nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: fresh Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First use appears c. 1848, US slang, probably from German frech (“impudent, cheeky, insolent”), from Middle High German vrech (“bold, brave, lively”), from Old High German freh (“greedy, eager, avaricious, covetous”), from Proto-West Germanic *frek, from Proto-Germanic *frekaz (“greedy, outrageous, courageous, capable, active”), from Proto-Indo-European *preg- (“to be quick, twitch, sprinkle, splash”). Cognate with Old English frec (“greedy; eager, bold, daring; dangerous”) and Danish fræk (“naughty”). More at freak. Pronunciation: /fɹɛʃ/ 1. Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward. Labels: idiomatic Example: No one liked his fresh comments. 2. Sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious. Labels: idiomatic Example: Hey, don't get fresh with me! Example: “Fresh guy,” explained Aileen, “last night as I was going home at Twenty-third and Sixth. Sashayed up, so he did, and made a break. I turned him down, cold, and he made a sneak; […]
Word: expression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French expression, from Late Latin expressiō, expressiōnem (“a pressing out”). Morphologically express + -ion. Pronunciation: /əkˈspɹɛʃ.n̩/, /ɛkˈspɹɛʃ.n̩/ 1. The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are lots of great actresses who dress beautifully, but in the modern day, nearly all of them use stylists. They may know what they like—when they’re presented with gowns and outfits, they’re perfectly equipped to say yes or no—but you rarely get the sense that what they’re wearing is a true expression of who they are. 2. A particular way of phrasing an idea. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A colloquialism or idiom. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The expression "break a leg!" should not be taken literally. 4. A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They stared at the newcomer with a puzzled expression. Example: The best poker players can tell if the opponents have a good hand by looking at their expression. 5. An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The process of translating a gene into a protein. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A specific blend of whisky. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The act of pressing or squeezing out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: expression from a gland Example: Breast milk expression can be achieved by hand or with a pump. 10. The tone of voice or sound in music. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. Emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The number of children who could read with expression would be very small ; ... Example: I cannot say that all read with expression. Indeed , this power is hardly to be expected in young children . And though “ to read with expression ...
Word: cool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cool, from Old English cōl (“cool, cold, tranquil, calm”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōluz (“cool”), from *kalaną (“to be cold, to freeze”), Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold, to freeze”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian kool, koul, kuul, kölj, kööl (“cold”), Saterland Frisian köil (“cool”), West Frisian koel (“cool”), Cimbrian khuul (“chilly, cool”), Dutch koel (“cool”), German kühl (“cool”), Low German köhl (“cool”), Luxembourgish kill (“cool”), Vilamovian kił (“cool”); also Latin gelū, gelum, gelus (“frost; chill, cold”), Belarusian хо́лад (xólad, “cold”), Bulgarian хлад (hlad, “chill, coolness”), Czech chlad (“cold”), Macedonian лад (lad, “shade; coolness”), Polish chłód (“cold”), Russian and Ukrainian хо́лод (xólod, “cold”), Serbo-Croatian хла̑д, hlȃd (“shade”), Sanskrit जड (jaḍa, “cold; stiff”), जल (jala, “water”). Related to cold. Pronunciation: /kuːl/, /kul/, /kʉl/, /kʲɪul/, /kʲuːl/ 1. A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness. Labels: uncountable Example: in the cool of the morning 2. A calm temperament. Labels: uncountable 3. The property of being cool, popular or in fashion. Labels: uncountable
Word: cool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English colen, from Old English cōlian (“to cool, grow cold, be cold”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlēn (“to become cold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to freeze”). Cognate with Dutch koelen (“to cool”), German kühlen (“to cool”), Swedish kyla (“to cool, refrigerate”). Also partially from Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan (“to cool, be cold, become cold”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną (“to cool”), altered to resemble the adjective cool. See keel. Pronunciation: /kuːl/, /kul/, /kʉl/, /kʲɪul/, /kʲuːl/ 1. To lose heat, to get colder. Labels: intransitive, literally Example: I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue. 2. To make cooler, less warm. Labels: literally, transitive Example: Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. 3. To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980. 4. To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. 5. To kill, murder. Labels: dated, slang, transitive Example: Maybe he would die. That would mean I had murdered him. I smiled, trying the idea on for size. One of the things that always had cheesed me a little was that I had no kills to my credit. I'd been in plenty of rumbles, but somehow, I'd never cooled anyone. Well maybe now I had my first one. I couldn't feel very proud of skulling an old man, but at least I could say that I'd scored. That was a big kick. Example: Big-mouth got up as fast as he could, and I was thinking how much heart he had. But I ran toward him like my life depended on it; I wanted to cool him. 6. To relax, hang out. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Seen my homeboys coolin' way way out / Told 'em bout my mornin' cold bugged' em out Example: "What up, kid?" ¶ "Coolin'."
Word: Thai Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Thai ไทย (tai). Doublet of Tai and Dai. Pronunciation: /taɪ/, /θaɪ/, /t̪ʰɑj/ 1. Of or pertaining to Thailand. Example: A group of Thai researchers found the spider during an expedition to Phang-Nga province in southern Thailand to research the diversity and distribution of tarantulas in the country.
Word: Thai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Thai ไทย (tai). Doublet of Tai and Dai. Pronunciation: /taɪ/, /θaɪ/, /t̪ʰɑj/ 1. A person living in or coming from Thailand. Labels: countable Example: The Bangkok government indicated real concern over the developments in Communist China’s Yunnan province. Thai officials were afraid that Sibsongpanna would be a center where pro-Communist Thai in Southeast Asia would go and where subversive agitation could be directed against outside legitimate governments. 2. A domestic cat of a particular breed descended from cats of Thailand and somewhat resembling a Siamese. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Thai cuisine; traditional Thai food. Labels: uncountable
Word: Thai Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Thai ไทย (tai). Doublet of Tai and Dai. Pronunciation: /taɪ/, /θaɪ/, /t̪ʰɑj/ 1. The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao).
Word: quadruple Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/, /kwɒˈdɹuː.pəl/, /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/, /kwɑˈdɹʌp.əl/, /ˈkwɑd.ɹə.pəl/ 1. Being four times as long, as big or as many of something. Labels: not-comparable Example: He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.
Word: quadruple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/, /kwɒˈdɹuː.pəl/, /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/, /kwɑˈdɹʌp.əl/, /ˈkwɑd.ɹə.pəl/ 1. To multiply by four. Labels: transitive Example: Quadrupling four gives sixteen. 2. To increase by a factor of four. Labels: intransitive Example: Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements. Example: Overall, consumer spending on fast tech has quadrupled to £11.6bn since 2023, surveys carried out for Material Focus suggested. 3. To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway. Example: On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines. Example: Quadrupling the short remaining stretch of three-track railway north of Rugby, left over by the turn of the century modernisation, is a possibility that could be pursued.
Word: quadruple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/, /kwɒˈdɹuː.pəl/, /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/, /kwɑˈdɹʌp.əl/, /ˈkwɑd.ɹə.pəl/ 1. Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc. 2. A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
Word: quadruplet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quadruple + -et. Pronunciation: /kwɒˈdɹʌplət/, /kwɑˈdɹuːplət/, /kwɑˈdɹʌplət/, /kwɑˈdɹuplət/ 1. A set of four, particularly 2. A set of four, particularly 3. One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth. 4. A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.
Word: quintuplet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quintuple + -et, from Middle French quintuple. Pronunciation: /kwɪnˈtʌplət/, /kwɪnˈtjuːplət/, /kwɪnˈtuplət/ 1. A group of five, particularly (music) a tuplet of five notes to be played in the time for four. 2. One of a group of five, particularly babies born from the same mother during the same birth. 3. A cycle adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.
Word: sextuplet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sextuple + -et. 1. A group of six objects. 2. One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth. 3. A group of six notes played in the time of four. Labels: proscribed 4. A group of six notes played in the time of four. Labels: proscribed 5. A group of six notes played in the time of four. Labels: proscribed
Word: septuplet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From septuple + -et. 1. A group of seven, particularly (music) a tuplet of seven notes. 2. One of a group of seven, particularly one of seven babies born at the same birth. Example: Lady (Alyson Levy): Where are my babies? Where are my babies? Xavier (Vernon Chatman): Keep it down, lady, we got families around here. Lady: Aaaah, have you seen my babies? Xavier: I'm poppin' a peek at a smokin' babe right now. Lady: I lost seven of my babies! Xavier: Tragic, I've got septuplets myself. I don't know what I'd do if I lost them. Good thing I'm a responsible parent. You should try it sometime.
Word: octuplet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From octuple + -et. By surface analysis, oct- + -u- + -ple + -et. 1. A group of eight things, particularly 2. A group of eight things, particularly 3. A group of eight things, particularly
Word: quagmire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since 1579, from quag + mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775. Alternatively, the word may apparently be a variation of the earlier quakemire, from quake + mire. Compare typologically Bulgarian тресавище (tresavište), Polish trzęsawisko, Russian тряси́на (trjasína) (akin to трясти́ (trjastí)); зыбь (zybʹ), зыбу́н (zybún) (<… Proto-Slavic *zybь). Pronunciation: /ˈkwæɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈkwɒɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈkwæɡ.maɪɹ/, /ˈkwæɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈkwɔɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/ 1. A swampy, soggy area of ground. Example: That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers’ boots Example: Never did I see a more dreary and depressing scene. Miles on miles of quagmire, varied only by bright green strips of comparatively solid ground, and by deep and sullen pools fringed with tall rushes, in which the bitterns boomed and the frogs croaked incessantly: miles on miles of it without a break, unless the fever fog can be called a break. 2. A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle. Labels: figuratively Example: The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy. Example: Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union.
Word: quagmire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded since 1579, from quag + mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775. Alternatively, the word may apparently be a variation of the earlier quakemire, from quake + mire. Compare typologically Bulgarian тресавище (tresavište), Polish trzęsawisko, Russian тряси́на (trjasína) (akin to трясти́ (trjastí)); зыбь (zybʹ), зыбу́н (zybún) (<… Proto-Slavic *zybь). Pronunciation: /ˈkwæɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈkwɒɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈkwæɡ.maɪɹ/, /ˈkwæɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈkwɔɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/ 1. To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty. Labels: transitive
Word: quaghog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Amerindian kwag-hawg. 1. Alternative form of quahog. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: quaint Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognōscō (“to know”). Pronunciation: /kweɪnt/, [kʰweɪ̯nt] 1. Of a person: cunning, crafty. Labels: obsolete Example: But you, my Lord, were glad to be imploy'd, / To shew how queint an Orator you are. 2. Cleverly made; artfully contrived. Labels: obsolete Example: describe races and games, / Or tilting furniture, imblazon'd shields, / Impresses quaint, caparisons and steeds, / Bases and tinsel trappings […]. 3. Strange or odd; unusual. Labels: dialectal Example: Till that there entered on the other side / A straunger knight, from whence no man could reed, / In quyent disguise, full hard to be descride […]. Example: Lord Gifford, deep beneath the ground, / Heard Alexander's bugle sound, / And tarried not his garb to change, / But, in his wizard habit strange, / Came forth, a quaint and fearful sight; [...] 4. Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim. Labels: obsolete Example: She, nothing quaint / Nor 'sdeignfull of so homely fashion, / Sith brought she was now to so hard constraint, / Sate downe upon the dusty ground anon […]. 5. Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm. Example: I admire all that quaint, old-fashioned politeness; it is much more to my taste than modern ease; modern ease often disgusts me. Example: If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air, / Quaint little villages here and there, / You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod.
Word: quaint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognōscō (“to know”). Pronunciation: /kweɪnt/, [kʰweɪ̯nt] 1. The vulva. Labels: historical, obsolete Example: The rest looked on, horrified, as Clarice trussed up her habit and in open view placed her hand within her queynte[,] crying, ‘The first house of Sunday belongs to the sun, and the second to Venus.’
Word: quake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), itself likely of imitative origin. Related to Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) (see quitch), Dutch kwakkelen (“to ail, be ailing”), German Quackelei (“chattering”), Danish kvakle (“to bungle”), Latin vexō (“toss, shake violently, jostle, vex”), Irish bogadh (“a move, movement, shift, change”). Pronunciation: /kweɪk/ 1. A trembling or shaking. Example: We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by. 2. An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force. Example: California is plagued by quakes; there are a few minor ones almost every month. Example: Well, everybody talks about the California quakes But the first time I ever felt the earth shake Was in Miami, when Amy touched me. 3. Something devastating, like a strong earthquake. Labels: figuratively Example: But HS1 was more exposed to the COVID quake than most given its inherent reliance on international travel, which had collapsed, leaving cross-Channel operator Eurostar stacked with millions of debt.
Word: quake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), itself likely of imitative origin. Related to Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) (see quitch), Dutch kwakkelen (“to ail, be ailing”), German Quackelei (“chattering”), Danish kvakle (“to bungle”), Latin vexō (“toss, shake violently, jostle, vex”), Irish bogadh (“a move, movement, shift, change”). Pronunciation: /kweɪk/ 1. To tremble or shake. Labels: intransitive Example: I felt the ground quaking beneath my feet. Example: Dorus threw Pamela behind a tree; where she stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is even ready to seize. 2. To be in a state of fear, shock, amazement, etc., such as might cause one to tremble. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear. Example: If Cupid have not spent all his quiver in / Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly.
Word: rainbow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reynbowe, raynbowe, from Old English reġnboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to rain + bow (“arch”). Cognate with West Frisian reinbôge (“rainbow”), Dutch regenboog (“rainbow”), German Regenbogen (“rainbow”), Danish regnbue (“rainbow”), Swedish regnbåge (“rainbow”), Icelandic regnbogi (“rainbow”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪnboʊ/, /ˈɹeɪmboʊ/, /ˈɹeɪnbəʊ/ 1. A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air. Example: Why are there so many songs about rainbows And what's on the other side? Rainbows are visions, but only illusions And rainbows have nothing to hide. 2. Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours. 3. A wide assortment; a varied multitude. Labels: often Example: a rainbow of possibilities 4. An illusion; a mirage. Labels: figuratively Example: Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day. 5. A curveball, particularly a slow one. 6. A trick in which the player makes the ball arc over the opponent's head using both feet; rainbow kick 7. In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits. Labels: slang 8. Rainbow trout. Example: Finally, by actual trial, I have found that I can catch more rainbow by using one fly than with a two or three-fly cast. 9. A person within the LGBT community. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, sometimes Example: Oh look, the rainbow came back.
Word: rainbow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English reynbowe, raynbowe, from Old English reġnboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to rain + bow (“arch”). Cognate with West Frisian reinbôge (“rainbow”), Dutch regenboog (“rainbow”), German Regenbogen (“rainbow”), Danish regnbue (“rainbow”), Swedish regnbåge (“rainbow”), Icelandic regnbogi (“rainbow”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪnboʊ/, /ˈɹeɪmboʊ/, /ˈɹeɪnbəʊ/ 1. Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order. Labels: not-comparable 2. Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions. Labels: US, attributive, not-comparable Example: That Asian-American actor Thomas Ikeda contributes a pleasingly frantic Panthino would not be considered rainbow enough. Example: He went along with them because the Pack was a rainbow group — two Italian-Americans, a black man, a Jew (Bishop), and a sometime Englishman (Lawford) — and they were making a point. 3. LGBT. Labels: attributive, derogatory, not-comparable, sometimes Example: Similarly, the question of who belongs in such a rainbow alliance isn't set. It can include gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender individuals. It can include people who are 'questioning' which culture they belong to [...] Example: Why do they have to add rainbow propaganda into everything? 4. Composed entirely of different suits. Labels: not-comparable 5. Of or pertaining to rainbow tables. Labels: not-comparable Example: rainbow attack
Word: rainbow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reynbowe, raynbowe, from Old English reġnboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to rain + bow (“arch”). Cognate with West Frisian reinbôge (“rainbow”), Dutch regenboog (“rainbow”), German Regenbogen (“rainbow”), Danish regnbue (“rainbow”), Swedish regnbåge (“rainbow”), Icelandic regnbogi (“rainbow”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪnboʊ/, /ˈɹeɪmboʊ/, /ˈɹeɪnbəʊ/ 1. To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow. Labels: transitive 2. To take the appearance of a rainbow. Labels: intransitive Example: We saw birds and butterflies rainbowing in the sun; lazy lizards crawling in the heat; inguanas blinking on stone wall, with mouth wide open for flies; poisonous snakes, not only carved on walls, but gliding through the grass. 3. In climbing gyms where the rocks to climb are colored to indicate suggested climbing routes, to climb rocks of different colors, thereby ignoring such routes. Example: “She's going to learn to belay while I'm climbing? What if I fall?” “You're not going to fall while rainbowing a 5.8, and besides, she'll catch you.” “I could die.” “That would be tragic,” I said. Kaitlyn crossed her arms. Example: called “rainbowing.” Different routes were color coordinated. ... Using hand-me-down equipment and learning as much as she could, Brittany began climbing outdoors. She found like-minded people and joined organizations such as Brown ...
Word: xerox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”). Pronunciation: /ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/, /ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/, [ˈseɾoks] 1. A xerograph (copy). Labels: colloquial, informal Example: Near-synonyms: photocopy (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous) Example: Hand me that xerox, would you? 2. A xerographer (machine). Labels: colloquial, informal Example: Near-synonyms: photocopier, photoduplicator, copier (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous) Example: The xerox broke down yesterday.
Word: xerox Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”). Pronunciation: /ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/, /ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/, [ˈseɾoks] 1. To make a copy using a xerographer. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Near-synonyms: photocopy, photoduplicate (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous) Example: I xeroxed the report for all the people at the meeting.
Word: yakitori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 焼(や)き鳥(とり) (yakitori), from 焼(や)き (yaki, “grilled, toasted”) + 鳥(とり) (tori, “bird”). Pronunciation: /jækɪˈtɔəɹi/ 1. A Japanese shish kebab-type dish made with small pieces of chicken or other ingredients cooked on skewers, often marinated in soy sauce or seasoned with salt. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Friday night on Ninsei. He passed yakitori stands and massage parlors, a franchised coffee shop called Beautiful Girl, the electronic thunder of an arcade. Example: We should have the bazaars full of yakitori pitches and geishas in bamboo cages.
Word: shishkabob Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shish kebab. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shish kebob Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shish kebab. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pimple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of Old English *pipel, *pypel, from Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”), probably related to Latin papula (“pimple, pustule”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”)). Akin to Old English pipliġende (“having shingles”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪmp(ə)l/ 1. An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus. Example: I had to pop that embarrassing pimple, it was huge and red and on the tip of my nose. 2. An annoying person. Labels: slang Example: He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating! 3. Scotch (whisky) Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: pimple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of Old English *pipel, *pypel, from Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”), probably related to Latin papula (“pimple, pustule”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”)). Akin to Old English pipliġende (“having shingles”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪmp(ə)l/ 1. To develop pimples.
Word: iceberg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-der. Proto-Germanic *īsą Proto-West Germanic *īs Old English īs Middle English is English ice ▲ Dutch ijsbergpcalq. English iceberg Partial calque of Dutch ijsberg (compound of ijs (“ice”) + berg (“mountain”)), from Middle Dutch ijsberch. First used to describe a glacier as seen at a distance from a ship then used as a term to describe the floating chunks of ice broken off from such glaciers. Cognate to German Eisberg, Danish isbjerg, Norwegian isberg and Swedish isberg. Figurative senses in reference to the fact that only one-tenth of an iceberg is usually visible above water. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪsbɜːɡ/, /ˈaɪsbɝɡ/ 1. The seaward end of a glacier. Labels: obsolete 2. A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf Example: The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. Example: Clissold the excellent cook, who should have gone with the motor party, tumbled off a small iceberg and concussed himself while posing or 'ponting' as it had come to be known- Griffith Taylor, with his usual wit, had defined 'to pont' as 'to spend a deuce of a time posing in an uncomfortable position'. 3. An aloof person. Labels: US, slang 4. An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show. Labels: figuratively Example: He has little to lose: at present he will go down in history, alongside George W. Bush, as a skipper who ignored the looming fiscal iceberg. 5. A topic that is more convoluted and fractal than it may seem. Labels: Internet, figuratively, slang Example: Near-synonym: rabbit hole Example: Do some digging into that politician's past life and associates, and you'll see that the iceberg runs deep. 6. A topic that is more convoluted and fractal than it may seem. Labels: Internet, broadly, figuratively, slang Example: Check out the gaming iceberg on this post! There's some really freaky titles there that I've never heard of. Example: Today we're gonna talk about the Star Wars iceberg.
Word: other Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other English other From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar, *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”). Cognate with Scots uther, ither (“other”), Old Frisian ōther, ("other"; > North Frisian ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar, “other”), Old Prussian anters, antars (“other, second”), Lithuanian antroks (“other”, pronoun), Latvian otrs, otrais (“second”), Macedonian втор (vtor, “second”), Albanian ndërroj (“to change; to switch; to alternate”), Sanskrit अन्त॑र (ántara, “different”). French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior. Pronunciation: /ˈʌðə/, /ʊðə/, /ˈʌðəɹ/, /ˈʌðɚ/, /ˈɐðə/ 1. See other (determiner) below. Labels: not-comparable Example: Pick up the phone and find out who's on the other end. 2. Second. Labels: not-comparable Example: I get paid every other week. 3. Alien. Labels: formal, not-comparable Example: In Matthew's account, the law remains intact, as does virtually everything except that critical belief in Jesus as the Messiah (obviously no small thing), and this is not enough to make Matthew completely other from its Jewish origins. 4. Different. Labels: not-comparable Example: it is inherent, rather, in the revolutionary attempt of the West to externalize the idea of a source of meaning wholly other than what is embodied in human conventions and hierarchies. 5. Left, as opposed to right. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: A diſtaffe in her other hand ſhe had, / Vpon the which ſhe litle ſpinnes, but ſpils, / And faynes to weaue falſe tales and leaſings bad, / To throw amongſt the good, which others had diſprad.
Word: other Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other English other From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar, *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”). Cognate with Scots uther, ither (“other”), Old Frisian ōther, ("other"; > North Frisian ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar, “other”), Old Prussian anters, antars (“other, second”), Lithuanian antroks (“other”, pronoun), Latvian otrs, otrais (“second”), Macedonian втор (vtor, “second”), Albanian ndërroj (“to change; to switch; to alternate”), Sanskrit अन्त॑र (ántara, “different”). French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior. Pronunciation: /ˈʌðə/, /ʊðə/, /ˈʌðəɹ/, /ˈʌðɚ/, /ˈɐðə/ 1. An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another. Example: I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others. Example: Show me one other. 2. The other one; the second of two. Example: One boat is not better than the other. Example: Why not tell one or other of your parents?
Word: other Part of Speech: det Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other English other From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar, *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”). Cognate with Scots uther, ither (“other”), Old Frisian ōther, ("other"; > North Frisian ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar, “other”), Old Prussian anters, antars (“other, second”), Lithuanian antroks (“other”, pronoun), Latvian otrs, otrais (“second”), Macedonian втор (vtor, “second”), Albanian ndërroj (“to change; to switch; to alternate”), Sanskrit अन्त॑र (ántara, “different”). French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior. Pronunciation: /ˈʌðə/, /ʊðə/, /ˈʌðəɹ/, /ˈʌðɚ/, /ˈɐðə/ 1. Not the one or ones previously referred to. Example: Earning less than $2,000 a month, I have no other source of income except for gifts from relatives. Example: The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
Word: other Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other English other From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar, *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”). Cognate with Scots uther, ither (“other”), Old Frisian ōther, ("other"; > North Frisian ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar, “other”), Old Prussian anters, antars (“other, second”), Lithuanian antroks (“other”, pronoun), Latvian otrs, otrais (“second”), Macedonian втор (vtor, “second”), Albanian ndërroj (“to change; to switch; to alternate”), Sanskrit अन्त॑र (ántara, “different”). French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior. Pronunciation: /ˈʌðə/, /ʊðə/, /ˈʌðəɹ/, /ˈʌðɚ/, /ˈɐðə/ 1. Otherwise. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest, Lay down my soul at state; if you think other, Remove your thought; Example: Weigh also, the pretty escape of the disguised attempt of the party that seemed to be in so great peril, who can believe other, then that it was a made matter, to continue a belief, whom they think they have inchaunted at their wills.
Word: other Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other English other From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar, *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”). Cognate with Scots uther, ither (“other”), Old Frisian ōther, ("other"; > North Frisian ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar, “other”), Old Prussian anters, antars (“other, second”), Lithuanian antroks (“other”, pronoun), Latvian otrs, otrais (“second”), Macedonian втор (vtor, “second”), Albanian ndërroj (“to change; to switch; to alternate”), Sanskrit अन्त॑र (ántara, “different”). French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior. Pronunciation: /ˈʌðə/, /ʊðə/, /ˈʌðəɹ/, /ˈʌðɚ/, /ˈɐðə/ 1. To regard, label, or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien. Labels: transitive Example: "Rican" is code for its homonym, "redskin," through which they othered this non-Mexican ethnic group. Example: That is, whilst Lesfest organisers are othering women who are not born female (thus producing a kind of lesbian-normativity), the Australian WOMAN Network is othering women who have not had surgical sex reassignment (thus producing a kind of "trans-normativity"). 2. To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise. Labels: transitive Example: In this scenario, the young lady who had spoken had been othered by her peers and her response to my question had been dismissed as invalid despite the fact that she was alright.
Word: not Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-West Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiw univ. Proto-West Germanic *naiw Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wékʷtisder.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰtisder.? Proto-Germanic *wihtą Proto-West Germanic *wiht Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht Old English nāwiht Old English *nōht Middle English nought Middle English not English not From Middle English not, nat, a variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), shortening of nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht, corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”). Cognate with Scots nat, naucht (“not”), Saterland Frisian nit (“not”), West Frisian net (“not”), Dutch niet (“not”), German nicht (“not”). Compare nought, naught and aught. More at no, wight, whit. Pronunciation: /nɒt/, /nɔt/, /nɑt/, [nɔ̟t], [nɞt] 1. Negates the meaning of the modified verb. Labels: not-comparable Example: Did you take out the trash? — No, I did not. I do not think it was my turn, was it? Example: Not knowing any better, I went ahead. 2. To no degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: That is not red; it's green. Example: It's not you, it's me. 3. Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement. Labels: not-comparable Example: That day was not the best day of my life. (meaning the day was bad or awful) Example: It was not my favorite movie of all time. (meaning the speaker dislikes or strongly dislikes the movie) 4. Used before a determiner phrase, a pronominal phrase etc. to convey a negative attitude (e.g. denial, sadness, anger) towards something. Labels: not-comparable Example: Oh god, not that! Anything but that! Example: Not another rainy day! 5. Used before a non-finite clause (especially a gerund-participial clause) or less commonly a determiner phrase to ironically convey some attitude (e.g. surprise, incredulity, amusement, embarrassment) towards something. Labels: informal, ironic, not-comparable Example: Not me writing example sentences again. Example: Not me crying by the end of that!! You are a brilliant, beautiful human who deserves no less than the world. Thank you for taking the time to watch unicorn store. It’s a film that means so much to me.
Word: not Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-West Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiw univ. Proto-West Germanic *naiw Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wékʷtisder.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰtisder.? Proto-Germanic *wihtą Proto-West Germanic *wiht Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht Old English nāwiht Old English *nōht Middle English nought Middle English not English not From Middle English not, nat, a variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), shortening of nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht, corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”). Cognate with Scots nat, naucht (“not”), Saterland Frisian nit (“not”), West Frisian net (“not”), Dutch niet (“not”), German nicht (“not”). Compare nought, naught and aught. More at no, wight, whit. Pronunciation: /nɒt/, /nɔt/, /nɑt/, [nɔ̟t], [nɞt] 1. And not. Example: I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken. Example: He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
Word: not Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-West Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiw univ. Proto-West Germanic *naiw Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wékʷtisder.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰtisder.? Proto-Germanic *wihtą Proto-West Germanic *wiht Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht Old English nāwiht Old English *nōht Middle English nought Middle English not English not From Middle English not, nat, a variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), shortening of nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht, corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”). Cognate with Scots nat, naucht (“not”), Saterland Frisian nit (“not”), West Frisian net (“not”), Dutch niet (“not”), German nicht (“not”). Compare nought, naught and aught. More at no, wight, whit. Pronunciation: /nɒt/, /nɔt/, /nɑt/, [nɔ̟t], [nɞt] 1. Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. Labels: slang Example: Near-synonyms: I don't think; psych; bender (obsolete, UK) Example: I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney … not!
Word: not Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-West Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiw univ. Proto-West Germanic *naiw Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wékʷtisder.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰtisder.? Proto-Germanic *wihtą Proto-West Germanic *wiht Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht Old English nāwiht Old English *nōht Middle English nought Middle English not English not From Middle English not, nat, a variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), shortening of nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht, corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”). Cognate with Scots nat, naucht (“not”), Saterland Frisian nit (“not”), West Frisian net (“not”), Dutch niet (“not”), German nicht (“not”). Compare nought, naught and aught. More at no, wight, whit. Pronunciation: /nɒt/, /nɔt/, /nɑt/, [nɔ̟t], [nɞt] 1. An instance of using the word “not”; a negation or denial. Example: The children are taught to be afraid of winter, of war, of death, of hard times, of disease, of examinations. Perhaps that is one of the reasons that children so seldom find the conversation of their elders uplifting. It is full of don’ts, buts and nots. 2. Alternative letter-case form of NOT (“unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true”). Labels: alt-of
Word: that Part of Speech: det Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tód Proto-Germanic *þod Proto-Germanic *þat Proto-West Germanic *þat Old English þæt Middle English that English that From Middle English that, from Old English þæt (“the, that”, neuter definite article and relative pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Cognate to Scots that, Saterland Frisian dät, West Frisian dat, Dutch dat, Low German dat and datt, German dass and das, Danish det, Swedish det, Icelandic það, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 (þata). Further from Proto-Indo-European *tód; compare Ancient Greek τό (tó), Sanskrit तद् (tád), Waigali ta, Lithuanian tai̇̃, Polish to. Pronunciation: /ðət/, /ðæt/, [ˈðat], [ˈd̪aʔ], /ðɛt/ 1. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. Labels: demonstrative Example: That book is a good read. This one isn't. Example: That battle was in 1450.