nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish ése (“dude”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛˌseɪ/ 1. dude, man. (Usually used vocatively). Labels: US
Word: ese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Cf. ease. 1. Obsolete spelling of ease. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: stroke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English strok, stroke (“blow from a weapon, cut”), from Old English strāc, from Proto-West Germanic *straik, from Proto-Germanic *straikaz (“stroke”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to rub, stroke; to shear; to strike”). Sense 3.6.2.2 (“the oblique, slash, or virgule (‘/’)”) is a contraction of oblique stroke, a variant of oblique which was originally used in telegraphy. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * German Streich (“stroke”) * Middle Low German strēk (“stroke, trick, prank”) * Scots strak, strake, straik (“blow, stroke”) Pronunciation: /stɹəʊk/, /stɹoʊk/, /stɹʌok/, /stɾʌok/ 1. To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t). Labels: transitive 2. Followed by out or through: to draw a line or lines through (text) to indicate that it is deleted; to cancel, to strike or strike out. Labels: transitive 3. Of a bell or clock: to chime or sound to indicate (the hour, the time, etc.). Labels: poetic, rare, transitive 4. To mark (something) with lines or stripes; to stripe. Labels: rare, transitive 5. To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so. Labels: transitive 6. Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute). Labels: transitive 7. To act as the stroke (“rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers”) of (a boat or its crew). Labels: transitive Example: to stroke a boat 8. To strike (the water) with one's arms and legs when swimming. Labels: transitive 9. To lengthen the stroke of (an engine) by installing a crankshaft with longer throws. Labels: transitive Example: Yes, it's 'only' a small block, but it’s got some tricks up its sleeve — it's been bored, stroked, ported, polished, and fuel-injected. 10. To depict (something) with a paintbrush. Labels: obsolete, transitive 11. Chiefly followed by out: to suffer loss of brain function when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted; to have a stroke (noun sense 4). Labels: intransitive 12. To swim by making co-ordinated movements with the arms and legs. Labels: intransitive
Word: stroke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English stroken, straken (“to caress, fondle, pat, rub, smooth, stroke; to pass something over (someone or something); to brush or rub against;”) [and other forms], from Old English strācian (“to stroke”), from Proto-West Germanic *straikōn (“to caress, stroke”), from *straik (“a line, stroke; a dash”) (see further at etymology 1) + *-ōn (suffix forming verbs from nouns). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * German streicheln (“to stroke, fondle”) * German Low German straken, strieken, strakeln, striekeln (“to stroke; caress; fondle”) * Middle Low German strēken, Middle Dutch strēken (modern Dutch streeken) * Old High German strīhhan, streihhōn, Middle High German strīchen (modern German streichen (“to stroke; to rub; to spread; to apply; to paint; to cancel; to cross out, strike out; to delete; to discard”)) * Saterland Frisian strookje (“to stroke; caress”) * West Frisian streakje (“to stroke; caress”) Pronunciation: /stɹəʊk/, /stɹoʊk/, /stɹʌok/, /stɾʌok/ 1. To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress. Labels: transitive Example: His Majestie began first to touch for yᵉ evil, according to custome, thus: his Maᵗⁱᵉ sitting under his State in yᵉ Banquetting House, the Chirurgeons cause the sick to be brought or led up to the throne, where they kneeling, yᵉ King strokes their faces or cheekes with both his hands at once, at which instant a Chaplaine in his formalities says, "He put his hands upon them and he healed them." Example: The tender Sire, vvho ſavv her bluſh, and cry, / Aſcrib'd it all to Maiden-modeſty, / And dry'd the falling Drops, and yet more kind, / He ſtroak'd her Cheeks, and holy Kiſſes join'd. 2. To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress. Labels: broadly, intransitive, transitive, uncommon, vulgar 3. To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1). Labels: also, figuratively, transitive 4. To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement. Labels: especially, figuratively, transitive Example: [W]hen thou cam'ſt firſt / Thou ſtroakſt me, & made much of me: […] 5. To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them. Labels: US, broadly, figuratively, transitive 6. To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip. Labels: transitive 7. To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool. Labels: transitive 8. To sharpen (a knife or other cutting instrument) by honing or rubbing it against a surface. Labels: obsolete, transitive 9. To soothe (someone); also, to flatter or indulge (someone). Labels: figuratively, obsolete, transitive
Word: stroke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English stroken, straken (“to caress, fondle, pat, rub, smooth, stroke; to pass something over (someone or something); to brush or rub against;”) [and other forms], from Old English strācian (“to stroke”), from Proto-West Germanic *straikōn (“to caress, stroke”), from *straik (“a line, stroke; a dash”) (see further at etymology 1) + *-ōn (suffix forming verbs from nouns). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * German streicheln (“to stroke, fondle”) * German Low German straken, strieken, strakeln, striekeln (“to stroke; caress; fondle”) * Middle Low German strēken, Middle Dutch strēken (modern Dutch streeken) * Old High German strīhhan, streihhōn, Middle High German strīchen (modern German streichen (“to stroke; to rub; to spread; to apply; to paint; to cancel; to cross out, strike out; to delete; to discard”)) * Saterland Frisian strookje (“to stroke; caress”) * West Frisian streakje (“to stroke; caress”) Pronunciation: /stɹəʊk/, /stɹoʊk/, /stɹʌok/, /stɾʌok/ 1. An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress. Labels: transitive Example: She gave the cat a stroke. 2. A gesture of assurance given as encouragement; specifically (psychoanalysis) in transactional analysis: a (generally positive) reaction expressed to a person which fulfils their desires or needs. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Not providing a stroke to a client can sometimes facilitate the client in becoming aware of their neediness or desire for approval. By not giving a stroke, the client's need is brought to the surface, where it is amenable to change, […] 3. A flattering or friendly act, comment, etc., done or made to a person to influence them. Labels: US, figuratively, transitive
Word: washer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wasshere, wassher, equivalent to wash + -er. Cognate with Dutch wasser, German Wäscher. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɑʃɚ/ 1. Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher. Example: A £1.2 million carriage washer has opened at Norwich Crown Point, enabling Greater Anglia to clean its 58 Stadler trains. It is one of two new washers (the other is for '720s' at Southend), […] 2. A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman. 3. A person who washes their hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder. 4. A face cloth.
Word: washer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unclear. First recorded in the 14th century. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɑʃɚ/ 1. A flat piece of material, often of metal and often an annulus, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction, provide directionally differentiated friction (e.g. making the nut turn counter-clockwise only with difficulty), or prevent leakage. Example: To ensure that the stays are steamtight, a nut is then screwed tight up to copper washers inside and out.
Word: washer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unclear. First recorded in the 14th century. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɑʃɚ/ 1. To fit (a mechanical device) with a washer. Labels: transitive
Word: torque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin torqueō (“to twist”). Pronunciation: /tɔɹk/, /tɔːk/ 1. A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The relative strengths of the various torques will depend on both the spacecraft environment and the form and structure of the spacecraft itself. Example: The drillhead produces the drilling rotation and torque but also must slide out of position to allow the machine to manipulate the finisher drill steel and consumables.
Word: torque Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin torqueō (“to twist”). Pronunciation: /tɔɹk/, /tɔːk/ 1. To make something rotate about an axis by imparting torque to it.
Word: torque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French torque, from Old French, from Latin torquis; or adapted directly from Latin torquēs (“chaplet, collar, necklace of twisted metal, ring, wreath”) (cf. earlier English torques). Pronunciation: /tɔɹk/, /tɔːk/ 1. A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples. Labels: historical Example: But there are the lesser sub-kings of Wales, true to the immemorial schisms amongst themselves, which destroyed the realm of Ambrosius, and rendered vain the arm of Arthur. With their torques of gold, and wild eyes, and hair cut round ears and brow, they stare on the scene. Example: People of high rank also wore a torque of gold round the neck, and I observed that our guide had one on.
Word: throttle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *throtel, diminutive of throte (“throat”), equivalent to throat + -le. Compare German Drossel (“throttle”). More at throat. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɒt.l̩/, /ˈθɹɔ.tl̩/, /ˈθɹɑ.tl̩/ 1. A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine. 2. The lever or pedal that controls this valve. Example: To my unpractised eye, the undulations in the track were quite imperceptible, but the engineer's hand on the throttle was never still. 3. The windpipe or trachea. Labels: archaic Example: Then up got Peg, and round the house gan scuttle, / In search of goods her customer to nail, / Until the Sultaun strain'd his princely throttle, / And hollow'd,—"Ma'am, that is not what I ail.["] Example: Nor took a punch nor given a swing, / But just soaked deady round the ring / Until their brains and bloods were foul / Enough to make their throttles howl, […]
Word: throttle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English throtlen (“to choke, strangle, suffocate”), from the noun (see above). Compare German erdrosseln (“to strangle, choke, throttle”). Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɒt.l̩/, /ˈθɹɔ.tl̩/, /ˈθɹɑ.tl̩/ 1. To control or adjust the speed of (an engine). Labels: transitive 2. To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.). Labels: transitive 3. To strangle or choke someone. Labels: transitive Example: Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck. 4. To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate. Labels: intransitive 5. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated. Labels: intransitive 6. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated. Labels: transitive Example: I have seen them shiver and look pale, Make periods in the midst of sentences, Throttle their practised accent in their fears.
Word: shock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną (“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to shake, stir”); see shake. Cognate with Middle Low German schocken (“collide with, deliver a blow to, move back and forth”), Old High German scoc (“a jolt, swing”), Middle High German schocken (“to swing”) (German schaukeln), Old Norse skykkr (“vibration, surging motion”), Icelandic skykkjun (“tremulously”), Middle English schiggen (“to shake”). Doublet of shog. Pronunciation: /ʃɒk/, /ʃɔk/, /ʃɑk/ 1. A sudden, heavy impact. Labels: countable Example: The train hit the buffers with a great shock. 2. A sudden, heavy impact. Labels: countable, figuratively Example: My mother's news was a shock I still haven't recovered from. 3. A sudden, heavy impact. Labels: countable Example: Carl had a shock at what he found. Example: A tremendous shock arises when a secret is discovered. 4. A sudden, heavy impact. Labels: countable Example: The surprising blast of cold water on my face was a tremendous shock. 5. A sudden, heavy impact. Labels: countable Example: We gave him a couple shocks, but the patient passed away anywway. Example: But as was the case with pacemakers, external defibrillators were unwieldy, and the shocks they delivered—in the rare cases when patients were still conscious—were painful. 6. A sudden, heavy impact. Labels: countable 7. A sudden, heavy impact. Labels: uncountable Example: Fans were in shock in the days following the singer's death. Example: The shock she felt kept her in a daze the rest of the day. 8. A sudden, heavy impact. Labels: uncountable Example: Call an ambulance, he's in shock! 9. A sudden, heavy impact. Labels: countable Example: Several reflected shocks enter the bomb core in rapid succession, each helping to compress it to its maximum density. 10. A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle). Labels: countable, plural, uncountable, usually Example: If your truck's been riding rough, it might need new shocks. Example: We're bonin' on the dark blocks / Wearin' out the shocks, wettin' up the dashboard clock 11. A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels. Labels: uncountable Example: The warehouse that caught fire contained 99% trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA) – used to make chlorinated tablets to control bacteria and algae – and 99% dichloroisocyanuric acid (DCCA), which is used to make swimming pool shock – a treatment used to help break down contaminants.
Word: shock Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną (“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to shake, stir”); see shake. Cognate with Middle Low German schocken (“collide with, deliver a blow to, move back and forth”), Old High German scoc (“a jolt, swing”), Middle High German schocken (“to swing”) (German schaukeln), Old Norse skykkr (“vibration, surging motion”), Icelandic skykkjun (“tremulously”), Middle English schiggen (“to shake”). Doublet of shog. Pronunciation: /ʃɒk/, /ʃɔk/, /ʃɑk/ 1. Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking. Labels: not-comparable Example: His shock announcement rocked the tennis world.
Word: shock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną (“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to shake, stir”); see shake. Cognate with Middle Low German schocken (“collide with, deliver a blow to, move back and forth”), Old High German scoc (“a jolt, swing”), Middle High German schocken (“to swing”) (German schaukeln), Old Norse skykkr (“vibration, surging motion”), Icelandic skykkjun (“tremulously”), Middle English schiggen (“to shake”). Doublet of shog. Pronunciation: /ʃɒk/, /ʃɔk/, /ʃɑk/ 1. To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel greatly surprised or upset. Labels: transitive Example: The disaster shocked the world. 2. To strike with disgust, to offend, scandalize. Labels: transitive 3. To give an electric shock to. Labels: transitive 4. To subject to a shock wave or violent impact. Labels: transitive Example: Ammonium nitrate can detonate if severely shocked. 5. To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together. 6. To cook something very briefly in a hot liquid, then immediately submerge it in ice water to stop the cooking process. Labels: transitive Example: Can you shock the spinach over there? 7. To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels. Labels: transitive 8. To deform the crystal structure of a stone by the application of extremely high pressure at moderate temperature, as produced only by hypervelocity impact events, lightning strikes, and nuclear explosions. Labels: transitive Example: It takes more than two gigapascals (two billion pascals) of pressure to shock quartz in this manner (for comparison, the atmosphere at sea level exerts a little over 100,000 pascals of pressure).
Word: shock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of shag. Pronunciation: /ʃɒk/, /ʃɔk/, /ʃɑk/ 1. An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook. Example: Cause it on shocks to be by and by set. Example: Behind the Master walks, builds up the Shocks. 2. A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods. Labels: dated 3. A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass. Labels: broadly Example: His head boasted a shock of sandy hair. Example: Every now and then I’m startled at how good-looking John is, but he glared at me from under the shock of hair that fell across his brow and scared me a little. 4. A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog. Labels: obsolete Example: When I read of witty persons, I could not figure them but like the little shock. (translating the German Spitz)
Word: shock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of shag. Pronunciation: /ʃɒk/, /ʃɔk/, /ʃɑk/ 1. To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook. Labels: transitive Example: to shock rye
Word: screwdriver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of screw + driver. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹuˌdɹaɪvɚ/ 1. A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it. 2. A cocktail made of vodka and orange juice. Example: Celestial asked for a screwdriver and the bartender poured a good four fingers of Smirnoff into a flimsy cup before opening a can of juice.
Word: nut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English note, nute, from Old English hnutu, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts (“nut”), from a root *knu- possibly shared with Proto-Celtic *knūs and Latin nux (“nut”). Based on the form of the nouns and the restriction of the root to Germanic, Celtic and Italic, it has been argued to be of non-Indo-European (substrate) origin. See also West Frisian nút, Dutch noot, German Nuss, Danish nød, Swedish nöt, Norwegian nøtt. Pronunciation: /nʌt/, [nɐt], /nʊt/ 1. To gather nuts. Example: I will no more a-nutting go ; That journey caused all this woe. Example: […] the huge country fellow […] leapt forth from the underwood, exclaiming "That is not allowed, gentlemen! That is not allowed! Nobody is allowed to nut here; I must take your names to Sir John!" 2. To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt. Labels: UK, slang, transitive Example: One night, we were fumbling each other out by the toilets when a Rocker in full leathers came out of the Gents and, without breaking stride or saying a word, nutted me square between the eyes. I went down as though shot... Example: The minutes ticked by - nine, eight, seven. The screens behind both goals flashed up images of Scotland fans and their 1000-yard stares. Six minutes to play and Frantzdy Pierrot rises above Grant Hanley and nuts one just wide. 3. To orgasm; to ejaculate. Labels: mildly, slang, vulgar Example: I got a bitch that suck my dick 'til I nut Example: Isis rode my mug like she was on a ten-inch dick, and as soon as she nutted I tossed her ass off a me and flipped her on her back, then fucked the shit outta her cause it was payback time. 4. To hit in the testicles. Labels: slang 5. To defeat thoroughly. Labels: slang
Word: nut Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nʌt/, [nɐt], /nʊt/ 1. Alternative form of nuth (“Indian nose ring”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nut Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Variant of not. Pronunciation: /nʌt/, [nɐt], /nʊt/ 1. No. Labels: Scotland, colloquial Example: Did you like them boys? I goes. Nut. She shook her hair. Neither? Nut. Right townies.
Word: glow plug Part of Speech: noun 1. A device in a diesel engine that heats the combustion chamber to help ignition.
Word: drill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle Dutch drillen (“bore, move in a circle”). Pronunciation: /dɹɪl/, [dɹɪɫ] 1. To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool). Labels: transitive Example: Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction. 2. To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context. Labels: intransitive Example: They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly. Example: On his return the team that faced Hull City had been reconfigured. Moses wasn’t overly drilled, just told he would be playing right wing-back, that Conte had seen enough to know. 3. To cause to drill (practice); to train, especially in military arts. Labels: ergative Example: The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops. Example: He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers. 4. To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it. Labels: transitive Example: The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions. 5. To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty. 6. To throw, run, hit or kick with a lot of power. Labels: transitive Example: He drilled down the court and made a three-pointer. Example: He drilled the ball to his teammate. 7. To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context. 8. To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Everytime^([sic]) when I rape your daughter. Your beautiful faces expressing how it hurts. Always while I drill her c*nt. I want to see you dead. Example: Guess I'll be drilling her butt 9. To shoot; to kill by shooting. Labels: slang Example: ‘Matthew Garth woulda let Tom Dunstan drill him insteada drawin’ against him.’
Word: drill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch drillen (“bore, move in a circle”). Pronunciation: /dɹɪl/, [dɹɪɫ] 1. A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece. Example: Wear safety glasses when operating an electric drill. 2. The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit. Example: Use a drill with a wire brush to remove any rust or buildup. 3. An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence. Example: fire drill Example: disaster drill 4. A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition. Example: At today's practice, the football team performed a variety of goalkeeping drills. 5. Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx and others, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that make holes in the shells of their prey. 6. A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago. Labels: uncountable Example: Though the young women of Chicago’s drill scene can be as rowdy as their male counterparts, they’re also more diverse in subject matter and point to a possible way forward. Example: New York City mayor Eric Adams held a summit with a group of drill rappers on Tuesday night and clarified he doesn’t actually want to ban their music, days after he appeared to blame the music scene for the recent shooting deaths of two young New York rappers and suggested drill videos be pulled from the internet. 7. A single performance of drill music. Labels: countable Example: These bells are alarmin’ Point blank and you missed your target They go shooting range and their drills are garbage
Word: drill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps the same as Etymology 3; compare German Rille which can also mean "small furrow". Pronunciation: /dɹɪl/, [dɹɪɫ] 1. An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made. Example: I found down at the side of the house the remains of what must have once been a kitchen garden. Everything was choked with weeds and scutch grass, but the outlines of bed and drill were still there. 2. A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing. 3. A row of seed sown in a furrow.
Word: drill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps the same as Etymology 3; compare German Rille which can also mean "small furrow". Pronunciation: /dɹɪl/, [dɹɪɫ] 1. To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row. Labels: transitive
Word: drill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Compare the same sense of trill, and German trillen, drillen. Attestation predates Etymology 1. Pronunciation: /dɹɪl/, [dɹɪɫ] 1. A small trickling stream; a rill. Labels: obsolete Example: Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills.
Word: drill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Compare the same sense of trill, and German trillen, drillen. Attestation predates Etymology 1. Pronunciation: /dɹɪl/, [dɹɪɫ] 1. To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling. Labels: transitive Example: waters drilled through a sandy stratum Example: Now it is a great square profunditie ; greene , and uneven at the bottome : into which a barren spring doch drill from betweene the stones of the North - ward wall
Word: drill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English drillen (“to delay, defer, put off”), of origin unknown. Pronunciation: /dɹɪl/, [dɹɪɫ] 1. To protract, lengthen out; fritter away, spend (time) aimlessly. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, transitive Example: Quit purposely drilling out the time hoping that someone else will do your chores. 2. To entice or allure; to decoy; with on. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, transitive Example: He tells me with great passion that she has bubbled him out of his youth; that she drilled him on to five and fifty [years old], and that he verily believes she will drop him in his old age, if she can find her account in another. 3. To cause to slip or waste away by degrees. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, transitive Example: August 28, 1731, letter by Jonathan Swift to John Gay and Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry This cursed accident hath drilled away the whole summer.
Word: drill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ] Source unknown. Probably of African origin; compare mandrill. Pronunciation: /dɹɪl/, [dɹɪɫ] 1. An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
Word: drill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Drillich (“denim, canvas, drill”). Pronunciation: /dɹɪl/, [dɹɪɫ] 1. A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crankshaft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crank + shaft. 1. A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.
Word: crankshaft Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From crank + shaft. 1. To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft. Example: The attachment of the inboard end of the gear beam was damaged but remained intact; the drag strut fuse pin had 'crankshafted' in a direction indicating that a load had been applied in tension but this had also remained intact.
Word: clutch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English clyċċan (“to clutch, clench”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkjan, from Proto-Germanic *klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic *klu- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up; lump, mass”). Cognate with Swedish klyka (“clamp, fork, branch”). The noun is from Middle English cleche, cloche, cloke ("claw, talon, hand"; compare Scots cleuk, cluke, cluik (“claw, talon”)), of uncertain origin, with the form probably assimilated to the verb. Alternative etymology derives Old English clyċċan from Proto-Germanic *klēk- (“claw, hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *glēk-, *ǵlēḱ- (“claw, hand; to clutch, snatch”). If so, then cognate with Irish glac (“hand”). Pronunciation: /ˈklʌt͡ʃ/, [ˈkʰl̥ʌt͡ʃ] 1. To seize, as though with claws. Labels: transitive Example: to clutch power Example: A man may set the poles together in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp. 2. To grip or grasp tightly. Labels: transitive Example: She clutched her purse tightly and walked nervously into the building. Example: Not that I haue the power to clutch my hand, 3. To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:clutch. 4. To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity. Labels: broadly
Word: clutch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English clyċċan (“to clutch, clench”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkjan, from Proto-Germanic *klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic *klu- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up; lump, mass”). Cognate with Swedish klyka (“clamp, fork, branch”). The noun is from Middle English cleche, cloche, cloke ("claw, talon, hand"; compare Scots cleuk, cluke, cluik (“claw, talon”)), of uncertain origin, with the form probably assimilated to the verb. Alternative etymology derives Old English clyċċan from Proto-Germanic *klēk- (“claw, hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *glēk-, *ǵlēḱ- (“claw, hand; to clutch, snatch”). If so, then cognate with Irish glac (“hand”). Pronunciation: /ˈklʌt͡ʃ/, [ˈkʰl̥ʌt͡ʃ] 1. The claw of a predatory animal or bird. 2. A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil. Labels: broadly Example: I muſt have great leiſure, and little care of my ſelf, if I ever more come near the Clutches of ſuch a Giant, who ſeems to write with a Beetle inſtead of a Pen; […] Example: Should when he pleaſes, and on whom he will / Wage war, with any or with no pretence / Of provocation, giv'n or wrong ſuſtained, / And force the beggarly laſt doit, by means / That his own humour dictates, from the clutch / Of poverty, that thus he may procure / His thouſands weary of penurious life / A ſplendid opportunity to die? 3. A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. 4. The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels. 5. Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle. 6. A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).) 7. A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle. Example: The clutch which I had made to save myself in falling had torn away from this chin-band and let the lower jaw drop on the breast, but little else was disturbed, and there was Colonel John Mohune resting as he had been laid out a century ago. 8. An important or critical situation. Labels: US Example: to come in clutch Example: And when it came to the clutch, Johnny Mize, who was washed up five years ago, would crack out a pinch double, or Mickey Mantle, who is not yet ready for the big leagues, would slam out a home run. 9. A difficult maneuver.
Word: clutch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English clyċċan (“to clutch, clench”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkjan, from Proto-Germanic *klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic *klu- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up; lump, mass”). Cognate with Swedish klyka (“clamp, fork, branch”). The noun is from Middle English cleche, cloche, cloke ("claw, talon, hand"; compare Scots cleuk, cluke, cluik (“claw, talon”)), of uncertain origin, with the form probably assimilated to the verb. Alternative etymology derives Old English clyċċan from Proto-Germanic *klēk- (“claw, hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *glēk-, *ǵlēḱ- (“claw, hand; to clutch, snatch”). If so, then cognate with Irish glac (“hand”). Pronunciation: /ˈklʌt͡ʃ/, [ˈkʰl̥ʌt͡ʃ] 1. Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations. Labels: Canada, US Example: NC State made the most of their overtime possession scoring a touchdown on some very clutch plays. Example: I start with his most obvious characteristic: he was clutch. He is Mr. Clutch. In the last chapter I mentioned that Bernie Williams was clutch, which was a valid assessment, but nobody on the Yankees was as clutch as Jeter was.
Word: clutch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant form of cletch, from Middle English cleken (“to hatch”), perhaps from Old Norse klekja (“to hatch”). Pronunciation: /ˈklʌt͡ʃ/, [ˈkʰl̥ʌt͡ʃ] 1. A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting. Labels: collective Example: For instance, baby chicks influence their mother’s behaviour by giving high piercing cheeps when they are lost or cold. This usually has the immediate effect of summoning the mother, who leads the chick back to the main clutch. 2. A group or bunch (of people or things). Labels: collective Example: No longer would Britons routinely blame the national government when things went wrong. Instead they would demand action from a new clutch of elected mayors, police commissioners and the like. Example: And, so, although the Zeros knocked out four dive bombers (two of them permanently and two forced to abort), the other eleven made it to a position above Shōkaku, which pulled a neat evasive turn that sent the first clutch of thousand-pound bombs into the sea.
Word: clutch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant form of cletch, from Middle English cleken (“to hatch”), perhaps from Old Norse klekja (“to hatch”). Pronunciation: /ˈklʌt͡ʃ/, [ˈkʰl̥ʌt͡ʃ] 1. To hatch. Labels: collective, transitive
Word: carburettor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of carburetor. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: Both affect the performance of the machine, especially the carburettors, and both are important to the final appearance of the model. Example: In a carburettor the pressure drop (or viewed another way, suction) is used to draw fuel out of a reservoir, usually via a jet, and into the venturi to mix with the air flowing through it.
Word: cylinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French chilindre, cylindre, from Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros), from κυλίνδω (kulíndō) "I roll or wallow" (intransitive). Doublet of calander and calender. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪndə(ɹ)/, /ˈsɪləndɚ/, [ˈsɪlɪ̈ndɚ] 1. A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve. Example: When the two-dimensional curve is a circle, the cylinder is called a circular cylinder. When the axis is perpendicular to the plane of the curve, the cylinder is called a right cylinder. In non-mathematical usage, both right and circular are usually implied. 2. A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder. 3. Any object in the form of a circular cylinder. Example: A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. 4. A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine. 5. The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump. 6. A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder. 7. An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder. 8. The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges. 9. The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.
Word: cylinder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French chilindre, cylindre, from Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros), from κυλίνδω (kulíndō) "I roll or wallow" (intransitive). Doublet of calander and calender. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪndə(ɹ)/, /ˈsɪləndɚ/, [ˈsɪlɪ̈ndɚ] 1. To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy. Labels: transitive
Word: valve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva. Pronunciation: /ˈvælv/ 1. A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum. Example: open the valve Example: close the valve 2. A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum. Example: Near-synonym: poppet valve Example: In nearly all internal combustion engines, the valves are of the poppet type. 3. One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction. Example: the ileocecal valve Example: the atrioventricular valves 4. One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash. 5. A vacuum tube. Labels: UK 6. One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce. 7. A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry. 8. One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells. 9. One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
Word: valve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva. Pronunciation: /ˈvælv/ 1. To control (flow) by means of a valve. Labels: transitive
Word: venturi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746-1822), an Italian physicist who studied air flow and water flow. Pronunciation: /vɛnˈtjʊəɹi/ 1. A venturi tube. 2. The throat of a carburetor, which is shaped so as to produce depressurization and swirling of the incoming air, allowing drops of fuel to be atomized (aerosolized). 3. A constriction in the flow of air to lungs. Labels: rare Example: He’s at the age where mucus is a daily companion, a culture of mucus among the old, mucus in a thousand manifestations, appearing in clots by total surprise on a friend’s tablecloth, rimming his breath-passages at night in hard venturi, enough to darken the outlines of dreams and send him awake, pleading.
Word: gearbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gear + box. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪəbɒks/, /ˈɡɪːbɔks/, /ˈɡɪjəbɔks/, /ˈɡɪəbɔks/, /ˈɡiəbɒks/ 1. An enclosed gear train. 2. That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.
Word: cardoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cardoun, from Old French cardon, from Late Latin cardōnem, from Latin cardus, alternative form of carduus (“thistle”). Respelled on analogy of -oon nouns. Doublet of cardon and chard. Pronunciation: /kɑː(ɹ)ˈduːn/ 1. Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke. Example: Means: m. Void, and emptie places between beds in gardens, reserved for speciall hearbes; such are the spaces left for Cardoons betweene rowes of Onyons. Example: As I have already said, I nowhere saw the cardoon south of the Salado; but it is probable that in proportion as that country becomes inhabited, the cardoon will extend its limits.
Word: artichoke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒅈𒋢𒌒𒁍 (arsuppu)bor.? Middle Persian xār (hʾl) Middle Persian čōp (cwp) Middle Persian *xār-čōpbor.? Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf) Andalusian Arabicbor. Old Spanish alcarchofabor. Occitan artichautbor.? Lombard articiochbor. English artichoke From Lombard articioch (cf. articiocco), from Occitan artichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ḵaršúf), from Arabic الْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf), definite form of خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf). Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹ.tɪˌtʃoʊk/, /ˈɑː.tɪˌtʃəʊk/ 1. A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus. Labels: countable Example: At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries. Those harbingers of the season are said to be full of chi, or qi, the Chinese word for life force. We’re craving them as we’re craving lighter, brighter-tasting meals, food that is greener and fresher. 2. A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: carburator Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of carburetor. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: hazelnut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Equivalent to hazel + nut; from Middle English haselnote, from Old English hæselhnutu (“hazelnut”). Cognate with West Frisian hazzenút (“hazelnut”), Saterland Frisian Hoaselnuute (“hazelnut”), Dutch hazelnoot, German Haselnuss. Pronunciation: /ˈheɪzəlnʌt/, /ˈheɪzəlˌnʌt/ 1. The fruit of the hazel, especially of species Corylus avellana, which is grown commercially.
Word: batch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bach, bache, bahche, from Old English *bæċċ (“something baked”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-West Germanic *bakku, from Proto-Germanic *bakkuz (“baking, baked goods”), cognate with Middle High German becke (“something baked, pastry, baking, bakery”). Related also to Old English bacan (“to bake”), Old English ġebæc (“something baked”), Dutch gebak, German Gebäck, Dutch baksel. Pronunciation: /bæt͡ʃ/ 1. The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time. Example: We made a batch of cookies to take to the party. 2. A quantity of anything produced at one operation. Labels: broadly Example: We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom. 3. A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business. Example: c. 1710-1720, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle to Lord Hervey on the King's Birthday a new batch of Lords 4. A set of data to be processed at one time. Example: The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control. 5. A bread roll. Labels: Midlands, UK, dialectal 6. A graduating class; school class. Labels: Philippines Example: She was the valedictorian of Batch ’73. 7. The process of baking. Labels: obsolete Example: Except the baker doe his part also in the batch.
Word: batch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bach, bache, bahche, from Old English *bæċċ (“something baked”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-West Germanic *bakku, from Proto-Germanic *bakkuz (“baking, baked goods”), cognate with Middle High German becke (“something baked, pastry, baking, bakery”). Related also to Old English bacan (“to bake”), Old English ġebæc (“something baked”), Dutch gebak, German Gebäck, Dutch baksel. Pronunciation: /bæt͡ʃ/ 1. To aggregate things together into a batch. Labels: transitive Example: The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement. Example: Sound but more workaday fleeces are batched to make roving and yarn. 2. To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process. Labels: transitive Example: The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning.
Word: batch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bach, bache, bahche, from Old English *bæċċ (“something baked”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-West Germanic *bakku, from Proto-Germanic *bakkuz (“baking, baked goods”), cognate with Middle High German becke (“something baked, pastry, baking, bakery”). Related also to Old English bacan (“to bake”), Old English ġebæc (“something baked”), Dutch gebak, German Gebäck, Dutch baksel. Pronunciation: /bæt͡ʃ/ 1. Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting. Labels: not-comparable Example: The plant had two batch assembly lines for packaging, as well as a continuous feed production line.
Word: batch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bache, bæcche, from Old English bæċ, beċe (“brook, stream”). Doublet of beck. More at beach. Pronunciation: /bæt͡ʃ/ 1. A bank; a sandbank. 2. A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
Word: batch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of bachelor (“unmarried adult male”). Pronunciation: /bæt͡ʃ/ 1. To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married. Labels: informal Example: I am batching next week when my wife visits her sister.
Word: pinyin Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Pinyin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pinyin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Pinyin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:pinyin.
Word: mare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mare, meare, meir, mer, mere, meyre, mure, from Old English mīere (“female horse, mare”), from Proto-West Germanic *marhijā, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from *marhaz (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *márkos (“horse”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mere (“mare”), Saterland Frisian Märe (“mare”), West Frisian merje (“mare”), Dutch merrie (“mare”), German Mähre (“female horse”), Danish mær (“old mare”), Faroese mer (“mare”), Icelandic meri (“mare”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk merr (“mare”), Swedish mæhr, mær, mähr, märr (“mare”); also Breton marc'h (“horse”), Cornish margh (“horse”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic marc (“horse”), Welsh march (“horse”). Pronunciation: /mɛə/, /mɛɚ/, /meː/, /meə/, /miə/ 1. An adult female horse. Example: But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]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 at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…]. 2. A foolish woman. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Example: The silly mare phoned your mother, talking about applying for a mortgage, and we don't want that, do we?