cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Cooper
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkupɚ/
Forms: form: Coopers
Senses: examples: text: The young lady, who made her firſt appearance in Lady Bab Lardoon, at the Haymarket on Monday night laſt, is a Miſs Prideaux, and lineally deſcended from one of the daughters and co-heireſſes of the Right Hon. John Wilmot, the witty Earl of Rocheſter, and conſequently related to the Sandwiches, Pomfrets, Coopers, and many other noble families.
ref: 1788 July 10, “Friday’s Post”, in The Ipswich Journal, number 3026, Ipswich, Suffolk, published 12 July 1788, page [2], column 1:
text: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
ref: 2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN:
glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation of cooper.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Monterey County, California.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Illinois.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Greene County, Iowa.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Kentucky.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
A small town in Washington County, Maine.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
A neighbourhood in south Minneapolis, Minnesota.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
A locality in West Milford township, Passaic County, New Jersey.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Seneca County, Ohio.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Delta County, Texas.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
A number of townships, listed under Cooper Township.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
Ellipsis of Cooper County.
Derived terms: Coop
Cooper City
Cooper clover
Cooper County
Cooper Hewitt lamp
Cooper Island
Cooper pair
Cooper's ligament
Cooper test
Cooper vane
Related terms: Cowper
cooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuːpə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈkʊpɚ/
Forms: form: coopers
Etymology: From coop + -er.
Senses: examples: text: They were nearly all whalemen; chief mates, and second mates, and third mates, and sea carpenters, and sea coopers, and sea blacksmiths, and harpooneers, and ship keepers; a brown and brawny company, with bosky beards; an unshorn, shaggy set, all wearing monkey jackets for morning gowns.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 5, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
hypernyms: barrelmaker
glosses: A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.
glosses: A drink of half stout and half porter.
cooper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuːpə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈkʊpɚ/
Forms: form: coopers
form: coopering
form: coopered
form: coopered
Etymology: From coop + -er.
Senses: glosses: To make and repair barrels etc.
examples: text: […] though, owing to his forged signatures having been too often detected, he was declared to be "a duffer at coopering a monekur."
ref: 1872, Augustus Mayhew, Paved with Gold, page 269:
glosses: To forge or imitate (writing).
examples: text: Every design that villainy could suggest was had recourse to in the hopes of nobbling Wild Dayrell; but never being left for an hour by either his trainer or jockey, he escaped the intended 'coopering', even when the lynchpins of the wheels of his van had been tampered with.
ref: 1864, Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume 8, page 110:
glosses: To intentionally injure (a racehorse) to spoil its chances of winning.
Derived terms: broad cooper
cooperage
coopery
recooper
uncoopered
undercooper
wine cooper
cooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuːpə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈkʊpɚ/
Forms: form: coopers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coper (“floating grog shop”).
cooper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuːpə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈkʊpɚ/
Forms: form: coopers
form: coopering
form: coopered
form: coopered
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coper (“operate as floating grog shop”).
wine cooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wine coopers
Senses: glosses: a person who samples, bottles and sells wine
Cooper test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cooper tests
Etymology: Designed by Kenneth H. Cooper in 1968.
Senses: glosses: A test of physical fitness in the US military, based on how far a person can run in a set period of time.
Aldersgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: (religious experience): Short for Aldersgate Street, the site of a Moravian meeting at which John Wesley had a religious experience.
Senses: glosses: A ward in the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3281).
examples: text: Aldersgate is the expression Methodists use to refer to the powerful spiritual experience in which, in Wesley's own words, his "heart was strangely warmed."
ref: 2000, Jan Shipps, Sojourner in the Promised Land: Forty Years Among the Mormons:
text: Consequently, Aldersgate is perceived as one more spiritual experience along the way of salvation
ref: 2004, Methodist History, volumes 43-44, page 268:
text: J. Earnest Rattenbury, in his book, Wesley's Legacy in the World, quotes a man by the name of Riggs, author of The Churchmanship of John Wesley, as saying that: the Wesley before Aldersgate was not the same man as after Aldersgate.
ref: 2007, John Fremont Beeson, John Wesley and the American Frontier, page 150:
glosses: A religious experience undergone by John Wesley in May 1738.
examples: text: Must our Aldersgate experience help us meet the needs of common men ?
ref: 1938, Edward Laird Mills, Christian Advocate, Pacific edition, volume 87, page 565:
text: Now we know that only the road ahead can be our Aldersgate. And it can happen there, albeit, that road may lead through new battlefields of moral struggle for a Christian society before it emerges upon the heights of spiritual ecstasy.
ref: 1943, Michigan Christian Advocate, volume 70, page xxii:
text: We will not have had our Aldersgate until we can, on the one hand, confess with incredible joy that Christ has taken away our sins and then, on the other hand, plunge into the work of his kingdom
ref: 1962, Motive, volume 23, page 16:
glosses: A similar experience among his followers.
Trafalgar Square
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹəˈfæl.ɡə(ɹ)ˈskwɛə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Etymology: In honour of the Battle of Trafalgar.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Trafalgar Square.
glosses: A square in the City of Westminster; the site of Nelson's Column, National Gallery and the scene of frequent demonstrations.
wikipedia: Admiralty Arch
Battle of Trafalgar
Northumberland Avenue
St Martin's Lane
Related terms: Admiralty Arch
Charing Cross
The Mall
Northumberland Avenue
Pall Mall
St Martin's Lane
Strand
Whitehall
deterred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deter
deter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈtɜː/
ipa: /dɪˈtɝ/
ipa: /dɪˈtɛr/
ipa: /dɪˈtøː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /dɪˈteː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /dɪˈtɛː/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /dɪˈtɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: deters
form: deterring
form: deterred
form: deterred
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-
Proto-Indo-European *tres-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti
Proto-Italic *trozeō
Latin terreō
Latin dēterreōbor.
English deter
Borrowed from Latin dēterreō (“deter, discourage”), from de (“from”) + terreō (“I frighten”).
Senses: glosses: To prevent something from happening.
examples: text: Their boss deterred them from both taking holidays at the same time, claiming he couldn't manage it all on his own.
text: Such a male-dominated environment is also likely to contribute to the lingering presence of an outdated belief that expressing feelings and demonstrating emotion is a sign of weakness, deterring some men from discussing their problems.
ref: 2020 July 1, Paul Stephen, “Vital Connections”, in Rail, page 41:
text: Among the remaining contention points between the two armies is an eastern region called the Depsang Plains. Military analysts said that the Chinese Army was not allowing Indian troops to patrol in that area, even though they have done so for decades. While India’s military is already stretched thin, said Saurav Jha, editor in chief of the Delhi Defense Review, it still needs to keep up a permanent patrol to deter China.
ref: 2022 September 9, Sameer Yasir, “2 Years After Deadly Fistfights, India and China Pull Back From Border”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2022, Asia Pacific:
glosses: To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
examples: text: we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise
ref: 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 10:
glosses: To distract someone from something.
Synonyms: sense: To persuade someone to not do something
word: dissuade
Derived terms: determent
deterrability
deterrable
deterrency
deterrer
nondeterred
undeterred
undeterring
Related terms: deterrent
deterrence
preambular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more preambular
form: most preambular
Etymology: Compare preamble, and French préambulaire.
Senses: glosses: Having the characteristics of a preamble.
Related terms: preambulary
folkloric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more folkloric
form: most folkloric
Etymology: From folklore + -ic.
Senses: examples: a folkloric narrative
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or having the character of folklore.
Derived terms: folklorically
folkloricness
nonfolkloric
unfolkloric
Related terms: folklorish
resilience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/
Forms: form: resiliences
Etymology: From Latin resiliō (“to spring back”) + -ence.
Senses: examples: text: Martin Seligman's impressive body of research showed that a pessimistic explanatory style carves a path to depression, while an optimistic explanatory style leads to resilience.
ref: 2021, Lisa Miller, The Awakened Brain, Ch.2, at p.36
topics: human-sciences
medicine
neuroscience
psychology
sciences
glosses: The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.
examples: text: Network Rail previously said it is determined to build upon the "significant changes" it has made since the accident, which have "helped us to manage the risk of severe weather to the network". It has invested millions to improve the resilience of the railway.
ref: 2023 October 18, “Network News: Carmont: NR pays nearly £1m in out-of-court settlements”, in RAIL, number 994, page 15:
antonyms: fragility
brittleness
coordinate_terms: adaptability
adaptiveness
antifragility
flexibility
glosses: The positive capacity of an organizational system or company to adapt and return to equilibrium after a crisis, failure or any kind of disruption, including: an outage, natural disasters, man-made disasters, terrorism, or similar (particularly IT systems, archives).
antonyms: fragility
brittleness
coordinate_terms: antifragility
toughness
qualifier: literal or figurative
glosses: The capacity to resist destruction or defeat, especially when under extreme pressure.
Derived terms: rebound resilience
Related terms: resile
resiliency
resilient
result
self-sufficiency
sustainability
run aground
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs aground
form: running aground
form: ran aground
form: run aground
Senses: examples: text: The ship ran aground and had to be towed back out to sea.
text: The Canadian Coast Guard says a stranded container barge has been refloated, after running aground off Quadra Island over the weekend.
ref: 2019 November 15, Simon Little, “Stranded container barge refloated, moved after running aground on Quadra Island”, in Global News:
glosses: To be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
raw_tags: of a vessel
examples: text: The drunken helmsman ran the ship aground.
glosses: To cause (a vessel) to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
Synonyms: beach
ground
discern
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
ipa: /dɪˈsɜːn/
ipa: /dɪˈsɝn/
ipa: /dɪˈzɜːn/
ipa: /dɪˈzɝn/
Forms: form: discerns
form: discerning
form: discerned
form: discerned
Etymology: From Middle English discernen, from Old French discerner, from Latin discernere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”), from dis- (“apart”) + cernere (“to separate”); see certain.
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile the brig had altered her tack, and was moving slowly to the east. Three hours later and the keenest eye could not have discerned her top-sails above the horizon.
ref: 1875, Jules Verne you are no HELP!, chapter 1, in The Survivors of the Chancellor, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2012:
glosses: To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
examples: text: If they discern any evidences of wrong-going in any direction that I have indicated, they will acknowledge that I had reason in what I wrote. If they discern no such thing, they will consider me altogether mistaken.
ref: 1842, Charles Dickens, American Notes for General Circulation, archived from the original on 19 May 2011:
glosses: To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
examples: text: He was too young to discern right from wrong.
text: The severity of judgement, they say, makes men censorious and unapt to pardon the errors and infirmities of other men: and on the other side, celerity of fancy makes the thoughts less steady than is necessary to discern exactly between right and wrong.
ref: 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2011:
glosses: To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.
glosses: To perceive differences.
Synonyms: word: behold
raw_tags: with the eyes
word: see
sense: perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind
word: ken
word: spy
word: spot
sense: distinguish something as being different
word: discriminate
word: distinguish
word: tell apart
Derived terms: discernability
discernable
discernance
discernible
discernment
indiscernible
misdiscern
undiscerned
lamping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lamp + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A form of hunting at night, during which bright lights or lamps are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
lamping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lamp + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Most sacred fire, that burnest mightily / In liuing brests, ykindled first aboue, / Emongst th'eternall spheres and lamping sky […]!
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Bright, flashing, resplendent.
lamping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From lamp + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lamp
landfill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæn(d).fɪl/
Forms: form: landfills
form: landfilling
form: landfilled
form: landfilled
Etymology: From land + fill. Compare spillway.
Senses: glosses: To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site.
Derived terms: antilandfill
landfillable
landfill of history
landfill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæn(d).fɪl/
Forms: form: landfills
Etymology: From land + fill. Compare spillway.
Senses: examples: text: A staff uniform recycling scheme at Govia Thameslink Railway has prevented the emission of 2,400kg of greenhouse gases. Some 620 sackloads of GTR clothing has been recycled in the past year through an advanced process called material reclamation - giving textiles a second chance instead of going to landfill.
ref: 2025 February 19, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 71:
glosses: A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.
examples: text: If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters.
ref: 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:
glosses: Such material that is disposed.
Derived terms: landfill indie
landfill site
discernment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: discernments
Etymology: From Middle French discernement, equivalent to discern + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The ability to distinguish; judgement.
glosses: The act of distinguishing between things.
glosses: The ability to distinguish between things.
glosses: The ability to perceive differences that exist.
glosses: The condition of understanding.
glosses: Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.
glosses: Perceptiveness.
glosses: The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.
glosses: Discretion in judging objectively.
Derived terms: nondiscernment
Related terms: discern
league table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: league tables
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A tabular display of the teams in some league in order of win percentage or points awarded, often also including number of matches played, won, lost, and drawn, goal difference, etc.
examples: text: Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]
ref: 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
glosses: Such a listing of hospitals, schools and other institutions showing their ranking according to various indicators of performance.
Synonyms: sense: sports ranking
word: points table
word: standings
word: ladder
Related terms: leaderboard
OT3
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OT3s
Etymology: Initialism of one true threesome coined by analogy with OTP (“one true pairing”).
Senses: examples: text: And you don't have to limit your favorite ship to two characters — if there's a third involved, they can be your OT3.
ref: 2015, Sam Maggs, The Fangirl's Guide to the Universe: A Handbook for Girl Geeks, page 31:
text: For some, each member of the triangle cares deeply for the other two, like Elena/Damon/Stefan and Scott/Allison/Isaac—both the most popular OT3s in their respective fandoms.
ref: 2017, Charity A. Fowler, "Negotiating Desire: Resisting, Reimagining and Reinscribing Normalized Sexuality and Gender in Fan Fiction", dissertation submitted to Virginia Commonwealth University, page 286
text: Not only are male characters often presented as unapologetically bisexual (or, in some sense, post-sexual), but OT3 partnerships are not uncommon.
ref: 2018, Lucy Neville, Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: Women and Gay Male Pornography and Erotica, page 237:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: One true threesome; a polyamorous ship involving three characters that is a personal favorite of a fan.
level playing field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: level playing fields
Senses: examples: text: Although the political commitment to maintaining a level playing field is generally strong, government commercial activities may damage the competition landscape either due to deliberate or unintentional departures from neutral practices.
ref: 2012, OECD, Competitive Neutrality […] , OECD Publishing, →ISBN, page 9:
text: Although the government has significantly reduced its UK growth targets to 75% by 2050 from the heady heights of trebling it in ten years at the beginning of privatisation, the rail freight industry is calling on all politicians to create a level playing field with road haulage.
ref: 2024 March 20, “Network News: Freight still needs a level playing field, MPs hear from Rail Partners”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 11:
glosses: A situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side.
OTP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OTPs
Senses: examples: text: He received a login OTP after typing his phone number for premium subscription to a streaming service.
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of one-time pad.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of one-time password: a password that is valid for only one login session or transaction.
examples: text: Other common OTPs are Frodo/Sam and Aragorn/Legolas.
ref: 2007, Kristin Thompson, The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood, page 179:
text: The 'shippers in the study asserted that they may enjoy reading stories about other 'ships, or stories without a 'ship […] but the stories they most enjoy are those about their OTP.
ref: 2013, Jennifer K. Stuller, Fan Phenomena: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 43:
text: Over Rico's shoulder, I see Claire biting her lip, wearing the look of a shipper watching her OTP interact.
ref: 2018, Britta Lundin, Ship It, unnumbered page:
topics: lifestyle
antonyms: NOTP
glosses: Initialism of one true pair (or pairing): the romantic pairing preferred by an author or reader of fan fiction.
glosses: Initialism of one-trick pony.
glosses: Initialism of offer to purchase.
Derived terms: topics: lifestyle
word: BroTP
topics: lifestyle
word: OT3
topics: lifestyle
word: NOTP
OTP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of Open Telecom Platform.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Opposite Track Path.
OTP
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of one-time programmable.
OTP
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of on the phone.
LIFFE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange.
Yoism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by its inventor, Daniel Kriegman, from yo + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An "open-source religion"; a communal belief system based on rational inquiry, empiricism, and science, whose sense of authority emerges from the group via consensus.
wikipedia: Daniel Kriegman
living will
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: living wills
Senses: topics: law
synonyms: advance directive
glosses: A document, made by a person when still legally fit to do so, which provides clear instructions or principles to be employed by a surrogate decision-maker, such as expressing a desire to be allowed to die instead of being kept alive by artificial means, in the event of being severely disabled or suffering from a terminal illness.
Related terms: DNR
kinesiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˌni.ziˈɔ.lə.d͡ʒɪ/
Forms: form: kinesiologies
Etymology: From kinesi- + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: The two are often one and the same, says Walt Thompson, professor of kinesiology at Georgia State University and lead author of the ACSM survey – although functional fitness can apply to the younger generation as well.
ref: 2013 July 3, Jacque Wilson, “‘Functional fitness’ keeps seniors moving”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The study of body movement.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The application of such principles to the diagnosis and treatment of muscular imbalance.
Derived terms: applied kinesiology
kinesiological
kinesiologist
psychokinesiology
Related terms: kinesiatrics
circular arc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circular arcs
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A continuous section of the circumference of a circle.
Synonyms: arc
Related terms: circular sector
circular segment
circle segment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circle segments
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of circular segment.
synonyms: word: circular segment
way out of a paper bag
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: way out of a wet paper bag
Etymology: Most likely originating as, He couldn't punch his way out of a paper bag.
Senses: examples: text: My boss is so clueless, he couldn't schedule his own way out of a paper bag.
text: Junior varsity couldn't play their way out of a paper bag in comparison.
text: The old chap did not look as though he could push his way out of a paper bag.
ref: 1923, Asia, volume 23, American Asiatic Association, page 281:
text: Personally I don’t think this egg could punch his way out of a paper bag. He’s only been workin’ in this trap two days
ref: 1924, Harry Charles Witwer, Love and Learn, G. P. Putnam's sons, page 260:
text: To be fair, many people who couldn’t punctuate their way out of a paper bag are still interested in the way punctuation can alter the sense of a string of words. It is the basis of all “I’m sorry, I’ll read that again” jokes.
ref: 2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “Introduction – The Seventh Sense”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 8:
text: “You'd hate his cooking[,” he said.]
 “Most guys can't cook their way out of a paper bag[,” Charlotte said.]
ref: 2014, Allie Peter, Saved by the Fireman, page 105:
glosses: A minimal level of competence or effectiveness, as used in phrases where one is unable to perform.
Related terms: couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
enough sense to pound sand into a rathole
know one's ass from a hole in the ground
Stuart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈst(j)uɚt/
ipa: /ˈstjuːət/
ipa: /ˈstʃuːət/
ipa: /ˈstʃʉːət/
rhymes: (UK) -uːət
Forms: form: Stuarts
form: Stewart
Senses: glosses: A Scottish surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Stewart.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Stewart (“royal house regnant in Scotland from 1371 and in England from 1603, until 1714”) adopted in the mid-16th century by French-raised Mary, Queen of Scots, who had also been Queen of France.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Martin County, Florida.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
A city in Lincoln Township, Adair County and Stuart Township, Guthrie County, Iowa.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Holt County, Nebraska.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
A town in Hughes County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Patrick County, Virginia.
glosses: A placename:
A coastal suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in Mid Murray council area, South Australia.
Derived terms: House of Stuart
Related terms: Steward
Stewart
Stuard
loved-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more loved-up
form: most loved-up
form: loved up
Senses: synonyms: word: stoned
word: baked
word: blazed
word: blitzed
word: chemically impaired
word: chopped
word: cut
word: drugged
word: drugged-out
word: fuckered up
word: fried
word: gassed
word: geeked
word: high
word: high as a kite
word: hepped up
word: hopped up
word: monged
word: munted
word: trolleyed
word: toasted
word: lifted
word: lit
word: off one's box
word: out of one's box
word: reefed
word: spaced-out
word: stoned
word: up there
word: wasted
word: whacked
word: zooted
word: zorched
glosses: Under the influence of ecstasy (the drug MDMA).
synonyms: word: besotted
word: besotten
word: bitten
word: charmed
word: enamored
word: head over heels
word: in love
word: infatuated
word: limerent
word: love-struck
word: loved-up
word: lovesick
word: smitten
word: sprung
word: sweet on
word: taken
word: twitterpated
glosses: Very much in love.
MDMA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Unlike many of its subsequent users, Shulgin did not find his MDMA experience transformative. For him the effect was like a particularly lucid alcohol buzz; he called it his "low-calorie martini."
ref: 2005 January 30, Drake Bennett, “Dr. Ecstasy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: A bit of folk wisdom from early cohorts of MDMA users advised against getting married within six weeks of one's first MDMA experience.
ref: 2011, Mark A.R. Kleiman et al., Drugs and Drug Policy, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
text: When MDMA was placed on Schedule 1, the worst category of illegal drugs, the yuppies stopped partying and the dance scene went underground.
ref: 2012, Simon Reynolds, Energy Flash, Soft Skull Press, page 281:
text: In an important step toward medical approval, MDMA, the illegal drug popularly known as Ecstasy or Molly, was shown to bring relief to those suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder when paired with talk therapy.
ref: 2021 May 3, Rachel Nuwer, “A Psychedelic Drug Passes a Big Test for PTSD Treatment”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: ecstasy
mandy
molly
glosses: 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family.
luvvy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌvi/
rhymes: -ʌvi
homophone: lovey
homophone: lovie
homophone: luvvie
Forms: form: luvvies
form: lovey
form: lovie
form: luvvie
Etymology: From a phonetic spelling of love + -y; in the second sense, because this (as a term for darling or sweetheart) is perceived as a common utterance of thespians.
Senses: examples: text: Don't cry luvvy, everything will be OK.
glosses: An affectionate term of address.
examples: text: The other reason, of course, is that the council are New Labour; a bunch of up-themselves show-offs who'd rather hang about with luvvies than deal with the problems of real people. That's why Princess Toni has spent and is spending obscene billions of public money on the dome, while the railways grind to a standstill and hospitals leave war heroes to die on trolleys in corridors. There's no business like showbusiness - and how the government/council chooses to spend your money is certainly no business of yours!
ref: 2002 January 19, Julie Burchill, “Falling flat on their arts”, in The Guardian:
text: […] a hat-trick that he [Jonathan Glazer] describes as “genuinely bewildering”. It's the kind of thing that garlanded luvvies say all the time, but it's easier to believe in this case.
ref: 2024 February 24, Raphael Abraham, “I'm suspicious of people making Holocaust films”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
glosses: An actor or actress, especially a narcissistic and pretentious one.
Derived terms: luvviness
luvvie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌvi/
rhymes: -ʌvi
homophone: luvvy
homophone: lovie
homophone: lovey
Forms: form: luvvies
Senses: examples: text: who do you think you are, you pretentious show-off theatre luvvie?
ref: 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 21:
glosses: Alternative spelling of luvvy.
Derived terms: luvviedom
tatty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæti/
rhymes: -æti
Forms: form: tatties
form: tattie
form: tatie
Etymology: Clipping of potato.
Senses: examples: text: I'm buying fucking tatties.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 245:
synonyms: spud
tater
glosses: A potato.
tatty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæti/
rhymes: -æti
Forms: form: tattier
form: tattiest
Etymology: From tatter + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The tramp wore a tatty old overcoat.
text: I wish you would have smiled in the bakery
Or sat on a tatty settee
At a mutual friend's gathering
ref: 2007, Arctic Monkeys, “The Bakery”, in Fluorescent Adolescent:
text: I have arrived to catch the 0830 TfW service to Crewe, worked by a tatty and unrefurbished 175114. As if ashamed of its appearance, it slinks into Platform 2 (instead of Platform 1, where it was expected). No announcement had been made, and we leave without any fanfare.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:
text: Hubbard says he could easily take on more books than he would be able to sell, and some “tatty paperbacks” have such a low value that they end up getting recycled.
ref: 2025 July 22, Lucy Knight, “‘Look how well-read I am!’ How ‘books by the metre’ add the final touch to your home – or your image”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn
tatty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæti/
rhymes: -æti
Forms: form: tatties
form: tat
form: tatt
form: tattee
form: tatti
form: tattie
form: tati
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: […] tatties are placed in front of the verandahs to keep out the rains during the monsoon; […]
ref: 1855, Pharoah and Co, A Gazetteer of Southern India, page 553:
glosses: A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.
tatty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæti/
rhymes: -æti
Forms: form: tatties
form: tattie
Senses: glosses: A kind of reggae dance move.
Related terms: tatty bye
CBA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CBAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of collective bargaining agreement.
glosses: Initialism of cost-benefit analysis.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of currency board arrangement.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of classroom-based assessment.
CBA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of County Bar Association.
topics: banking
business
glosses: Initialism of Commonwealth Bank of Australia
examples: text: The memo did not contain an explicit commitment to remove all artificial dyes by the end of 2026, as Kennedy called for on Tuesday, but the proposal said CBA members were committed to "supporting agency actions."
ref: 2025 April 22, Sony Salzman, Cheyenne Haslett, Will McDuffie, and Mary Kekatos, “RFK Jr. unveils plan to phase out 8 artificial food dyes in the US”, in ABC News:
glosses: Initialism of Consumer Brands Association.
CBA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: cba
Senses: examples: text: And I've seen many examples of abysmal wordwrapping... Me, I CBA changing it, and you really need initials to be used all the time to work properly, else stuff gets mis-attributed.
ref: 1996 April 21, Kieron, “Re: olrs and message form”, in alt.fan.douglas-adams (Usenet), retrieved 02 Jul 2016, message-ID <Dq8E6q.JwB@spuddy.mew.co.uk>:
text: Each to their own eh Paul? Personally I like WS-FTP TEST version with just the two windows, and more importantly I CBA transferring over all the sites to anything new :o)
ref: 1996 April 23, Derek James, “Re: Internet Software”, in demon.ip.support.win95 (Usenet), retrieved 02 Jul 2016, message-ID <317d2ceb.4692859@news.demon.co.uk>:
glosses: Initialism of can't be arsed.
glosses: Initialism of can't be asked.
Related terms: ceebs
TSB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Transportation Safety Board (“Canada”).
glosses: Initialism of Transport Safety Board (“Japan”).
examples: text: Well, it's all "according to a study by Lloyds Banking Group, whose Lloyds TSB is a London 2012 sponsor …
ref: 2012 July 3, Marina Hyde, “A lesson in Olymp-o-nomics”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 19 May 2025:
glosses: Initialism of Trustee Savings Bank.
Coordinate terms: english: Canadian Aviation Safety Board
translation: Canadian Aviation Safety Board
word: CASB
TSB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TSBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of technical service bulletin.
glosses: Initialism of traffic signal box.
glosses: Initialism of transportation safety board or transport safety board.
Hyponyms: word: AAIB
word: ANSV
word: ATSB
word: BEA
word: KNKT
word: MTSB
word: NTSB
Derived terms: sense: transport[ation] safety board
word: ATSB
sense: transport[ation] safety board
english: Malaysian
translation: Malaysian
word: MTSB
sense: transport[ation] safety board
english: National
translation: National
word: NTSB
Related terms: sense: transport[ation] safety board
english: Indonesian
translation: Indonesian
word: NTSC
PDR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Physicians' Desk Reference.
PDR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PDRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of preliminary design review.
Related terms: Lao PDR
Gov.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Govs.
Senses: examples: text: The value of these labors was officially recognized, beginning with Gov. Andrew of Massachusetts, who, as early as December, 1864, appointed him quarter-master-general of that state, with rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was also made aid-de-camp of Govs. Smith and Gilmore, of Rhode Island and New Hampshire, and thanks were voted him by the legislature of the first named state.
ref: 1899, The National Cyclopædia of American Biography: […], volume IX, New York, N.Y.: James T[erry] White & Company, page 459, column 1:
text: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
ref: 2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN:
text: President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was sent to prison on corruption charges surrounding his time in office.
ref: 2025 February 10, Michael Williams, “Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich”, in CNN:
glosses: Abbreviation of Governor (title).
gov
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʌv/
rhymes: -ʌv
Forms: form: govs
form: gov.
form: gove
form: guv
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: gov't
glosses: Clipping of government.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Clipping of governor.
synonyms: guv
qualifier: shortened form
glosses: A term of address to a person, usually a stranger or a superior.
Derived terms: Unigov
gov.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gov.
Rep.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Reps.
Senses: examples: text: Reps. Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Peter Meijer, a Republican from Michigan, said in a joint statement Tuesday that they had traveled to Kabul “to conduct oversight on the mission to evacuate Americans and our allies” and that the trip had been conducted in secret “to minimize the risk and disruption to the people on the ground.” […] Democratic Rep. Sara Jacobs of California, a member of the Armed Services Committee, also criticized her colleagues’ decision to travel overseas, saying in a tweet: “Whether it is Haiti or Afghanistan, taking up space in a disaster zone for your own ego helps no one.”
ref: 2021 August 24, Devan Cole, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, “Two congressmen traveled to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuation efforts”, in CNN:
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of representative.
synonyms: Repub
glosses: Abbreviation of Republic.
SAB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of scientific/science advisory board.
OMB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: “OMB withheld funds for a policy reason, which is not permitted under the Impoundment Control Act. The withholding was not a programmatic delay. Therefore, we conclude that OMB violated the ICA.”
ref: 2020 January 16, Jeremy Herb, “Government watchdog concludes Trump administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Office of Management and Budget.
glosses: Initialism of Ontario Municipal Board.
EH&S
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of environmental health and safety.
EO
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: E.O.
form: E. O.
Etymology: Abbreviation
Senses: glosses: Initialism of equal-opportunity.
glosses: Initialism of electro-optical
EO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EOs
form: E.O.
form: E. O.
Etymology: Abbreviation
Senses: examples: text: A second EO states that any “discriminatory” policies related to DEI in the military will be banned.
ref: 2025 January 27, Alayna Treene, Pamela Brown, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, “Trump signs executive orders to reshape the military, including banning transgender troops”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of executive order.
glosses: Abbreviation of ethylene oxide.
Synonyms: sense: ethylene oxide
word: EtO
EO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: E.O.
form: E. O.
Etymology: Abbreviation
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Education Otherwise, a home education charity in the UK
Ill.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Illinois: a state of the United States.
Synonyms: IL
Derived terms: C.D. Ill.
N.D. Ill.
S.D. Ill.
ISS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ISSes
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of in-school suspension.
ISS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of International Space Station.
Synonyms: sense: International Space Station; obsolete former names
word: Alpha
sense: International Space Station
word: Space Station Alpha
sense: International Space Station
word: Configuration Alpha
sense: International Space Station; obsolete former names
word: Freedom
sense: International Space Station
word: Space Station Freedom
Derived terms: sense: International Space Station
word: ARISS
Gen.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gens.
form: Gen
form: Genl
form: Gen'l
Senses: examples: text: As soon as Gen. Steedman had completed his movement, the commands of Gens. Smith and Wilson moved out along the Harding pike, and commenced the grand movement of the day by wheeling to the left and advancing against the enemy’s position across the Harding and Hillsboro pikes.
ref: 1865, Report of the Adjutant General and Acting Quartermaster General of the State of Iowa, Des Moines, Ia.: F. W. Palmer, […], page 1349:
qualifier: title
glosses: Abbreviation of General (military rank).
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of general (business or agency description).
Gen.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gen
form: Genl
form: Gen'l
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Genesis.
Gen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Niger-Congo language of Togo.
Gen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gens
Etymology: Shortened from new generation, from Italian generazione nuova.
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.
Gen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɛn/
homophone: Jen
homophone: gen
Senses: examples: text: Hal. Oh, don't fuss, Gen. I'll do my part all right. Mamma's 'structed me, you know.
Genevieve. Instructed, Hal.
ref: 1894, Harper's Young People, page 208:
text: “Gen? Listen, I'm so sorry I did that, Gen. You gotta believe me. I'm not like this and you know it.” “Listen...Kyle, I...I don't think I want to see you anymore.” Genevieve's voice cracked. “Gen!”
ref: 2017, Emma G Prince, The Silent Life of Genevieve, →ISBN:
glosses: A female given name, a short form of Genevieve.
Gen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɛn/
homophone: Jen
homophone: gen
Forms: form: Gens
Senses: examples: text: Particularly notable was the presence not just of Nato’s military chief, the American Gen Christopher Cavoli, but also Adm Sir Tony Radakin, Britain’s most senior military officer, who is now acknowledged in Washington and Kyiv as an increasingly important actor in helping Ukraine overcome the Russian invaders.
ref: 2023 August 26, Dan Sabbagh, “‘That’s our guy’: how UK military chief became key Nato liaison in Ukraine”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of Gen. (“General”).
DARPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː(ɹ)pə/
Forms: form: Darpa
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Related terms: ARPA
NMR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of nuclear magnetic resonance.
Related terms: MRI
DEA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: When Trump announced Chronister as his pick Saturday, the president-elect said in a social media post: “As DEA Administrator, Chad will work with our great Attorney General, Pam Bondi, to secure the Border, stop the flow of Fentanyl, and other Illegal Drugs, across the Southern Border, and SAVE LIVES.”
ref: 2024 December 3, Alejandra Jaramillo and Jack Forrest, “Trump’s pick for DEA administrator withdraws from consideration”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Drug Enforcement Administration.
DEA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DEAs
Senses: glosses: diethanolamine
PAOD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of peripheral arterial obstructive disease.
FIFO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪfəʊ/
ipa: /ˈfaɪ.foʊ/
Forms: form: FIFOs
Senses: topics: accounting
business
computing
engineering
finance
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: operations
glosses: Acronym of first in first out.
glosses: Acronym of fly-in fly-out.
Related terms: FEFO
LIFO
FIFO
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪfəʊ/
ipa: /ˈfaɪ.foʊ/
Senses: glosses: Acronym of fit in or fuck off, a warning to obey societal or institutional norms, or be expelled.
Ed.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Edinburgh.
Ed.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Edd.
Senses: qualifier: titular
glosses: Abbreviation of Editor.
Derived terms: Ed. in Ch.
Related terms: english: editor; non-titular
translation: editor; non-titular
word: ed.