cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
emotion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈməʊʃn̩/
ipa: /ɪˈmoʊʃən/
ipa: /iˈmoʊʃən/
rhymes: -əʊʃən
Forms: form: emotions
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”), based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō (“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ē- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and moveō (“move”).
Senses: examples: text: and the water continuing in the caverns[…]caused the emotion or earthquake
ref: 1758, “Observations on a slight Earthquake”, in Philosophical Transactions, volume L, page 246:
glosses: Movement; agitation.
examples: text: He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: “Just think about the last big decision you made. How much of it was based in emotion and how much was based in intellect? Most all big decisions are based in both.” […] Historically, placing weight on emotions has been dismissed. “What’s remarkable is that for so many years, people didn’t see emotions as conveying important messages,” he says.
ref: 2011 November 9, Susanne Gargiulo, “Emotional intelligence in the workplace”, in CNN:
glosses: A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
glosses: A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.
Synonyms: sense: person's internal state of being
word: feeling
sense: person's internal state of being
word: affect
word: emotion
word: kibun
word: sensation
word: sentiment
word: senniment
word: touch
Hyponyms: word: happiness
word: sadness
word: fear
word: envy
word: joy
word: terror
word: hatred
word: lust
word: anger
word: passion
word: jealousy
word: perturbation
word: love
word: disgust
Meronyms: word: facial expression
Derived terms: appeal to emotion
counteremotion
ememe
emotag
emoticon
emotionable
emotional
emotioned
emotionful
emotioning
emotionize
emotionless
emotionlike
emotionology
expressed emotion
metaemotion
nonemotion
proto-emotion
unemotioned
Related terms: word: :Category:Emotions
persona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɝˈsoʊnə/
ipa: /pɜːˈsəʊnə/
ipa: /pəˈsəʊnə/
rhymes: -əʊnə
Forms: form: personas
form: personae
form: personæ
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin persōna (“mask; character”), of uncertain origin. Suggested to be from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask; masked individual; actor”), which could be a loan from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face; appearance; mask used in ancient theatre to denote a character or, more generally, a social role”). Doublet of person and parson.
Senses: glosses: A social role.
glosses: A character played by an actor.
examples: text: He keeps his online persona completely separate from his real-world one.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The mask or appearance one presents to the world.
examples: text: To do so, your organization should create nuanced buyer personas for all relevant market segments or buyer groups that demonstrate affinity to your brand. These buyer personas should include standard demographic information […]
ref: 2014, Ira Kaufman, Chris Horton, Digital Marketing, page 128:
topics: business
marketing
qualifier: user experience
glosses: An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them.
Derived terms: fursona
objectsona
personify
worksona
Related terms: dramatis persona
in propria persona
persona grata
persona muta
persona non grata
alter ego
moniker
cowberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaubəɹɪ/
Forms: form: cowberries
Etymology: From cow + berry. Compare bilberry.
Senses: glosses: A shrub native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere (Vaccinium vitis-idaea).
glosses: A berry of this shrub.
Synonyms: sense: both
word: foxberry
sense: both
word: lingonberry
sense: both
word: lowbush cranberry
sense: both
word: mountain cranberry
sense: both
word: partridgeberry
sense: both
word: red whortleberry
social
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/
ipa: /ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
rhymes: -əʊʃəl
Forms: form: socials
Etymology: From Middle French social, from Latin sociālis (“of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, fellow, partner, associate, ally”), from sequor (“follow”). Cognate with English seg (“man, companion, fellow”). More at seg.
Senses: examples: text: They organized a social at the dance club to get people to know each other.
glosses: A festive gathering to foster introductions.
glosses: A dance held to raise money, often held for a couple to be married.
examples: text: Fred hated going down to the social to sign on.
glosses: Ellipsis of social security.
examples: text: What's your social? [asked so that the asker can look up your account details]
glosses: Ellipsis of social security number.
glosses: A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club.
glosses: Ellipsis of social studies.
examples: text: “I saw that shift, and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s the future of social,’” Systrom said.
ref: 2023 January 31, Casey Newton, quoting Kevin Systrom, “Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text”, in The Verge:
glosses: Ellipsis of social media.
examples: text: Also check out some other experts in this topic — their socials are in the pinned comment below.
text: Close your mouth and delete all your socials tonight.
ref: 2019 August 29, “Cheeto Christ Stupid Czar”, Randy Rainbow (lyrics), Andrew Lloyd Webber (music)performed by Randy Rainbow:
text: Nearly a week after the Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the world is still adjusting to the fact that he has an American family that does typically American things. The Borgias, for all their many sins, never posted crude or spicy memes to the socials.
ref: 2025 May 13, Richard Fausset, “The Pope’s Florida Brother, a MAGA Disciple, Plans to ‘Tone It Down’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A social media account; the username or handle thereof, or a link thereto.
Derived terms: dark social
protection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈtɛkʃn̩/
rhymes: -ɛkʃən
Forms: form: protections
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, from stem of Late Latin prōtectiō (“a covering over”), from Latin prōtēctus, perfect passive participle of prōtegere (“to protect, cover in front”). Displaced native Old English ġesċildnes. Equivalent to protect + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Raincoats give protection from rain.
text: But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
glosses: The state of being safe.
glosses: A means of keeping or remaining safe.
glosses: A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.
topics: business
insurance
glosses: Coverage.
glosses: Immunity from harm, obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.
glosses: A document serving as a guarantee against harm or interference; a passport.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).
glosses: Synonym of adult protection (“adult incontinence wear”).
synonyms: word: adult protection
extra: adult incontinence wear
Derived terms: antiprotection
atheroprotection
autoprotection
axoprotection
bioprotection
bronchoprotection
cardioprotection
cerebroprotection
chemoprotection
chondroprotection
close protection
copy protection
crossprotection
cryoprotection
cyberprotection
cytoprotection
data protection
deposit protection
deprotection
ecoprotection
environmental protection
excitoprotection
extreme risk protection order
gastroprotection
geroprotection
glioprotection
hepatoprotection
heteroprotection
immunoprotection
lightning protection system
lipoprotection
mechanoprotection
Mickey Mouse Protection Act
mucoprotection
multiprotection
myeloprotection
natural protection
nephroprotection
neuroprotection
nonprotection
oligoprotection
organoprotection
osmoprotection
osteoprotection
otoprotection
overprotection
ovoprotection
photoprotection
phytoprotection
police protection
protectional
protectionary
protection course
protectionism
protectionless
protection money
protection proxy
protection racket
radioprotection
renoprotection
reprotection
self-protection
semiprotection
seroprotection
sun protection factor
thermoprotection
thromboprotection
thyroprotection
underprotection
unprotection
uroprotection
vasculoprotection
vasoprotection
witness protection
xeroprotection
Related terms: protect
title
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪ.tl̩/
rhymes: -aɪtəl
homophone: tidal stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: titles
form: titling
form: titled
form: titled
Etymology: From Middle English title, titel, from Old English titul (“title, heading, superscription”), from Latin titulus (“title, inscription”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, titlo, tittle, and titulus.
Senses: glosses: To assign a title to; to entitle.
Derived terms: titleable
untitleable
promise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒmɪs/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑmɪs/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒmɪs
rhymes: (General American) -ɑmɪs
Forms: form: promises
form: promyse
Etymology: From Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin prōmissa, Latin prōmissum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter past participles of prōmittō (“I send forth, I say beforehand, I promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native ġehātan (“to promise”) and ġehāt (“a promise”).
Senses: examples: text: When I make a promise, I always stick to it.
text: He broke his promise: he said he'd return my jewellery, but never did.
glosses: an oath or affirmation; a vow.
examples: text: He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned.
ref: 1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), pages 547–548
topics: law
glosses: A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
examples: text: My native country was full of youthful promise.
ref: 1819 June 23 – 1820 September 13, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “(please specify the title)”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC:
text: The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: She shows great promise as an actress.
glosses: Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
examples: text: You can often use observables instead of promises to deliver values asynchronously.
ref: 2023 August 25, “Observables compared to other techniques”, in Angular 17 documentation, Google:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
examples: text: He […] commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 1:4:
glosses: bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
undersea
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From under- + sea.
Senses: examples: text: It is not known just what action will be taken against the captain of the undersea boat.
ref: 1920, George M. Battey, Jr., 70, 000 Miles on a Submarine Destroyer, Webb & Vary Company, page 133:
text: "You're right!" she cried. "I'm sure you are." Twenty reasons come back. An undersea tunnel to the little island.
ref: 1923, The Saturday Evening Post, G. Graham, page 58:
text: The Sediment (SNAP-7E) Density Meter (an underwater rocket) has been developed to investigate to an ocean-bottom depth of 11 sedimentary feet. Sea Lab I, the Navy’s new undersea laboratory, complete with observation porch and garage, should become safe to operate at the 200 foot level.
ref: 1966, Robert B. Thomas, The Old Farmer's Almanc, Yankee Pub, page 44:
text: The Channel Tunnel is the longest undersea tunnel in the world, with this section being 38km (23.6 miles) long.
ref: 2022 December 28, “The essential Eurotunnel”, in RAIL, number 973, page 59:
synonyms: subsea
submarine
glosses: Existing, relating to, or made for use beneath the sea.
incubate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/
Forms: form: incubates
form: incubating
form: incubated
form: incubated
Etymology: First attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin incubātus, an alternative to incubitus, perfect passive participle of incubō (“to hatch”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + cubō (“to lie”).
Senses: examples: text: The places where the birds are nesting are interesting spots to visit. Both parents incubate and the scene is animated as the birds fly about in all directions.
ref: 1907, “Nesting Habits of the Passenger Pigeon”, in W. B. Mershon, editor, The Passenger Pigeon:
text: Part of our problem in praying for our children, he suggested, is the time lage, the necessary slow maturation of our prayers. But that's the way of God's rhythm in nature. For instance, the hen must patiently sit on her eggs to incubate them before the baby chicks hatch.
ref: 1975, Catherine Marshall, Adventures in Prayer, New York: Ballantine Books, page 46:
text: The mother dead these fourteen years did incubate in her own bosom the creature who would carry her off.
ref: 1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC:
text: The female cichlid fish are called "mouth breeders," which means they incubate eggs in their mouth.
ref: 2004, A. J. Jacobs, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World, New York: Simon & Schuster, page 50:
glosses: To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
examples: text: It was a habit he developed, of incubating and maturing his thought upon a subject, and of then rushing into the type-writer with it.
ref: 1908 September – 1909 September, Jack London, chapter XXIII, in Martin Eden, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published September 1909, →OCLC:
text: When you've got your theme–let the concept incubate. Walk around with it, sleep on it.
ref: 1992, Sheila Davis, The Songwriters Idea Book: 40 Strategies to Excite Your Imagination, Help You Design Distinctive Songs, and Keep Your Creative Flow, Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, page 96:
glosses: To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.
Derived terms: coincubate
incubatee
incubation
incubative
incubator
nonincubated
preincubate
reincubate
unincubated
incubate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/
Forms: form: incubates
Etymology: First attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin incubātus, an alternative to incubitus, perfect passive participle of incubō (“to hatch”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + cubō (“to lie”).
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A preparation, or material, that has been incubated.
ARPU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Lifetime ARPU, or the average revenue contributed per user over the lifetime of a product, can provide some insight into the habits of a large group of users within the product.
ref: 2013, Eric Benjamin Seufert, Freemium Economics: Leveraging Analytics and User Segmentation to Drive Revenue, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 94:
coordinate_terms: ARPPU
glosses: Initialism of average revenue per user/unit: the revenue divided by subscribers/subscriptions for a given measure of time.
prescriptivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈskɹɪp.tɪv.ɪzm̩/
ipa: /pɹəˈskɹɪp.tɪ.vɪzm̩/
Forms: form: prescriptivisms
Etymology: From prescriptive + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
antonyms: descriptivism
glosses: The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
Related terms: prescribe
prescription
prescriptive
prescriptivist
proscriptivism
prescriptive grammar
normative grammar
father figure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: father figures
form: father-figure
Senses: examples: text: Tudjman, the national father-figure, emerged as the improbable and unexpected victor of the wars of the Yugoslav succession of 1991-99.
ref: 1999 December 13, Ian Traynor, “Obituary: Franjo Tudjman”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 08 Jul 2014:
text: Orphaned at a young age, he found a father figure in the confident and committed al-Bahri.
ref: 2008 July 21, Jonathan Mahler, “Hamdan: Guantánamo's Mystery Man”, in Time, retrieved 08 Jul 2014:
coordinate_terms: mother figure
grandfather figure
glosses: One who represents, behaves as, or is regarded as equivalent to a father for another person or group of people.
Related terms: authority figure
role model
bottle out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bottles out
form: bottling out
form: bottled out
form: bottled out
Senses: examples: text: I had really wanted to dive off the 10-metre platform, but in the end I bottled out.
synonyms: bottle it
lose one's nerve
get cold feet
glosses: To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage or nerve; to run away or back down from a contest or challenge.
Related terms: chicken out
hit the bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits the bottle
form: hitting the bottle
form: hit the bottle
form: hit the bottle
Senses: examples: text: He's been hitting the bottle hard since his wife left him.
glosses: To drink alcohol steadily and in excess, particularly in response to a setback.
Synonyms: sense: to drink steadily and in excess
word: hit the booze
sense: to drink steadily and in excess
word: hit the sauce
greeting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːtɪŋ
Forms: form: greetings
Etymology: By surface analysis, greet + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.
glosses: A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
examples: text: I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
glosses: The action of the verb to greet.
Synonyms: word: accost
word: address
word: greeting
word: hail
word: salutation
Meronyms: word: bob
word: bow
word: curtsy
word: embrace
word: handshake
word: hello
word: how are you
word: hug
word: kiss
word: nod
word: salute
word: smile
word: wave
Derived terms: greeting card
greetingless
greetingly
greetings card
non-greeting
season's greetings
Related terms: greet
hello
salutation
greeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːtɪŋ
Etymology: By surface analysis, greet + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of greet
bridesmaid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/
Forms: form: bridesmaids
form: bridemaid
form: bride's maid
Etymology: From bride + -s- + maid. In the sports and entertainment sense: in reference to the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
Senses: examples: text: I'd love to be your bridesmaid at the wedding.
text: I was promised sex. Everybody said it. You'll be a bridesmaid, you'll get sex, you'll be fighting 'em off. But not so much as a tongue in sight.
ref: 1994, Richard Curtis, Four Weddings and a Funeral, spoken by Lydia (Sophie Thompson):
glosses: A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
examples: text: He had taken her for a dogsbody, a beta fish, a bridesmaid, a ride-along; he had looked right past her, as likely many people did.
ref: 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 319:
topics: entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: social dynamics
glosses: A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.
Coordinate terms: bridesman
Derived terms: always a bridesmaid, never a bride
brosmaid
junior bridesmaid
Related terms: word: bridesmaiden
word: bridesmatron
english: the primary bridesmaid
translation: the primary bridesmaid
word: maid of honor
english: the group of women as a whole
translation: the group of women as a whole
word: bridesmaids
bridesmaid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/
Forms: form: bridesmaids
form: bridesmaiding
form: bridesmaided
form: bridesmaided
form: bridemaid
form: bride's maid
Etymology: From bride + -s- + maid. In the sports and entertainment sense: in reference to the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
Senses: examples: text: "No, Trichy; I won't be Augusta's bridesmaid; I'll bide my time for bridesmaiding."
ref: 1858, Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne, volume 1, page 83:
text: And what's this? that isn't Herbie Frost with you in the canoe ; why he was best man when I bridesmaided Corinne.
ref: 1915, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The smart set: a magazine of cleverness, volume 45, page 204:
text: "It's in my Data-fax, right here! December Bride: and I'm supposed to bridesmaid!"
ref: 1989, Kevin Killian, Shy, page 233:
text: After ten years of friendship and just six months of lackluster bridesmaiding, the women did not even get an invitation to the wedding.
ref: 2007, Siri Agrell, Bad Bridesmaid: True Tales of Bachelorette Brawls and Taffeta Tantrums, page 150:
text: Still they bridesmaided for her.
ref: 2010, Mark Townsend, Jesus Outside the Box: Twelve Spiritual Tales of the Unexpected, page 308:
glosses: To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.
maid of honor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maids of honor
form: maid of honour
Senses: glosses: The primary woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony.
glosses: An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
Related terms: best man
bridesmaid
groomsman
lady-in-waiting
matron of honor
matron of honour
howdy
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaʊdi/
rhymes: -aʊdi
Forms: form: howdie
Etymology: Clipping of how-d'ye-(do) (“how do you do”).
Senses: examples: text: Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!
glosses: An informal greeting.
Derived terms: boy howdy
howdy-do
howdy doody
howdy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaʊdi/
rhymes: -aʊdi
Forms: form: howdies
form: howdying
form: howdied
form: howdied
form: howdie
Etymology: Clipping of how-d'ye-(do) (“how do you do”).
Senses: examples: text: I stood up for the kid and it got ugly, with accusations being thrown in both directions. So the sheriff and I weren't exactly on howdying terms when that fire happened.
ref: 2016, Brynn Bonner, Dead in a Flash, page 249:
glosses: To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"
howdy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaʊdi/
rhymes: -aʊdi
Forms: form: howdies
form: howdie
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A wife.
glosses: A midwife.
what's up
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌp
Forms: form: wassup
form: what up
form: waz up
form: wazzup
form: whassup
form: wuzzup
form: wussup
form: sup
form: wa'up
form: swa'up
form: 'sup
form: wsp
Etymology: Popularized by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny as part of his catchphrase “Eh... What’s up, doc?”, as early as 1940. Originally a common greeting from Bugs Bunny creator Tex Avery's neighborhood in Taylor, Texas.
Senses: examples: text: You're looking a bit miserable. What's up?
text: I got a call saying to come straight away. What's up?
text: Hello, what's up? Don't cry, bub. What's the trouble?
ref: 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XIII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 112:
text: "What's up?" he asked, dropping back into a chair, and jingling the loose coins in his trouser pockets. / "I have had news of the Black Eagle," his father answered. "She is reported from Madeira."
ref: 1890, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Mr. John Harston Keeps an Appointment”, in The Firm of Girdlestone: A Romance of the Unromantic, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 5:
text: Lady Frederick: Oh lord, I wish I were eighteen. [She sinks into a chair, and an expression of utter weariness comes over her face.]
Gerald: I say, what's up?
Lady Frederick: [Starting.] I thought you'd gone. Nothing.
ref: 1912, W. Somerset Maugham, Lady Frederick: A Comedy in Three Acts, act 1:
glosses: What’s the matter? What is the problem? What is wrong?
raw_tags: in the sense of "of concern"
examples: text: Hey, what's up? – Not much, just working.
synonyms: what's happening
what's new
what's the haps
glosses: What's happening? What are you doing?
raw_tags: in the sense of "happening"
examples: text: Hey, what's up? – Hey! Good to see you.
glosses: A casual greeting with a meaning similar to hi or nice to meet you.
Derived terms: what's up Doc
Related terms: what's up with
what's up with
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: What’s up with you?
text: What the hell's up with this stupid computer now?!
glosses: What's wrong with; what's the problem or matter with. Said to express that the behaviour of someone, or operation of something, is out of the ordinary or problematic.
raw_tags: in rhetorical questions or salutations
examples: text: They raised my electricity rates again. What’s up with that?
text: What’s up with all this new music they’re playing?
glosses: Used to express disbelief or curiosity.
raw_tags: in rhetorical questions
examples: text: I'll tell you what's up with the Government!
glosses: (The thing that is) the problem or issue with.
raw_tags: in statements
Synonyms: word: what's with
word: what's the deal with
word: what's the matter with
word: what's the story with
english: followed by a person's name
translation: followed by a person's name
word: what's eating
Related terms: what gives
what's cooking
what's up
wassup
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wəˈsʌp/
ipa: /wɒˈsʌp/
ipa: /wəˈsʌp/
Forms: form: wassap
form: whassup
form: wazzup
form: wazup
form: whazzup
form: wasup
form: whasup
form: whazup
form: wuddup
form: whuddup
Senses: glosses: what's up? (as a greeting)
Derived terms: that's wassup
CV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CVs
form: C.V.
form: C. V.
Etymology: Abbreviation.
* (anime, Japanimation): From Japanese CV (CV), from English character+voice
* (aircraft carrier): Initialism of cruiser (“croiseur”) + French voler (“to fly”).
Senses: glosses: Initialism of curriculum vitae.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of combat vehicle.
topics: nautical
transport
coordinate_terms: LCV
glosses: Initialism of construction vessel
topics: nautical
transport
coordinate_terms: LCV
VLCV
ULCV
glosses: Initialism of container vessel; a container ship
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
coordinate_terms: LCV
ICV
MCV
HCV
glosses: Initialism of commercial vehicle
glosses: Abbreviation of cellevision.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Initialism of catalog value.
topics: anime
broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Initialism of character's voice (“voice actor”).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of cardinal vowel.
topics: government
military
navy
politics
war
glosses: aircraft carrier (“Cruiser Voler”), a diesel-powered warship launching and landing heavier than air flying vehicles (a nuclear-powered one is a CVN)
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of cataclysmic variable.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of countervailing.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Initialism of cross-validation.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of coronavirus.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of cytolytic vaginosis.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of constant velocity.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of constant velocity.
Ellipsis of CV joint.
glosses: Initialism of computer vision.
qualifier: among vorarephiles
glosses: Initialism of cock vore.
Derived terms: ACV
CVA
CVD
CVE
CVL
CVN
CV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: C.V.
form: C. V.
Etymology: Abbreviation.
* (anime, Japanimation): From Japanese CV (CV), from English character+voice
* (aircraft carrier): Initialism of cruiser (“croiseur”) + French voler (“to fly”).
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Carmel Valley, a city in San Diego county, immediately inland from Del Mar.
CV
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: C.V.
form: C. V.
Etymology: Abbreviation.
* (anime, Japanimation): From Japanese CV (CV), from English character+voice
* (aircraft carrier): Initialism of cruiser (“croiseur”) + French voler (“to fly”).
Senses: examples: text: CV disease; CV risk
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of cardiovascular.
examples: text: CV angle
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of costovertebral.
Related terms: 2CV
fugue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfyɡ/
ipa: /ˈfjuːɡ/
rhymes: -uːɡ
Forms: form: fugues
Etymology: Borrowed from French fugue, from Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), from Latin fuga (“act of fleeing”), from fugiō (“to flee”); compare Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ). Apparently from the metaphor that the first part starts alone on its course, and is pursued by later parts. Doublet of fuga.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: fuga
glosses: A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.
examples: text: Jacobsen's theory about the empty storehouse is still valid, for a myth never has one meaning only; a myth is a polyphonic fugue of many voices.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 175:
glosses: Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality.
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: A fugue state.
Derived terms: counterfugue
double fugue
fugal
fuguelike
fuguist
mirror fugue
Related terms: fugacious
fugue state
fugue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfyɡ/
ipa: /ˈfjuːɡ/
rhymes: -uːɡ
Forms: form: fugues
form: fuguing
form: fugued
form: fugued
Etymology: Borrowed from French fugue, from Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), from Latin fuga (“act of fleeing”), from fugiō (“to flee”); compare Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ). Apparently from the metaphor that the first part starts alone on its course, and is pursued by later parts. Doublet of fuga.
Senses: glosses: To improvise, in singing, by introducing vocal ornamentation to fill gaps etc.
examples: text: And most of them women, and these only stayed in a fugue state for a relatively short time, like a couple of hours or a couple of days. As far as we know Malenov fugued for close to twenty years.
ref: 2014, Richard D. Dalrymple, Fugue, page 33:
text: Fugue states can have phases—it's possible she fugued from the start, and only woke to what was happening on that bus.
ref: 2021, Robin Wasserman, Mother Daughter Widow Wife, page 87:
glosses: To spend time in a dissociative fugue state.
traino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæenəʉ/
ipa: /ˈtɹeɪnoʊ/
ipa: /ˈtɹeɪnəʊ/
Forms: form: trainos
Etymology: From train + -o.
Senses: glosses: A train station.
bottle-o
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔdl̩əʉ/
ipa: /ˈbɒtələʊ/
Forms: form: bottle-os
form: bottlo
form: bottle-oh
Etymology: From bottle + -o (diminutive suffix).
Senses: glosses: A bottle shop.
examples: text: For travellers have to carry bags, / And swagmen have to hump their swags / Like bottle-ohs or ragmen.
ref: 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 14:
text: a. 1922, Henry Lawson, 1984, Leonard Cronin (editor), A Fantasy of Man: Henry Lawson Complete Works, 1901-1922, Part 2, page 546,
Time was when my old friend, Benno the bottle-o, drew his turn-out into the shade of the big old fig-trees under the church at the top of the hill, and went back and thrashed the most notoriously brutal driver well and good.
text: And Pa, that bottle-o, drunk once on misery.
ref: 1970, Patrick White, The Vivisector, Vintage, published 1994, page 574:
text: the bottle-oh with the cleft tongue rode his wagon wrapped tight in an old grey blanket and had his battle-oh cries blown westwards before the icy gusts of wind.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 103:
text: Another character was the bottle-o man. He would come around on weekends down the lane standing on a dray driven by an old horse while he cried out: “booooddle-o, any old rags and boddles? Booooddle-o”.
ref: 2010, Kathleen M. McGinley, Out of the Daydream: Based on the Autobiography of Barry Mcginley Jones, page 74:
text: When Kate was a girl living in Albert Park, a lifetime before she met Rex, her bottle-o had some sort of motor truck. Some of us can remember the horse and cart used by the bottle-o, the milk-o, the ice-man, and especially the woodman.
ref: 2011, Richard Plant, Life's a Blur, unnumbered page:
glosses: A door-to-door trader in used bottles.
paradiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæɹəˌdɪdəl/
rhymes: -ɪdəl
Forms: form: paradiddles
Etymology: Imitative. May be related to [Attic] Greek, παραδίδωμι (paradídōmi) 1) to give into the hands (of another) 2) to give over into (one's) power or use 2a) to deliver to one something to keep, use, take care of, manage
Senses: examples: text: I mean, as a drummer, you're sitting at a practice pad for hours on end, doing paradiddles and all the exercises you learn for your craft.
ref: 2023 December 8, The Big Issue, Melbourne, page 33, column 2:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A percussive exercise (one of 26 drum rudiments per the National Association of Rudimental Drummers or one of 40 per the Percussive Arts Society) which involves playing four even strokes in the order ‘right left right right’ or ‘left right left left.’
Derived terms: dragadiddle
flamadiddle
flam paradiddle
paradiddle-diddle
Related terms: paradiddle-diddle
paradiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæɹəˌdɪdəl/
rhymes: -ɪdəl
Forms: form: paradiddles
form: paradiddling
form: paradiddled
form: paradiddled
Etymology: Imitative. May be related to [Attic] Greek, παραδίδωμι (paradídōmi) 1) to give into the hands (of another) 2) to give over into (one's) power or use 2a) to deliver to one something to keep, use, take care of, manage
Senses: glosses: To produce percussive sounds of this kind.
grade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹeɪd/
ipa: [ɡɹeɪd]
ipa: [ɡɹɛjd]
ipa: [ɡɹeːd]
ipa: [ɡɹæɪd]
homophone: grayed
homophone: greyed
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: grades
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, degree”), from Proto-Italic *graðus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Doublet of gradus.
Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”), Lithuanian gri̇̀diju (“to go, wander”).
Senses: examples: text: This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.
glosses: A rating.
examples: text: He got a good grade on the test.
text: I gave him a good grade for effort.
text: You need a grade of at least 80% in first-year calculus to be admitted to the CS major program.
synonyms: mark
glosses: Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
examples: text: There are a lot of varieties of diatomaceous earth, so when you are shopping, be sure to get the right stuff! Make sure that you get food grade diatomaceous earth. Some people make 3% of the food they eat be diatomaceous earth.
ref: 1986–2012, paul wheaton permaculture, “Diatomaceous Earth (food grade): bug killer you can eat!”, in richsoil.com, retrieved 17 Mar 2014:
glosses: A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).
examples: text: The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent.
glosses: A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
examples: text: Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year.
text: Clancy starts grade five this year.
topics: education
glosses: A level of primary and secondary education.
examples: text: The grade fives are on a field trip.
topics: education
glosses: A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
glosses: An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).
examples: text: This material absorbs moisture and is probably not a good choice for use below grade.
glosses: The level of the ground.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A gradian.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.
examples: text: The whistle of the shot as it cuts the leaves / Of the maples around the church’s eaves— / And the grade of hatchets, fiercely thrown, / On wigwam-log, and tree, and stone.
ref: 1836, John Greenleaf Whittier, Mogg Megone, A Poem, →OCLC:
glosses: A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
qualifier: systematics
glosses: A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: An eyeglass prescription.
Synonyms: sense: taxon that is not a clade
word: paraphyletic group
sense: slope
word: gradient
megrim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːɡɹɪm/
Forms: form: megrims
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French migraigne, semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin hēmicrānia (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (whence also English cranium). Doublet of migraine and hemicrania.
Senses: glosses: A headache; a migraine.
glosses: A fancy, a whim, a caprice.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:megrim.
glosses: See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).
Derived terms: megrimish
Related terms: hemicrania
migraine
megrim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːɡɹɪm/
Forms: form: megrims
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: examples: text: MEGRIM (LEPIDORHOMBUS WHIFFIAGONIS)[…]NOTE: In Ireland,this species is often called "witch", a name that properly belongs to the craigfluke, Glyptocephalus cynaglossus, which is a right-handed flatfish. Both species are marketed as "white sole."
ref: 2016, http://specimenfish.ie/irish-record-fish/marine-species/megrim-lepidorhombus-whiffiagonis/:
glosses: A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).
Synonyms: sense: Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
word: Cornish sole
sense: Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
word: sail-fluke
sense: Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
word: whiff
sense: Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
word: white sole
sense: Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
word: witch
Derived terms: taxonomic: Lepidorhombus boscii
word: four-spot megrim
hydrargyrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪˈdɹɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪɹəm/
Forms: form: hydrargyron
form: hydrargyrum
form: hydrargire
form: hydrargirie
form: hydrargyre
form: hydrarg.
Etymology: From New Latin hydrargyrum (“mercury”).
Senses: examples: text: Hydrargyrum, Quick-ſilver, a Mineral, of a ſtrange piercing Quality, ſo as to eat thro' Gold, Silver, &c.
ref: 1706, Edward Phillips, compiler, J[ohn] K[ersey the younger], “Hydrargyrum”, in The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. […], 6th edition, London: […] J. Phillips, […]; N. Rhodes, […]; and J. Taylor, […], →OCLC, column 2:
text: ‘There is a channel in the spine of her blade, and in it runs a river of hydrargyrum—a metal heavier than iron, though it flows like water.’
ref: 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XIV, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 129:
topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: azoth
topics: alchemy
pseudoscience
word: mercury
english: standard term
translation: standard term
word: quicksilver
english: dated or evocative
translation: dated or evocative
glosses: Mercury (chemical element).
Derived terms: hydrargochloride
hydrargyral
hydrargyrate
hydrargyria
hydrargyriasis
hydrargyric
hydrargyrism
hydrargyrosis
hydrargyrous
hydrargysm
grass widow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɑːs ˌwɪdəʊ/
Forms: form: grass widows
Etymology: The word appears in the Germanic languages in different forms and senses, evidently being ancient, but the oldest (both 16th century) are English grasse wydowe and Middle Low German grasswēdewe, both meaning “girl who has lost her virginity, harlot”. Therefore “grass” in all likelihood refers to a bedding for premarital sex. Compare the expression green gown (“loss of virginity”). The girl became a “widow” in the sense that she was neither married nor a virgin. The sense then developed through “married woman who has relations in her husband’s absence” to the contemporary, softened meaning. Compare Dutch grasweduwe, Swedish gräsänka, German Strohwitwe.
Etymonline cites the book Vocabulary of East Anglia (1830) by Rev. Robert Forby, which records the term in that region as essentially referring to a woman abandoned after an informal marriage.
Senses: examples: text: "Can't help it. I'm a lone, lorn grass-widow, dear, but I will not sleep in my stays."
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Second-rate Woman”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 115:
text: Then Mrs. Gessler shook her head. "Well, you've joined the biggest army on earth. You're the great American institution that never gets mentioned on Fourth of July -- a grass widow with two small children to support. The dirty bastards."
ref: 1941, James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce, New York: Random House:
text: And who ever heard of a demon sending his wife a divorce? When a demon marries a daughter of mortals,he usually lets her remain a grass widow.
ref: Isaac Bashevis Singer, translated by Marian Magid and Elizabeth Pollet Collected stories : Gimpel the fool to The letter writer: Gimpel the fool & other stories, The Spinoza of Market Street, Short Friday & other stories, The séance & other stories, "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy", New York : Library of America : Distributed in the United States by Penguin Putnam, p. 461
text: I was disappointed when it was her who opened the door and said, ‘Ah, I had a feeling you were thinking about me! Come in, come in, do! I am a grass widow.’
ref: 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 226:
glosses: A married woman whose spouse is away.
glosses: An unmarried woman who has had premarital sexual relations; a former mistress.
Derived terms: grass-widowed
grass widower
grass widowhood
rum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: rums
form: rhum
Etymology: In common use since by at least 1654, of uncertain origin. Theories include:
* that it derives from rum (“fine, good”), or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, the first theory is now considered unlikely),
* that it is a shortening of rumbullion or rumbustion, or
* that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (but these drinks were not originally made with rum)
* that it derives from rummer, from Dutch roemer
Senses: examples: text: The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.
coordinate_terms: grog
glosses: A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
examples: text: Jake tossed down three rums.
coordinate_terms: grog
glosses: A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
A serving of rum.
examples: text: Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.
coordinate_terms: grog
glosses: A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
A kind or brand of rum.
glosses: A strange person or thing.
examples: text: No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.
ref: 1729, Jonathan Swift, The Grand Question Debated of Hamilton's Bawn:
glosses: A country parson.
Synonyms: sense: spirit
word: rumbullion
sense: odd person
word: odd duck
word: strange fish
word: weirdo
word: strange person
sense: odd thing
word: abnormality
word: deviant
word: outlier
word: anomaly
Derived terms: bay rum
bush rum
Cumberland rum butter
hot buttered rum
monkey rum
rum baba
rum ball
rum bosun
rum bud
rum butter
rum cake
Rumchata
rum cherry
rum fit
rum hole
rum mill
rum popo
rum-runner
rumtini
rum tub
sorghum rum
Related terms: baba au rhum