cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Ratatouille moment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ratatouille moments
Etymology: Coined in reference to a scene from the Pixar animated film Ratatouille (2007), in which the fictional food critic Anton Ego has a powerful emotional reaction when tasting ratatouille, a dish that evokes a nostalgic memory from his childhood.
Senses: examples: text: I carry on waiting for dishes that snap me out of the food-writing fog. I like to say that these meals “make the room go quiet,” or gave me that Ratatouille moment. You know, when the mean critic takes a bite of Remy’s dish and is whooshed out of the present back to his happy childhood?
ref: 2013 September 25, Lesley Suter, “Lesley Suter’s Ratatouille Moment”, in Bravo TV:
text: Such attention to detail helped Deakes achieve his very own Ratatouille moment with a client at a corporate dining facility. He'd made her a butterbeer latte, as in the flavor from Harry Potter.
ref: 2023 February 21, “Austin chef Gareth Deakes channels Ratatouille in the kitchen”, in Austin American-Statesman:
text: Her research is centered around what she describes as the "Ratatouille Moment," recalling the moment in the film when the food critic has an experience of food-related nostalgia that transports him back to his childhood.
ref: 2024, “Food, Nostalgia, and the “Ratatouille Moment””, in Science on Screen:
glosses: A sudden, vivid emotional or sensory memory, typically triggered by a smell, taste, sound, or experience, that powerfully recalls a past time or feeling, often from childhood.
Related terms: flashback
madeleine
nostalgia
Proustian moment
sensory recall
golden parakeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden parakeets
Senses: examples: text: This season, thousands of fires have been burning up the Amazon in Brazil and Bolivia, including in the habitat of the Golden Parakeet.
ref: 2019 September 9, Shannon Sims, “The Amazon’s Blazing Fires Are Squeezing Habitat for Imperiled Birds”, in Audubon, New York, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2019:
synonyms: golden conure
glosses: A small green and yellow parrot, Guaruba guarouba, native to the Brazilian Amazon.
wikipedia: golden parakeet
e-folds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-fold
e-fold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːfoʊld/
ipa: /ˈiːfəʊld/
ipa: /ˈiːfaʉld/
Etymology: From translingual e + -fold.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, over the scale time, there is an e-fold likelihood of increase as compared to decrease.
topics: sciences
glosses: Multiplied by e.
examples: text: So while some vertices have two children and others three, in the long run we can expect e-fold branching.
topics: sciences
glosses: Conferring multiplication by e.
e-fold
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːfoʊld/
ipa: /ˈiːfəʊld/
ipa: /ˈiːfaʉld/
Etymology: From translingual e + -fold.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: e times.
e-fold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːfoʊld/
ipa: /ˈiːfəʊld/
ipa: /ˈiːfaʉld/
Forms: form: e-folds
Etymology: From translingual e + -fold.
Senses: examples: text: An obvious difference between plateau-like models like this and the simplest inflationary models, like V(#92;phi)#61;#92;lambda#92;phi⁴, is that the simplest models require only one parameter and absolutely no tuning of parameters to obtain 60 or more e-folds of inflation, while the plateau-like models require three or more parameters and must be fine-tuned to obtain even a minimal amount of inflation.
ref: 2013, Anna Iijas, Abraham Loeb, Paul Steinhardt, “Inflationary Paradigm in trouble after Planck 2013”, in Phys. Lett. B, volume 723, numbers 4–5, →Bibcode, →DOI, page 262:
topics: sciences
glosses: A multiplication by e.
gas can
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas cans
Senses: hypernyms: container#Noun
glosses: A container for conveniently storing, carrying, and dispensing gasoline; sometimes a metal can and often a plastic one.
Related terms: gas cap
gas tank
jerrycan
gas cans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gas can
rim brake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rim brakes
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: disc brake
glosses: A type of brake where two brake pads are pressed against the rotating wheelrim, slowing it down.
rim brakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rim brake
semi-metallic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more semi-metallic
form: most semi-metallic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of semimetallic
sterication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sterications
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
hypernyms: rectification
glosses: An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its cells, its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each cell, each face, each edge and each vertex.
Related terms: steric
stericate
stericated
sterications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sterication
AHDB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
Yao's principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Andrew Yao, who published it in 1977.
Senses: synonyms: Yao's lemma
glosses: A principle in computational complexity theory relating the performance of randomized algorithms to deterministic (non-random) algorithms.
Yao's lemma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Yao's principle
synonyms: word: Yao's principle
Q-line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Q-lines
form: Q-lining
form: Q-lined
form: Q-lined
Etymology: The Q stands for quarantine, and line refers to the line in an IRC daemon's configuration file.
Senses: topics: IRC
synonyms: jupe
glosses: To ban (a server) from a network.
Related terms: k-line
Q-lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Q-line
Q-lining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Q-line
Q-lined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Q-line
altmode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altmodes
Senses: examples: text: The dollar sign is preferable since the altmode is a non-printing character.
ref: 1971, Technical Bulletin, number 133, page 2:
text: The altmode acts as a terminator for each element of data.
ref: 1973, Madeline M. Henderson, United States. Federal Library Committee, Interactive Bibliographic Systems: Proceedings... (page 60)
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An escape character used as a data terminator in certain systems, sometimes displayed on screen as a dollar sign.
altmodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altmode
tubularities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tubularity
soft modes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft mode
relimit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relimits
form: relimiting
form: relimited
form: relimited
Etymology: From re- + limit.
Senses: glosses: To limit again.
relimitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relimitations
Senses: glosses: The act of relimiting; a second or subsequent limitation.
relimitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relimitation
relimits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of relimit
relimited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relimit
relimiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of relimit
sac fry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sacfry
Senses: glosses: Recently hatched fish larvae that are not yet motile and still depend on a yolk sac for nutrition.
sacfry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sac fry
fission-fusion society
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fission-fusion societies
Senses: qualifier: ethology
glosses: A social group whose size and composition change over time as the animals move through the environment and engage in activities such as foraging and sleeping.
method in the madness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methods in the madness
Senses: examples: text: The second site was at a council refuse depot in the south of Coventry - a strange place to be testing cutting-edge technology, but there was method in the madness.
ref: 2025 July 9, Peter Plisner, “Coventry (very) lights the way...”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 32:
glosses: Synonym of method to one's madness.
synonyms: word: method to one's madness
slip box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slip boxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Zettelkasten
synonyms: word: Zettelkasten
page fright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A pun from page and stage fright.
Senses: glosses: A writer's feeling of anxiety when faced with a blank page and uncertain how to begin writing.
Related terms: writer's block
counterblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterblocks
Etymology: From counter- + block.
Senses: glosses: A block set up in opposition to another block.
counterblock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterblocks
form: counterblocking
form: counterblocked
form: counterblocked
Etymology: From counter- + block.
Senses: examples: text: to counterblock the British blockade
ref: 1953, John Morris Jones, The World Book Encyclopedia, page 2976:
glosses: To block in opposition to another block.
Pasilingua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An international auxiliary language first published in 1885 by Paul Steiner.
counterblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterblock
counterblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterblock
counterblockading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterblockade
counterblockaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterblockade
counterblocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterblock
counterblocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterblock
Volder's algorithm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Conceived in 1956 by Jack E. Volder.
Senses: glosses: The CORDIC algorithm.
line conductor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: line conductors
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: phase
L
hypernyms: live conductor
coordinate_terms: neutral conductor
glosses: A wire or cable that transports electrical current from the power supply to the consumer, usually color-coded with a brown or black casing.
line conductors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of line conductor
watching brief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watching briefs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In criminal cases, a brief to represent a client who is not a direct party to the suit, and to serve as an observer.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The monitoring, by an archaeologist employed by a developer, of excavation and other building work in order to identify and record any archaeological finds and features.
watching briefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watching brief
neutral conductor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neutral conductors
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: N
hypernyms: live conductor
coordinate_terms: line conductor
glosses: A wire or cable that returns electrical current from the consumer to the power supply, usually color-coded with a blue or white casing.
neutral conductors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neutral conductor
Vejoz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Wichí people.
Vejoz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Mataco-Guaicuru language of Argentina and Bolivia.
live conductor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: live conductors
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: strictly
glosses: Any conductor carrying electrical current.
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of line conductor
synonyms: word: line conductor
live conductors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of live conductor
by Gemini
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Stop, stop, my brave boys, by Gemini!
ref: 1865, Skunks (Major, pseud.), The Great Battle of Patchumup (page 32)
glosses: Obsolete form of by Jiminy.
would give a Jew's eye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: I would give a Jew's eye, I would give my ears, for a five minutes' chat with either of them.
ref: 1865, Skunks (Major, pseud.), The Great Battle of Patchumup (page 32)
text: Specimens were there visible, not now as yet at all equalled by our most zealous present-day exhibitors, and for a single graft of whose strain, now lost, some of these would give "a Jew's eye."
ref: 1894, George Cupples, James Hutchison Stirling, Scotch Deer-hounds and Their Masters (page 47)
text: I'd give a Jew's eye for a handful of those apple blossoms—they are divine!
ref: 1910, Thomas W. Hanshew, Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces:
glosses: Would give a great deal; indicating that one desires something greatly.
Related terms: worth a Jew's eye
October 8th Jew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: October 8th Jews
form: October 8 Jew
Etymology: Coined by New York Times writer Bret Stephens.
Senses: examples: text: What can Oct. 8 Jews do? We can stop being embarrassed, equivocal or defensive about Zionism, which is, after all, one of the world’s most successful movements of national liberation.
ref: 2023 November 7, Bret Stephens, “For America’s Jews, Every Day Must Be Oct. 8”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2023:
text: At a recent conference in Philadelphia, Bret Stephens coined the term, “October 8th Jew.” It was meant especially for left-wing Jews who, observing the glee with which their ideological fellow travelers responded to the previous day’s mass murder of Jews, belatedly realized that progressive politics are no safe haven from antisemitism.
ref: 2023 November 19, David Bernstein, “Jewish Community Relations and the October 8th Jew”, in SAPIR:
glosses: A Jewish person who reconnected with his or her Jewish identity as a result of the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
robotheism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From robo- + theism.
Senses: glosses: Any modern-day speculative belief system that posits artificial intelligences as divine, godlike, or deserving of religious veneration.
pezizin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: translingual Peziza + -in
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An orange-yellow pigment found in Peziza species.
OCify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.siː.faɪ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.si.faɪ/
rhymes: -əʊsiːfaɪ
Forms: form: OCifies
form: OCifying
form: OCified
form: OCified
form: ocify
Etymology: From OC (“original character”) + -ify.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: To make into an original character.
OCifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of OCify
OCifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of OCify
OCified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of OCify
ocify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ocifies
form: ocifying
form: ocified
form: ocified
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of OCify
ocifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ocify
ocifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ocify
ocified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ocify
phlobaphen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phlobaphens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phlobaphene
phlobaphens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phlobaphen
pericladium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pericladia
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The sheathing base of a leaf when it surrounds the supporting branch.
pericladia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pericladium
peridermis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of periderm
groundplasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cytosol
synonyms: word: cytosol
screaming match
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screaming matches
Senses: examples: text: In the meanwhile, his wife had let the parrot escape from its cage, and was careering round the room after it; and there was such a fearful screaming-match going on between the two, that Klaproth and I could not hear a word we said to each other; at last he called out something to her in Russian, whereupon she left the room.
ref: 1876, Karl Friedrich von Klöden, The Self-made Man: Autobiography of Karl Friedrich Von Klöden, page 18:
text: Breakfast started well and could have ended well if Little Jane had not tipped a cup of tea over the coffee table. Most of the tea ended up on my lap. It had happened so quickly that I had no chance of evading the stream of tea that came rushing towards me. A screaming match between us ensued.
ref: 2005, Konye Njoroge, Mworia the Warrior, East African Publishers, →ISBN, page 22:
text: Michael bought it up again at the dinner table, which started a screaming match between the two of them. Lauren just sat back and listened to them argue, she had learnt years ago that when those two got started there was no stopping them until they both had their say.
ref: 2015 December 17, Karen Graham, Death of Innocence, Boolarong Press, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: Synonym of shouting match.
synonyms: word: shouting match
screaming matches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of screaming match
newfypoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newfypoos
form: newfiepoo
Etymology: Blend of Newfoundland + poodle.
Senses: synonyms: newdle
newfydoodle
newfoundlandpoo
poofoundland
poofie
glosses: A designer dog resulted from cross-breeding a Newfoundland and a Poodle.
newfypoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newfypoo.
newfiepoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newfiepoos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of newfypoo.
newfiepoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newfiepoo.
newfoundlandpoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newfoundlandpoos
Senses: glosses: Synonym of newfypoo.
synonyms: word: newfypoo
newfoundlandpoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newfoundlandpoo.
poofie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poofies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of newfypoo.
synonyms: word: newfypoo
poofies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poofie.
newdle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newdles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of newfypoo.
synonyms: word: newfypoo
newdles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newdle.
poofoundland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poofoundlands
Senses: glosses: Synonym of newfypoo.
synonyms: word: newfypoo
poofoundlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poofoundland.
newfydoodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newfydoodles
form: newfiedoodle
Senses: glosses: Synonym of newfypoo.
synonyms: word: newfypoo
newfydoodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newfydoodle.
newfiedoodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newfiedoodles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of newfydoodle.
newfiedoodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newfiedoodle.
birddogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of birddog
birddogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of birddog
birddogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birddog
birddogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of birddog
black mongo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌblak ˈmoŋ.ɡo/
Forms: form: black monggo
form: black mungo
Etymology: From black + Spanish mongo, which is a calque of Hokkien 烏豆 /乌豆 (o͘-tāu, literally “black bean”). See also Tagalog utaw (“black mongo”), Cebuano utaw (“black mongo”).
Senses: glosses: black bean; black soybean
jump at the opportunity
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jumps at the opportunity
form: jumping at the opportunity
form: jumped at the opportunity
form: jumped at the opportunity
Senses: examples: text: There was a small silence, until the vacuum created by his exit had been filled, and then Monsieur Brigaud jumped at the opportunity to repartée with his hostess once again.
ref: 1990, Jessie Gresham Zapffe, Dark Places, Light Places: A Novel of Love—and Grace, Sunfire Productions, →ISBN, page 156:
text: "It is estimated conservatively that there are some 50,000 would-be film extras in and around the celluloid capital, persons who would jump at the opportunity to appear as atmosphere in pictures," Scott concluded.
ref: 2013, Kerry Segrave, Extras of Early Hollywood: A History of the Crowd, 1913-1945, page 38:
synonyms: jump at the chance
seize the opportunity
glosses: To immediately seize a particular opportunity.
arranging someone's funeral
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of arrange someone's funeral
arranges someone's funeral
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of arrange someone's funeral
arranged someone's funeral
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of arrange someone's funeral
sounds the alarm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sound the alarm
sounding the alarm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sound the alarm
sounded the alarm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sound the alarm
raises the alarm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of raise the alarm
raising the alarm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of raise the alarm
raised the alarm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of raise the alarm
pitches a tantrum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pitch a tantrum
pitching a tantrum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pitch a tantrum
pitched a tantrum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pitch a tantrum
has a loose screw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a loose screw
having a loose screw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have a loose screw
had a loose screw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have a loose screw
rust-proofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rust-proof
rust-proofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rust-proof
rust-proofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rust-proof
steps on someone's lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of step on someone's lines
stepping on someone's lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of step on someone's lines
stepped on someone's lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of step on someone's lines
hot bunks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hot bunk
hot bunking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hot bunk
hot bunked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hot bunk
drowsest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of drowse
angel fangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of lip piercing placed symmetrically paired up on each side of the upper lip, which when using spiky jewelry, gives the appearance of fangs.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angel, fangs.
Related terms: angel bites
snakebite
spigarello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spigarellos
Senses: examples: text: Spigarello has long, thin stems and twisty, curled green leaves and is mildly sweet (not as bitter as its cousins broccoli or rapini).
ref: 2017, Josef Centeno, Betty Hallock, Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles, page 224:
glosses: A cultivar of Brassica oleracea.
Chapel Milton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: We coast down the grade towards the Chapel Milton viaducts, two neighbouring structures that carry freight trains either west or east onto the Hope Valley Line.
ref: 2025 July 9, David Stubbings, “Cementing a strong relationship”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 49:
glosses: A hamlet in Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside parish, High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0581).
QRPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of QRP
QRPs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of QRP
QRPing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of QRP
QRPed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of QRP
QRTing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of QRT
QRTed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of QRT
brakelights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brakelight
brakelight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪkˌlaɪt/
Forms: form: brakelights
Etymology: From brake + light.
Senses: examples: text: Is it a turn fignal? Or has one brakelight burned out and the driver is pumping his brakes?
ref: 1960 Sept, Popular Mechanics, page 110:
text: The wire originally led from the connector to the brakelight switch.
ref: 1977 August, Cycle World, volume 16, number 1, page 53:
glosses: Alternative spelling of brake light
trans tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trans tapes
Etymology: Genericized trademark of TransTape, a brand owned by TranzTape, LLC.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of binding tape.
synonyms: word: binding tape
binding tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binding tapes
Senses: synonyms: trans tape
glosses: A type of adhesive tape used for binding the breasts to achieve a flat look for gender-affirming purposes.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see binding, tape.
Related terms: binder
trans tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trans tape
binding tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binding tape
absolute cinema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an image of film director Martin Scorsese captioned with the phrase. In 2022 and 2023, the image and phrase began to circulate around Twitter.
Senses: examples: text: That movie was absolute cinema! I'm dying for a sequel.
glosses: Cinema that is personally considered to be outstanding.
examples: text: It was absolute cinema to watch those fools fighting each other.
glosses: Any event or work personally considered to be outstanding or amusing.
Related terms: absolutely cinematic
kino
varnishleaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: hopbush, soapwood, akeake (Dodonaea viscosa)
Payinkuoleng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 巴音郭楞 (Bāyīnguōléng), Wade–Giles romanization: Pa¹-yin¹-kuo¹-lêng².
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bayinguoleng.
do a dime
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does a dime
form: doing a dime
form: did a dime
form: done a dime
Senses: glosses: To defecate.
Related terms: do it on the dime
part-own
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pärt′ōn′
ipa: /ˌpɑːtˈəʊn/
ipa: /ˌpɑɹtˈoʊn/
ipa: /ˌpɐːtˈəʉn/
ipa: /ˌpɐːtˈɐʉn/
ipa: /ˌpaɹtˈon/
ipa: /ˌpaːʳʈˈoːn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: part-owns
form: part-owning
form: part-owned
form: part-owned
Etymology: From part (adverb) + own (verb). First attested in 1802 in the Gazette of the United States.
Senses: glosses: To share ownership of something.
wikipedia: Gazette of the United States
Derived terms: part-owner
part-owns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of part-own
part-owning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of part-own
part-owned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of part-own
lampmussel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lampmussels
Senses: glosses: A North American mussel of the genus Lampsilis.
part-owner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pärt′ōn′ər
ipa: /ˌpɑːtˈəʊn.ə/
ipa: /ˌpɑɹtˈoʊn.əɹ/
ipa: /ˌpɐːtˈəʉn.ə/
ipa: /ˌpɐːtˈɐʉn.ə/
ipa: /ˌpɐːtˈɐʉn.ɐ/
ipa: /ˌpɐːtˈɐʉn.a/
ipa: /ˌpaɹtˈon.əɹ/
ipa: /ˌpaːʳʈˈoːn.əʳ/
rhymes: -əʊnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: part-owners
form: part owner
Etymology: From part-own (verb) + -er (agent noun).
Senses: glosses: A person sharing something in common with others.
part-owners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of part-owner
Great Cheverell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Cheverell Magna parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9854).
Related terms: Cheverell Magna
Cheverell Parva
Little Cheverell
shortlink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shortlinks
Senses: examples: text: A "dynamic" QR code contains a shortlink whose target can later be updated.
glosses: A short web address, produced by a URL shortener, that redirects to a desired address that is typically much longer.
bracker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brack: more brack
brackest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brack: most brack
ulting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ult
ulted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ult
ventipane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvɛn.tɪˌpeɪn/
Forms: form: ventipanes
Etymology: Compound of vent + pane. First used in early 20th-century American automotive contexts.
Senses: examples: text: A sliding bolt latch is attached to the ventiplane window to engage the vertical window guide, preventing the window from being forced open from the outside.
ref: 1933, The SAE Journal, volumes 42-43, Society of Automotive Engineers, page 450:
text: The first job assigned to the robot was to remove the castings of small “ventipane” car windows from the dies, check them by holding them up to a feeler switch, and then drop them on a conveyor belt.
ref: 1995, Ford R. Bryan, edited by Sarah Evans, Henry’s Attic: Some fascinating Gifts to Henry Ford and His Museum, Detroit: Wayne State University Press, page 228:
text: The “Ventipane,” a wide air vent just ahead of the windshield that opened from inside the passenger compartment, caused this.
ref: 2021 March 30, Randy Leffingwell, Corvette: Chevrolet's Supercar, Motorbooks, page 41:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A small, pivoting or fixed glass panel set into the front corner of a vehicle's side window, designed to provide ventilation by directing airflow into the passenger compartment.
Synonyms: vent window
quarter glass
Related terms: ventilation
ventipanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ventipane
hepatic vein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hepatic veins
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The vein that drain venous blood from the liver into the inferior vena cava.
contact nap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contact naps
Senses: glosses: The sleeping of an infant while held by a caregiver and contacting the caregiver's skin.
Sebiba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Tuareg festival involving dancing and drumming.
degrit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: degrits
form: degritting
form: degritted
form: degritted
Etymology: From de- + grit.
Senses: glosses: To remove grit from.
Derived terms: degritter
degrits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of degrit
degritted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of degrit
degritting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of degrit
degritter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: degritters
Etymology: From degrit + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The cyclone degritter uses a rapid spinning motion (centrifugal force) to separate the heavy inorganic solids or grit from the light organic solids.
ref: 2010 August 30, Frank R. Spellman, Spellman's Standard Handbook for Wastewater Operators (3 Volume Set), CRC Press, →ISBN, page 202:
glosses: A device that degrits.
degritters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of degritter
tequini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tequinis
Etymology: Blend of tequila + martini
Senses: examples: text: Delicious and dynamic, the Tequini is a terrific cocktail that is, quite simply, a tequila-based martini.
ref: 2018 August 7, Aliza Kelly, The Mixology of Astrology: Cosmic Cocktail Recipes for Every Sign, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: A tequila-based martini cocktail.
tequinis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tequini
groksucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groksuckers
Etymology: Blend of Grok, the AI chatbot assistant feature integrated with X (formerly Twitter), and cocksucker (“bootlicker”). First attested in late 2023, concurrent with the massive increase of X users replying to posts with comments such as "@grok, is this true?".
Senses: glosses: One who uncritically, gullibly, or sycophantically trusts or relies on chatbots for authoritative information or answers, especially Grok.
wikipedia: Grok (chatbot)
Twitter
Synonyms: botlicker
Related terms: AI washing
misinformation
shill
West Barnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: West + Barnes Refers to the barns previously existing at the west end of the mediaeval Merton Abbey estate (located near OS grid ref TQ2368)
Senses: glosses: A rural area in Northeast Surrey, England, which became a rural pocket partly in the Merton and Morden Urban District and partly in the Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe until a railway station Motspur Park was built in it in 1925, after which the area was developed as a suburban town named after the station. Local authority reorganisation in 1965 combined it into Greater London, with the original name fossilised in a road name "West Barnes Lane". (OS grid ref TQ2267)
jumps at the opportunity
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jump at the opportunity
seizes the opportunity
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seize the opportunity
jumping at the opportunity
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jump at the opportunity
seizing the opportunity
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of seize the opportunity
jumped at the opportunity
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jump at the opportunity
seized the opportunity
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of seize the opportunity
grey shrikethrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey shrikethrushes
Senses: synonyms: word: Duke Willy
word: grey shrike-flycatcher
word: harmonious shrikethrush
word: harmonious thrush
word: mourner
word: native thrush
word: whistling dick
glosses: A medium-sized grey passerine bird, Colluricincla harmonica, found throughout Australia and New Guinea, especially in open woodlands.
grey shrikethrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grey shrikethrush
magnetic resonance imagings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnetic resonance imaging
Cheverell Magna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Wiltshire, England, which includes the village of Great Cheverell.
Related terms: Cheverell Parva
Great Cheverell
Little Cheverell
yakus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yaku
margarining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of margarine
Questie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɛs.ti/
rhymes: -ɛsti
Forms: form: Questies
form: questie
Etymology: From Meta Quest + -ie.
Senses: topics: video-games
coordinate_terms: deskie
glosses: A user of a virtual reality headset from the Meta Quest series.
Questies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Questie
questie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: questies
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Questie
questies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of questie
mirror dweller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mirror dwellers
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: In VRChat or a similar game, one who habitually stands in front of an in-game mirror.
mirror dwellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mirror dweller
motorized infantry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motorized infantries
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Infantry which are transported in trucks, motor vehicles, and sometimes in light-armoured vehicles
Related terms: heavy infantry
light infantry
marine infantry
mechanized cavalry
mechanized infantry
mounted infantry
motorized infantries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motorized infantry
goes with the turf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go with the turf
going with the turf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go with the turf
went with the turf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go with the turf
gone with the turf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go with the turf
comes with the turf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come with the turf
coming with the turf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come with the turf
came with the turf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come with the turf
prone-bones
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prone-bone
prone-boning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prone-bone
prone-boned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prone-bone
stops in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stop in
stopping in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stop in
stopped in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stop in
sororicidally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sororicidally
form: most sororicidally
Etymology: From sororicidal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sororicidal manner.
cross the streams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crosses the streams
form: crossing the streams
form: crossed the streams
form: crossed the streams
Etymology: Allusion to the 1984 film Ghostbusters, in which the characters are warned not let the energy streams from their proton packs cross, in order to avoid a catastrophic explosion.
Senses: examples: text: As we weave together our syndication and aggregation networks , we must remain acutely aware of each channel and where it sends or receives content to ensure that we don't cross the streams.
ref: 2011 March 15, Brian Solis, Engage!: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success in the New Web, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 88:
text: Halo Diagnostics (or Dx for short) has raised a $19 million Series A to improve diagnosis of several serious illnesses by crossing the streams from multiple tests and making the improved process easily available to providers.
ref: 2021 March 4, Devin Coldewey, “With $19M A round, Halo Dx combines data streams to better diagnose cancers, dementia and more”, in TechCrunch:
text: You could certainly leave it to Johnson to cross the streams of this week’s two biggest news stories – lobbying and football.
ref: 2021 April 23, Marina Hyde, “Boris Johnson has a text addiction and it’s bad news for all of us”, in The Guardian:
text: Now, a new app on the App Store will allow you to run a virtual machine for Windows, Linux, and even macOS without jailbreaking your iPhone. Talk about crossing the streams.
ref: 2024 July 15, Kyle Barr, “This Free App Lets You Emulate Windows on Your iPhone”, in Gizmodo:
glosses: To bring together two very disparate things, or things that the speaker thinks should be kept separate.
wikipedia: Ghostbusters
proton pack
crosses the streams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cross the streams
crossing the streams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cross the streams
crossed the streams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cross the streams
stands out like a sore thumb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand out like a sore thumb
standing out like a sore thumb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand out like a sore thumb
stood out like a sore thumb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand out like a sore thumb
swinging into action
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swing into action
swung into action
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swing into action
uses the potty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of use the potty
using the potty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of use the potty
used the potty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of use the potty
goes for a Burton
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go for a Burton
going for a Burton
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go for a Burton
went for a Burton
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go for a Burton
gone for a Burton
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go for a Burton
tells someone where to get off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tell someone where to get off
telling someone where to get off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tell someone where to get off
told someone where to get off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tell someone where to get off
Zemarite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zemarites
form: Zemaraim
Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin Samariten, from Ancient Greek Σαμαραῖον (Samaraîon), from Hebrew צְמָרִי (ṣᵊmārî).
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of the city of Ṣumuru (identified with modern Tell Kazel on the coast of Syria).
examples: And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A "son" of Canaan.
chrononormativities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrononormativity
Two Gates
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A southern suburb of Tamworth, Tamworth borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2101).
tora hartebeest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tora hartebeest
form: tora hartebeests
Senses: examples: text: Tora Hartebeest are found only on the west bank of the Nile, in the country bordering the rivers Dinder and Setit and the Abyssinian frontier.
ref: 1931, H[enry] C[ourtney] Brocklehurst, “Tora Hartebeest”, in Game Animals of the Sudan, Their Habits and Distribution: A Handbook for Hunters and Naturalists, London; Edinburgh: Gurney and Jackson, →OCLC, page 69:
glosses: An antelope of the subspecies Alcelaphus buselaphus tora, native to Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Synonyms: sense: antelope species
word: tora
🧱
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more 🧱
form: most 🧱
Senses: glosses: blocked, obstructed.
glosses: bonked.
XRCT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: hypernyms: computed tomography
<
imaging#Noun
coordinate_terms: SPECT
w:single-photon emission computed tomography
PET
positron emission tomography
glosses: Initialism of X-ray computed tomography (which is what computed tomography alone usually means when not otherwise specified).