover one cheek. So resign yourself to the fact that your panties, like the rest of your wardrobe, will have to be upsized, too.
ref: 2009, Claire Mysko, Magali Amadeï, Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat?: The Essential Guide to Loving Your Body Before and After Baby, Deerfield Beach, Fla.: Health Communications, Inc., →ISBN, page 99:
text: Your Victoria’s Secret lavender colored cheekies, are the last things that you peel
ref: 2009, Mekael, Love Letters: The Select Collection, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 80:
text: I dubiously eye the racks of V-strings and thongs, then pick up a pair of panties called “cheekies” which look like they'd give me an atomic wedgie. I put the cheekies back.
ref: 2017, Nina Lane, Spiral of Bliss:
glosses: A style of women's panties that are cut low in the waist.
Canarsee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Canarsees
form: Canarsee
form: Canarse
form: Canarsie
Senses: glosses: A member of a band of Munsee-speaking Lenape who inhabited the westernmost end of Long Island at the time the Dutch colonized New Amsterdam in the 1620s and 1630s.
Canarsees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Canarsee
wardrobeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wardrobe + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a wardrobe.
has it away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have it away
having it away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have it away
had it away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have it away
frapp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frapps
Senses: examples: text: THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Starting at 3:00 this afternoon, Starbucks cardholders who order a frapp or any grande or venti espresso drink will get a FREE FRAPPUCINO of their choice.
ref: 2018 June 29, Jasmine Ting, “ALERT: Starbucks is Giving Away Free Frappuccinos Today!”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Alternative form of frap (“frappuccino”).
griefy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more griefy
form: most griefy
Etymology: From grief + -y.
Senses: examples: text: But, oh! the doleful sight that then we see: / We turnde our looke, and on the other side / A griefy shape of Famine mought we see, / With greedy lookes, and gaping mouth that cryed, […]
ref: 1868, John Chippendall Montesquieu Bellew, Poets' Corner: A Manual for Students in English Poetry, page 90:
text: It's hard and it's unfair, I know – and when we're still grieving or having a 'griefy' moment, it's even harder.
ref: 2016, Jody Day, Living the Life Unexpected, page 128:
glosses: Full of grief.
examples: text: It always made the boss focus on you, and that usually meant that a griefy job was more likely to come your way.
ref: 2013, Lisa Cutts, Never Forget:
glosses: Troublesome; liable to give someone grief.
grems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grem
feeties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feetsies
Etymology: From feet + -ie + -s.
Senses: examples: text: He will tire you till you fag, / And your little feeties lag— / So never be alone with the Wild Wind Wag.
ref: 1902 December 20, Eugenia O. Clark, “The Wind Wag”, in Collier’s Illustrated Weekly, volume XXX, number 12, page 16, column 3:
text: I wish you could hear her say her prayer, “Father-Mother, God loving me, / Watch me while I sleep; / Guide my little feeties up to Thee.”
ref: 1906 March, Margaret May Bulkeley, “Epistles”, in Wee Wisdom, volume 10, number 8, Kansas City, Mo., page 12, column 1:
text: Cheekies so chubby and feeties so fatty that I feared total strangers would be unable to resist eating her up when they passed by on the street.
ref: 1998, Lee Potts, Falling Flesh Just Ahead and Other Signs on the Road Toward Midlife, Longstreet Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: Feet.
greased the skids
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grease the skids
greases the skids
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grease the skids
greasing the skids
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grease the skids
thingamejig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thingamejigs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thingamajig.
thingamejigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thingamejig
ropeladder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ropeladders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rope ladder.
thingamebob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thingamebobs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thingamabob.
thingamebobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thingamebob
how's your fathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of how's your father
butter measure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butter measures
Senses: glosses: A portable device designed for sampling grain and checking the quality of butter.
PoP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PoPs
Senses: qualifier: computer security
glosses: Initialism of proof of personhood.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of package on a package.
corking up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cork up
corks up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cork up
Sybill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sybil.
Doral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Doris + Alfred, named after Doris and Alfred Kaskel, real estate developers who opened the Doral Country Club golf resort in the area in 1962 (along with the Doral Hotel in Miami Beach).
Senses: glosses: A city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
Doral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dorals
Etymology: The brand was introduced in 1969.
Senses: examples: text: “No, April. For fuck's sake, I told you." He walked to where April had been sitting at the computer, grabbed her pack of Dorals from the desktop, and lit a cigarette.
ref: 2017, David Joy, The Weight of This World, New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 192:
glosses: A cigarette of the American Doral brand.
Dorals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Doral
Pall Malls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pall Mall
Canon's Marsh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inner city area of Bristol, England, between the city centre and the Floating Harbour (OS grid ref ST5872).
sheconomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheconomy
gunk-holed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gunk-hole
clunges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clunge
Ashton Vale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the city and county of Bristol, England, south-west of the city centre (OS grid ref ST5670).
Related terms: Ashton Gate
Bower Ashton
Long Ashton
headie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headies
Etymology: From head + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: “Poor ’Rallie,” cried Babs, sympathizingly, “does your headie ache?” The Admiral drew out his head, and looked at the child very mournfully indeed.
ref: 1900, [William] Gordon Stables, The Island of Gold: A Sailor’s Yarn, London; Edinburgh; New York, N.Y.: Thomas Nelson and Sons, page 197:
text: Várenka greeted him with a searching glance, and the amiable query: “is your headie better?” “Yes, thank you . . .” he replied drily, seating himself at a distance from her, and thinking to himself: “She does not even know how to speak: ‘is your headie better?’ indeed!”
ref: 1901, Maxim Gorky [pseudonym; Alexei Maximovich Peshkov], “Várenka Ólesoff”, in Isabel F[lorence] Hapgood, transl., Orlóff and His Wife: Tales of the Barefoot Brigade, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, pages 448–449:
text: Rockaby baby, go to sleep baby, / Nestle your headie on mama’s own breast.
ref: 1921, A[ndrew] J[ohn] C[alvin] Lowe, “Lullaby”, in Unpolished Pebbles: A Collection of Original Poems, [Osawatomie, Kan.]: [Olos Lowe Printing Co.], page 33:
text: With a wing on the right, / They lay down their headies / And sleep through the night.
ref: 1966, James Hoffman, Joan Hoffman, Prekindergarten Discoveries, Minneapolis, Minn.: T. S. Denison & Company, page 98, column 2:
text: And as soon as that temperature returns to normal, let’s talk about the thingies that go through your headie at night.
ref: 1996, Antonio Skármeta, translated by Jonathan Tittler, Love-Fifteen, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Latin American Literary Review Press, →ISBN, page 115:
text: “[…] The band is giving me a headache.” “Music hurt your headie?” “A little bit.”
ref: 1998, Stephen King, Bag of Bones, Scribner, →ISBN, page 342:
text: “He has a geeyoteen in his mouth.” “And what’s a geeyoteen?” “A machine to chop off your headie.” Cook slid his hand like a blade across his neck and smiled crookedly.
ref: 2007, Heather Shaw, Smallfish Clover, IAMO Press, →ISBN, page 210:
glosses: The head.
inaesthetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inaesthetically
form: most inaesthetically
Etymology: From inaesthetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an inaesthetic manner.
Ewood Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7920).
Riefler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rieflers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Riefler clock
Riefler escapement
Youngdahl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Youngdahls
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Youngdahls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Youngdahl
Lillys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lilly
Lillys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lilly
shoesies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shoe + -sies.
Senses: examples: text: Water from your cap brim splashes on your nose, / Water in your shoesies, ticklin’ of your toes, / Spurting down your backbone like a leaky drain— / Bathing like a hobo, riding in the rain!
ref: 1898 October 27, “The Road Rider”, in The Wheel and Cycling Trade Review, volume XXII, number 11 / 557, New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill., section “Mud Larking”, page 32, column 1:
text: And, girls, they were n’t even dressed warm—their toesies were almost out of their shoesies.
ref: 1910 December, Charlotte Sedgwick, “Judy’s Idea”, in St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, volume XXXVIII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co.; London: Frederick Warne & Co., published 1911, page 153, column 2:
text: THAT WAS SOME LINE DRIVE, CHARLIE BROWN… IT KNOCKED YOUR SHOESIES AND YOUR SOCKIES RIGHT OFF! MAYBE WE SHOULD COUNT TO SEE IF YOU STILL HAVE ALL YOUR TOESIES…
ref: 1979, Charles M[onroe] Schulz, Look Out Behind You, Snoopy: Selected Cartoons from Here Comes the April Fool, Volume 1 (Peanuts), New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Crest, published April 1982, →ISBN:
text: “Oh, look, here are my sunflower shoesies.” She held them up. They were sandals decorated at the toes with huge sunflowers. “Remember when we went to the day spa in the Other Realm? These are the shoesies I wore.”
ref: 1999, Nancy Holder, Up, Up, and Away, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 77:
text: Here’s an example from one of these commercials: […] From the script: […] CHILD: (IN A SMALL WISTFUL VOICE) Did you bring me some new shoesies, Daddy? CLARK: Ummm … Daddy doesn’t have any money for shoesies these days … because the mean old grocers won’t stock Daddy’s foil.
ref: 2009, Ron Ploof, “Trust and Faith”, in Read This First: The Executive’s Guide to New Media—From Blogs to Social Networks, New York, N.Y.; Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 56:
text: Well I’m going there this minute / to the Gramma who is in it / and the Doozie who is barking / and I’m bouncing bouncing bouncing / and I’m flipping off my shoesies / and I’m rolling down my socksies / and I’m sighing / and I’m singing / and I’m . . . / THERE!
ref: 2010, Barbara Joosse, Sleepover at Gramma’s House, New York, N.Y.: Philomel Books, →ISBN:
text: ‘[…] Welcome. You’re soaked. Come in. Come in. Lucy will take your coat. And wet shoesies off, I think.’ Her handshake was bone-dry and feather-soft. The kind so cherished by the Vice Squad Gaffer. She did not acknowledge Suzy. And shoesies? Who says a word like that, these days? […] Mother helped him on with his shoesies and wet coat.
ref: 2010, Jonathan Lewis, Into Darkness, Arrow Books, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 233 and 241:
glosses: Shoes.
Related terms: shoey
rubster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubsters
Senses: examples: text: Provokes to flats some battered household whore, / And heaving up the rubster does adore
ref: 1693, John Dryden, “The Sixth Satire”, in Keith Walker, editor, The poetical works of John Dryden, OUP, published 1987, →ISBN, manuscript additions, page 348:
glosses: Synonym of tribade.
synonyms: word: tribade
Tashkenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tashkenters
Etymology: From Tashkent + -er.
Senses: examples: text: One young Osh Uzbek man traveled to Tashkent in 2004 and met residents there who were eager to tell their stories of hardship to him, an outsider. A Tashkenter said he could not buy shoes or schoolbooks for his children, and another exclaimed, “At least you Oshliks [Osh residents] have Akaev, thank God, and economic freedom.”
ref: 2012, Morgan Y. Liu, “Conclusion: Central Asian Visions of Societal Renewal”, in Under Solomon's Throne: Uzbek Visions of Renewal in Osh, Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, →ISBN, page 194:
synonyms: Tashkenti
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Tashkenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tashkenter
Karakol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Kyrgyz Каракол (Karakol).
Senses: synonyms: word: Przhevalsk
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: A city in the Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan.
rubsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rubster
T-shirty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more T-shirty
form: most T-shirty
form: tee-shirty
form: t-shirty
Etymology: From T-shirt + -y.
Senses: examples: text: FAIR… …T-SHIRTY / Drip Touts Science […] (Temperatures, Weather Map on Page 22)
ref: 1953 April 8, St. Petersburg Times, volume 69, number 258, St. Petersburg, Fla., page 21:
text: The elder sister of the Duke of Devonshire was ready for the trip to northern, colder, Page, Ariz., in a thin green nylon T-shirty sweater worn with a magenta and green tweed skirt.
ref: 1965 November 13, Barbara Campbell, “Princess Proves ‘Doll’ For Press Cameramen: Pictures Snapped At Douglas Ranch”, in The Arizona Daily Star, volume 124, number 317, Tucson, Ariz., section B, page one, column 3:
text: The T-shirty sweater shown below is long sleeved beige knit, ringed with navy-blue.
ref: 1966 August 16, The News Tribune, 84th year, number 60, Tacoma, Wash., page 6:
text: Two you’ll love to glide along with are the ribby, long-sleeved turtle-neck and the T-shirty style with show-off buttons.
ref: 1966 September 13, Hattiesburg American, volume LXXI, number 216, Hattiesburg, Miss., page 15:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a T-shirt.
tee-shirty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tee-shirty
form: most tee-shirty
Senses: examples: text: “I am not going to be particularly romantic, but rather tee-shirty, rather dishevelled,” Holm says.
ref: 1967 September 9, Keith Brace, “Something more than a moony lad…”, in The Birmingham Post, number 33,963, section “Midland Magazine”, page I, column 4:
text: Slick little button-front Tee-shirty knit… the soft, lithe this-season-supershape!
ref: 1969 December 2, Daily News, volume 51, number 137, New York, N.Y., page 13:
text: You could refer to it as Rich-Unisex-Hippie pants, and tee-shirty tops and sandals, for he and she alike.
ref: 1970 March 1, Tavy Stone, “The Handy, Dandy, Where-It’s-At Guide For Michigan Tourists On The Gold Coast”, in Detroit Free Press, volume 139, number 301, page 14:
text: Think slink in tee-shirty “Vanessa” jersey bodydresses of 65% polyester and 35% cotton printed with water bugs!
ref: 1974 February 28, The Citizen, 131st year, number 203, Ottawa, Ont., page 32:
text: Tee-Shirty Sleepwear
ref: 1975 September 19, Sentinel Star, 99th year, number 262, Orlando, Fla., pages 2—B:
text: The dress in two parts has a tee-shirty top with pretty U neckline, a flared skirt, is soft, willowy, tender to the touch.
ref: 1975 November, Texas Monthly, page 2:
text: So, who has to know those fresh, crisp, cottony colors and textures make you feel so tee-shirty cool.
ref: 1978 March 22, The Miami Herald, 68th year, number 112, page 3-D:
glosses: Alternative spelling of T-shirty.
t-shirty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more t-shirty
form: most t-shirty
Senses: examples: text: Dip into our newly arrived pool of mobil^([sic]) shapes, lengthy blousings, swingy clustered pleatings, multiple part styles or classic t-shirty maillots perfect for your growing swim set.
ref: 1964 April 16, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 86, number 106, St. Louis, Mo., page 7A:
text: Johnson immediately became a national hit by designing t-shirty flip skirt dresses, lace-up push-up tops that were strapless or off-the-shoulder, and uniform-type fashions influenced by tight motorcycle clothes with big zippers.
ref: 1987 December, Kathi Wheater, “After a Fashion”, in The New Fillmore, page 12, column 2:
text: The best type are those t-shirty things that the Yanks wear, and the very pits are stained string vests à la Rab C. Nesbit.
ref: 1996, Claire Foster, A Woman’s A-Z Guide to Men - and Which Bits to Avoid!, Summersdale Publishers, →ISBN, page 116:
text: There were some terrific bargains: shoes, white shirts and t-shirty tops, a wickedly sexy nightie and great value in tights.
ref: 2000, Anne Schulman, Broken Biscuits Don’t Count, Poolbeg Press, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of T-shirty.
hithers and thithers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hither and thither
hithering and thithering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hither and thither
hithered and thithered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hither and thither
jet-setty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jet-setty
form: most jet-setty
form: jetsetty
Etymology: From jet set + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Esthetic perceptions are used in social milieux, so you bring together rather fashionable, jet-setty people, and display social graces and charm as major armaments in your quest for enviable social advantage.
ref: 1976, Astro*Carto*Graphy, San Francisco, Calif., page 16:
text: Reason number two that qualifies me to write this book: my jet-setty lifestyle. What I mean is that my work has granted me access to famous, successful people who love talking about how they got that way.
ref: 2004, Heidi Klum, Alexandra Postman, Heidi Klum’s Body of Knowledge: 8 Rules of Model Behavior (to Help You Take Off on the Runway of Life), New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 8:
text: That proved only that in a glittery, jet-setty kind of life lived by minor celebrities, people whose pictures got in magazines, these two couples had known each other socially.
ref: 2009, Stephen Hunter, I, Sniper, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 235:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the jet set.
jetsetty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jetsetty
form: most jetsetty
Senses: examples: text: But, though the M.B. to P.B. regulars defect now and then, visiting other promised lands in the approved jetsetty way, they always return to their Atlantis on the Atlantic.
ref: 1970 March 1, Tavy Stone, “The Handy, Dandy, Where-It’s-At Guide For Michigan Tourists On The Gold Coast”, in Detroit Free Press, volume 139, number 301, page 13:
text: He had a blue-blood background, was a real athletic, jetsetty, outdoorsy type with a roving eye.
ref: 1992, Jane F. Carpineto, R.N.: The Commitment, the Heartache, and the Courage of Three Dedicated Nurses, Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 151:
text: Here is JR at his bluntest, describing the experience of first bedding his sugar daddy, major cubist art collector Douglas Cooper, who went on to give him Continental luxury, a château in Provence, a jetsetty lifestyle, and entrée into art and money circles (before their nasty break-up 12 years later): […]
ref: 2000 January 6, Roberto Friedman and the Franciscan Monkees, “Out There”, in Bay Area Reporter, volume 30, number 1, page 26, column 3:
glosses: Alternative form of jet-setty.
normal hydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So named because it is the usual isotope of hydrogen, having one nucleon (a single proton and no neutrons).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of protium (“"the usual isotope of hydrogen"”).
synonyms: word: protium
extra: “"the usual isotope of hydrogen"”
loads up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of load up
loading up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of load up
loaded up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of load up
blogrolling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of blog + logrolling
Senses: examples: text: One feature that some argue may help increase a blogger's credibility is “blogrolling” – or hyperlinking to bloggers' favorite sites. Blogrolling can be used as a credibility assessment component.
ref: 2011, Gavin Jocius, The Age of Annoyance, page 63:
text: Blogrolling is similar to adding friends, but possibly more significant.
ref: 2014, Biz Stone, Who Let the Blogs Out?, page 101:
glosses: The practice of a blogger listing hyperlinks to other recommended blogs.
Related terms: blogroll
fundage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fund + -age.
Senses: examples: text: The first crew, Eller Industries, showed up with a great-looking mockup-design by James Parker, fabrication by Rousch R&D—but a perceived lack of fundage.
ref: 2000, Cycle World Magazine (volume 39, numbers 1-9, page 40)
glosses: Funds; money.
fundagelicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fundagelical
layline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laylines
Senses: glosses: In sailboat racing, an imaginary line extending from the objective (typically a racing mark) to indicate the point at which a boat should tack or jibe in order to clear the mark on the correct side.
Related terms: lay on the line
ley line
laylines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of layline
laymanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of laymanizing.
lumpy jumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lumpy jumpers
Etymology: Alluding to the shape of a woman's breasts visible through clothing.
Senses: examples: text: One of the cooks was a lumpy jumper (female soldier) who looked at home, her male colleague standing by her side seemed to be the more industrious […]
ref: Pete MC Hough, Stabs: Raw Recruits (page 45)
text: "Don't take it personally, Gillian, dear, but for me, WAAFs are a bit, well, stodgy. You know the men call them 'lumpy jumpers,' don't you? The German women, well...All their men are gone, so they're hungry for male attention. This one works in the canteen and has a nicer figure than the bony ones you see in Berlin."
ref: 2018, Justine Saracen, Berlin Hungers:
text: 'Good grief,' a man's voice brayed as Teddy pushed open the door, 'a lumpy-jumper!' […] Teddy dumped her flying kit on a nearby chair and introduced herself.
ref: 2021, Robert Webber, Teddy's War, page 59:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A woman; a female member of the military.
lumpy jumpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lumpy jumper
Neethling virus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Neethling viruses
Senses: glosses: A virus of the family Poxviridae, the cause of lumpy skin disease in cattle.
mensh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mensch.
bumbees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumbee
once on a time
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Tradition ran that once on a time the whole world was desolated by a famine.
ref: 1912, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 7, page 51:
glosses: once upon a time
monsterism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From monster + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being a monster.
Related terms: Flying Spaghetti Monsterism
Wasian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Whasian.
thermesthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to thermesthesia.
thermoesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thermesthesia.
thermodetection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thermo- + detection.
Senses: glosses: The detection of heat.
bronzing salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Antimony trichloride, used in bronzing gun barrels.
taking to heart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take to heart
takes to heart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take to heart
took to heart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take to heart
taken to heart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take to heart
lay to heart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays to heart
form: laying to heart
form: laid to heart
form: laid to heart
Senses: glosses: To take to heart; to feel keenly.
laid to heart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lay to heart
lays to heart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lay to heart
laying to heart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay to heart
laid the hammer down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lay the hammer down
putting the hammer down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put the hammer down
puts the hammer down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put the hammer down
lays the hammer down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lay the hammer down
laying the hammer down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay the hammer down
spring pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring poles
Senses: glosses: A pole whose elasticity serves as a spring.
spring poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spring pole
spring stud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring studs
Senses: glosses: A rod passed through the axis of a coil-spring to keep it in place.
spring studs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spring stud
spring valve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring valves
Senses: glosses: A valve fitted with a spring.
glosses: A safety valve connected with a spring balance.
spring valves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spring valve
scallopwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scallopwings
Etymology: From scallop + wing.
Senses: glosses: A butterfly of the genus Staphylus.
scallopwings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scallopwing
let's say
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: ... Let's say that a stock you're interested in, Bright Light, is cur- rently trading at $20 a share. You decide you ... Let's say you want to buy 1000 shares of a stock that is selling for $15 a share. How much will it cost you? The[…]
ref: 2003 September 22, Michael Sincere, Understanding Stocks, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 13:
text: ... Let's say you paint a stream . You look at the water . You see the different colors . Or you watch the sea - the waves . You see the different colors that you should use to paint them . " Let's say your stream is flowing downhill . You[…]
ref: 1953, ARTnews, page 39:
glosses: Used to introduce a hypothetical.
glosses: Used sarcastically to indicate that the next phrase is not meant seriously
gone to the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go to the wall
goes to the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go to the wall
going to the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go to the wall
went to the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go to the wall
telestroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + stroke.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The use of telemedicine to treat a patient who has had a stroke.
chyphotid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or belonging to the Chyphotidae family of wasps.
heart-service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: antonyms: eyeservice
glosses: Sincere devotion to a person or cause.
maskfish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: maskfishes
form: maskfishing
form: maskfished
form: maskfished
Etymology: Blend of mask + catfish. Introduced around the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, when masks were common.
Senses: glosses: To wear a face mask to conceal one's unattractiveness, for example in an online dating profile.
single-stream
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Unsorted; composed of various types of recyclables.
raw_tags: of recycling
technetium star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technetium stars
Senses: topics: astrophysics
glosses: A star in which technetium has been detected. Technetium is too short-lived to occur primordially in the star, if the star is about 4.5 billion years old (the estimated age of the Earth), so the star must be producing technetium.
wikipedia: technetium star
Related terms: Przybylski's Star
technetium stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technetium star
mangabeiras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mangabeira
maskfished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maskfish
maskfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of maskfish
maskfishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of maskfish
Jarlsberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former countship forming part of the modern Vestfold county in Norway.
Jarlsberg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jarlsbergs
Senses: glosses: A mild Norwegian cheese made from cows' milk, originating in Jarlsberg.
Jarlsbergs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jarlsberg
odds and bods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Barbary lions had been believed extinct in the wild since the mid-twentieth century, survived only by a few odds and bods of DNA carried in captive individuals descended from Haile Selassie's private collection.
ref: 2015, Bryn Ellis, Half Trace, page 290:
glosses: Synonym of odds and sods (“miscellaneous items”).
synonyms: word: odds and sods
extra: miscellaneous items
glosses: Synonym of odds and sods (“ordinary people who lack distinction”).
synonyms: word: odds and sods
extra: ordinary people who lack distinction
Related terms: odd bod
stone's shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: stone's throw
sarcoidlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sarcoidlike
form: most sarcoidlike
Etymology: From sarcoid + -like.
Senses: examples: text: a sarcoidlike reaction
text: sarcoidlike granulomas
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of sarcoidosis.
sitzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sitz
sitzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sitz
starter bra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starter bras
Senses: glosses: Synonym of training bra.
synonyms: word: training bra
trainer bra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trainer bras
Senses: glosses: Synonym of training bra.
synonyms: word: training bra
starter bras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starter bra
trainer bras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trainer bra
magenblase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Magenblase (literally “stomach bubble”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A gastric air bubble.
Kampo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kanpo
Etymology: From Japanese 漢方.
Senses: glosses: Traditional Chinese medicine as adapted and practised in Japan.
Kanpo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kampo.
DRIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DRI
ceftaroline fosamil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A prodrug of ceftaroline.
funguria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence of fungus in the urine.
diclofenac epolamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A prodrug of diclofenac.
copyeditorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a copy editor.
andexanet alfa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antidote for the medications rivaroxaban and apixaban, when reversal of anticoagulation is needed due to uncontrolled bleeding.
legend in one's own mind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An egotistical, self-important person.
launch lunch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: launches lunch
form: launching lunch
form: launched lunch
form: launched lunch
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of launch one's lunch (“to vomit”).
kushti
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kushti
form: most kushti
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cushty.
Walkey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Walkeys
Senses: glosses: A surname
you can't put the shit back in the horse
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.
synonyms: word: you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube
stonesthrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stonesthrows
Etymology: From stone + -s- + throw.
Senses: examples: text: He ordered his outposts, therefore, to be advanced within a stonesthrow of the breach, but exhorted the soldiers to maintain the utmost vigilance.
ref: 1829, Washington Irving, A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada. From the MSS. of Fray Antonio Agapida., volume II, London: John Murray, […], page 74:
text: His (Stephen’s) mind was not exactly what you would call wandering but a bit unsteady and on his expressed desire for some beverage to drink Mr Bloom, in view of the hour it was and there being no pumps of Vartry water available for their ablutions, let alone drinking purposes, hit upon an expedient by suggesting, off the reel, the propriety of the cabman’s shelter, as it was called, hardly a stonesthrow away near Butt Bridge where they might hit upon some drinkables in the shape of a milk and soda or a mineral.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 569:
text: It’s only a stonesthrow to Chicago.
ref: 1991, Malcolm Macdonald, The Captain’s Wives, Coronet Books, published 1992, →ISBN, page 265:
glosses: Alternative form of stone's throw.
subcoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcoats
Etymology: From sub- + coat.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of undercoat (“layer of paint etc. under the topcoat”).
synonyms: word: undercoat
extra: (“layer of paint etc. under the topcoat”).
subcoat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subcoats
form: subcoating
form: subcoated
form: subcoated
Etymology: From sub- + coat.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of undercoat.
synonyms: word: undercoat
subcoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcoat
subcoats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subcoat
subcoated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subcoat
subcoating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subcoat
subcoating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcoatings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of undercoating.
synonyms: word: undercoating
subcoatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcoating
subcyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a subcycle.
subfornicate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + fornicate.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat or imperfectly fornicate.
subjectional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From subjection + -al.
Senses: examples: text: This surrender […] is filial as well as subjectional.
ref: 1846, Richard Winter Hamilton, Sermons, Second Series, page 52:
glosses: Relating to subjection.
subjv.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subjvs.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of subjunctive.
subjvs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subjv.
unpronged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + pronged.
Senses: glosses: Without prongs.
subminiatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subminiature
subminiaturization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of subminiaturizing.
subminiaturize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subminiaturizes
form: subminiaturizing
form: subminiaturized
form: subminiaturized
Etymology: From subminiature + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To reduce to subminiature scale.
subminiaturized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subminiaturize
subminiaturizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subminiaturize
subminiaturizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subminiaturize
vampiry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vampiry
form: most vampiry
Senses: examples: text: She was gotten up in a vampiry way. She’s enameled her face until it was the whitest thing you ever saw and her lips were red—terribly! She had black hair and she wore jet earrings and a black hat and dress.
ref: 1910 October 2, Mae Tinee, “It’s Solemn Rite with Actor When He Has Picture Taken”, in The Chicago Sunday Tribune, volume LXIX, number 40, section II, page 9, column 1:
text: Miss Gladys Hatch, as Theda Bara, was very vampiry with her purple robes and onyx jewels.
ref: 1916 October 21, “‘Fame’ to a Packed House. The Minute Circle’s Benefit at the Auditorium a Hit. Lucien Denni Adds Another Success to His List of Musical Productions—Stars of the Moving Picture Screen Were Imitated.”, in The Kansas City Times, volume 79, number 253, Kansas City, Mo., section “Billie Burke and Theda Bara”, page 3, column 3:
text: “Where Do They Get ’Em,” sung by Teresa Adams, who has a soft “vampiry” little voice with an appeal all its own, scored heavily.
ref: 1918 April 22, “Cadillac—Burlesque”, in The Detroit Free Press, volume 83, number 207, Detroit, Mich., page 4, column 4:
text: I regularly receive a catalog of Victorian goodies to buy—some of which are a little vampiry and Gothic novel[-]ish, many which are simply loveable and for which I am a total sucker—like dolls and water pitchers.
ref: 2004, Barbara Sher, “Victorian items and Victorian settings”, in Barbara Sher’s Idea Book: How to Discover What You Really Want (Even if You Have No Clue), New York, N.Y.: Genius Press Unltd., →ISBN, page 208:
glosses: Alternative spelling of vampirey.
subplantigrade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + plantigrade.
Senses: glosses: Almost or imperfectly plantigrade.
subplantigrade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subplantigrades
Etymology: From sub- + plantigrade.
Senses: glosses: Any almost or imperfectly plantigrade organism.
subplantigrades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subplantigrade
subpubescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + pubescent.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Almost or imperfectly pubescent.
subseptate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + septate.
Senses: glosses: Almost or imperfectly septate.
subspiniform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + spiniform.
Senses: glosses: Almost or imperfectly spiniform.
subxerophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + xerophilous.
Senses: glosses: Almost or imperfectly xerophilous.
subxerophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + xerophilic.
Senses: glosses: Almost or imperfectly xerophilic.
subspiny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + spiny.
Senses: glosses: Almost or imperfectly spiny.