cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gaslight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæslaɪt/
ipa: /ˈɡæsˌlaɪt/
Forms: form: gaslights
head_nr: 1
form: gaslighting
head_nr: 1
form: gaslighted
head_nr: 1
form: gaslighted
head_nr: 1
form: gaslit
head_nr: 1
form: gaslit
head_nr: 1
Etymology: From the 1938 stage play Gas Light by the English playwright and novelist Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962), and its 1940 and 1944 film adaptations, in which a husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment. For more details, see also Gaslighting § Etymology on Wikipedia.
Senses: examples: text: Sylvia is a beautiful woman whose business-partner husband is "gaslighting" her. (That means he's trying to drive her crazy.)
ref: 1962, "The Journal Pre-Views Tonight's TV." Jersey Journal [Jersey City, NJ]. February 12, 1962: 12 col 6, describing the plot of the episode "Who Is Sylvia" of the television show Surfside 6
text: [The men of McHale's Navy] decide to "gaslight" the already befuddled captain, to convince him he is going insane.
ref: 1963, "TV Scout." Daily Press [Utica, NY]. November 18, 1963: 24 col 2, describing the plot of the episode "The August Teahouse of Quint McHale" of McHale's Navy
text: "You're gaslighting me, for chrissakes."
ref: 1964, in an argument between the characters Jenny and Charley in William Goldman's novel Boys and Girls Together, page 564
text: 1967, Stan Freberg (comedian), on his "most excruciating experience with a producer" as interviewed in Humphrey, Hal. "'Dramatic' Role Played By Freberg." The Oregonian [Portland, OR]. February 11, 1967: II 3 col 3.
I came home before he could gaslight me like Boyer did Bergman in the movie.
text: Just in the nick of time Rachel finds out the truth about her life from Martha. … This is how I wanted to show the gaslighting that had been going on Rachel's entire life.
ref: 2016, Tate Taylor (movie director), in the commentary version of The Girl on the Train (2016 film), discussing a train scene seventy-six minutes into the movie
text: In fact, political scholars have written a great deal about Trump's gaslighting of the American people on various fronts. For example, Duca (2016) describes Trump's gaslighting as only beginning when he has initially lied or misled about issues—such as falsely claiming that the United States is the highest-taxed country in the world or that crime is on the rise. As Duca puts it: 'The gaslighting part comes in when the fictions are disputed by the media and Trump doubles down on his lies before painting himself as a victim […]'
ref: 2021 September 28, Alexander Brown, An Ethics of Political Communication, Routledge, →ISBN:
head_nr: 2
synonyms: head-game
qualifier: strictly; prescriptive; strictly; prescriptive
glosses: To manipulate someone such that they doubt their own memory, perceptions of reality, or sanity, typically for malevolent reasons.
head_nr: 2
glosses: To deceive, trick, or lie to.
Derived terms: word: gaslightee
word: gaslighter
word: gaslighting
word: gaslighty
Related terms: DARVO
Kafkatrap
mind game
mindscrew
deceive
ember
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛm.bə/
ipa: /ˈɛm.bɚ/
rhymes: -ɛmbə(ɹ)
Forms: form: embers
Etymology: From Middle English embre, eymbre, aymer, eymere, emeri, from Old English ǣmyrġe, from Proto-West Germanic *aimuʀjā, from Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ, a compound of *aimaz + *uzjǭ. The latter is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (“to burn”). The b is intrusive and was added in English for ease of pronunciation when the vowel of the second syllable (y) disappeared.
See also Old High German eimuria (“pyre”), Danish emmer, Swedish mörja (“embers”).
Senses: glosses: A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.
glosses: Smoldering ash.
Derived terms: ember attack
ember-goose
emberless
emberlike
Related terms: embers
ember
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛm.bə/
ipa: /ˈɛm.bɚ/
rhymes: -ɛmbə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English embryne (“running around, circuit”), from Old English ymbryne (“course; circuit”). Spelling changed through folk etymology. By surface analysis, umb- + run.
Senses: examples: text: ember fasts
text: ember days
text: ember weeks
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.
Derived terms: ember months
ancillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹiː/
ipa: /ˈæn.səˌlɛɹ.i/
ipa: [ˈɛn.səˌlɛɹ.i]
ipa: /ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹi/
ipa: [ɛːnˈsɪl.ə.ɹi]
rhymes: -ɪləɹi
Forms: form: more ancillary
form: most ancillary
Etymology: From Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), from ancilla (“maid”).
Senses: examples: text: […] how easily he took all things along with him,—the persons, the opinions, and the day, and nature became ancillary to a man.
ref: 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, Chapter 3:
text: [E]very organ of the body, whatever function it may perform, must also perform the other four functions in an ancillary manner.
ref: 1898, John Wesley Powell, “Chapter 7”, in Truth and Error:
text: The cafeteria is primarily used by students and staff (academic, administrative, and ancillary).
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:
synonyms: accessory
glosses: Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.
Derived terms: ancillarily
ancillariness
ancillary relief
ancillary travel services
nonancillary
ancillary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹiː/
ipa: /ˈæn.səˌlɛɹ.i/
ipa: [ˈɛn.səˌlɛɹ.i]
ipa: /ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹi/
ipa: [ɛːnˈsɪl.ə.ɹi]
rhymes: -ɪləɹi
Forms: form: ancillaries
Etymology: From Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), from ancilla (“maid”).
Senses: examples: text: Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler.
ref: 1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781:
glosses: Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
glosses: An auxiliary.
give up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more give up
form: most give up
Senses: examples: text: And now She Seems give up to Sin / Too much neglecting grace within
ref: c. 1808, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise:
glosses: Become fully taken over by a certain quality, activity, trait, etc.
uggo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌɡəʊ/
Forms: form: more uggo
form: most uggo
Etymology: From ugly + -o.
Senses: examples: text: Kids Ways to Say it Better: This category includes stuff like... yuck, icky, uggo, cranky, whiney.etc.
ref: 1991, Peg Blackstone., Things They Never Told Me in Therapy School, page 34:
text: (STAR has on an ugly hospital gown.) Mondo-uggo.
ref: 1996, Cherie Bennett., John Lennon & Me, page 55:
text: ... bald, bespectacled, young, uggo... Chong loved ‘em all!
ref: 2002, Anthony Petkovich., The X Factory: Inside the American Hardcore Film Industry, page 183:
glosses: Ugly.
uggo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌɡəʊ/
Forms: form: uggos
Etymology: From ugly + -o.
Senses: synonyms: word: biffer
word: boner-shrinker
word: bonerkiller
word: buttface
word: choad
word: frump
word: minger
word: monkey
word: monkeyface
word: munter
word: pukeface
word: schlub
word: stinka
word: troll
word: trollface
word: uggo
word: ugly duckling
glosses: An ugly person.
aretegenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Coined by Episcopalian theologian Ellen T. Charry in 1997 in "By the Renewing of Your Minds" →ISBN. From Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ, “virtue”) and γεννάω (gennáō, “to beget”).
Senses: examples: text: This aretegenic (virtue producing) function of theology was at the heart of theology prior to modernity.
ref: 2004, Richard J. Vincent, Practicing Theology: The Transformational Purpose of Theology:
text: 199?,, Colin E. Gunton, in The Church as a School of Virtue?: Human Formation in Trinitarian Framework, speaking before the Heidelberger Ökumenisches Forum
Good theology is aretegenic, productive of virtue.
glosses: Conducive to or producing virtue.
gullibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʌlɪˈbɪlɪti/
ipa: /ɡʌləˈbɪləti/
Forms: form: gullibilities
Etymology: From gullible + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: What distinguishes the core of the rightwing populist electorate is its gullibility to idiocy-promoting rhetoric against climate science.
ref: 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian:
glosses: The quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent.
Synonyms: credulity
Related terms: gull
gullible
gullibly
hopefully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhəʊp.fə.li/
ipa: /ˈhoʊp.fə.li/
Forms: form: more hopefully
form: most hopefully
Etymology: From hopeful + -ly. The use as a sentence adverb first gained currency in the United States and has been explained as a possible calque of German hoffentlich.
Senses: examples: text: ‘In fifteen minutes I will be at the carpark, sitting hopefully inside a puce Reliant Scimitar.’
ref: 1993, Alasdair Gray, “You”, in Ten Tales Tall and True:
glosses: In a hopeful manner.
examples: text: Hopefully, my father will arrive in time for the show.
text: She was buried with her mom and hopefully they are together now.
glosses: It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
Synonyms: sense: it is hoped that
word: fingers crossed
Derived terms: it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
simplify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/
ipa: /ˈsɪmpləfaɪ/
Forms: form: simplifies
form: simplifying
form: simplified
form: simplified
Etymology: From the French simplifier, equivalent to simple + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: In ancient times there existed in the region of the Tung-chia River 佟佳江 in present Liaoning a people called Kao-chü-li 高句驪. In the fifth century they moved their capital to P’ing-jang. The name of the country was simplified to Kao-li 高麗 (Korea).
ref: 1949, Karl August Wittfogel, Fêng Chia-Shêng, “Translation: Tribes”, in History of Chinese Society Liao (907–1125), American Philosophical Society, →OCLC, page 104:
text: Quizzed on simplifying fares, Heaton-Harris said the Government had inherited a "mix of ticketing and unbelievable, interesting fares up and down the system, and we do want to simplify them".
ref: 2021 October 6, “Network News: Lords hear fares and ticketing are key areas for improvement”, in RAIL, number 941, page 22:
glosses: To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand.
examples: text: Thus, throughout the nineteenth century, linguists generally held that more grammatically complex languages were older and that languages tended to simplify over time—the four grammatical cases of German as contrasted with the seven of Latin, for example.
ref: 2006, Karen Oslund, “Reading Backwards: Language Politics and Cultural Identity in Nineteenth-Century Scandinavia”, in David L. Hoyt, Karen Oslund, editors, The Study of Language and the Politics of Community in Global Context, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 126:
glosses: To become simpler.
Synonyms: decomplexify
decomplicate
uncomplicate
Derived terms: oversimplify
simplification
simplifier
emaciated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /-ˈmeɪ.si-/
ipa: /ɪˈmeɪ.siˌeɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /ə-/
ipa: /i-/
ipa: /-meɪ.ʃi-/
Forms: form: more emaciated
form: most emaciated
Senses: examples: text: The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.
glosses: Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
Derived terms: unemaciated
emaciated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /-ˈmeɪ.si-/
ipa: /ɪˈmeɪ.siˌeɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /ə-/
ipa: /i-/
ipa: /-meɪ.ʃi-/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of emaciate
Related terms: emaciate
emaciation
gaunt
Caroline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹ.əˌlaɪn/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.əˌlaɪn/
Etymology: From Latin Carolus + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: For that poem, though in certain ‘strange and high’ qualities it is the inferior of the best jets of the Caroline genius, is one of the most faultless and perfect things in this or indeed in any period of English poetry, and may be said to impart the Caroline essence in a form that can be (in the medical sense) ‘borne’ by all who have any feeling for poetry at all, as hardly anything else does.
ref: 1921, George Saintsbury, “Introduction to Henry King”, in Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, volume III:
glosses: Synonym of Carolean (“relating to the time of Kings Charles I and II of England or Charles III of the United Kingdom, or of the kings themselves”).
synonyms: word: Carolean
extra: relating to the time of Kings Charles I and II of England or Charles III of the United Kingdom, or of the kings themselves
Caroline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹ.əˌlaɪn/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.əˌlaɪn/
Forms: form: Carolines
Etymology: From Latin Carolus + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: The shooting star, which dissolved on reaching earth into dew or ‘jelly’, is very common with Carolines.
ref: 1921, George Saintsbury, “A Lady Weeping”, in Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, volume III:
glosses: Synonym of Carolean.
synonyms: word: Carolean
Synonyms: Carolean
Derived terms: Caroline minuscule
Related terms: Carolingian
Carolinian
Caroline
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹ.əˌlaɪn/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.əˌlaɪn/
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.əˌlɪn/
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.əˌlaɪn/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.əˌlaɪn/
Forms: form: Carolines
Etymology: Borrowed in the 17th century from the French form of Carolina, feminine derivative of Carolus, the Latin equivalent of Charles, which came from Middle High German Karl.
Senses: examples: text: - - - gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline. A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. That does not, however, wholly proceed from the love of the appellation; though I believe that a queen Margery or a queen Sarah would have had fewer namesakes.
ref: 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names::
text: I used to love saying her name. Caroline, with the "i" always long, because to make it short left it sounding like crinoline, a sweat-stained, mothballed Sunday hat pulled from an attic trunk. But Caroline with the "i" long created a sound roughly equivalent to the idea of a girl. The echo of a song in its three syllables, an age-old lyric not yet faded from memory.
ref: 1999, Andrew Pyper, chapter 44, in Lost Girls:
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Derived terms: Caroline County
Related terms: word: Carolyn
word: Carla
word: Charlene
word: Charlotte
word: Karla
sense: pet forms
word: Carey
sense: pet forms
word: Caro
sense: pet forms
word: Carol
sense: pet forms
word: Carrie
sense: pet forms
word: Cary
sense: pet forms
word: Lina
hedonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: hēdənĭk
ipa: /ˈhiːdənɪk/
Forms: form: more hedonic
form: most hedonic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἡδονικός (hēdonikós, “pleasant”), equivalent to Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to pleasure
synonyms: word: decadent
word: sybaritic
word: Babylonian
word: decadent
word: epicureal
word: epicurean
word: epicureous
word: epicurish
word: hedonic
word: hedonistic
word: intemperate
word: lotus-eating
word: luxurious
word: self-indulgent
word: sensualistic
word: sinful
word: sybarite
word: sybaritic
word: sybaritical
word: voluptuarian
word: voluptuary
glosses: Pursuing pleasure in a devoted manner
glosses: Of or relating to the hedonists or to hedonism
Derived terms: contrahedonic
hedonic adaptation
hedonically
hedonic calculus
hedonic damages
hedonic treadmill
isohedonic
nonhedonic
prohedonic
Related terms: hedonism
hedonist
hedonics
eudaemonic
bent on a splice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: * A splice is used to join two ropes to make one.
* Possibly a pun. See bent on and bend.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: About to be married.
between decks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: between decks
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The space between any two decks of a ship
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Steerage on a passenger ship in which people who cannot afford a cabin travel
steerage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steerages
Etymology: From steer + -age.
Senses: glosses: The art of steering.
examples: text: It is stuffy in the steerage where the second-classers sleep,
For there's near a hundred for'ard, and they're stowed away like sheep
ref: 1896, Henry Lawson, For`ard:
text: Hope was alive again in my breast, and I looked about me with greater coolness. I noted that the boats were missing. The steerage told the same tale as the forecastle. The hunters had packed their belongings with similar haste. The Ghost was deserted. It was Maud's and mine. I thought of the ship's stores and the lazarette beneath the cabin, and the idea came to me of surprising Maud with something nice for breakfast.
ref: 1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
text: “I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable.[…]Steerage is like everything else maritime[…]vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”
ref: 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
glosses: The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.
glosses: The effect of the helm on a ship.
Derived terms: steerageway
steerageway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪə.ɹɪd͡ʒˌweɪ/
ipa: /ˈstiɹɪd͡ʒˌweɪ/
Forms: form: steerageways
form: steerage way
form: steerage-way
Etymology: From steerage + way.
Senses: examples: text: The latter made one tremendous spurt, then gave up in despair and hauled in his oars. French Pete let go the main-sheet, lost steerageway as he rounded up alongside the motionless skiff, and dragged Joe out.
ref: 1902, Jack London, “chapter XII”, in The Cruise of the Dazzler:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered.
answer the helm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: answers the helm
form: answering the helm
form: answered the helm
form: answered the helm
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To respond to a movement of the helm by changing direction; only happens if the ship has steerageway.
raw_tags: said of a ship
holystone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhəʊl.ɪ.stəʊn/
ipa: /ˈhoʊl.i.stoʊn/
Forms: form: holystones
Etymology: Uncertain, but equivalent to holy + stone. As an amulet, probably from holey (“having a hole”). As a scouring stone, variously derived from holey, from the amulet, from its association with Sunday cleaning, from its users' adoption of a kneeling position similar to prayer, and (least likely) from their original provision by raiding graveyards for tombstones.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: bible
glosses: A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of ships, usually with sand and seawater.
glosses: A stone with a naturally-formed hole, used by Yorkshiremen for good luck.
Related terms: english: honing stone
translation: honing stone
word: sharpening stone
word: whetstone
holystone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhəʊl.ɪ.stəʊn/
ipa: /ˈhoʊl.i.stoʊn/
Forms: form: holystones
form: holystoning
form: holystoned
form: holystoned
Etymology: Uncertain, but equivalent to holy + stone. As an amulet, probably from holey (“having a hole”). As a scouring stone, variously derived from holey, from the amulet, from its association with Sunday cleaning, from its users' adoption of a kneeling position similar to prayer, and (least likely) from their original provision by raiding graveyards for tombstones.
Senses: examples: text: Six days shalt thou labour and do all thou art able,
And on the seventh—holystone the decks and scrape the cable.
ref: 1840, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years before the Mast, page 6:
text: The boils called sand boils, which form on the front of the knee, are generally produced by small particles of sand being rubbed beneath the skin when the men are kneeling to holystone the decks. Very troublesome sores are thus produced. Great care should, therefore, be taken never to kneel with the bare knees upon a sanded deck.
ref: 1861, Thomas Spencer Wells, “Boils”, in The Scale of Medicines with which Merchant Vessels Are to Be Furnished..., 2nd edition, London: John Churchill, New Burlington Street, page 92:
text: Six days shalt thou labor and do all that thou art able, / And on the seventh holystone the deck and scrape the cable.
ref: 1911, Ambrose Bierce, “Sabbath”, in The Devil’s Dictionary, New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To use a holystone.
prayer book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prayer books
form: prayerbook
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: breviary, liturgy, missal, portal, portass, psalter, church service
coordinate_terms: hymnal
bible
glosses: A book containing religious prayers, and sometimes also the instructions for church services (e.g., calls and responses).
qualifier: when capitalized
glosses: The Book of Common Prayer.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A small holystone.
Related terms: prayer beads
emmet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛmɪt/
rhymes: -ɛmɪt
Forms: form: emmets
Etymology: From Middle English emete, from Old English ǣmete, (bef. 12c) Doublet of ant.
Senses: examples: text: He told him that he saw a vast multitude and a promiscuous, their habitations like molehills, the men as emmets […]
ref: , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.47
text: 1666, Dr. Edmund King, Philosophical Transactions (1665-1678) Observations Concerning Emmets or Ants, Their Eggs, Production, Progress, Coming to Maturity, Use, &c
text: What shall a Mote up to a Monarch rise?
An Emmet match an Emperor in might?
ref: before 1729, Edward Taylor, "Meditation. Joh. 14.2. I go to prepare a place for you"
text: Once a dream did weave a shade / O'er my angel-guarded bed / That an emmet lost its way / Where on grass methought I lay.
ref: 1789, William Blake, “A Dream”, in Songs of Innocence:
text: [A benignity that] to the emmet gives / Her foresight, and intelligence that makes / The tiny creatures strong by social league.
ref: 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, IV.430:
text: We are scurrying emmets or pismires with our sad little comedies.
ref: 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford:
glosses: An ant.
glosses: A tourist.
Derived terms: four-legged emmet
Related terms: anty-mire
grockle
judas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: judases
Senses: examples: text: There is no better example of such a phenomenon as the infamous moment when Bob Dylan was proclaimed a ‘judas’ for going electric.
ref: 2023, Richard Perks, John McGrath, editors, 21st Century Guitar: Evolutions and Augmentations, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 192:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Judas (“traitor”).
examples: text: Soon he heard a soft grating behind the judas, and he felt—more than he saw—that a pair of eyes were peering at him from within.
ref: 1913, Baroness Orczy, chapter 27, in The Laughing Cavalier:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Judas (“Judas-hole”).
Book of Common Prayer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: hypernyms: liturgy
prayer book
psalter
glosses: The liturgy of the Church of England, first compiled by Thomas Cranmer in 1549 after the (Act of Uniformity).
buntline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buntlines
Etymology: From bunt + line.
Senses: glosses: A type of revolver with an exceptionally long barrel.
examples: text: The only sail that is wholly ours is the spanker. They control absolutely--sheets, halyards, clewlines, buntlines, braces, and down-hauls--every sail on the fore and main. We control the braces on the mizzen, although they control the canvas on the mizzen.
ref: 1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLVI:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any, except the outermost, of the ropes extending down to the deck with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard.
Coordinate terms: clewline
Derived terms: buntline hitch
duck-billed platypus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duck-billed platypuses
Senses: glosses: The platypus
grin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grĭn
ipa: /ɡɹɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: grins
form: gren
Etymology: From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian, from Proto-West Germanic *grannjōn, from Proto-Germanic *granjōną. Related to groan. Compare to Middle High German grennen (“to mutter, complain”) and Danish grine (“to show one's teeth, to laugh”)
Senses: examples: text: When the ceremony was finished a wide grin broke across his face, and it was that grin she saw, relieved and happy all at once.
ref: 1997, Linda Howard, Son of the Morning, Simon & Schuster, page 364:
text: When my son appeared at the door the next day with his schoolbag on his back, the Professor broke into a wide grin and opened his arms to embrace him.
ref: 2003, Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor:
glosses: A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
Derived terms: Chelsea grin
coprophagous grin
fish-eating grin
grinsome
grip-and-grin
shit-eating grin
grin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: grĭn
ipa: /ɡɹɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: grins
form: grinning
form: grinned
form: grinned
form: gren
Etymology: From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian, from Proto-West Germanic *grannjōn, from Proto-Germanic *granjōną. Related to groan. Compare to Middle High German grennen (“to mutter, complain”) and Danish grine (“to show one's teeth, to laugh”)
Senses: examples: text: Why do you grin? Did I say something funny?
text: ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
examples: text: She grinned pleasure at his embarrassment.
text: Grinned horrible a ghastly smile.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To express by grinning.
examples: text: The pangs of death do make him grin.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
text: They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
examples: text: He grinned a broad smile when I told him the result.
text: He grinned a cruel sneer when I begged him to stop.
glosses: To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.
Derived terms: agrin
grin and bear it
grin from ear to ear
grin like a Cheshire cat
grin like a mule eating briars
grinner
grinningly
grinny
grinworthy
outgrin
pickin' and grinnin'
picking and grinning
shit-eating grin
skin and grin
Related terms: grimace
smile
grin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grĭn
ipa: /ɡɹɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: grins
Etymology: From Middle English grin, grinne, grine, from Old English grin (“snare, noose”), of uncertain origin, but probably from the merger of Proto-West Germanic *garni and *garnī (“intestine”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *garniz, *garnō (“guts, intestine”). Related to English yarn.
Senses: glosses: A snare; a gin.
Related terms: midgen
yarn
dissociate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
ipa: /dɪˈsəʊ.si.eɪt/
ipa: /dɪˈsoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
ipa: /dɪˈsoʊ.si.eɪt/
Forms: form: dissociates
form: dissociating
form: dissociated
form: dissociated
Etymology: From Latin dissociō (“dissociate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“apart”) + sociō (“join”), from socius (“related, leagued”).
Senses: examples: text: A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.
glosses: To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.
examples: text: After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.
glosses: To part; to stop associating.
examples: text: We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To undergo dissociation.
examples: text: Gerald checked himself into the hospital because he was dissociating.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: To undergo dissociation.
Derived terms: autodissociate
dissociation
dissociative
dissociator
nondissociated
nondissociating
photodissociate
photodissociated
photodissociating
redissociate
undissociated
Related terms: atomise
atomize
disassociate
Lynn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪn/
homophone: lin
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: Lyn
form: Lynne
Senses: examples: text: King Edward. But whither shall we then?
Hastings. To Lynn, my lord; and ship from thence to Flanders.
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
glosses: A local name for King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
glosses: An English habitational surname from Welsh, from King's Lynn in Norfolk, from Welsh llyn (“lake”) or Old English lean (“reward”, implying land tenure).
glosses: A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic, from Scottish Gaelic linne (“firth; pond, pool; waterfall”).
glosses: A surname from German, an anglicization of Lind.
glosses: A surname from Irish, a variant of Flynn.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, usually used as a middle name.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, popular as a middle name.
glosses: A female given name, variant of Lyn, popular as a middle name.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Winston County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Lawrence County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former settlement in Alameda County, California; named for the city in Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Washington Township, Randolph County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Essex County, Massachusetts; named for King's Lynn, Norfolk.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Morrill County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Box Elder County, Utah; named for founder John Lind.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A Virginia Beach; Lynnhaven section of Virginia Beach, VA.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lynn Township.
glosses: A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A river in Ontario, flowing from the town of Simcoe into Lake Erie.
Derived terms: Cora Lynn
Lynn County
Lynn Lake
Related terms: King's Lynn
Bishop's Lynn
New Lynn
South Lynn
lyn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪn/
homophone: lin
homophone: linn
homophone: Lynn
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: lyns
Etymology: See linn.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of linn (“waterfall”).
disassociation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪs.əˌsəʊ̯.siˈeɪ̯.ʃən/
ipa: /-ʃiˈeɪ̯.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: disassociations
Etymology: From dis- + association.
Senses: glosses: dissociation.
quad-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Reduced form of quadri-.
Senses: glosses: Involving four elements.
on edge
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Waiting to see who had been chosen, we were all on edge.
glosses: Tense, nervous; consequently irritable.
Related terms: edgy
set someone's teeth on edge
aretology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The part of moral philosophy that deals with virtue, its nature, and how to attain it.
on high
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒn ˈhaɪ/
ipa: /ɑn ˈhaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Etymology: From Middle English on heigh, on an heigh (“in or into heaven; up to heaven”) [and other forms], from Old English on hēagum (“on high”); hēagum is an inflected form of hēah (“high; tall”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“height; to elevate”). The English word is equivalent to on + high. Compare Dutch omhoog (“upwards, on high”), West Frisian omheech (“upwards”).
Senses: examples: text: So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky, / They cannot see the Sun on high; / The wind hath blown a gale all day, / At evening it hath died away.
ref: 1796–1798 (date written; published 1802), Robert Southey, “The Inchcape Rock”, in The Poetical Works of Robert Southey. […], volume VI, London: […] [Andrew Spottiswoode] for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, […], published 1838, →OCLC, page 137:
text: His [a horse's] back would be so glossy, / His sides so smooth and brown, / I'd have to hold his collar / To keep from slipping down! / And jogging on the roadway, / The people passing by / Would turn to smile at Bonny / With me set up on high.
ref: c. 1920s–1930s, Elizabeth Fleming, “The Ploughman”, in School Journal, volume 32, Wellington, New Zealand: School Publications Branch, Department of Education, published 1938, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 112:
synonyms: word: ahigh
word: aloft
glosses: To a high position; or up in, or to, the sky; above.
examples: text: Who is like vnto the Lord our God: who dwelleth on high: […]
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 113:5, column 1:
text: The trumpet ſhall be heard on high, / The dead ſhall live, the living die, / And Muſic ſhall untune the ſky.
ref: 1687, John Dryden, “A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day, 1687”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 271:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Up in, or to, Heaven.
examples: text: According to those on high, taxes need to increase again.
glosses: In authority, influence, or power.
on second thought
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: on second thoughts
Senses: examples: text: I originally thought that it was a good idea, but on second thought I'm not so sure.
synonyms: then again
upon further thought
glosses: After reconsidering; on further consideration.
Related terms: have second thoughts
have second thoughts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has second thoughts
form: having second thoughts
form: had second thoughts
form: had second thoughts
Senses: examples: text: At first it seemed a good idea, but now it's getting close I'm having second thoughts.
glosses: To change one's opinion, or be uneasy about a previous decision.
Related terms: on second thought
get cold feet
on sufferance
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I wasn't whole-hearted about the decision but couldn't think of a better one, so went along with it on sufferance for the time being.
text: In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.[…]Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.
ref: 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Unwillingly agreed to or barely tolerated.
on the other hand
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: OTOH
Senses: examples: text: Well yes, it was quite a good bargain; on the other hand, do we really need one?
text: Its external relations, on the one hand to dynamics, and on the other to heat, light, chemical action, and the constitution of bodies, seem to indicate the special importance of electrical science as an aid to the interpretation of nature.
ref: 1873, James Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism:
text: Thus the study of the language he is supposed to use, to the average American, takes on a sort of bilingual character. On the one hand, he is grounded abominably in a grammar and syntax that have always been largely artificial, even in the country where they are supposed to prevail, and on the other hand he has to pick up the essentials of his actual speech as best he may.
ref: [1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 1, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC:
text: 1950, Bertrand Russell, acceptance speech for Nobel Prize in Literature
I maintain, however, on the one hand, that there are few occasions upon which large bodies of men, such as politics is concerned with, can rise above selfishness, while, on the other hand, there are a very great many circumstances in which populations will fall below selfishness, if selfishness is interpreted as enlightened self-interest.
text: The host of business travellers between Bishops Stortford and London would scarcely take kindly to devious routing via the Southbury line; on the other hand, it is not desirable that they should overcrowd the business trains to and from Cambridge.
ref: 1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 19:
glosses: From another point of view.
Synonyms: but
however
still
then again
yet
conversely
vice versa
on the flipside
Coordinate terms: word: on the one hand
english: fanspeak slang
translation: fanspeak slang
word: on the gripping hand
word: on the third hand
on the wane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The moon was on the wane.
glosses: in a period of decrease or decline
on the level
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: See the Citations page for examples showing the sense evolution.
Senses: examples: text: He looks like a used car salesman, but he's really on the level, so you can trust him.
text: While I believe that the American people and the players want the game to be on the level, there are two or three things which, it strikes me, are not up to a high standard of honor.
ref: 1912 August, Christy Mathewson, “Play Clean Ball”, in Boys' Life, page 7:
text: "On the level, honey, I have an all-time, big-time need for coffee."
ref: 1959, Marc Brody, Low Dive for Lola, page i. 9:
glosses: Honest(ly), sincere(ly), straightforward(ly), fair(ly).
glosses: Synonym of on the square (“discreet reference to freemasonry”).
synonyms: word: on the square
extra: discreet reference to freemasonry
Synonyms: sense: honest, sincere, straightforward
word: above board
sense: honest, sincere, straightforward
word: on the square
sense: honest, sincere, straightforward
word: on the up and up
do a Reggie Perrin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does a Reggie Perrin
form: doing a Reggie Perrin
form: did a Reggie Perrin
form: done a Reggie Perrin
Etymology: From the name of the main character in the British sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, who faked his own suicide.
Senses: examples: 1998, "Whispering Bob", "There must be more to life than this!", uk.local.southwest, Usenet,
Anyway, I went to Weymouth Yesterday, and sat on the beach thinking I could do a Reggie Perrin, so I took off all my clothes, and ran into the sea. I had planned to fake my own death, but for those of you who don't know, Weymouth's beach is a tad shallow, and is so for a considerable distance, well I ran as far as I could before my gonads rested in my throat cos of the cold and decided...THERE HAS TO BE MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2003, Anthony Hulse, Insanity Never Sleeps, Mediaworld PR Ltd, →ISBN, page 20,
“Bloody hell, can’t you do a Reggie Perrin luv? Leave your clothes on Redcar beach and when I receive the dosh I’ll meet you in Australia?”
2007, Anthony Rosen, An UnOrdinary Life: Memoirs of Anthony Rosen, Roundtuit Publishing, →ISBN, page 135,
Following a mental breakdown in 1973, he did a “Reggie Perrin”, but was arrested in mistake for Lord Lucan (the peer wanted for murder) in Australia on Christmas Eve 1974.
glosses: To fake one's own suicide.
arm to the teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: arms to the teeth
form: arming to the teeth
form: armed to the teeth
form: armed to the teeth
Senses: examples: text: There, on the ramparts of the forts, stood Nicholas Koorn, armed to the teeth, flourishing a brass-hilted sword.
ref: 1809, Washington Irving, chapter 33, in Knickerbocker's History of New York:
text: Who can murmur sweet nothings to his adored when two soldiers armed to the teeth have been instructed never to let him out of their sight?
ref: 1910, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 15, in Queen Sheba's Ring:
text: Both sides armed the Taiwan Strait to the teeth, turning it into one of Asia's most dangerous military flash points.
ref: 2009 May 25, Michael Schuman, “Building Bridges to China”, in Time:
glosses: To equip thoroughly with weapons.
Derived terms: word: armed to the teeth
Related terms: loaded for bear
gotra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gotras
Etymology: PIE word
 *gʷṓws
From Sanskrit गोत्र (gotra).
Senses: glosses: The lineage or clan assigned to a Hindu at birth.
coax
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊks/
enpr: kōks
ipa: /koʊks/
rhymes: -əʊks
rhymes: -oʊks
homophone: Cokes
homophone: cokes
Forms: form: coaxes
form: coaxing
form: coaxed
form: coaxed
Etymology: Originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706.
Senses: glosses: To fondle, kid, pet, tease.
examples: text: She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.
text: He coaxed the horse gently into the trailer.
synonyms: cajole
glosses: To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
examples: text: They coaxed the rope through the pipe.
text: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
ref: 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
text: When the occupant of one of these floating dwellings wishes to move, […] he calls to his aid a number of muscular friends and relatives, and then, with the aid of great shovel-shaped paddles, they coax the home away to its new locality.
ref: 1908, E Young, “Chapter 2 In Eastern Venice”, in Peeps at Many Lands: Siam, London: Adam and Charles Black, page 6:
glosses: To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.
Synonyms: sense: to fondle
word: caress
word: grope
word: touch up
word: fondle
sense: persuade gradually
word: cajole
sense: persuade gradually
word: canoodle
sense: persuade gradually
word: persuade
sense: persuade gradually
word: wheedle
sense: persuade gradually
word: tease
sense: persuade gradually
word: trap
sense: manipulate carefully into position
word: ease
Derived terms: coaxable
coaxer
coaxy
coax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊks/
enpr: kōks
ipa: /koʊks/
rhymes: -əʊks
rhymes: -oʊks
homophone: Cokes
homophone: cokes
Forms: form: coaxes
Etymology: Originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706.
Senses: examples: text: Go, you're a brainless Coax, a Toy, a Fop, I'll go no farther than your Name, Sir Gregory
ref: c. 1613, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, “Wit at Several Weapons. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: A simpleton; a dupe.
coax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊks/
enpr: kōks
ipa: /koʊks/
rhymes: -əʊks
rhymes: -oʊks
homophone: Cokes
homophone: cokes
ipa: /ˈkəʊæks/
enpr: kōʹăks
ipa: /koʊæks/
ipa: /kəʊks/
enpr: kōks
ipa: /koʊks/
rhymes: -əʊks
rhymes: -oʊks
homophone: Cokes
homophone: cokes
Forms: form: coaxes
Etymology: Shortened from coaxial
Senses: synonyms: coax cable
glosses: Clipping of coaxial cable.
coax
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊks/
enpr: kōks
ipa: /koʊks/
rhymes: -əʊks
rhymes: -oʊks
homophone: Cokes
homophone: cokes
ipa: /ˈkəʊæks/
enpr: kōʹăks
ipa: /koʊæks/
ipa: /kəʊks/
enpr: kōks
ipa: /koʊks/
rhymes: -əʊks
rhymes: -oʊks
homophone: Cokes
homophone: cokes
Etymology: Shortened from coaxial
Senses: glosses: Clipping of coaxial.