cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Hebrewist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hebrewists
Etymology: From Hebrew + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: According to Gerenius, the world renowned Hebrewist and Lexicographer, the word translated sprinkle, signifies “to spout up,” and then to sprinkle, as the result.
ref: 1856, William Grant, A Review of two sermons on the mode of Christian Baptism, page 13:
text: Ho was among, the best of the Hebrewists, and unequalled in his knowledge of pure theology, a skilful Biblical critic, and well versed in the sacred lore — ancient, scholastic, and modern.
ref: 1870, Edward Barrass, A Gallery of Distinguished Men, page 91:
text: Stiles, the ardent Hebrewist, as President of Yale, became a potent propagandist for Hebrew study and learning.
ref: 1940, Lee Max Friedman, Rabbi Haim Isaac Carigal:
text: For an explication of the ethic of alterity as offered by the Hebrewist, philosopher, and literary theorist Emmanuel Levinas, see Shapiro, Violent Cartographies, pp. 171–209.
ref: 2000, Sanford F. Schram, After Welfare: The Culture of Postindustrial Social Policy, page 226:
glosses: A scholar who is expert in the Hebrew language.
examples: text: He granted her request at once, and enfranchised the bonded Hebrewists.
ref: 1848, Melbourne Punch, page 99:
text: The battle between the Hebrewists and the Yiddishists goes merrily on, and ink flows as freely in the columns as blood but lately did on the battle fields of Europe.
ref: 1918, The Dial - Volume 65, page 620:
text: In addition to these more-or-less normative Jews, there are two further categories: the “Hebrewists,” who view themselves as pre-Talmudic Jews on the grounds that their ancestors maintained Hebraic traditions, and the “Sabbatherians,” who number more than two million and who practice a kind of Judaism while including Christian elements.
ref: 2013, Tudor Parfitt, Black Jews in Africa and the Americas, page 112:
glosses: A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; Hebrew.
Hebrewist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hebrewist
form: most Hebrewist
Etymology: From Hebrew + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: We know that even among the Hebrewist tribes that when thier^([sic – meaning their]) Temple was captured by Pompey B.C. 63, that that Sabbath was afterwards observed as a great fast day.
ref: 1904, Frederick Joseph Spencer, Sunday the Seventh Day, page 25:
text: Israeli Druze intellectuals do, as the end-product of the Hebrewist system, attempt the role of observers — and hopefully mediators — in the no-man's land between the Jewish-Hebrew and Sunni-centered Palestinian peoples
ref: 2000, The Middle East, Abstracts and Index - Volume 25, Part 1, page 568:
text: Viewed by the Hebrewist cultural establishment through its European “orientalist” prism (in Said's 1978 connotation), oriental Jews were perceived as premodern and “primitive.”
ref: 2004, Regev Motti, Motti Regev, Edwin Seroussi, Popular Music and National Culture in Israel, page 20:
text: Yet it was these figures who challenged Hebrewist paradigms (and in turn a nationally committed musical historiography) by syncretizing modernist importations with Palestine's non-Western (and mostly Jewish) soundscapes.
ref: 2014, Assaf Shelleg, Jewish Contiguities and the Soundtrack of Israeli History, page 94:
glosses: Pertaining to the Hebrew people, language, or culture.
Hebrewists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hebrewist
xenides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenide
Xenides
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Greek.
baritonality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From baritone + -ality.
Senses: examples: text: `I'm not asking you to drink it.' `Ha!' said Mr. Bandparts, reverting to normal baritonality, `you de well. It would be poured over your head as a just reprisal.'
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 85:
glosses: The quality of a baritone voice.
orthotitanic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ortho- + titanic acid, from titanium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid of titanium (H₄TiO₄); a form of titanic acid.
wikipedia: Titanic acid
Mas John
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mas Johns
form: Mess John
Senses: examples: text: In […] Scotland there were I know not how many Mas Johns restored in one day to the work of their Ministry.
ref: 1672, Andrew Marvell, Gregory, father-Greybeard, with his vizard off:
text: I should only stipulate that these new Mess-Johns in robes and coronets should keep some sort of bounds in the democratic and levelling principles which are expected from their titled pulpits.
ref: 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 13:
glosses: A Scottish Presbyterian minister, as opposed to an Anglican or Catholic clergyman.
Mess John
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mess Johns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mas John.
Mess Johns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mess John
Mas Johns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mas John
acarnidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acarnidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of marine substituted homospermidines
acarnidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acarnidine
aerobar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerobars
Etymology: From aero- + bar.
Senses: glosses: An extension to a handlebar that allows a cyclist to adopt a more aerodynamic position when racing
aerobars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerobar
airfuge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛəˌfjuːdʒ/
ipa: /ˈɛˌ-/
ipa: /ˈɛɚˌfjudʒ/
ipa: /ˈɛɹˌ-/
Forms: form: airfuges
Etymology: Blend of air + centrifuge. Capitalised, it is a commercial device.
Senses: glosses: A centrifuge driven by air
alveolarise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: alveolarises
form: alveolarising
form: alveolarised
form: alveolarised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alveolarize.
alveolarised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of alveolarise
anodontine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anodontines
Senses: glosses: Any mollusc that exhibits anodontia
anodontines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anodontine
anthropophony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anthropo- + -phony.
Senses: glosses: Any sound produced by the human voice.
Related terms: anthropophonics
biophony
geophony
apogastropod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apogastropods
Senses: glosses: Any sea snail of the infraclass Apogastropoda
apogastropods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apogastropod
architomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of reproduction, in some annelids, in which fission is followed by bodily reorganization
autoradiobiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + radio- + bio- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: autoradiography of biological materials
autoradioluminography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + radioluminography.
Senses: glosses: A passive form of radioluminography
Related terms: autoradioluminogram
autoradioluminogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoradioluminograms
Etymology: From auto- + radioluminogram.
Senses: glosses: An image produced by autoradioluminography
autoradioluminograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoradioluminogram
stimuluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stimulus
fourth point of contact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fourth points of contact
Etymology: From military jargon: the fourth point of the body to make contact with the ground when correctly performing a parachute landing fall.
Senses: examples: text: "I don't know if it was because of me or because he'd finally pulled his head out of his fourth point of contact and realized, Hey, it's not really such a bad thing after all."
ref: 1990, Carol Barkalow, Andrea Raab, In the Men's House: An Inside Account of Life in the Army by One of West Point's First Female Graduates, Simon & Schuster:
text: It may take him until the morning to get his head out of his fourth point of contact and get here, but he won't be able to stand the thought of letting two of his knuckleheads get along without his magnanimous personality.
ref: 2012, David R. Givens, Playing Jesus, First Books, →ISBN, page 30:
text: He was holding steady, but there was no reason to give the sergeant major an excuse to dig into his fourth point of contact. He was doing just fine. One day at a time, and all that. Too bad guys like Marshall tested his willpower on a daily basis.
ref: 2019, Jessica Scott, Back to You: A Coming Home Novel, Thirty One Fox Books, →ISBN:
text: "Probably time to strategically apply some pressure to their fourth points of contact. You've given them the benefit of the doubt and, well, they're not really rising to the occasion, are they?"
ref: 2018, Jessica Scott, Carry Me Home: A Coming Home Novel, Thirty One Fox Books, →ISBN:
glosses: The ass (buttocks or anus).
wikipedia: parachute landing fall
Vilner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vilners
Senses: glosses: A Jew from Vilnius.
Vilner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Banwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3959).
glosses: A minor river in Somerset, England, which flows into the Bristol Channel.
glosses: A surname.
Woodgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Woodgates
Etymology: From wood + gate.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in South Lakeland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD2885; appears as Wood Gate on 1981 OS map)
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Culmstock parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST1015).
glosses: A number of places in England:
An urban area (and street) in Leicester, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK5705).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Swanton Morley parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG0216).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A locality in Kinlet parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7079).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Uttoxeter parish, East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1032).
glosses: A number of places in England:
An outer suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9982).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Aldingbourne parish, Arun district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9404).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A settlement in Stoke parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9666).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A hamlet in Oneida County, New York, United States.
glosses: A coastal locality in the Bundaberg Region of Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A habitational surname.
Aberaeron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh aber + Aeron, the mouth of the River Aeron.
Senses: examples: Former spelling: Aberayron.
glosses: A coastal town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN4562).
wikipedia: River Aeron
manicuera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manicueras
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish manicuera and Portuguese manicuera.
Senses: glosses: A drink made from manioc.
NCD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NCDs
Senses: topics: business
insurance
glosses: Initialism of no-claims discount.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of non-communicable disease.
NCDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NCD
viniculturally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From vinicultural + -ly.
Senses: examples: a viniculturally valuable grape variety
glosses: In terms of viniculture.
vernall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vernall
form: most vernall
Senses: examples: text: For as a vernall Larke, but lately drest / In her first Downe, abandoning her nest, / Stretchest her pinions, her small force assayes / Flutters, and fals before her flight shee raise, [...]
ref: 1633, Thomas Bancroft, The Glvttons Feauer, London: Printed by Iohn Norton, for William Cooke, […], →OCLC; quoted in “Bancroft, (Thomas.)—The Glvttons Feauer. […] 1633.”, in Thomas Corser, editor, Collectanea Anglo-Poetica: Or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a Portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry, […] (Remains Historical & Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester; LII), part I, [Manchester]: Printed for the Chetham Society, 1860, →OCLC, page 139:
text: To my requeſt this anſwer ſhe bequeath'd, / Whiles from her lips the vernall Roſes breath'd; [...]
ref: 1640, Ovid, “The Fifth Book; Or, May”, in John Gower, transl., edited by Edward Alliston, Ovids Festivalls, or Romaine Calendar, Translated into English Verse Equinumerally, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire]: Printed by Roger Daniel, printer to the University of Cambridge; [a]nd are to be sold by M[ichael] S[parke] junior, […], →OCLC, page 107:
text: [...] I have in England for ſome years paſt, kept by me an exact table, or Ephemeris both of the Vernall, and Summer Eteſians; but found the VVinds no leſſe Variable in thoſe Months, then at other Seaſons.
ref: 1671, R[alph] Bohun, “[Of the Etesian, or Anniversary VVinds: Their Several Species]”, in A Discourse Concerning the Origine and Properties of VVind. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by W. Hall for Tho[mas] Bowman, →OCLC, pages 118–119:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of vernal.
flaps and seals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Referring to parts of an envelope.
Senses: topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: The covert interception and examination of postal mail.
unfancifully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unfancifully
form: most unfancifully
Etymology: From unfanciful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unfanciful manner.
unfanatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unfanatically
form: most unfanatically
Etymology: From unfanatical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unfanatical manner.
flarers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flarer
invisible primary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invisible primaries
Senses: examples: text: This suggests that Democratic Party stakeholders were less able to unify behind a candidate during the invisible primaries before Bill Clinton became president.
ref: 2015, Wayne P. Steger, A Citizen's Guide to Presidential Nominations, page 96:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: money primary
glosses: The period between when major political candidates show interest in running for president and when the primaries and caucuses actually begin.
money primary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: money primaries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of invisible primary.
synonyms: word: invisible primary
money primaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of money primary
invisible primaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invisible primary
Millerhill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3269).
flash pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flash packs
Senses: examples: text: As a simple example of a sales promotion we will consider a money-off flash pack promotion for a convenience food product, using very simplified numbers.
ref: 2013, Keith Ward, Financial Aspects of Marketing:
text: The lower price is given advertising support, e.g. special flash packs, coupons, banner displays at the point of sale, etc.
ref: 2013, P. F. McGoldrick, Advances in Manufacturing Technology: Proceedings, page 33:
topics: business
commerce
marketing
retail
glosses: A package printed with a special discount offer on it.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A device attached to a camera to provide a flash.
flash packs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flash pack
flash roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flash rolls
Etymology: See flash around.
Senses: examples: text: The sources of flash-rolls will vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but if the investigating agency has no specific fund designated for a flash-roll, funds may be borrowed from the city or state treasury, or from local financial institutions […]
ref: 2001, Michael D. Lyman, Dominique Van Neste, Practical Drug Enforcement, page 40:
text: Some agencies have sealed flash rolls that have been precounted with the serial numbers recorded for use in an operation on short notice.
ref: 2003, Gregory D. Lee, Global Drug Enforcement: Practical Investigative Techniques, page 159:
glosses: A bundle of banknotes used by undercover law enforcement to convince a criminal that they want to go ahead with an illegal transaction.
flash rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flash roll
flatbacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flatbackers
Etymology: From flat + back + -er, from spending time lying flat on their backs.
Senses: examples: text: Good flatbackers always fare well, which accounts for their swelling ranks. They work the offices along Madison and Lex like a Schrafft's super-hospitality wagon. Score the flustered john in the elevator, simple!
ref: 1971, New York Magazine, volume 4, number 30, page 26:
text: If we had straight flatbackers, as we called them, they turned a date for twenty or twenty-five dollars. Nobody was allowed to rob them because they'd become regular customers.
ref: 2014, John Turnipseed, Cecil Murphey, Bloodline:
text: He had four girls in this stable and worked them as “flatbackers”—they would take anyone on, one after another, fifteen, twenty tricks a night, and it didn't matter if the girls were sick, menstruating, whatever: they had to work […]
ref: 2016, Tom Philbin, Precinct: Siberia:
glosses: A female prostitute who services a large number of customers.
flatbackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flatbacker
noonsie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noonsies
Etymology: From noon + -sie.
Senses: examples: text: He has parked his feathered hat on a bedpost, suggesting that this tryst is a noonsie.
ref: 2003, The New Yorker, volume 79, page 123:
text: Make a date for a "noonsie" in the office while the secretary is out to lunch.
ref: 1974, Erich Goode, Richard R. Troiden, Sexual Deviance and Sexual Deviants, page 118:
glosses: A sexual tryst during one's lunchbreak.
noonsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noonsie
Mallinson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmælɪnsən/
Forms: form: Mallinsons
form: Mallison
Etymology: Metronymic surname from Malin + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
flowdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowdowns
Senses: examples: text: A simple solution: eliminate all "flowdowns" from primes to the suppliers, and allow primes to buy from subs on a more commercial basis.
ref: 1992, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Structure of U.S. Defense Industrial Base Panel, Defense Industrial Base: Hearings:
glosses: The process by which something flows downward.
flowdowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flowdown
bataca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batacas
form: bataca bat
form: Bataca bat
form: Bataca
form: bataka
Etymology: The word "Bataca" was registered as a trademark in 1967. Over time it became a generic trademark. The word is derived from Spanish batacazo.
Senses: examples: text: When engaged in a fantasy monologue, the teacher who is experiencing angry conflict with a student will need a soft chair or bed and a bataca (which is a stick with heavy padding on it) or simply a newspaper that has been tightly rolled.
ref: 1981, Bill W. Hillman, Teaching With Confidence: How to Get Off the Classroom Wall, Charles C. Thomas Publisher, →ISBN, page 205:
text: She agreed, and the therapist instructed her on how to start by demonstrating how to use a bataca (padded bat) to release the anger physically. As he demonstrated the use of the bataca, the subject recoiled and revealed to him that she had been hit and physically abused by her ex-husband.
ref: 1995, Jurg Siegfried, Therapeutic and Everyday Discourse as Behavior Change: Towards a Micro-analysis in Psychotherapy Process Research, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 178:
text: For about a year or so, I even used batacas, so that the actors could vent anger, frustration, and hostility. A bataca was a round, heavily padded instrument with a handle, with which two actors would beat each other.
ref: 2011, Eric Morris, The Diary of a Professional Experiencer: An Autobiographical Journey Into the Evolution of an Acting System, SCB Distributors, →ISBN, page 469:
glosses: bat or club with heavy padding for sparring or therapeutic use without causing injury
Derived terms: bataca fight
liberal elite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liberal elites
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A stereotype describing a wealthy, educated class perceived as conveniently championing progressive causes that don’t threaten their wealth and power (e.g. social liberalism, environmentalism), while dismissing those that do (e.g. wealth redistribution), and therefore seen as hypocritical.
Related terms: champagne socialist
liberal elites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liberal elite
metropolitan elite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metropolitan elites
Senses: glosses: Synonym of liberal elite.
synonyms: word: liberal elite
metropolitan elites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metropolitan elite
Islington set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of liberal elite.
synonyms: word: liberal elite
flog the clock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flogs the clock
form: flogging the clock
form: flogged the clock
form: flogged the clock
Senses: examples: text: I recall that I was in the second mate's watch when he accused me of flogging the clock. He did not see me put it forward but obviously he knew the ways of boys.
ref: 1956, New South Wales. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, page 1449:
text: On one trip three lads on night watch all had the same idea, and when the skipper went up to the wheelhouse the following morning he was spitting mad, wanting to know who'd flogged the clock a half-hour forward.
ref: 2011, Jimmy Buchan, Trawlerman: Life at the Helm of the Toughest Job in Britain:
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: To set the clock forward in order to shorten one's time on watch.
deficit hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deficit hawks
Senses: examples: text: He is renowned for his ingenuity, enthusiasm and persistence ... and has established himself as one of the legislature's most ferocious deficit hawks.
ref: 1995 January 6, Clay Chandler, “Deficit hawk takes the catbird seat”, in The Washington Post:
text: Such a lethal crossfire is the lot of a dying political breed: the deficit hawk, who obsesses on an accounting number as the lodestar of economic well-being.
ref: 2003 April 14, Robert Novak, “The last deficit hawk”, in Townhall, archived from the original on 09 May 2021:
text: DC reporters and columnists are endlessly willing to pretend that someone whose only real-world devotion is to cutting social welfare spending is a “deficit hawk.”
ref: 2013 February 25, Kevin Drum, Mother Jones:
text: Some of them—like former deficit hawk Mick Mulvaney and former House Speaker Paul Ryan, who made his name in Congress as the GOP's budget-maker—deserve special ignominy for abandoning their fiscal conservatism when it was most needed.
ref: 2020 January 10, Eric Boehm, Reason:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A person, especially one in power, who emphasizes keeping government budgets under control, derogatory when such actions are seen as predatory or entail harsh fiscal discipline or austerity.
deficit hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deficit hawk
drinking the Kool-Aid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drink the Kool-Aid
glowing generality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glowing generalities
Senses: glosses: Synonym of glittering generality.
synonyms: word: glittering generality
glowing generalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glowing generality
flopsweats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flopsweat
lunchbox Democrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunchbox Democrats
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: lunch pail Democrat
lunchbucket Democrat
glosses: A high-ranking member of the Democratic Party with a working-class or blue-collar background, especially one who attempts to leverage this background through populist appeals.
lunchbox Democrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunchbox Democrat
lunch pail Democrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunch pail Democrats
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Synonym of lunchbox Democrat.
synonyms: word: lunchbox Democrat
lunch pail Democrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunch pail Democrat
lunchbucket Democrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunchbucket Democrats
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Synonym of lunchbox Democrat.
synonyms: word: lunchbox Democrat
lunchbucket Democrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunchbucket Democrat
sugar report
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar reports
Senses: examples: text: […] your fine magazine […] is a pleasure to read anywhere, but in an isolated spot such as this it's almost as good as a sugar report from the best girl!
ref: 1954, Esquire, volume 41, number 2, page 12:
text: […] Donovan Humble always putting a picture of his beloved wife, Jean on the dresser; Ray Smith always asking after the day's mail delivery if he'd gotten a sugar report; or Dorothy Meadows driving all night to get home.
ref: 1997, The Evangelical Advocate, volumes 93-94:
glosses: A love letter.
sugar reports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sugar report
packet radio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In his lunch break Roman is trying to get the packet radio to work, but they’re over the empty central reaches of Australia where nobody is, least of all a man or woman with ham radio.
ref: 2023, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, Jonathan Cape, page 52:
glosses: A digital form of radio that uses packet switching to transmit datagrams.
pacting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pact
pacted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pact
pactless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæktləs/
Etymology: From pact + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a pact.
paddlefoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paddlefeet
Etymology: From paddle + foot.
Senses: examples: text: The day after Tommy quit, a paddlefoot soldier on the base made a disparaging remark about Tommy to Sorrow Sorrel, the tail gunner, and Sorrow beat the living hell out of the paddlefoot.
ref: 1944, Oram C. Hutton, Andrew A. Rooney, Air Gunner, page 116:
text: He was a paddlefoot undeniably, and it seemed that I might have spared myself any worry about a hero's death. Still, I could never quite get rid of the lurking notion that he was marked for sudden and outlandish extinction.
ref: 1968, MacKinlay Kantor, The Day I Met a Lion, page 34:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A member of the groundcrew.
paddlefeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paddlefoot
Paganinis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Paganini
pagetables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pagetable
page tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of page table
off the beam
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: “They all thought I was off the beam.” He tapped his temple with a long, shaking finger. “But they come around.”
ref: 2012, Matthew P. Mayo, Sourdoughs, Claim Jumpers & Dry Gulchers, page 163:
glosses: Crazy; insane.
paint down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: paints down
form: painting down
form: painted down
form: painted down
Senses: examples: text: White actors in blackface were so common that even Shirley Temple was painted down in The Littlest Rebel (1935).
ref: 2015, Mollie Gregory, Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story, page 28:
text: Producer reaffirms that this Section 14 prohibits the practice commonly referred to as 'painting down'. […] The protests were in opposition to the literal adoption of blackface within Tropic that ultimately disallowed the gainful employment of male African-American actors.
ref: 2015, Kristen J. Warner, The Cultural Politics of Colorblind TV Casting, page 54:
glosses: To apply blackface to (an actor).
examples: text: Paint it down in resin.
glosses: To coat with a substance through painting.
addables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of addable
Panhonlib
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Panlibhon
Senses: glosses: Panama, Honduras, and Liberia, used as flags of convenience in shipping.
Related terms: Panhonlibco
Panhonlibco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Panlibhonco
Senses: glosses: Panama, Honduras, Liberia, and Costa Rica, used as flags of convenience in shipping.
Related terms: Panhonlib
Panlibhonco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Panhonlibco.
Panlibhon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Panhonlib.
paper gold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: special drawing rights
parking orbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parking orbits
Senses: glosses: A temporary orbit used during the launch of a satellite or space probe, before the final trajectory is set.
parking orbits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parking orbit
peace talk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peace talks
Senses: glosses: singular of peace talks
strangle the parrot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstɹæŋɡ(ə)l ðə ˈpæɹət/
ipa: /ˌstɹæŋɡəl ðə ˈpæɹət/
rhymes: -æɹət
Forms: form: strangles the parrot
form: strangling the parrot
form: strangled the parrot
form: strangled the parrot
Etymology: From parrot (“(aviation, slang) transponder”). “Parrot” was the British codename for the identification friend or foe system on World War II aircraft which used transponders.
Senses: examples: text: If you fly jets, you know what it means to strangle the parrot (turning off the transponder that identifies aircraft as friendly or hostile) and that the howgozit is a dial that shows how much fuel is left.
ref: 1990, Tom Fahey, “Types of Jargon”, in The Joys of Jargon, Hauppauge, N.Y.; London: Barron’s Educational Series, →ISBN, pages 21–22:
text: Over the radio, Kincaid heard the sounds of flights into the north: Air Force pilots talking to one another. […] Davis broke in with a radio call. “We strangle the parrot in five minutes.” Kincaid grinned. It meant that they would be turning off the IFF equipment.
ref: 1990, Kevin D. Randle, chapter 6, in Carrier War (Wings over Nam; 4), Naples, Fla.: Speaking Volumes, published 2014, →ISBN:
text: He had acquired a grey parrot on a trip to Africa and en route back to the UK, air traffic gave instructions to strangle the parrot, meaning of course switch off the identification, friend or foe (IFF) (codeword 'parrot'). Woobs feigned righteous indignation at this cruel command!
ref: 2017, Tony Blackman, Anthony Wright, V Force Boys: All New Reminiscences by Air and Ground Crews Operating the Vulcan, Victor and Valiant in the Cold War and beyond, London: Grub Street, →ISBN:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
antonyms: squawk the parrot
glosses: To switch off the transponder, for example, because it is interfering with the radar system.
wikipedia: USA Today
partinost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian партийность (partijnostʹ).
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Partyness, or political party spirit, in the context of the former USSR.
elf bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elf bolts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of elf-bolt.
elf bolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elf bolt
patch clamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patch clamp
nonpatrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + patrial.
Senses: glosses: Not patrial.
nonpatrial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonpatrials
Etymology: From non- + patrial.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a patrial.
nonpatrials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonpatrial
patrimoniality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being patrimonial.
pay or play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A kind of contract ensuring that an actor, director, etc. is paid even if their work is ultimately not used.
Related terms: pay per play
pay to play
play or pay
percentage dice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: Dice that have been tampered with for the purpose of cheating.
misspot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈspɒt/
ipa: /ˈmɪs.spɒt/
Forms: form: misspots
form: misspotting
form: misspotted
form: misspotted
Etymology: From mis- + spot.
Senses: glosses: To mark (dice) with the wrong number of spots, generally in order to cheat.
misspot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈspɒt/
ipa: /ˈmɪs.spɒt/
Forms: form: misspots
Etymology: From mis- + spot.
Senses: examples: text: Tops and Bottoms (also Tops, Busters, Ts, Mis-spots): These are the dice used by the professional cheats.
ref: 1961, John Scarne, Complete Guide to Gambling, page 283:
topics: gambling
games
synonyms: buster
glosses: A die marked with the wrong number of spots.
misspots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misspot
misspots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misspot
misspotted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misspot
misspotted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Now it is reasonable to assume that some of those winners were professional dice-hustlers and "bust-out" men, the latter term meaning one proficient in switching misspotted dice in and out of a game.
ref: 1956, Clyde Brion Davis, Something for Nothing, page 88:
glosses: Incorrectly marked with spots.
misspotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misspot
Sekigawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 関川 (Sekigawa).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
jinxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jinxers
Etymology: From jinx + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who jinxes something.
jinxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jinxer
jinxee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jinxees
Etymology: From jinx + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: If they talk before this happens, the jinxer [me] gets to punch the jinxee [you] in the arm. You broke a jinx. You deserve it.
ref: 2004, Jonathan Blyth, Law of the Playground, page 99:
text: […] his reputed ability to jinx anything, from fighters to race horses, by the simple expedient of pointing steadily, with the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, at the jinxee or a reasonable facsimile thereof.
ref: 2011, Nelson Algren, Never Come Morning:
glosses: The victim of a jinx or curse.
jinxees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jinxee
heliumides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heliumide
Great Firewall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Great Firewall
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Great Firewall of China.
Llanberis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɬanˈbɛrɪs/
Etymology: From Welsh, llan (“parish, church”) + Beris, soft mutation of Peris (“(saint) Peris”).
Senses: glosses: A village and community (served by Llanberis and Nant Peris Community Council) in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5760).
Nantlle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Welsh Nantlle.
Senses: glosses: A village in Llanllyfni community, Gwynedd, Wales, the United Kingdom (OS grid ref SH5053).
Bresenham's algorithm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Jack Elton Bresenham, who developed it in 1962 at IBM.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An algorithm that identifies which points (pixels) should be set in order to draw a straight line between two points.
misses the boat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miss the boat
missed the boat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miss the boat
Holywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From holy + wood.
Senses: glosses: A town in County Down, Northern Ireland.
glosses: A small village north of Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX9579).
Related terms: Hollywood
mobiliary art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
head_nr: 2
synonyms: portable art
antonyms: parietal art
rock art
glosses: Small pieces of prehistoric art that could be carried, as opposed to art applied to walls or cliffs, for example.
portable art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
synonyms: mobiliary art
antonyms: parietal art
rock art
glosses: Small pieces of prehistoric art that could be carried, as opposed to art applied to walls or cliffs, for example.
Kirkstall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2635).
glosses: A town in south-west Victoria, Australia.
Four Ashes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Hughenden parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8795).
glosses: A place in England:
A village in Brewood and Coven parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9108).
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Enville parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO8087).
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Walsham le Willows parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM0070).
overcheerful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcheerful
form: most overcheerful
Etymology: From over- + cheerful.
Senses: glosses: Excessively cheerful.
Bresenham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Bresenham's algorithm
Chagall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: shə-gälʹ
shə-gălʹ
Forms: form: Chagalls
Etymology: From a French surname of Hebrew origin.
Senses: examples: text: [Dr Shigeru Watanabe] has previously shown that Java sparrows are able to distinguish cubist paintings from impressionist and Japanese ones, and that pigeons can tell a Chagall from a Van Gogh, as well as discriminating between the Japanese school and the impressionist.
ref: 2013 June 29, “Of mice and Manet”, in The Economist:
text: For the next two weeks David worked resolutely at the drawing board turning out Chagalls in crayon, watercolor, and gouache, and he even experimented boldly in oils.
ref: 1973, Anne-Marie Stein, George Carpozi, Three Picassos Before Breakfast: Memoirs of an Art Forger's Wife, Hawthorne Books, page 46:
glosses: An artwork, or a copy of one, by the famous artist Marc Chagall.
Chagall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shə-gälʹ
shə-gălʹ
Etymology: From a French surname of Hebrew origin.
Senses: examples: text: “What's tha most monay for a paintin' eva?” ¶ She smiled. “Well, last month I sold a Braque for two million and a Chagall oil for four million. […]”
ref: 2014, James A. Levine, Bingo's Run, New York: Spiegel & Grau, page 100:
text: Images of flying brides, goats, acrobats and musicians recur again and again in the work of Chagall, each time reworked through the colour spectrum in a world at once harmonious and spiritual.
ref: 2003 April 23, Sarah Bardem, “The French collections”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A surname from French; (art) used specifically of Marc Chagall (1887–1985), a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin, renown for his use of colors and as a pioneer of modernism, incorporating elements of symbolism, fauvism, and cubism.
Derived terms: word: Chagallesque
word: Chagallian
technology stack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technology stacks
form: tech stack
Senses: examples: text: The PHP programming language is part of the technology stack of many interactive websites.
glosses: A collection of interdependent existing technologies and methods used to create a particular product or service.
examples: text: The Lua programming language is part of the technology stack of many games developers.
glosses: The collection of technologies that one can use in a professional setting.
counting out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of count out
counted out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of count out
counts sheep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of count sheep
counting sheep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of count sheep
counted sheep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of count sheep
counts up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of count up
counting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of count up
counted up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of count up
counts on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of count on
counting on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of count on
counted on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of count on
banks on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bank on
banking on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bank on
banked on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bank on
blanks out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blank out
blanking out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blank out
blanked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blank out
Pareto's law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pareto principle.
synonyms: word: Pareto principle
20-80 rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the 20-80 rule
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pareto principle.
synonyms: word: Pareto principle
80-20 rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the 80-20 rule
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pareto principle.
synonyms: word: Pareto principle
Imagism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The same will be true of Imagism: a certain degree of variation from a purist definition of the school will take us to a kind of poetry that “Imagism" can no longer describe, although we may still wish to speak of Imagistic tendencies or echoes in the derivative verse.
ref: 1989, Brian Trehearne, Aestheticism and the Canadian Modernists, page 40:
text: In contrast, the short-line poetry that flowered in Imagism offers a kind of homogeneity that follows its own set of decorums, tending to exclude other modes.
ref: 2001, Chris Beyers, A History of Free Verse, page 135:
text: While in general the male 'Imagists' had either never positively committed to Imagism per se (D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce) or had moved on to other projects (Pound, Wyndham Lewis) without being succeeded by a second generation, for these women Imagism opened up more long-term possibilities.
ref: 2001, Georgina Taylor, H.D. and the Public Sphere of Modernist Women Writers, page 81:
glosses: Alternative form of imagism.
Imagist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Imagists
Senses: examples: text: While in general the male 'Imagists' had either never positively committed to Imagism per se (D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce) or had moved on to other projects (Pound, Wyndham Lewis) without being succeeded by a second generation, for these women Imagism opened up more long-term possibilities.
ref: 2001, Georgina Taylor, H.D. and the Public Sphere of Modernist Women Writers, page 81:
text: Assessments of H.D.'s early poetry have tended to concentrate on her purely as an Imagist.
ref: 2002, Richard Aldington, An Imagist at War: The Complete War Poems of Richard Aldington:
text: The Imagists examined the human perceptual habituation and the force of images on the mind.
ref: 2012, Anja Rozowski, Two Imagists Encounter the Classical Period, page 5:
glosses: Alternative form of imagist.
Imagist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Imagist
form: most Imagist
Senses: examples: text: Its style was more Imagist than anything else, however.
ref: 1978, Bernard I. Duffey, Poetry in America, page 207:
text: It may be that I have asked the same Imagist abilities of my readers as the poets I have considered asked of theirs.
ref: 1999, Brian Trehearne, The Montreal Forties: Modernist Poetry in Transition, page 308:
text: Perhaps for this reason the Imagist poets soon went off on their different – if perhaps parallel — paths.
ref: 2014, Malcolm Peet, David Robinson, Leading Questions, page 86:
glosses: Alternative form of imagist.
Imagists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Imagist
Imagistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Imagistic
form: most Imagistic
Senses: examples: text: The same will be true of Imagism: a certain degree of variation from a purist definition of the school will take us to a kind of poetry that “Imagism" can no longer describe, although we may still wish to speak of Imagistic tendencies or echoes in the derivative verse.
ref: 1989, Brian Trehearne, Aestheticism and the Canadian Modernists, page 40:
glosses: Alternative form of imagistic.